Good Value: Reflections On Money, Morality And An Uncertain World
by Stephen Green /
2010 / English / EPUB
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Can one be both an ethical person and a banker? Stephen Green, an
ordained priest and chairman of HSBC, thinks so. In
Can one be both an ethical person and a banker? Stephen Green, an
ordained priest and chairman of HSBC, thinks so. InGood
Value
Good
Value, Green retraces the history of the global economy and
its financial systems, from early government granaries in
Alexandria to the Italian banks that flourished during the
Renaissance, and argues that despite its recent lapses, the
financial industry is more necessary than ever. Also necessary,
however, are good businesspeople who look to their principles
before their profit margins. By recognizing the precedence of
moral and spiritual values over immediate profit, Green says, we
have the opportunity to remake capitalism while also helping the
less fortunate and finding meaning in our own lives. He backs up
his ideas for a new capitalism” with anecdotes about
microfinance, green technology, and a number of remarkable
individuals who have changed the world by using the lessons
they’ve learned in the global bazaar. A timely, thoughtful, and
contrarian analysis of the most pressing financial and moral
questions we face,
, Green retraces the history of the global economy and
its financial systems, from early government granaries in
Alexandria to the Italian banks that flourished during the
Renaissance, and argues that despite its recent lapses, the
financial industry is more necessary than ever. Also necessary,
however, are good businesspeople who look to their principles
before their profit margins. By recognizing the precedence of
moral and spiritual values over immediate profit, Green says, we
have the opportunity to remake capitalism while also helping the
less fortunate and finding meaning in our own lives. He backs up
his ideas for a new capitalism” with anecdotes about
microfinance, green technology, and a number of remarkable
individuals who have changed the world by using the lessons
they’ve learned in the global bazaar. A timely, thoughtful, and
contrarian analysis of the most pressing financial and moral
questions we face,Good Value
Good Value presents us with the
heartening possibility that through good ethics comes good
business, and through good business comes a richer, more
rewarding world for us all.
presents us with the
heartening possibility that through good ethics comes good
business, and through good business comes a richer, more
rewarding world for us all.
