Beyond the bottom line

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"Jack Quarter examines the practices of business owners who use their firms as laboratories for social innovation. After placing this phenomenon in historical perspective and discussing the 19th century British industrialist Robert Owen, he provides eleven case studies of contemporary innovators from six countries - the UK, US, the Netherlands, Germany, Canada, and New Zealand."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Attitudes,  Business ethics,  Businesspeople,  Case studies,  Employee participation,  Industrial management,  Social aspects,  Social aspects of Industrial management,  Social responsibility of business,  Industrial management, case studies,  Management, employee participation,  Entreprises,  Études de cas,  Responsabilité sociale,  Gestion d'entreprise,  Aspect social,  Participation du personnel,  Gens d'affaires,  Morale des affaires,  BUSINESS & ECONOMICS,  Development,  Sustainable Development,  Sociale verantwoordelijkheid,  Bedrijfsethiek