Values-Driven Business: How to Change the World, Make Money, and Have Fun (Social Venture Network)

Values-Driven Business: How to Change the World, Make Money, and Have Fun (Social Venture Network)
by Ben Cohen, Mal Warwick

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Author: Ben Cohen, Mal Warwick
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); German (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Illustrated
Published: 2006-03-22
ISBN: 1576753581
Number of pages: 156
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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Book Review: Walking the Walk vs. Talking the Talk
Summary: 1 Stars

What an interesting book, instructing businesses on how to be profitable AND ethical! I wish more people would operate in such a manner. I do, and always have, and now after almost 20 years in business can recognize when someone else (client, supplier) is less than ethical. I avoid them. I wish I had that insight when I first started! With only my vacation day payout and a few thousand in the bank, I started a computer network installation and service company. I was asked to bid on a job for prospective new client. I put a lot of time and thought into it and put in my bid. They asked for more detail, so I gave them that. They asked for specific part numbers, so I gave them that. They asked for an implementation map, so I added that. After a couple of weeks and dozens of pages of instructions...they had all they needed to do the job themselves - and that's just what they did. They bought all the goods mail-order and pulled the cabling per my freeloaded instructions, same as they re-mapped their servers, changed their operating system license, etc. I learned a lesson that day. If businesspeople can legally (but unethically) steal from you, the usually will. Oh, the name of the company that did this to when I was first starting out? Take a guess...the big hypocrites.

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Summary of Values-Driven Business: How to Change the World, Make Money, and Have Fun (Social Venture Network)

There's no shortage of books on how to run small businesses, but few of them cover the special value - and special challenges - of socially responsible business practices for small- or medium-size companies. Values-Driven Business addresses that gap. The first entry of the new Social Venture Network series, this guide uses real-world examples to show how "triple bottom line" practices - profits, people, and planet - have helped companies throughout North America thrive. The book contains first steps that owners or managers can use to start narrowing the gap between personal values and business practices. It also illustrates the many dimensions of value-driven business, addressing the varied roles of customers, employees, the community, the environment, shareholders, and owners. Included is a self-assessment tool that lets readers determine how successful their company will be in implementing values-driven practices.

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