Enlightened Entrepreneurs: Business ethics in Victorian Britain

This is the story of 10 remarkable Victorian industrialists who came from relatively humble origins and rose through hard work, inventiveness and application to become among the richest and most influential men of their generation. The businesses they created are for the most part still thriving today and include such household names as Cadburys, Rowntrees, Colmans, Boots, Huntley and Palmers and Unilever. Deeply imbued with the values of Victorian Liberalism and of Nonconformity, they show...