Business and The Buddha: Doing Well by Doing Good

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No Longer can any business-big or small-afford to focus solely on profit. Real assessment of a businesses's worth must take into account its consideration of human values and the realities of our shared planet. That doesn't mean a business can't or shouldn't compete; it means that investing in efforts to build a better society can be, on many levels, an asset. Drawing in a substantial and sophisticated way on traditional Buddhist teachings, Lloyd Field shows how decision-makers and entrepreneurs can achieve new ...
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Overview

No Longer can any business-big or small-afford to focus solely on profit. Real assessment of a businesses's worth must take into account its consideration of human values and the realities of our shared planet. That doesn't mean a business can't or shouldn't compete; it means that investing in efforts to build a better society can be, on many levels, an asset. Drawing in a substantial and sophisticated way on traditional Buddhist teachings, Lloyd Field shows how decision-makers and entrepreneurs can achieve new levels of happiness and security both inside and outside the company, and take a power-position as a force for positive global change.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780861715442
  • Publisher: Wisdom Publications MA
  • Publication date: 10/28/2007
  • Pages: 212
  • Sales rank: 1,350,019
  • Product dimensions: 5.90 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.60 (d)

Table of Contents


Foreword   The Dalai Lama     ix
Preface   Master Hsing Yun     xi
Introduction: If the Buddha Were in the Boardroom     1
Symptom: Acknowledging the Problem     11
The Three Poisons What's Free about Free Enterprise?     13
Business Beyond Profit A Vision for the Future     25
Diagnosis: The Economics of Spirituality     35
What about Adam Smith?     37
The Growth Fetish Who Says Size Matters?     47
Everything's Local in the Global Economy     59
Prognosis The Middle Way to a Healthy Organization     83
Buddhist Building Blocks Dharma, Karma, and the Four Noble Truths     85
Eight Is Enough The Guiding Principles of the Noble Eightfold Path     91
What Price the Buddha? Buddhism, Economics, and the Interconnected World     109
Moving Beyond the Bottom Line Buddhist Ethics and Business     127
The Healthy Organization     135
Prescription: Walking the Path     149
Measuring Success The Transition to Compassion     151
Invite the Buddha to Your Board Meeting Changing Your World, Your Workplace, and Yourself     161
Afterword     177
Summary of Suggestions for Initiating Positive Changes within OurOrganizations     181
Exercises for Individual Inquiry     185
The Practice: Mindfulness of Breathing with Relaxation     189
Glossary of Buddhist Terms     193
Further Reading     197
Acknowledgments     203
Index     205
About the Author     213
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