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Accountable: How we Can Save Capitalism de Warren Valdmanis

Accountable: How we Can Save Capitalism

Autor Warren Valdmanis, Michael O'Leary
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 aug 2020

Ne aflăm într-un punct de cotitură în care modelul economic actual pare să își fi atins limitele. Crizele globale recente au forțat o reevaluare a modului în care organizăm munca și prioritățile sociale, scoțând la iveală eșecul instrumentelor tradiționale de autoreglare corporativă. În Accountable, Michael O'Leary și Warren Valdmanis demonstrează că mecanismele precum responsabilitatea socială corporativă (CSR) sau investițiile de impact au devenit, în multe cazuri, doar exerciții de imagine care maschează probleme structurale profunde.

Merită menționat că autorii nu se limitează la o critică teoretică, ci oferă date concrete despre discrepanțele dintre discursul public și acțiunile marilor corporații. Credem că forța acestui volum rezidă în transformarea cititorului dintr-un simplu observator într-un agent al schimbării. Textul oferă o foaie de parcurs pentru utilizarea puterii economice pe care o deținem în multiplele noastre roluri: de la consumatori care aleg unde să își cheltuiască banii, până la angajați sau votanți care pot impune standarde etice mai ridicate.

Complementar volumului Firm Commitment de Colin Mayer, care analizează natura juridică și eșecul instituțional al corporației, Accountable acoperă zona acțiunii individuale și a responsabilității directe a cetățeanului în procesul de reformare a capitalismului. În timp ce New Corporation de Joel Bakan avertizează asupra rebrandingului social înșelător al liderilor de business, lucrarea de față propune o soluție constructivă: ancorarea corporațiilor într-un scop social autentic pentru a genera prosperitate sustenabilă. Ritmul este alert, iar argumentația este susținută de studii de caz care fac din această lectură un ghid indispensabil pentru înțelegerea eticii în business-ul contemporan.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780241460337
ISBN-10: 0241460336
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 162 x 240 x 34 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Business
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Această carte este esențială pentru profesioniștii și liderii care doresc să înțeleagă dincolo de terminologia CSR. Veți învăța cum să identificați „window-dressing”-ul corporativ și, mai important, cum să folosiți pârghiile economice de care dispuneți pentru a încuraja un capitalism mai echitabil. Este un instrument practic pentru oricine vrea să contribuie la o economie în care profitul nu exclude responsabilitatea socială.

Despre autor

Michael O'Leary și Warren Valdmanis sunt specialiști în investiții și strategie economică, aducând o perspectivă avizată asupra modului în care capitalul poate fi direcționat către binele comun. Experiența lor în sectorul financiar le permite să analizeze critic structurile corporative actuale fără a cădea în capcana dogmelor economice rigide. Warren Valdmanis are o expertiză vastă în investiții cu impact social, în timp ce Michael O'Leary a lucrat la intersecția dintre sectorul public și cel privat, ambii fiind dedicați ideii că succesul economic pe termen lung depinde de integritatea și scopul social al companiilor.

Notă biografică

Warren Valdmanis (Author)
Warren Valdmanisis a partner at Two Sigma Impact, a private equity business that invests in the American workforce. He was previously a managing director with Bain Capital's social impact fund, and before that invested with Bain Capital's private equity team for over a decade. He grew up in Canada and has lived and worked in Australia, Chile, France, Hong Kong, Japan, South Africa and the United States. Warren studied economics at Dartmouth College and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. He lives with his wife, Kristin, and their four children in Portland, Maine.

Michael O'Leary (Author)
Michael O'Learyis a managing director with the impact investing firm Engine No. 1. Previously, he was on the founding team of Bain Capital's social impact fund and invested in consumer, industrial and technology companies through Bain Capital's private equity fund. Michael studied philosophy at Harvard College and earned his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He lives in New York.

Recenzii

A thoughtful, well researched and compelling way to rethink how to assure that prosperity and fairness are linked
Presents a fresh, balanced, highly readable and deeply informed case for how the pursuit of sustained financial success and the exercise of social responsibility to employees, consumers and society not only can-but must-go hand in hand if we are to have the world we seek in the future. I learned a lot
More than ever before, this is the book our economy needs
Unwilling to settle for easy answers or superficial changes, O'Leary and Valdmanis push us all to ask more of our economic system
Striking in its clarity and insights borne from the authors' experience as investors on the frontlines of capitalism's excesses and potential. The case studies of some of the best-known companies and investors don't pull punches while offering tangible examples of the changes in culture and rules of the game required for a new type of capitalism
Solving our biggest social and environmental problems means reshaping the role that businesses play in our society. This informative book addresses the challenges we face in achieving this crucial transformation
In today's reality, business represents a picture of dysfunctionality, of excesses benefitting the few, of gross injustice. Tomorrow's business leaders have an obligation to create a different reality reflecting our better hopes and inspirations.Accountabletakes you on that journey. It's a wonderful trip
For decades the dominant view has been that the purpose of companies is to make money for their shareholders. No more. Combining compelling examples and analytical insights, O'Leary and Valdmanis explain why the world is changing and provide a roadmap for how shareholders and citizens can and must transform the corporate landscape to save capitalism from itself
The authors have been at the forefront of thinking on how markets and business can better serve society for many years.Accountablecaptures not only the history that underpins modern-day corporate purpose, but its present and future. The central message-that capitalism can and must be part of the solution to society's greatest challenges-has never been more important
The issues posed could not be more topical or provocative. The coronavirus pandemic has catapulted capitalism into the future, where we need new and better answers to the crucial questions 'What matters most in our society' 'How should we organize work to support those priorities?' and 'What's a fair way to pay people for their contributions?'Accountableoffers a fresh and compelling perspective on these questions.

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"Uses a combination of great stories and thoughtful analysis to suggest that we must find a way to change the purpose of our corporations if we are to build a society that works for all of us.
Rebecca M. Henderson, John & Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard University

"Fresh, balanced, highly readable and deeply informed"
John Pepper, former Chairman and CEO of P&G

"Thought-provoking and insightful,Accountableoffers a pragmatic and original roadmap to transform capitalism into a system that's more inclusive, sustainable, and just."
Dr. Rajiv J. Shah, President of The Rockefeller Foundation

Capitalism is failing and the tools we are relying on to fix it - corporate social responsibility, divestment, impact investing, and government control - are only making things worse.

-Chevron boasts about the $50 million per year it spends on renewable energy whilst it spends 200 times that on oil exploration

-Goldman Sachs touts its 10,000 Women initiative but its board ranks 358th out of the Fortune 500 for gender diversity and women earn 55% less than men do on average

By focusing on corporations rather than people, we've put our faith in empty trends and brand-focused window-dressing. Why should those responsible for our current crisis be trusted to fix it?

InAccountable, authors Michael O'Leary and Warren Valdmanis offer a blueprint for everyone to take responsibility for using their economic power as consumers, as investors, as employees, and as voters to trigger a fundamental shift away from an economy that is unethical, unfair, and destructive to our environment and institutions. Their investigation cuts through the tired dogma of current economic thinking to reveal a hopeful truth: if we can make our corporations accountable to a deeper purpose, we can make capitalism both prosperous and good.

Trenchant and gripping, this is an indispensable guide and call to action for citizens to take control of our economic power and hold corporations to a higher standard.