Click here.SOCRATES COMES TO WALL STREET: A (Post-meltdown) Dialogue on Business, Ethics and Leadership, Thomas I. White, Conrad N. Hilton Professor in Business Ethics and Director, Center for Ethics and Business, Loyola Marymount University. (e-book, 2011).
SOCRATES COMES TO WALL STREET is a short book that book 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.
Testimonials:
* “Tom White’s contemporary interpretation of Socrates in the executive suite is compelling. The dialogue is artfully written and insightful. Undergraduate and graduate students alike will find it valuable – and so will faculty who may be skeptical about the place of moral philosophy in a business school.”
Kenneth E. Goodpaster
Koch Endowed Chair in Business Ethics
University of St. Thomas - Opus College of Business
* “A must read, short fable that managers can share with their teams to reinforce how business ethics creates greater returns for shareholders.”
Gael O’Brien
Former VP Mitsubishi Motors North America, columnist for Business Ethics Magazine and “The Week in Ethics,” and ethics consultant
* “If you haven’t sat through a course on business ethics in a while (ever?) read this book. Tom White takes the reader through the classroom door and right into the world of global business.”
Barney Rosenberg
Vice President, Ethics and Business Conduct
Meggitt PLC
Author’s note: I’ve decided to self-publish this as an electronic book as an experiment in responding to student concern about the escalating costs of textbooks. Accordingly, this book is currently available for $4.99 through Kindle and Nook. It is also available in a variety of formats on smashwords.com.
A free copy of the first two chapters is available as a PDF file. Click here. Instructors are welcome to a complimentary copy for evaluation. If interested, please send a request to twhite@ethicsandbusiness.org.
SOCRATES COMES TO WALL STREET: A (Post-meltdown) Dialogue on Business, Ethics and Leadership, Thomas I. White, Conrad N. Hilton Professor in Business Ethics and Director, Center for Ethics and Business, Loyola Marymount University. (e-book, 2011).
SOCRATES COMES TO WALL STREET is a short book that book 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.
Testimonials:
* “Tom White’s contemporary interpretation of Socrates in the executive suite is compelling. The dialogue is artfully written and insightful. Undergraduate and graduate students alike will find it valuable – and so will faculty who may be skeptical about the place of moral philosophy in a business school.”
Kenneth E. Goodpaster
Koch Endowed Chair in Business Ethics
University of St. Thomas - Opus College of Business
* “A must read, short fable that managers can share with their teams to reinforce how business ethics creates greater returns for shareholders.”
Gael O’Brien
Former VP Mitsubishi Motors North America, columnist for Business Ethics Magazine and “The Week in Ethics,” and ethics consultant
* “If you haven’t sat through a course on business ethics in a while (ever?) read this book. Tom White takes the reader through the classroom door and right into the world of global business.”
Barney Rosenberg
Vice President, Ethics and Business Conduct
Meggitt PLC
Author’s note: I’ve decided to self-publish this as an electronic book as an experiment in responding to student concern about the escalating costs of textbooks. Accordingly, this book is currently available for $4.99 through Kindle and Nook. It is also available in a variety of formats on smashwords.com.
A free copy of the first two chapters is available as a PDF file. Click here. Instructors are welcome to a complimentary copy for evaluation. If interested, please send a request to twhite@ethicsandbusiness.org.
SOCRATES COMES TO WALL STREET: A (Post-meltdown) Dialogue on Business, Ethics and Leadership, Thomas I. White, Conrad N. Hilton Professor in Business Ethics and Director, Center for Ethics and Business, Loyola Marymount University. (e-book, 2011).
SOCRATES COMES TO WALL STREET is a short book that book 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.
Testimonials:
* “Tom White’s contemporary interpretation of Socrates in the executive suite is compelling. The dialogue is artfully written and insightful. Undergraduate and graduate students alike will find it valuable – and so will faculty who may be skeptical about the place of moral philosophy in a business school.”
Kenneth E. Goodpaster
Koch Endowed Chair in Business Ethics
University of St. Thomas - Opus College of Business
* “A must read, short fable that managers can share with their teams to reinforce how business ethics creates greater returns for shareholders.”
Gael O’Brien
Former VP Mitsubishi Motors North America, columnist for Business Ethics Magazine and “The Week in Ethics,” and ethics consultant
* “If you haven’t sat through a course on business ethics in a while (ever?) read this book. Tom White takes the reader through the classroom door and right into the world of global business.”
Barney Rosenberg
Vice President, Ethics and Business Conduct
Meggitt PLC
Author’s note: I’ve decided to self-publish this as an electronic book as an experiment in responding to student concern about the escalating costs of textbooks. Accordingly, this book is currently available for $4.99 through Kindle and Nook. It is also available in a variety of formats on smashwords.com.
A free copy of the first two chapters is available as a PDF file. Click here. Instructors are welcome to a complimentary copy for evaluation. If interested, please send a request to twhite@ethicsandbusiness.org.
SOCRATES COMES TO WALL STREET: A (Post-meltdown) Dialogue on Business, Ethics and Leadership.
Currently available as an e-book for $4.99 from Amazon (Kindle), Barnes & Noble (Nook), iBookstore (iPad, iPhone, iPod touch) and Smashwords (various formats).
Written in the spirit of The One Minute Manager, Socrates Comes to Wall Street is a short (27,000 word) book that 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. Recognizing the need for practical advice, the book ends with a simple 3-step method designed to help executives—junior, middle-level and senior—manage their operations ethically.
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.
A free copy of the first two chapters is available as a PDF file. Click here
A free copy of the first two chapters is available as a PDF file. Click here
A free copy of the first two chapters is available as a PDF file. Click here
A free copy of the first two chapters is available as a PDF file. Click here.
Testimonials:
* “Tom White’s contemporary interpretation of Socrates in the executive suite is compelling. The dialogue is artfully written and insightful. Undergraduate and graduate students alike will find it valuable – and so will faculty who may be skeptical about the place of moral philosophy in a business school.”
Kenneth E. Goodpaster
Koch Endowed Chair in Business Ethics
University of St. Thomas - Opus College of Business
* “A must read, short fable that managers can share with their teams to reinforce how business ethics creates greater returns for shareholders.”
Gael O’Brien
Former VP Mitsubishi Motors North America, columnist for Business Ethics Magazine and “The Week in Ethics,” and ethics consultant
* “If you haven’t sat through a course on business ethics in a while (ever?) read this book. Tom White takes the reader through the classroom door and right into the world of global business.”
Barney Rosenberg
Vice President, Ethics and Business Conduct
Meggitt PLC
Author’s note: For the time being, I’ve decided to self-publish this as an electronic book as an experiment in responding to student concern about the escalating costs of textbooks. Accordingly, this book is currently available for $4.99 through Kindle, Nook and iBooks. It is also available in a variety of formats on smashwords.com.
Instructors are welcome to a complimentary copy for evaluation. If interested, please send a request to book@ethicsandbusiness.org.
