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How to be Profitable and Moral: A Rational Egoist Approach to Business

Autor Jaana Woiceshyn
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 aug 2013
A basic dilemma confronting today's manager is how to be both profitable and moral. Making profits through immoral means-such as deceiving investors or customers-is unsustainable. Likewise, remaining moral while losing money will cause a business to fail. According to conventional morality, either a business manager maximizes profits and necessarily compromises on ethics, or necessarily sacrifices profits in order to be moral. Woiceshyn explains why this is a false dichotomy and offers rational egoism as an alternative moral code to businesspeople who want to maximize profits ethically. Through logical argument and various examples, this book shows how to apply principles such as rationality, productiveness, honesty, justice, and pride for long-term self-interest.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780761861607
ISBN-10: 0761861602
Pagini: 166
Dimensiuni: 151 x 227 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Hamilton Books
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Introduction: How to Be Profitable and Moral
Which Ethics? . Overview
Values as End Goals, Principles as Road Maps
The Necessity of Pursuing Objective Values: An Issue of Life and Death . The Necessity of Guiding Principles: Why Acting on the Spur of the Moment Is Harmful . Rational Moral Principles Are Contextual-But Not Relative
Why Egoism?
The Principle of Self-Interest . Human Nature as the Gauge of Value . Why
Happiness Cannot Be the Standard of Value
Rationality as the Primary Virtue
Thinking as the Main Means of Survival-and of Being Moral . The Virtue of Rationality in Business . What Rationality Requires in Thinking and in Action . The Role of Emotions . Guarding against Irrationality . Applying Rationality
Productiveness
Material and Spiritual Benefits of Productiveness . Productive Work Requires
Thinking and Action . What about Rest and Retirement? . Guarding against
"Unproductiveness" . Applying Productiveness
Honesty
Why Is Honesty Egoistic? . Honesty in Thinking and Action . G

Recenzii

BB&T grew from $4.5 billion to $152 billion in assets during my tenure as chairman and CEO and weathered the recent financial crisis as one of the strongest financial institutions in America. The foundation for this success is unquestionably the principles outlined by Jaana Woiceshyn in How to Be Profitable and Moral.
Most think ethics is about self-sacrifice (altruism), or sacrificing others (cynical egoism). . . . Professor Woiceshyn presents an ethics that's good for you and good for business, with no sacrifice. . . . This life-giving, rational ethics leads to personal success and happiness, and long-term profitability for business. It is a moral code for flourishing and prospering. This is an extraordinarily valuable book.
Professor Woiceshyn has provided a well-reasoned, clearly-written explanation showing . . . why business people need to live by rational moral principles as a necessary means to maximize profit. This cogent book deserves a careful reading by businesspeople, academics, and intelligent laymen alike.