Authors Jim Grote and John McGeeney examine life in the comtemporary marketplace reflecting a wide breadth of experience as they couple the insights of philosopher Rene Girard with the likes of Aristotle, Aquinas, Max Weber, John Paul II, and Dilbert.
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This review is from: Clever as Serpents: Business Ethics and Office Politics (Zacchaeus Studies: Theology) (Paperback)
These men clearly are intelligent and well-informed on the topic. It's not a breeze to read, but I don't think it was intended to be. Fascinating analysis of business ethics. I've read other articles by Grote, and I'd love to see McGeeney publish something else. Highly recommended.
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This review is from: Clever as Serpents: Business Ethics and Office Politics (Zacchaeus Studies: Theology) (Paperback)
Clever as Serpents is a wonderful book that elucidates the cause of human conflict. The ethical implications reach far beyond the business world. Using the insight of mimetic theory, the authors focus on the term "borrowed desire" to explain why we fall into conflict. Because we are social creatures, we influence one another in profound ways, including the objects we desire. We "borrow" the desires of others. This leads us into conflict for objects, but soon the conflict over the object turns into an intense rivalry to displace the other person. If both people are prominent, they will redirect their frustrations on someone else - a scapegoat. The authors use wonderful real life illustrations to explain this process.
What is really great about this book is that the authors provide practical suggestions to ethical problems resulting from "borrowed desire." The discussion about the meaning of success was especially helpful to me. Clever as Serpents is inexpensive and at about 120 pages, it's a quick read. Helpful discussion questions are provided, so it would be a good book to read in a group. Highly recommended. www.ravenfoundation.org
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Let's Not Celebrate the Decline of Business Ethics,
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Not a very informative book, it's also a pretty depressing one.One wonders who is being digged at between the pages. Not reccomended.
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New York, Management Complex, Wall Street, Michael Lewis, Peter Lynch, Salomon Brothers, John Paul, Oedipus Complex, Tom Sawyer, Adam Smith, Bill Gates, Gordon Gekko, Lee Iacocca, Liar's Poker, Stephen Covey, Bud Fox, George Soros, Hedrick Smith, Johns Hopkins University Press, Max Weber, Oxford University Press, Penguin Books, Peter Drucker, Charles Scribner's Sons, Marlboro Man New!
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New York, Management Complex, Wall Street, Michael Lewis, Peter Lynch, Salomon Brothers, John Paul, Oedipus Complex, Tom Sawyer, Adam Smith, Bill Gates, Gordon Gekko, Lee Iacocca, Liar's Poker, Stephen Covey, Bud Fox, George Soros, Hedrick Smith, Johns Hopkins University Press, Max Weber, Oxford University Press, Penguin Books, Peter Drucker, Charles Scribner's Sons, Marlboro Man New!
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- Mutual Aid (A Factor of Evolution) by P. Kropotkin on 4 pages
- The Peter Principle by Laurence J. Peter on page 50, page 65, and Back Matter
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