100 Best Business Ethics Books of All Time (Updated for 2026)

1

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

Richard H. Thaler

5.0

Every day, we make decisions on topics ranging from personal investments to schools for our children to the meals we eat to the causes we champion. Unfortunately, we often choose poorly. The reason, the authors explain, is that, being human, we all are susceptible to various biases that can lead us to blunder. Our mistakes make us poorer and less healthy; we often make bad decisions involving educ

Recommended by Dan Ariely, Vinod Khosla, Vinod Khosla, and 18 others.

Dan Ariely

Author

Nudge is a very important book. One of the reasons Nudge is so important is because it’s taking these ideas and applying them to the policy domain. Here are the mistakes we make. Here are the ways marketers are trying to influence us. Here’s the way we might be able to fight back. If policymakers understood these principles, what could they do? The other important thing about the book is that it describes, in detail, small interventions. It’s basically a book about cheap persuasion. [source]

Eric Ries

Founder/Long-Term Stock Exchange

A pioneer in behavioral economics and just recently awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics, his classic book on how to make better decisions. [source]

Ryan Holiday

Author

This might feel like a weird book to include, but I think it presents another side of strategy that is too often forgotten. It’s not always about bold actors and strategic thrusts. Sometimes strategy is about subtle influence. Sometimes it is framing and small tweaks that change behavior. We can have big aims, but get there with little moves. This book has excellent examples of that kind of thinking and how it is changing politics, government and business. My favorite example is about the bumblebee that they started putting on urinals–which drastically reduced the amount of spray and spillage because it changed where men aimed when they peed. It’s not exactly the coolest strategy but it solved a problem. So we can learn from it. [source]

2

Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success

Adam Grant

5.0

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Give and Take highlights what effective networking, collaboration, influence, negotiation, and leadership skills have in common.

For generations, we have focused on the individual drivers of success: passion, hard work, talent, and luck. But today, success is increasingly dependent on how we interact with others. It turns out that at work, most people operate as either takers, matchers, or givers.

Recommended by Arianna Huffington, Dan Ariely, David Allen, and 17 others.

Arianna Huffington

Founder/The Huffington Post

“I love this book, which shows that givers get ahead and nice guys don’t finish last. [source]

Simon Sinek

Author

Gotta say, I'm pretty flattered every time asks me if I've read @AdamMGrant book Give and Take. Good guy. Good book [source]

Susan Cain

Author

As brilliant as it is wise, this is not just a book—it’s a new and shining worldview. [source]

3

The Richest Man in Babylon

George S Clason

5.0

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This hardcover edition is cleanly formatted for easy reading. 12 point Garamond, 1.25 spacing. The Richest Man in Babylon is a timeless classic, revealing the secrets to making money and keeping it. This inspirational book is hailed as the greatest of books on finances. It unveils the secrets to wealth, providing priceless suggestions, advice, unforgettable parables, financial problem-solving tool

Recommended by Daymond John, Aisha Yesufu, DJ Vlad, and 6 others.

Daymond John

Founder/FUBU

Daymond John said this is one of his most-recommended books. [source]

Aisha Yesufu

@seundavidpaul 👏👏👏👏👏 This is a great book [source]

David Heinemeier Hansson

This is a 1920s classic version of How To Get Rich. The ancestor of all the pale imitations, like Rich Dad/Poor Dad, that came since. And while I scoffed at plenty of the allegories from ancient Babylon that presents the lessons, it was still a neat package. And at least ancient Babylon is a more interesting backdrop for teaching lessons about money than some suburban house flipper. I ended up liking it more at the end than I did at the beginning. It’s also a really interesting tie-in with that debt history book. [source]

4

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Daniel H. Pink

4.8

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The New York Times bestseller that gives readers a paradigm-shattering new way to think about motivation

Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others). In this provocative and persuasive new book, he asserts that the secret t

Recommended by Tobi Lütke, Bogdan Lucaciu, David Brudo, and 5 others.

Tobi Lütke

Founder & CEO/Shopify

Tobi Lütke recommended this book in an interview in "The Globe and Mail." [source]

Bogdan Lucaciu

Spoiler: it’s autonomy, mastery, and purpose. [source]

David Brudo

One of the books that had an impact on . [source]

5

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler

4.8

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Crucial Conversations: Tools For Talking When Stakes Are High is a guide to hone your conversation skills, and prepare you for the most important or trying times of your life and career. The book discusses how talking in the right way can help people achieve what they want. People are often tongue-tied when it comes to interacting with someone, especially when there is a lot of tension in the air.

Recommended by Max Levchin and Deke Bridges.

Max Levchin

Co-founder/PayPal, CEO/Affirm, Investor

A now-venerable guide to having tough conversations in a way that engages the debaters. [source]

Deke Bridges

Picked up this great book @Powells to read. Better conversation and listening enables you to get deeper into subjects at hand. When talking with people, this makes your communication skills a very powerful tool. Always be learning. #growth #education #leadership https://t.co/r0ujX9IPqh [source]

6

Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box

The Arbinger Institute

4.7

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Since its original publication in 2000, Leadership and Self-Deception has become a word-of-mouth phenomenon. Its sales continue to increase year after year, and the book's popularity has gone global, with editions now available in over twenty languages.

Leadership and Self-Deception shows how the problems that typically prevent superior performance in organizations and cause conflicts in our person

Recommended by Dustin Moskovitz, Bruce L. Christensen, Dave Browne, and 9 others.

Dustin Moskovitz

Co-founder/Facebook and Asana

Dustin Moskovitz recommended this book on Twitter. [source]

Bruce L. Christensen

CEO/PBS

After decades of executive leadership in senior management positions, I’ve finally found in Arbinger what I consider to be the best means of improving every measure of success. From boosting the bottom line to increasing personal joy, this book shows the way. [source]

Dave Browne

Former President & CEO/LensCrafters

Remarkable. Arbinger possesses the hidden key to productivity and creativity. Do whatever you can to get your hands on this material. [source]

7

The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron

Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind

4.7

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There were dozens of books about Watergate, but only All the President's Men gave readers the full story, with all the drama and nuance and exclusive reporting. And thirty years later, if you're going to read only one book on Watergate, that's still the one. Today, Enron is the biggest business story of our time, and Fortune senior writers Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind are the new Woodward and B

Recommended by Warren Buffett.

Warren Buffett

CEO/Berkshire Hathaway

Well-reported and well-written. [source]

8

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

Jonathan Haidt

4.5

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Why can’t our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding.

His starting point is moral intuition—the nearly instantaneous perceptions we all ha

Recommended by A.J. Jacobs, Akin Oyebode, Andrew M. Mwenda, and 3 others.

A.J. Jacobs

All about trying to figure out the gap between the red and blue states – Republican and Democrat – and it’s really interesting. [source]

Akin Oyebode

@eggheader @OnemuVictor1 @JonHaidt Abeg order two. I read Righteous Mind which he also wrote, and that was a very fascinating book. [source]

Andrew M. Mwenda

The best work on this is a book by Jonathan Haidt “The Righteous Mind: Why good People are Divided by Religion and Politics.” He argues that human beings have deeply entrenched moral intuitions which guide their assessment of reality. Facts matter very little if at all. [source]

9

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Naomi Klein

4.5

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In her ground-breaking reporting from Iraq, Naomi Klein exposed how the trauma of invasion was being exploited to remake the country in the interest of foreign corporations. She called it "disaster capitalism." Covering Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami, and New Orleans post-Katrina, she witnessed something remarkably similar. People still reeling from catastrophe were being hit again, this tim

Recommended by Donna Dickenson, George Monbiot, and Mat Whitecross.

Donna Dickenson

Naomi Klein’s argument is that capitalism actually requires deliberately engineered shocks to the economic systems. [source]

George Monbiot

The Shock Doctrine explains some of the mechanisms by which patrimonial capital acquires power and enhances its wealth. It’s a brilliant piece of work, and one of those rare books that changes the way you perceive the world. [source]

Mat Whitecross

It starts with the theory that moments of crisis have been utilised by the right wing in the US and other countries to manipulate people into following their agenda. [source]

10

Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

4.5

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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold new work that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility

In his most provocative and practical book yet, one of the foremost thinkers of our time redefines what it means to understand the world, succeed in a profession, contribute to a fair and just so

Recommended by Ben Horowitz, Daniel Kahneman, Marc Andreessen, and 5 others.

Ben Horowitz

Co-founder/Andreessen Horowitz

A book about the dynamics of how large-scale, highly random systems behave. [source]

Daniel Kahneman

Nobel Prize Winner, Author

Changed my view of how the world works. [source]

Marc Andreessen

Co-Founder/Andreessen Horowitz

Skin in the game as conflict of interest, or as attaching one's livelihood to one's speech? Who to listen to, and why. Ideal counterpart to Philip Tetlock's Expert Political Judgment. [source]

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The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything

Stephen M.R. Covey

4.5

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From Stephen R. Covey's eldest son comes a revolutionary new path towards productivity and satisfaction. Trust, says Stephen M.R. Covey, is the very basis of the new global economy, and he shows how trust—and the speed at which it is established with clients, employees and constituents —is the essential ingredient for any high–performance, successful organization.

For business leaders and public

12

Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity

Kim Scott

4.5

From the time we learn to speak, we’re told that if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. While this advice may work for everyday life, it is, as Kim Scott has seen, a disaster when adopted by managers.

Scott earned her stripes as a highly successful manager at Google and then decamped to Apple, where she developed a class on optimal management. She has earned growing fame

Recommended by Daniel Pink, Amir Salihefendic, Christopher Lochhead, and 7 others.

Daniel Pink

Author

"Kim Scott has a well-earned reputation as a kick-ass boss and a voice that CEOs take seriously. In this remarkable book, she draws on her extensive experience to provide clear and honest guidance on the fundamentals of leading others: how to give (and receive) feedback, how to make smart decisions, how to keep moving forward, and much more. If you manage people―whether it be 1 person or a 1,000--you need RADICAL CANDOR. Now." [source]

Christopher Lochhead

Question: What five books would you recommend to young people interested in your career path & why? Answer: I know this is sounds self-serving but I’d recommended both of my books, the soon to be released, “Niche Down: How to Become Legendary by Being Different” and Harper Collins’ “instant classic,” “Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets” In addition: The Effective Executive, by Peter Drucker The E-Myth, by Michael Gerber Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott Back from the Dead, by Bill Walton The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing, by Al Ries and Jack Trout [source]

Dux Raymond Sy

@magrom I recommend you be radically candid by challenging directly and caring personally - if you haven't, checkout @kimballscott's book #RadicalCandor - tons of great insights https://t.co/TP58vhmi18 [source]

13

How Will You Measure Your Life?

Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth, Karen Dillon

4.5

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How do you lead a fulfilling life? That profound question animates this book of inspiration and insight from world-class business strategist and bestselling author of The Innovator's Dilemma, Clayton Christensen.After beating a heart attack, advanced-stage cancer and a stroke in three successive years, the world-renowned innovation expert and author of one of the best selling and most influential

Recommended by Nir Eyal, Dmitry Dragilev, Dragos Novac, and 5 others.

Dmitry Dragilev

How Will You Measure Your Life by Clayton Christensen is a wonderful book in terms of figuring out what is you’re doing with life in general. [source]

Dragos Novac

Clay’s Innovator’s Dilemma was important. Also, about 10 years later, he had another which really had a profound impact on me and on my belief systems – How will you measure your life. [source]

Iulia Ghita

Christensen’s writings are so powerful that they make you rethink your life and your business strategies. How Will You Measure Your Life taught me that it’s easier to hold on to my principles 100% of the time than it is to hold on to them 98% of the time. Made me realize there is no “just this once” in life. [source]

14

The Science of Getting Rich

Wallace D. Wattles

4.5

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As featured in the bestselling book The Secret, here is the landmark guide to wealth creation republished with the classic essay “How to Get What You Want.” Wallace D. Wattles spent a lifetime considering the laws of success as he found them in the work of the world’s great philosophers. He then turned his life effort into this simple, slender book – a volume that he vowed could replace libraries

Recommended by Chelsea Frank and Grant Cardone.

Chelsea Frank

I read everything with an open mind, often challenging myself by choosing books with an odd perspective or religious/spiritual views. These books do not reflect my personal feelings but are books that helped shape my perspective on life, love, and happiness. [source]

Grant Cardone

This isn’t philosophy—it’s the pragmatic way to riches. I loved how Wallace talked about how becoming rich is a noble desire. Too many people start saying things like “money isn’t everything” when you claim you want to be rich. You need money to access things in your environment. Your potential can only be reached when you are in full possession of wealth. This book gives a method for success that is just as certain as mathematical equations. Things come to you when you make them come to you. Some important takeaways from this great read include: It’s is a misconception that wealth is limited. The world is rich, and individuals are only poor because they do not act. Thoughts always find a way into reality. [source]

15

Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul

Howard Schultz, Joanne Gordon

4.5

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In 2008, Howard Schultz, the president and chairman of Starbucks, made the unprecedented decision to return as the CEO eight years after he stepped down from daily oversight of the company and became chairman. Concerned that Starbucks had lost its way, Schultz was determined to help it return to its core values and restore not only its financial health, but also its soul. In Onward, he shares the

Recommended by Ron Conway.

Ron Conway

Story of his return to Starbucks, and the success of the company in a tumlutuous economic time in history. [source]

16

The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success

Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, et al.

4.4

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You’ll never see leadership the same way again after reading this book.

These fifteen commitments are a distillation of decades of work with CEOs and other leaders. They are radical or provocative for many. They have been game changers for us and for our clients. We trust that they will be for you too.

Our experience is that unconscious leadership is not sustainable. It won’t work for you, your te

Recommended by Dustin Moskovitz, Brian Armstrong, and Ben Brode.

Dustin Moskovitz

Co-founder/Facebook and Asana

The lessons it teaches have transformed the way I engage with difficult situations and thus reduced the suffering I experience in big and small ways. [source]

Ben Brode

My pleasure! I’m so happy to hear you liked it - I LOVE recommending that book! https://t.co/My8oFwcVER [source]

17

Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

Michael J. Sandel

4.4

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"For Michael Sandel, justice is not a spectator sport," The Nation's reviewer of Justice remarked. In his acclaimed book―based on his legendary Harvard course―Sandel offers a rare education in thinking through the complicated issues and controversies we face in public life today. It has emerged as a most lucid and engaging guide for those who yearn for a more robust and thoughtful public discourse

Recommended by Nigel Warburton.

Nigel Warburton

The reason I picked this book is because I think Michael Sandel is an outstanding speaker and writer in his ability to bring philosophy alive. He can take a thinker like Aristotle and make him completely relevant to the present day, to show how his ideas have applications in our everyday lives. [source]

18

A Theory of Justice

John Rawls

4.4

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An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.

Since it appeared in 1971, John Rawls’s A Theory of Justice has become a classic. The author has now revised the original edition to clear up a number of difficulties he and others have found in the original book.

Rawls aims to express an essential part of the common core of the democratic tradition—justice as fairness—and to provide an a

Recommended by Azeem Azhar, Ann Miura-Ko, Jonathan Wolff, and 1 others.

Ann Miura-Ko

Actually a dialogue and a real logical debate. [source]

Jonathan Wolff

Rawls wants you to think about how you would design society if you didn’t know what place you’d play in it. [source]

Lucas Morales

Depending on your interest and goals, if you are like me and always looking for the trends in the big picture then I highly recommend being an active contrarian reader. Read what no one else is reading. Your goal is to think outside the box. To look at the world and ask “why hasn’t this been solved?” And that gives you a roadmap as to what opportunities may exist for your entrepreneurial efforts. So to that, here’s a snapshot, in no particular order, of what might help you push your intellectual boundaries: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future by Paul Mason Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty Who Gets What--And Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design by Alvin E. Roth The Political Economy of Participatory Economics by Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism by Jeremy Rifkin Why America Misunderstands the World by Paul R. Pillar A Theory of Justice by John Rawls Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall [source]

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Conscious Business: How to Build Value Through Values

Fred Kofman

4.4

More and more business leaders are catching on to an often-overlooked fact: consciousness is our basic faculty for survival and success. Without it, we forget what's important to us and lose sight of the steps we might take to reach those goals. Conscious business, explains Fred Kofman, means shining this awareness on every area of your work: in recognizing the needs of others and expressing your

Recommended by Reid Hoffman and Sheryl Sandberg.

Reid Hoffman

CEO/LinkedIn

The author's whole kind of thread is to say actually in fact, how you can express business and capitalism as a spiritual practice of compassion. [source]

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The Person You Mean to Be: Confronting Bias to Build a Better Workplace and World

Dolly Chugh, Laszlo Bock

4.4

"Favorite Books of 2018" The Greater Good Magazine

Foreword by Laszlo Bock, the bestselling author of Work Rules! and former Senior Vice President of People Operations at Google

An inspiring guide from Dolly Chugh, an award-winning social psychologist at the New York University Stern School of Business, on how to confront difficult issues including sexism, racism, inequality, and injustice so that y

Recommended by Katherine Milkman.

Katherine Milkman

The highlight of my week was watching the amazing @DollyChugh discuss her book on holding ourselves to a higher ethical standard (by acknowledging we are biased and have room to grow) on the @TODAYshow! As always, I was so inspired by @DollyChugh’s message and grace. https://t.co/jzjP4ggbt5 [source]

21

Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World

Liaquat Ahamed

4.4

Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize

"A magisterial work...You can't help thinking about the economic crisis we're living through now." --The New York Times Book Review

It is commonly believed that the Great Depression that began in 1929 resulted from a confluence of events beyond any one person's or government's control. In fact, as Liaquat Ahamed reveals, it was the decisions made by a small number

Recommended by Barry Ritholtz and David J Lynch.

Barry Ritholtz

It covers a 50-year period from before World War I and leading up to World War II. Even if you’re not interested in finance, it’s a great read. [source]

David J Lynch

Lords of Finance gives you that alternative history, particularly through the inter-war years from the end of World War I into the Great Depression. [source]

22

The Power of a Positive No: How to Say No and Still Get to Yes

William Ury

4.3

No is perhaps the most important and certainly the most powerful word in the language. Every day we find ourselves in situations where we need to say No–to people at work, at home, and in our communities–because No is the word we must use to protect ourselves and to stand up for everything and everyone that matters to us.

But as we all know, the wrong No can also destroy what we most value by alie

Recommended by Michael Hyatt and Muna AbuSulayman.

Muna AbuSulayman

It gave me the tools for how to say no consistently and without guilt. [source]

23

Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business

John Mackey and Rajendra Sisodia

4.3

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A Wall Street Journal Bestseller

In this book, Whole Foods Market cofounder John Mackey and professor and Conscious Capitalism, Inc. cofounder Raj Sisodia argue for the inherent good of both business and capitalism. Featuring some of today’s best-known companies, they illustrate how these two forces can—and do—work most powerfully to create value for all stakeholders: including customers, employees

Recommended by Kip Tindell and Virginia LeBlanc.

Kip Tindell

CEO/The Container Store

Tindell is actually close friends with Mackey, who is the co-author of this book and co-CEO of Whole Foods Market. According to Tindell, both men believe in conscious capitalism. They say that when everyone wins, the business is most profitable and there should be no losses. [source]

Virginia LeBlanc

I guess I would choose Conscious Capitalism by John Mackey and Raj Sisodia for the brilliant, reachable, utopian view of free-enterprise capitalism with a mind toward higher purpose and humanistic virtues in business. [source]

24

What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets

Michael J. Sandel

4.3

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Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Should we allow corporations to pay for the right to pollute the atmosphere? Is it ethical to pay people to test risky new drugs or to donate their organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight our wars? Auctioning admission to elite universities? Selling citizenship to immigrants willing to pay?

In What Money Can't Buy, Michael J. Sandel

25

Managing Business Ethics: Straight Talk about How to Do It Right, Seventh Edition: Straight Talk about How to Do It Right

Linda K. Trevino

4.3

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Produced by Faith: Enjoy Real Success without Losing Your True Self

DeVon Franklin

4.3

Hollywood executive DeVon Franklin shows readers how to live and work their faith from nine to five, not just after quitting time.

STRAIGHT FROM HOLLYWOOD comes a dynamic business model for building a thriving career without compromising your faith. DeVon Franklin, vice president of production for Columbia Pictures, shares how being bold about his Christian faith while being driven and ambitious ha

27

The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves

Dan Ariely

4.3

The New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational and The Upside of Irrationality returns with thought-provoking work to challenge our preconceptions about dishonesty and urge us to take an honest look at ourselves.

Does the chance of getting caught affect how likely we are to cheat?
How do companies pave the way for dishonesty?
Does collaboration make us more honest or less so?
Does rel

28

Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness

Frédéric Laloux

4.3

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FROM THE BACKCOVER

The way we manage organizations seems increasingly out of date. Deep inside, we sense that more is possible. We long for soulful workplaces, for authenticity, community, passion, and purpose.

In this groundbreaking book, the author shows that every time, in the past, when humanity has shifted to a new stage of consciousness, it has achieved extraordinary breakthroughs in collabora

Recommended by Armina Sirbu, Bogdan Lucaciu, Cristina Riesen, and 1 others.

Armina Sirbu

Reinventing Organizations by F. Laloux - the best book there is about the organizations of the future. [source]

Bogdan Lucaciu

Completely unrelated people told me about it at the same time, for different reasons. People that I really looked up to. Quite serendipitous. It was almost spooky reading it, I didn't expect such a highly regarded book to be so close to my unconventional beliefs about organisation design. [source]

Cristina Riesen

First, a word on career paths. In time, I realised that career paths are like one-way streets. Magic happens in unexplored territories. Plus life is how you choose to live every moment, every day. So today, rather than building a career, I prefer to make lateral moves in life, working with great people and being part of ambitious projects impacting the world. There are a few books that got me here: … Frederic Laloux "Reinventing Organizations". [source]

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Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People Do Differently

John C. Maxwell

4.3

World-renowned leadership expert and bestselling author John C. Maxwell says if you want to be an effective leader, you must learn how to connect with people. While it may seem like some folks are just born with a commanding presence that draws people in, the fact is anyone can learn to communicate in ways that consistently build powerful connections. Everyone Communicates, Few Connect, helps you

Recommended by Susan Mazza.

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Developing the Leader Within You 2.0

John C. Maxwell

4.3

In this thoroughly revised and updated 25th-anniversary edition of his now-classic work, John C. Maxwell reveals how to develop the vision, value, influence, and motivation required of successful leaders.

Twenty-five years ago, John Maxwell published the book that forever transformed how we think about leadership. Developing the Leader Within You revolutionized the way leaders are made and in the p

Recommended by John C. Maxwell and Sean Si.

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Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World

Jacqueline Novogratz

4.3

Jacqueline Novogratz, author of the New York Times bestseller The Blue Sweater and founder and CEO of Acumen, shares an original short-list of essential leadership tools for the 21st century.

In 2001, when Jacqueline Novogratz founded Acumen, a global community of socially and environmentally responsible partners dedicated to changing the way the world tackles poverty, few had heard of impact inves

Recommended by Chris Anderson, Chris Anderson, Chris Anderson, and 1 others.

Chris Anderson

A spectacular, life-transforming book. [source]

Chris Anderson

A spectacular, life-transforming book. [source]

Chris Anderson

A spectacular, life-transforming book. [source]

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Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle

Dan Senor

4.3

Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel -- a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding, with no natural resources-- produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada and the UK?

With the savvy of foreign policy insiders, Senor a

Recommended by Amnon Rubinstein, Bogdana Butnar, Iulian Stanciu, and 1 others.

Amnon Rubinstein

This is a new book which has become very successful in America, though it is less well-known in England. It is a book which seeks to explain the economic success of Israel. Israel has withstood the recent crunch, the recent depression, more successfully than other industrial societies and this book seeks to explain that. One of the things that the authors explain is the spirit of leadership and entrepreneurship which is part and parcel of the fact that most Israelis serve in the Israeli army. The regular army of Israel educates its draftees to a position of leadership so when they enter university they are already more adult, more experienced, more likely to be go-getters and they have more knowledge of technology. So I thought this was interesting because I think it’s a fact that many people are not aware of. And there is a flipside to this, which is that those elements in Israeli society that do not go into the army, namely the Arabs and the ultra-orthodox Jews, miss something important. They are the poorer elements of Israeli society and the fact that they do not go into the army, and have many children, exacerbates their position. This explains why the social gap in Israeli society grows by leaps and bounds from year to year. The ultra-orthodox don’t go into the army because it’s part of a political concession, given to them by successive governments who need their support in the Knesset. It’s a very controversial issue back home. These two poor elements make things worse by not participating in the army which contributes so much to the economic success of Israel. [source]

Bogdana Butnar

I thought I might put my money where my mouth is. I keep whining that young people are not in touch with some essential books on advertising that have helped me shape the way I practise my trade today, but I never did anything about it. So I am starting here the ultimate books to read list. I will add to it as I get suggestions and as more good books get written. [source]

Iulian Stanciu

In every good or bad decision, there is a lesson. The real win is not having done something right, but having learned something you can apply in the future. I've let people make the wrong decisions even if I knew they were wrong, because I knew that would teach them something better than I ever could. Why the "Start-up Nation" book? Because lots of things are BS free. If someone in the company thinks I did something stupid, they're free to tell me why. Let's call things as we see them. [source]

33

Winners Never Cheat: Even in Difficult Times, New and Expanded Edition

HUNTSMAN

4.3

Recommended by Glenn Beck.

Glenn Beck

It’s awesome. [source]

34

Ethics 101: What Every Leader Needs To Know

John C. Maxwell

4.3

Bestselling author John C. Maxwell shows you how the Golden Rule works everywhere, and how, especially in business, it brings amazing dividends.

35

Den of Thieves

James B. Stewart

4.3

A #1 bestseller from coast to coast, Den of Thieves tells the full story of the insider-trading scandal that nearly destroyed Wall Street, the men who pulled it off, and the chase that finally brought them to justice.

Pulitzer Prize–winner James B. Stewart shows for the first time how four of the eighties’ biggest names on Wall Street—Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, Martin Siegel, and Dennis Levine —c

Recommended by Doug Rossinow.

Doug Rossinow

Den of Thieves is a very vivid portrait of people who broke what rules there were in the process of transforming American finance and the American economy and making a lot of money by doing so. [source]

36

Ökonomisches Denken und ethisches Handeln. Ideengeschichtliche Aporien der Wirtschaftsethik

Antje Kuttner

4.3

In der deutschsprachigen Wirtschaftsethik herrscht prinzipielle Uneinigkeit daruber, von welchen Pramissen die Moral in der Okonomie abhangen soll. Antje Kuttner nimmt dies zum Anlass, die ideengeschichtlichen Entwicklungslinien und Zusammenhange zu reflektieren, die zu den gegenwartigen Aporien der modernen Wirtschaftsethik gefuhrt haben. Sie geht von der Vorstellung aus, dass sich die moderne Wi

37

Lying

Sam Harris

4.3

As it was in Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, and Othello, so it is in life. Most forms of private vice and public evil are kindled and sustained by lies. Acts of adultery and other personal betrayals, financial fraud, government corruption—even murder and genocide—generally require an additional moral defect: a willingness to lie.

Recommended by Elon Musk, Vinod Khosla, Brian Armstrong, and 1 others.

Elon Musk

Founder/SpaceX

Excellent cover art and lots of good reasons not to lie! [source]

Vinod Khosla

Co-Founder/Sun Microsystem

One of my favorite one hour reads about intellectual honesty. I wish more people were this honest! [source]

A.J. Jacobs

A great book. [source]

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38

An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management

Will Larson

4.3

Recommended by Charity Majors and Jeff Morris Jr..

Charity Majors

Holy fuckola. I got ~4 pages through @lethain's new book before realizing "this might be the best book I have ever read on engineering teams" and by page 42 I knew for sure. Every engineer should read this. Not just managers. https://t.co/cNI53wS4bK [source]

Jeff Morris Jr.

@briannekimmel @Lethain Great book — highly recommend. [source]

39

Pour Your Heart Into It

Highbridge

4.3

The success of Starbucks Coffee Company is one of the most remarkable business stories in decades. Since 1987, it has grown from a single retail store on Seattle's waterfront to a company with more than 1,000 stores nationwide and a new one opening somewhere every business day. According to Fortune magazine, Starbucks "has changed everything . . . from our tastes to our language to the face of Mai

Recommended by Jilliene Helman and Yaro Starak.

Jilliene Helman

I really, really like company biographies. They're just kind of the style of book that I've gotten really into. … I've read the Starbucks CEO book. [source]

Yaro Starak

There were also more traditional books or businesses I read about, like the biography of Starbucks. It’s really more the biography of the CEO, Howard Schultz, a lot about him growing the Starbucks brand. Since I spent a lot of time writing in Starbucks cafés, that was an important company to me. [source]

40

Nice Girls Still Don't Get the Corner Office: Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers

Lois P. Frankel

4.3

The New York Times bestseller, which has become a must-have for women in business, is now revised and updated in celebration of its 10th anniversary.

Internationally recognized executive coach Dr. Lois P. Frankel teacher women how to eliminate unconscious mistakes that could be holding them back, and gives invaluable coaching tips that can easily be incorporated into social and business skills. The

Recommended by Noah Kagan.

Noah Kagan

Founder/Sumo

A few months ago, I was drinking a Noah’s Mill whiskey (cute) with my good buddy Brian Balfour and talking about life... During the conversation, we got on the topic of books that changed our lives. I want to share them with you. I judge a book's success if a year later I'm still using at least 1 thing from the book. [source]

41

Robert Kuok: A Memoir

Andrew Tanzer

4.3

Robert Kuok is one of the most highly respected businessmen in Asia. But this legendary Overseas Chinese entrepreneur, commodities trader, hotelier and property mogul has maintained a low profile and seldom shed light in public on his business empire or personal life. That is, until now. In these memoirs, the 94-year-old Kuok tells the remarkable story of how, starting in British Colonial Malaya,

Recommended by Jack Wong.

Jack Wong

Robert Kuok's Memoir - biography of a Malaysian born business magnate and investor who made his fortunes building commodity empires and international hotel brands. It’s interesting to read up on the way he approached business in this part of the world (Asia) and how they had the general economic foresight to spot opportunities (and disasters). [source]

42

The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations

James Surowiecki

4.2

""No one in this world, so far as I know, has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people." --H. L. Mencken"
H. L. Mencken was wrong.
In this endlessly fascinating book, "New Yorker" columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea that has profound implications: large groups of people are "smarter" than an elite few, no matter how brill

Recommended by Ev Williams, Simon Sinek, Ben Shapiro, and 2 others.

Ben Shapiro

It's very good. [source]

David Ndii

@Mbiginji If you like that type you might enjoy The Wisdom of Crowds - James Surowiecki and Homo Deus by Yuval Harari. Recommend also Winners Takes All by Anand Giridharadas. Different kind of book but important read. [source]

Nadia Al Sheikh

Although we tend to elect leaders that we believe know better and follow them hoping for a better future, better life & a safer life. Surprisingly in many cases the wisdom of the crowd has proven to be more accurate than most of our smartest leaders. The message for me is to learn to listen to the people and to learn from them assuming you know nothing with that you will learn a lot! [source]

43

Trailblazer: The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change

Marc Benioff

4.2

Preview Summary

Recommended by Bill Gross, Jim Cramer, Natalie Petouhoff, and 1 others.

Bill Gross

Founder/Idealab

I've been waiting "im"patiently for @Benioff 's new book to come out. It just came out on Kindle 10 minutes ago. It's terrific. Such a powerful, simple, but important lesson and message, "Values create Value!" I'll be sharing more highlights as I read further.. https://t.co/KAgrFs31fC [source]

Jim Cramer

I love this book and have already used it as the basis for several @MadMoneyOnCNBC segments and a talk to young entrepreneurs !!! https://t.co/fLYtdYAMxC [source]

Natalie Petouhoff

Trailblazer: @salesforce Founder and co-CEO Marc Benioff’s Inspiring New Book Shows How Business is the Greatest Platform for Change @Benioff https://t.co/lcIQbvG1Qo https://t.co/TKCiIpK6ZB [source]

44

Winners Never Cheat: Everyday Values We Learned as Children But May Have Forgotten

Jon Huntsman

4.2

Next time someone tells you business can't be done ethically -- corners must be cut, negotiations can't be honest -- hand them Jon Huntsman's new book. He started with practically nothing, and made it to Forbes'list of America's Top 100 richest people. Huntsman's generous about sharing the credit, but in the 21st century, he's the nearest thing to a self-made multi-billionaire. Now, he presents th

45

Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry

Jacquie McNish, Sean Silcoff

4.2

It was a classic modern business story: two Canadian entrepreneurs build an iconic brand that would forever change the way we communicate. From its humble beginnings in an office above a bagel store in Waterloo, Ontario, BlackBerry outsmarted the global giants with an addictive smartphone that generated billions of dollars. Its devices were so ubiquitous that even President Barack Obama favoured t

Recommended by Erik Martin.

Erik Martin

It's a gripping and well-told reminder of how fast habits and technologies change, especially for companies at the top. [source]

46

Financial Shenanigans: How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks and Fraud in Financial Reports

Howard Schilit and Jeremy Perler

4.2

The bestselling classic from the "Sherlock Holmes of Accounting"--updated to reflect the key case studies and most important lessons from the past quarter century.
This fourth edition of the classic guide shines a light on the most shocking frauds and financial reporting offenders of the last twenty-five years, and gives investors the tools they need to detect:
-Corporate cultures that incentiv

Recommended by Anu Hariharan and Sam E. Antar.

Sam E. Antar

@HowardSchilit And I love your book! [source]

47

Cowboy Ethics

James P. Owen and David R. Stoecklein

4.2

Veteran financier James P. Owen shares his new perspective on Wall Street and how the Code of the West can and should be applied to business practices and the corporate world. The book is beautifully illustrated with David Stoecklein's western photography

48

Social Responsibilities of the Businessman

Howard R. Bowen, Jean-Pascal Gond, Peter Geoffrey Bowen

4.2

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) expresses a fundamental morality in the way a company behaves toward society. It follows ethical behavior toward stakeholders and recognizes the spirit of the legal and regulatory environment. The idea of CSR gained momentum in the late 1950s and 1960s with the expansion of large conglomerate corporations and became a popular subject in the 1980s with R. Edwar

49

Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World

Peter H. Diamandis

4.2

Preview Summary

Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here

From the coauthors of the New York Times bestseller Abundance comes their much anticipated follow-up: Bold—a radical, how-to guide for using exponential technologies, moonshot thinking, and crowd-powered tools to create extraordinary wealth while also positively impacting the lives of billions.

Bold unfolds in three parts. Part One focuses on the expon

Recommended by Bill Clinton, Eric Schmidt, Michael Dell, and 3 others.

Bill Clinton

Former USA President

Bold is a visionary roadmap for people who believe they can change the world---and offers invaluable advice about bringing together the partners and technologies to help them do it. [source]

Eric Schmidt

CEO/Google

Abundance showed us where our world can be in 20 years. BOLD is a roadmap for entrepreneurs to help us get there. [source]

Michael Dell

CEO/Dell Computers

I loved Peter Diamandis’ and Steven Kotler’s book Abundance, their writing and their Vision. BOLD is an amazing sequel, a book that every entrepreneur should read. It is inspiring, filled with incredible insights and offers a practical how-to game plan for going big and impacting the world. [source]

50

Et Pourquoi Pas?

François Michelin

4.2

51

Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases

Manuel G. Velasquez

4.2

Resolving Moral Issues in Business. The ethical landscape of business is constantly changing, and the new edition of Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases has been revised to keep pace with those changes most effecting business: accelerating globalization, constant technological updates, proliferating of business scandals. Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases introduces the reader to the ethical co

52

Economics of Good and Evil: The Quest for Economic Meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street

Tomas Sedlacek

4.2

Tomas Sedlacek has shaken the study of economics as few ever have. Named one of the "Young Guns" and one of the "five hot minds in economics" by the Yale Economic Review, he serves on the National Economic Council in Prague, where his provocative writing has achieved bestseller status. How has he done it? By arguing a simple, almost heretical proposition: economics is ultimately about good and evi

53

The Art of Worldly Wisdom

Baltasar Gracián y Morales

4.2

The remarkable best-seller -- a long-lost, 300-year-old book of wisdom on how to live successfully yet responsibly in a society governed by self-interest -- as acute as Machiavelli yet as humanistic and scrupulously moral as Marcus Aurelius.

Recommended by Marvin Liao and Robin Sharma.

Marvin Liao

Partner/500 Startups

The Joy of Not Working (Zelinkski), Flash Foresight (Burrus), The Art of Worldly Wisdom (Gracian), Sapiens (Yuval), The End of Jobs (Pearson), Deep Work (Newport), Sovereign Individual (Davidson), The Fourth Economy (Davison) & The Monk & the Riddle (Komisar). Every single one of these books completely changed how I looked at everything in the world & literally pushed my life in a new direction. They were Paradigm Shifting as they say. (hate that word but it really was a Paradigm Shift for me). [source]

54

The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works--and How It's Transforming the American Economy

Charles Fishman

4.2

An award-winning journalist breaks through the wall of secrecy to reveal the many astonishing ways Wal-Mart's power affects our lives and reaches all around the world.
The Wal-Mart Effect: The overwhelming impact of the world's largest company--due to its relentless pursuit of low prices--on retailers and manufacturers, wages and jobs, the culture of shopping, the shape of our communities, and th

Recommended by Craig Pearce.

Craig Pearce

The first book I read about business was The Walmart Effect. I think I picked it up at an airport and read the entire thing on the ensuing plane ride. It was this book that got me interested in reading about the early stages of companies. I would have never guessed they could be so entertaining. [source]

55

The Trusted Executive: Nine Leadership Habits that Inspire Results, Relationships and Reputation

John Blakey, Paul Polman

4.2

The topic of trust has been a much discussed issue since the recent global financial crisis. However, the business world's response has lagged behind, and trust in organizations and corporations remains low. This book helps leaders create a trust-building strategy for a globalized, technology-enabled, diverse, and increasingly skeptical world. Through innovative coaching exercises, personal anecdo

56

Decisions

Jim Treliving

4.2

Jim Treliving is a police officer turned pizza king. An affable prairie boy, he took the leap from the RCMP and started to build a global empire. In his first book, Jim shows why today, he’s not only surviving, he’s thriving in a volatile 20th-century global market. For Treliving, success involves hard work and taking a measured, principled approach to making decisions, because successful people m

57

Inclusify: The Power of Uniqueness and Belonging to Build Innovative Teams

Stefanie K. Johnson

4.2

In this groundbreaking guide, a management expert outlines the transformative leadership skill of tomorrow—one that can make it possible to build truly diverse and inclusive teams which value employees’ need to belong while being themselves.

Humans have two basic desires: to stand out and to fit in. Companies respond by creating groups that tend to the extreme—where everyone fits in and no one sta

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58

Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work

Paul Babiak, Robert D. Hare

4.2

When Psychopaths Go to Work

Let's say you're about to hire somebody for a position in your company. Your corporation wants someone who's fearless, charismatic, and full of new ideas. Candidate X is charming, smart, and has all the right answers to your questions. Problem solved, right? Maybe not.

We'd like to think that if we met someone who was completely without conscience–someone who was capable

Recommended by David Ruddock.

David Ruddock

If this topic interests you (I find it VERY interesting, and terrifying), I highly recommend this book: Snakes in Suits. It's a description and "guide" to psychopathy in the workplace. This is very much A Thing. https://t.co/LxMm236kLe [source]

59

Saving Human Lives: Lessons In Management Ethics (Issues In Business Ethics)

Robert E. Allinson

4.1

This is a pioneering work. Recent disasters such as the tsunami disaster continue to demonstrate Professor Allinson's thesis that valuing human lives is the core of ethical management. His unique comparison of the ideas of the power of Fate and High Technology, his penetrating analysis of the very concept of an "accident," demonstrate how concepts rule our lives. His wide-ranging investigation of

60

For Business Ethics

Campbell Jones, Martin Parker, Rene Ten Bos

4.1

For Business Ethics is a daring adventure into the world of business ethics. It offers a clear and accessible introduction to business ethics and also expands business ethics beyond its current narrow confines. It is ground-breaking in the sense that it invites a distinctively critical approach to business ethics, an approach that the authors argue is part and parcel of ethics.

With a thought-provo

61

Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making & Cases

O. C. Ferrell, John Fraedrich, et al.

4.1

Packed with cases, exercises, simulations, and practice tests, the market-leading BUSINESS ETHICS: ETHICAL DECISION MAKING AND CASES, 11th Edition, thoroughly covers the complex environment in which managers confront ethical decision-making. Using a proven managerial framework, the authors address the overall concepts, processes, and best practices associated with successful business ethics progra

62

The Common Good

Robert B. Reich

4.1

Robert B. Reich makes a powerful case for the expansion of America's moral imagination. Rooting his argument in common sense and everyday reality, he demonstrates that a common good constitutes the very essence of any society or nation. Societies, he says, undergo virtuous cycles that reinforce the common good as well as vicious cycles that undermine it, one of which America has been experiencing

63

The Good Jobs Strategy: How the Smartest Companies Invest in Employees to Lower Costs and Boost Profits

Zeynep Ton

4.1

Almost one in four American working adults has a job that pays less than a living wage. Conventional wisdom says that’s how the world has to work. Bad jobs with low wages, minimal benefits, little training, and chaotic schedules are the only way companies can keep costs down and prices low. If companies were to offer better jobs, customers would have to pay more or companies would have to make les

Recommended by Doug McMillon and Sarah Taber.

Doug McMillon

CEO/Walmart

Here's a list of the top books that taught and inspired me this year. I go back to Sam Walton's book frequently and was struck, this year, by some common principles between Sam and General McChrystal. It seems they learned some similar things about what works when it comes to leading teams. For example, fostering a shared consciousness and empowering execution delivers results. Greg Foran shared The Good Jobs Strategy with me and I see a connection to Tim Brown's Change by Design. We are making progress in designing a "system" for our associates that results in opportunities for them and an even better work environment. #ReadToLead [source]

Sarah Taber

Also check out @zeynepton's Good Jobs Strategy book for some FANTASTIC info about how to organize a business for good working conditions & wages. It's both very much against the MBA consensus & super well-backed by research into real business's results with alternative methods. [source]

64

Business Ethics: Managing Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability in the Age of Globalization

Andrew Crane, Dirk Matten

4.1

The subject of business ethics addresses what can be considered morally right and wrong in the way businesses make decisions and conduct their activities. Written from a European perspective, Business Ethics is a lively and engaging textbook covering the foundations of business ethics and applying these theories, concepts and tools to each of the corporation's major stakeholders. This second editi

65

A World of Three Zeros: The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions

Muhammad Yunus

4.1

A winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and bestselling author of Banker to the Poor offers his vision of an emerging new economic system that can save humankind and the planet
Muhammad Yunus, who created microcredit, invented social business, and earned a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in alleviating poverty, is one of today's most trenchant social critics. Now he declares it's time to admit that the c

66

Just Good Business: The Strategic Guide to Aligning Corporate Responsibility and Brand

Kellie A. McElhaney

4.1

Every major company has a corporate strategy based on business objectives and competencies of the firm. Most major companies claim to have a corporate social responsibility strategy, most of which are not linked to business objectives or competencies of the firm. These companies are adopting CSR practices, but aren't reaping the benefits of these initiatives because A) they aren't strategic and B)

67

Homewreckers

Aaron Glantz

4.1

In the spirit of Evicted, Bait and Switch, and The Big Short, a shocking, heart-wrenching investigation into America’s housing crisis and the modern-day robber barons who are making a fortune off the backs of the disenfranchised working and middle class—among them, Donald Trump and his inner circle.

Two years before the housing market collapsed in 2008, Donald Trump looked forward to a crash: “I s

Recommended by David Sirota and Richard W. Painter.

David Sirota

Another must-read book out today is this one from @Aaron_Glantz — it’s about how our government allowed private equity vultures to profit off the pain, suffering and misery of the housing crisis. https://t.co/ekG7U8SNFu [source]

Richard W. Painter

@Aaron_Glantz @democracynow Great book! But what a racket! [source]

68

Brands With a Conscience: How to Build a Successful and Responsible Brand

Nicholas Ind, Sandra Horlings

4.1

Editors Nicholas Ind and Sandra Horlings, along with chapter contributors provide a set of foundational attributes to help guide a strategy for responsible growth. These attributes span the public persona of an organization, the actions to take when things go wrong, the effort invested in developing relationships, the promotion of core values, and balancing success across various categories. They

69

Local Is Our Future: Steps to an Economics of Happiness

Helena Norberg-Hodge

4.1

From disappearing livelihoods to financial instability, from climate chaos to an epidemic of depression, we face crises on a number of seemingly unrelated fronts. This well-referenced book traces the common roots of these problems in a globalized economy that is incompatible with life on a finite planet. But Local is Our Future does more than just describe the problem: it describes the policy shif

70

Annual Editions: Business Ethics, 27/E

Eric Teoro

4.1

The Annual Editions series is designed to provide convenient inexpensive access to a wide range of current articles from some of the most respected magazines, newspapers and journals published today. Annual Editions are updated on a regular basis through a continuous monitoring of over 300 periodical sources. The articles selected are authored by prominent scholars, researchers, and commentators w

71

The Science of Success: How Market-Based Management Built the World's Largest Private Company

Charles G. Koch

4.1

Praise for THE SCIENCE OF SUCCESS "Evaluating the success of an individual or company is a lot like judging a trapper by his pelts. Charles Koch has a lot of pelts. He has built Koch Industries into the world's largest privately held company, and this book is an insider's guide to how he did it. Koch has studied how markets work for decades, and his commitment to pass that knowledge on will inspir

72

Ökonomik: Eine Einführung

Karl Homann, Andreas Suchanek

4.1

German description: Aus Rezensionen: ... Diese Einfuhrung in die Okonomik (a) bietet immer wieder Anknupfungspunkte an Alltagswissen. Das wird genutzt um anschaulich zu machen, wie okonomisches Denken funktioniert und auf welch vielfaltige Sachverhalte es anwendbar ist.Das Buch von Homann und Suchanek ersetzt nicht das klassische Lehrbuch zu den verschiedenen Bereichen der Wirtschaftstheorie. Es b

73

Honorable Business: A Framework for Business in a Just and Humane Society

James R. Otteson

4.1

Business has a bad name for many people. It is easy to point to unethical and damaging behavior by companies. And it may seem straightforward to blame either indivuduals or, more generally, ruthless markets and amoral commercial society.
In Honorable Business, James R. Otteson argues that business activity can be valuable in itself. The primary purpose of honorable businesses is to create value-fo

74

The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money

Frederik Obermaier

4.1

Late one evening, investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer receives an anonymous message offering him access to secret data. Through encrypted channels, he then receives documents revealing how the president of Argentina has sequestered millions of dollars of state money for private use. This is just the beginning.
Obermayer and fellow Suddeutsche journalist Frederik Obermaier find themselves im

75

You've Got To Be HUNGRY: The GREATNESS Within to Win

Les Brown

4.1

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Ethics for Entrepreneurs

Dr. Brian Keen

4.1

This is the first book in the Ethics for Entrepreneurs series. This is utilizing a cutting edge approach to publishing. Entrepreneurs always encourage cutting edge approaches to improve life for everyone. The Theanthropic Ethical category is one of the few scientific ethical categories. Entrepreneurs will appreciate the fact that this book is evaluated by fellow entrepreneurs who are professionals

77

From Supervisor to Super Leader: How to Break Free from Stress and Build a Thriving Team That Gets Results

Shanda K. Miller

4.1

Are you in charge of a team and hate feeling overwhelmed?

Are you afraid of not meeting expectations? Or doubt you have what it takes to lead your team to success?

Do you wish there was a way to lead your team without having to work long hours or take work home?

Stop the stress now.

In this conversational and easy-to-read book, author Shanda K. Miller shares the lessons she learned in her 20+ years

78

The Imperative of Responsibility: In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age

Hans Jonas

4.1

Hans Jonas here rethinks the foundations of ethics in light of the awesome transformations wrought by modern technology: the threat of nuclear war, ecological ravage, genetic engineering, and the like. Though informed by a deep reverence for human life, Jonas's ethics is grounded not in religion but in metaphysics, in a secular doctrine that makes explicit man's duties toward himself, his posterit

79

A Good Life in the Market: An Introduction to Business Ethics

Gary Chartier

4.1

80

Enlightened Negotiation™: 8 Universal Laws to Connect, Create, and Prosper

Mehrad Nazari Ph.D.

4.1

We negotiate more frequently than we realize not only in the workplace but also with family, friends and neighbors. Negotiation is like breathing, which we do all the time—although we seldom take the initiative to learn proper breathing techniques. Likewise, we fail to acquire skills for a meaningful and efficient way to negotiate.

Here, in pursuit of developing our skills, we approach the subject

81

The Business Ethics Field Guide: The Essential Companion to Leading Your Career and Your Company to Greatness

Bill O'Rourke Brad Agle, Aaron Miller

4.1

"A superb guide to personal and organizational ethics!"
- Stephen M. R. Covey, author of The Speed of Trust

Any cursory online search will reveal thousands of books and articles that try to help you become a better manager or a better leader. According to many of these texts, managing involves planning and budgeting, organizing, controlling, problem solving, and communicating; while leading means

82

The Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics

George G. Brenkert and Tom L. Beauchamp

4.0

Business ethics raises many important philosophical issues. A first set of issues concerns the methodology of business ethics. What is the role of ethical theory in business ethics? To what extent, if at all, can thinking in business ethics be enhanced by philosophy, so as to provide real moral guidance? Another set of issues involves questions regarding markets, capitalism, and economic justice.

83

Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever

Reed Albergotti and Vanessa O'Connell

4.0

The sensational New York Times bestselling in-depth look at Lance Armstrong’s doping scandal, the phenomenal business success built on the back of fraud, and the greatest conspiracy in the history of sports. Now with a new afterword.

Lance Armstrong won a record-smashing seven Tours de France after staring down cancer, and in the process became an international symbol of resilience and courage. In

84

Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It

Max H. Bazerman

4.0

When confronted with an ethical dilemma, most of us like to think we would stand up for our principles. But we are not as ethical as we think we are. In Blind Spots, leading business ethicists Max Bazerman and Ann Tenbrunsel examine the ways we overestimate our ability to do what is right and how we act unethically without meaning to. From the collapse of Enron and corruption in the tobacco indust

85

Corporate Governance and Ethics

Zabihollah Rezaee

4.0

This book is the first to present a comprehensive framework of the theory and practice of corporate governance and business ethics by focusing on the four cornerstones promoted by the AACSB. Readers will quickly gain an understanding of the main themes, perspectives, frameworks, concepts, and issues pertaining to corporate governance and business ethics from historical, global, institutional, comm

86

Doing Good and Doing Well: Cases on Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia

Marlene Cooper and Joan Granucci Lesser Ph.D.

4.0

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Business Ethics: Decision Making for Personal Integrity & Social Responsibility

Laura Hartman, Joseph DesJardins, et al.

4.0

Author Note Laura Hartman was most recently at DePaul University. She also currently serves as executive director of a trailblazing trilingual elementary school in Haiti, the School of Choice/l'Ecole de Choix. She is also cofounded an online micro-development, finance, and education system for people living in poverty in Haiti, called Zafen. Previously, Hartman served as director of external partn

88

Harvard Business Review on Corporate Ethics

Harvard Business School Press, Joseph L. Badaracco

4.0

Harvard Business Review is the place to learn about important management issues, bringing today's managers and professionals the information they need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world. From the preeminent thinkers whose work has defined an entire field to the rising stars who will redefine the way we think about business, here are the leading minds and landmark ideas that have establishe

89

Fooling Some of the People All of the Time, a Long Short (and Now Complete) Story, Updated with New Epilogue

David Einhorn

4.0

A revealing look at Wall Street, the financial media, and financial regulators by David Einhorn, the President of Greenlight CapitalCould 2008's credit crisis have been minimized or even avoided? In 2002, David Einhorn-one of the country's top investors-was asked at a charity investment conference to share his best investment advice. Short sell Allied Capital. At the time, Allied was a leader in t

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Course Design Formula: How to Teach Anything to Anyone Online

Rebecca Frost Cuevas

4.0

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The American Way of Death Revisited

Jessica Mitford

4.0

Only the scathing wit and searching intelligence of Jessica Mitford could turn an exposé of the American funeral industry into a book that is at once deadly serious and side-splittingly funny. When first published in 1963 this landmark of investigative journalism became a runaway bestseller and resulted in legislation to protect grieving families from the unscrupulous sales practices of those in "

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Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism that Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs

Muhammad Yunus

4.0

The Nobel Peace Prize winner and bestselling author shows how entrepreneurial spirit and business smarts can be harnessed to create sustainable businesses that can solve the world's biggest problems. Muhammad Yunus, the practical visionary who pioneered microcredit and, with his Grameen Bank, won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, has developed a new dimension for capitalism which he calls "social busine

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Bringing Out the Best in People

Aubrey Daniels

4.0

The classic bestseller on performance management is updated to reflect changes in today's working environment. When an employer needs to know how to gain maximum performance from employees, renowned behavioral psychologist--Aubrey Daniels is the man to consult. What has made Daniels the man with the answers? His ability to apply scientifically based behavioral stimuli to the workplace while making

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Liberalism and the Limits of Justice

Michael J. Sandel

4.0

A liberal society must govern by principles of justice that do not presuppose any particular vision of the good life. But can any such principles be found? These are the questions taken up in this penetrating critique of contemporary liberalism.

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Everybody Matters: The Only Business Idea with Truly Unlimited Potential

Bob Sisodia Raj Chapman

4.0

Much studied CEO Bob Chapman and bestselling author Raj Sisodia take on one of the greatest misconceptions of modern business—that leadership starts with getting the right people on the bus (and the wrong people off). Real leader enable the people already on the bus to achieve extraordinary things.

Too many companies focus only on producing the best products; Bob Chapman says we should put our eff

Recommended by Simon Sinek, Doug McMillon, Kip Tindell, and 1 others.

Simon Sinek

Author

Bob Chapman's new book just came out! He is a remarkable example of how a company SHOULD run: putting people first. [source]

Doug McMillon

CEO/Walmart

Read some wonderful and enlightening books this year. [source]

Kip Tindell

CEO/The Container Store

Bob and Raj beautifully illustrate the important intersection of business and the true essence of the human spirit. One company, one employee at a time, Barry-Wehmiller is changing the world—and the world of business! If this model can be successful in manufacturing, it can be successful anywhere. [source]

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Shift: The Art of Transforming Limitations

Nick Egan

4.0

Obstacles and challenges don't have to be accepted as "just the way it is." Growth and lasting change are possible. But the solution isn't external--it's all about shifting internal mindsets.

In Shift, Nick Egan shows how to improve organizational leadership and personal and professional development by dismantling mental limitations and reclaiming freedom and flexibility. Combining studies in psych

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An Introduction to Business Ethics

Joseph DesJardins

4.0

Since its inception, "An Introduction to Business Ethics" by Joseph DesJardins has been a cutting-edge resource for the business ethics course. Desjardins' unique multidisciplinary approach offers critical analysis and integrates the perspective of philosophy with management, law, economics, and public policy, providing a clear, concise, yet reasonably comprehensive introductory survey of the ethi

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Corporate Social Responsibility: Doing the Most Good for Your Company and Your Cause

Philip Kotler, Nancy Lee

4.0

Today, corporations are expected to give something back to their communities in the form of charitable projects. In Corporate Social Responsibility, Philip Kotler, one of the world's foremost voices on business and marketing, and coauthor Nancy Lee explain why charity is both good P.R. and good for business. They show business leaders how to choose social causes, design charity initiatives, gain

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8 Paradoxes of Leadership Agility: How to Lead and Inspire in the Real World

Chuen Chuen Yeo

4.0

The world is ever-changing in unpredictable ways.

Leaders, therefore, need to constantly re-examine their assumptions of what it means to be a "great" leader as old models of leadership quickly fade into irrelevance.

In short, leaders need an agile mindset.

But how can leaders become agile?

We need to update and disrupt past definitions of leadership. To challenge ourselves and test our relevance

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Business and Society: Ethics and Stakeholder Management

Archie B. Carroll, Ann K. Buchholtz

4.0

Introduce your students to important and diverse stakeholder management and ethical frameworks for considering and protecting critical stakeholder interests with the latest edition of BUSINESS AND SOCIETY. Students learn how responsible business decision makers balance and protect the interests of various stakeholders, including investors, employees, the community, and the environment. Proven cont