Subject(s): Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects Summary: The evolution of modern capitalist society is increasingly being marked by an undeniable and consistent tension between pure economic and ethical ways of valuing and acting. This book is a collaborative and cross-disciplinary contribution that challenges the assumptions of capitalist

Subject(s): Americans -- Fiction -- China | Art -- Fiction | Courtesans -- Fiction | Family secrets -- Fiction | Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction | Kidnapping -- Fiction | Mothers and daughters -- Fiction | Shanghai (China) -- Fiction | San Francisco (California) -- Fiction Summary: Violet Minturn, a half-Chinese/half-American courtesan who dea

Subject(s): Business ethics Summary: Business Ethics: An Ethical Decision-Making Approach presents a practical decision-making framework to aid in the identification, understanding, and resolution of complex ethical dilemmas in the workplace. -Focuses exclusively on three basic aspects of ethical decision making and behavior-how it actually tak

Subject(s): Neuromorphics | Artificial intelligence | Human-computer interaction | Cognitive science Summary: "It is well known that every animal species obeys Darwin's law of evolution, which requires permanent adaptation of animals to their environment. To be precise, every species except man, who behaves exactly contrariwise, adaptin

Subject(s): Philosophy, Ancient | Philosophy -- History | Christianity -- Philosophy History Summary: Peter Adamson offers an accessible, humorous tour through a period of eight hundred years when some of the most influential of all schools of thought were formed: from the third century BC to the sixth century AD. He introduces us to Cynics and

Subject(s): Masculinity -- Islamic countries | Muslim men | Sex role -- Islamic countries | Sex -- Religious aspects Islam | Gender identity -- Religious aspects Islam Summary: "Rigid notions of masculinity are causing crisis in the global Islamic community.These are articulated from the Qur'an, its commentary, historical precedents and

Subject(s): Restaurateurs -- History -- United States Summary: The chairman and CEO of Starbucks relates how he and his team built a small Seattle company into a nationwide business phenomenon. Contents:pt. 1. Rediscovering coffee : the years up to 1987. Imagination, dreams, and humble origins -- A strong legacy makes you sustainable for th

Subject(s): Muslims -- History. -- Balkan Peninsula | Muslims -- Social conditions -- Balkan Peninsula | Islam and state -- History -- Balkan Peninsula Summary: There are roughly eight million Muslims in south-east Europe, among them Albanians, Bosniaks, Turks and Roma -- descendants of converts or settlers in the Ottoman period. This new histo

Subject(s): Leadership | Employee motivation | Success in business Summary: "Employees don't work for companies; they work for people. The more irresistible you are as a leader, the more pull you have for employees to want to stay and for your customers to remain loyal. In The Magnetic Leader, Roberta Matuson asks us to consider that th

Subject(s): Engineering ethics | Engineers -- Professional ethics Summary: "Engineering begins with a design problem: how to make occupants of vehicles safer, settle on an inter-face for an x-ray machine, or create more legible road signs. In choosing any particular solution, engineers must make value choices. By focusing on the solving of