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Business and the Buddha: Doing Well by Doing Good

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This is a brave and insightful book. Field looks at what few do: how Buddhist thoughts can apply to business. He looks at the power of intention( a mission statement should include an intention to refrain from harm); how karma applies to the practice of business( unduly harm your competitor today and reap your own harm down the line); unions are a business themselves and a mirror image of corporations( they must reform themselves before lashing out at Corporate America). Change is very hard but as Gandhi told us, be the change you want to see. A worthwhile book, deserving of a wide audience.

Bought this book for a Business Morals class for reference for papers. This book proved to be worthless. I don't know if it's Buddhism or the author, but not a concrete example to help me in any of my papers. Nothing is concrete or tangible. It's all esoteric and vague.