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The Resource Good company : business success in the worthiness era, Laurie Bassi [and others]

Good company : business success in the worthiness era, Laurie Bassi [and others]

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We?re losing patience with bad companies. We?re fed up with the greed of Goldman Sachs, sickened by BP?s pollution, tired of tainted food, tightfisted employers, and phony?corporate social responsibility.? And Laurie Bassi and her coauthors have news: the?bad boy? days are over. We?re at the dawn of the Worthiness Era, when doing the right thing is no longer optional?it?s the key to success. And they?ve got the data to prove it. Good Company lays out the convergence of social, economic, and political forces? ranging from the explosion of online information sharing to the emergence of the ethical consumer and the rapid expansion of the green market?that are ushering in this new era. Moreover, the authors prove the connection between good corporate behavior and the bottom line with their Good Company Index. Using publicly available information as well as original research, the Good Com- pany Index evaluates each of the Fortune 100 companies as an employer, seller, and steward and then gives it a final grade. Among the surprising findings: only two Fortune 100 companies get an A, while a number of highly respected companies get a C or worse. Overall, companies in the same industry with higher rankings on the index consistently outperform their competitors. And this is not some academic exercise: the authors have used the principles of the index at their own investment firm to deliver market-beating results. Using a host of real-world examples Bassi and company carefully explain each aspect of corporate worthiness, offering companies a guide to what it now takes to win customer loyalty. Good Company moves the debate about corporate citizenship from the realm of faith to the realm of facts, showing it?s no longer a question of ethics or virtue: it?s a matter of survival
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 279 pages)
Contents
  • The worthiness imperative
  • The economic imperative
  • The social imperative
  • The political imperative
  • Goodness matters
  • Ranking companies
  • The good employer
  • The good seller
  • The good steward
  • The worthiness era
  • A hopefully idealistic vision
Isbn
9781283269568
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Label
Good company : business success in the worthiness era
Title
Good company
Title remainder
business success in the worthiness era
Statement of responsibility
Laurie Bassi [and others]
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
We?re losing patience with bad companies. We?re fed up with the greed of Goldman Sachs, sickened by BP?s pollution, tired of tainted food, tightfisted employers, and phony?corporate social responsibility.? And Laurie Bassi and her coauthors have news: the?bad boy? days are over. We?re at the dawn of the Worthiness Era, when doing the right thing is no longer optional?it?s the key to success. And they?ve got the data to prove it. Good Company lays out the convergence of social, economic, and political forces? ranging from the explosion of online information sharing to the emergence of the ethical consumer and the rapid expansion of the green market?that are ushering in this new era. Moreover, the authors prove the connection between good corporate behavior and the bottom line with their Good Company Index. Using publicly available information as well as original research, the Good Com- pany Index evaluates each of the Fortune 100 companies as an employer, seller, and steward and then gives it a final grade. Among the surprising findings: only two Fortune 100 companies get an A, while a number of highly respected companies get a C or worse. Overall, companies in the same industry with higher rankings on the index consistently outperform their competitors. And this is not some academic exercise: the authors have used the principles of the index at their own investment firm to deliver market-beating results. Using a host of real-world examples Bassi and company carefully explain each aspect of corporate worthiness, offering companies a guide to what it now takes to win customer loyalty. Good Company moves the debate about corporate citizenship from the realm of faith to the realm of facts, showing it?s no longer a question of ethics or virtue: it?s a matter of survival
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Dewey number
658.4/08
Index
index present
Language note
English
LC call number
HF5387
LC item number
.G656 2011eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1954-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Bassi, Laurie J.
Series statement
A BK business book
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  • Corporations
  • Corporations
  • Management
  • Management
  • Business ethics
  • Social responsibility of business
  • Success in business
  • BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
  • BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
  • Business ethics
  • Corporations
  • Corporations
  • Management
  • Management
  • Social responsibility of business
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Good company : business success in the worthiness era, Laurie Bassi [and others]
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Publication
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unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-218) and index
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online resource
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Contents
The worthiness imperative -- The economic imperative -- The social imperative -- The political imperative -- Goodness matters -- Ranking companies -- The good employer -- The good seller -- The good steward -- The worthiness era -- A hopefully idealistic vision
Control code
754793875
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unknown
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 279 pages)
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unknown
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online
Isbn
9781283269568
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(OCoLC)754793875
Label
Good company : business success in the worthiness era, Laurie Bassi [and others]
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-218) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The worthiness imperative -- The economic imperative -- The social imperative -- The political imperative -- Goodness matters -- Ranking companies -- The good employer -- The good seller -- The good steward -- The worthiness era -- A hopefully idealistic vision
Control code
754793875
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 279 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781283269568
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
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  • 20c37d3f-7c06-4676-88db-d4759165045b
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not applicable
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remote
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(OCoLC)754793875

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