Business and the Buddha: Doing Well by Doing Good
When it comes to business, everyone wants to do well. But can we do good at the same time? Lloyd Field (and, indeed the Dalai Lama, who provides the foreword here) says, unequivocally, Yes. Field's Business and the Buddha lays out the guidelines for putting ideas about individual and corporate social responsibility into practice without sacrificing the bottom line.

No longer can business - big or small - afford to focus solely on profit. Real assessment of a business's worth must take into account its consideration of our shared 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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Business and the Buddha: Doing Well by Doing Good
When it comes to business, everyone wants to do well. But can we do good at the same time? Lloyd Field (and, indeed the Dalai Lama, who provides the foreword here) says, unequivocally, Yes. Field's Business and the Buddha lays out the guidelines for putting ideas about individual and corporate social responsibility into practice without sacrificing the bottom line.

No longer can business - big or small - afford to focus solely on profit. Real assessment of a business's worth must take into account its consideration of our shared 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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Overview

When it comes to business, everyone wants to do well. But can we do good at the same time? Lloyd Field (and, indeed the Dalai Lama, who provides the foreword here) says, unequivocally, Yes. Field's Business and the Buddha lays out the guidelines for putting ideas about individual and corporate social responsibility into practice without sacrificing the bottom line.

No longer can business - big or small - afford to focus solely on profit. Real assessment of a business's worth must take into account its consideration of our shared 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780861715442
Publisher: Wisdom Publications MA
Publication date: 11/28/2007
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Lloyd Field, PhD, left his position as a corporate Vice President of Human Resources at Johnson and Johnson International to build a new career in Organizational Development and Human Resource consultancy. His clients have included many Fortune 500 organizations and his management development and training audiences have include more than 20,000 managers in North America, Europe, and Asia. His current focus is on helping senior executives solve business problems through Buddhist-influenced coaching and counseling. A classic connector in the Malcolm Gladwell sense of the word Lloyd has sold over 10,000 copies (in Canada) of his previous book on positive employee relations-that book is soon to be in its fifth edition. Lloyd has been interviewed on TV (CTV, City TV) and radio (CBC Radio: As It Happens) on numerous occasions. He is currently on the founding committee of Sarvodaya Canada, an organization committed to promoting community development. As well, Lloyd is the former President of the Board of Nalanda College of Buddhist Studies.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient, and a beacon of inspiration for Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. He has persistently reached out across religious and political lines and has engaged in dialogue with scientists in his mission to advance peace and understanding in the world. In doing so, he embodies his motto, “My religion is kindness.”

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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