An edition of Tyranny of the bottom line (1996)

Tyranny of the bottom line

why corporations make good people do bad things

1st ed.
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An edition of Tyranny of the bottom line (1996)

Tyranny of the bottom line

why corporations make good people do bad things

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Tyranny of the Bottom Line tells the story of corporate power gone awry: permanent layoffs affecting millions of Americans while CEO salaries go through the roof; toxic waste poisoning the land, water, and air; unhealthy and dangerous products on the market; injury and death on the job; white-collar hustles in the S&Ls and on Wall Street that ultimately cost us all.

Ralph Estes shows how the corporate system has gone astray. Employees, at all levels of the organization, are held hostage to the tyranny of the bottom line. Massive layoffs can shatter careers and devastate lives, while those still employed live in constant fear. Managers, so often maligned, are also victims of a system that seems to require them to subordinate personal morality to an impersonal corporate culture.

Packed with countless examples that dramatically support his case, Estes traces the history of the corporation and shows how the original purpose has been systematically perverted through an unbalanced focus on profit-and-loss. He then presents, in a simple and accessible style, proposals to bring about full and fair accountability to stakeholders.

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English
Pages
296

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Tyranny of the Bottom Line: Why Corporations Make Good People Do Bad Things
1996, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
in English
Cover of: Tyranny of the bottom line
Tyranny of the bottom line: why corporations make good people do bad things
1996, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Publishers Group West [distributor]
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-284) and index.

Published in
San Francisco, Emeryville, CA

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
658.4/08
Library of Congress
HD60 .E784 1996, HD60 .E784 1995eb, HD60.E784 1996, HD60 .E784 1995

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 296 p. :
Number of pages
296

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL792887M
Internet Archive
tyrannyofbottoml0000este
ISBN 10
1881052753
LCCN
95025473
OCLC/WorldCat
33164359
Library Thing
905570
Goodreads
971054

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