Socrates Comes to Wall Street A (Post-meltdown) Dialogue on Business, Ethics and Leadership |
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| Author:
| White, Thomas I. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9837080-9-4 |
| Publication Date: | May 2011 |
| Publisher: | Desiderius Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $4.99 |
Book Description:
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SOCRATES COMES TO WALL STREET lets the reader eavesdrop on a conversation about current ethical challenges in business between a beleaguered financial services CEO and a mysterious visitor who wears Armani suits, carries a pocket watch worth $11 million, controls 30% of the company's stock and has been given the nickname "Socrates" by his friends. Intent on helping the CEO avoid future mistakes, "Socrates" uses a clever wager to draw the executive into a discussion about the...
More DescriptionSOCRATES COMES TO WALL STREET lets the reader eavesdrop on a conversation about current ethical challenges in business between a beleaguered financial services CEO and a mysterious visitor who wears Armani suits, carries a pocket watch worth $11 million, controls 30% of the company's stock and has been given the nickname "Socrates" by his friends. Intent on helping the CEO avoid future mistakes, "Socrates" uses a clever wager to draw the executive into a discussion about the fundamental "job" of business and what it means to do business "ethically." As the dialogue unfolds, both the CEO and the reader are forced to question the validity of fundamental assumptions about the nature of business and the responsibilities of business leaders-assumptions that had a significant role in causing the recent economic meltdown. This book is appropriate both as a textbook for a variety of courses and for the general reader interested in ethical issues in business and in the mindset that brought us to the brink of economic disaster.