Theodore R. Malloch
Autor(a) de Spiritual Enterprise: Doing Virtuous Business
About the Author
Theodore Malloch is chairman and CEO of the Roosevelt Group and founder of the Spiritual Enterprise Institute.
Obras de Theodore R. Malloch
Renewing American Culture: The Pursuit of Happiness (Conflicts and Trends in Business Ethics) (2006) 17 cópias
The Plot to Destroy Trump: How the Deep State Fabricated the Russian Dossier to Subvert the President (2018) 12 cópias
The End of Ethics and a Way Back: How To Fix a Fundamentally Broken Global Financial System (2013) 11 cópias
Spiritual Enterprise 1 exemplar(es)
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The main thesis here that faith changes businesses by injecting 'spiritual capital'. This spiritual capital is also available to atheists and agnostics.
The problem with business is that profits and success (usually measured in monetary terms) have becomes the bottom line. This chasing after profit can become self-destructing. The remedy is to look for spiritual capital. As we become aware of and promote spiritual capital then success and profits follow. For Malloch spiritual capital is not just the spiritual hunger we all feel, rather it is "faith and all that stems from it" (p. 22) and "spiritual entrepreneurship is ... the unsung route to growth in the modern economy" (p. 44). He maintains that spiritual capital has an economic function and an economic potential in the same way that human and social capital have.
He examines the concept of virtue (Ch 2) and how it applies to business. The virtues of business are: faith, honesty, gratitude, perseverance, compassion, forgiveness, patience, humility, courage, respect, generosity, discipline, chastity and thrift. The most important component in spiritual entrepreneurship is faith. Faith, hope and charity are the subject of chapter 3. The virtues listed in chapter 2 are split into two kinds: hard (Ch 4)and soft (Ch 5). Hard virtues include leadership, courage, patience, perseverance and discipline; soft virtues are justice, forgiveness, compassion, humility and gratitude. No justification was given for this distinction.
The question of whose spirituality and which spirituality is not fully addressed, though Malloch is writing from an unashamedly Christian perspective. It also presupposes that capitalism and the free market is good - I would have liked to have seen a fuller critique of capitalism. Nevertheless, this is a fascinating read and shows that in contemporary society spirituality cannot be ignored.
There are plenty of inspiring short illustrative vignettes from companies such as ServiceMaster, Herman Miller, Carghill and individuals such as Tom Monaghan, Jonathan Ruffer, Quinlan Terry and J. Irvin Miller. All those involved in business will find much of value here.… (mais)