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Fundamental Moral Orientations: Implications For Values-Based Leadership, Michael K. Mccuddy
Fundamental Moral Orientations: Implications For Values-Based Leadership, Michael K. Mccuddy
The Journal of Values-Based Leadership
The true values-based leader seeks to produce an equitable balance between pursuing self-interest and serving the broader community. Values-based leaders recognize that they must take care of themselves to have the capacity and energy to take care of others.
Assuming The Leadership Role On Climate Change And Energy Security, Richard G. Lugar
Assuming The Leadership Role On Climate Change And Energy Security, Richard G. Lugar
The Journal of Values-Based Leadership
With decades of service in the United States Senate, including Chairing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Lugar addresses the most looming issues facing mankind: global climate change and energy dependence. He concludes that effective leadership must not exist myopically, but must be shared by global partners, both friendly and hostile, and optimistically forecasts resolution through ingenuity and innovation.
Climate 2030: A National Blueprint For A Clean Energy Economy (Executive Summary), Rachel Cleetus, Steven Clemmer, David Friedman
Climate 2030: A National Blueprint For A Clean Energy Economy (Executive Summary), Rachel Cleetus, Steven Clemmer, David Friedman
The Journal of Values-Based Leadership
Courage of conviction, unyielding stamina to underscore the dangerous realities of unchanging lifestyle habits and doing business as usual in today’s world, and unfettered tenacity necessary to build an ever-growing network of dedicated individuals and scientists struggling to express the need for public awareness and governmental action, describes this nationwide group. The Union of Concerned Scientists, primarily headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, presents its forecast for 2030 – complete with the recipe needed to be undertaken for individuals and businesses to both survive and thrive.
Introductory Letter For Jvbl, Richard G. Lugar
Introductory Letter For Jvbl, Richard G. Lugar
The Journal of Values-Based Leadership
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Driving Sustainable Innovation: A Pioneer For The 21st Century, Verena Kloos
Driving Sustainable Innovation: A Pioneer For The 21st Century, Verena Kloos
The Journal of Values-Based Leadership
An interesting look into one of the premier automobile manufacturers and the design team behind its emergence as a force – not only in the development of new and more efficient vehicles – but in the application of these eco-centered guidelines to other consumer products as well. Verena Kloos provides a rare insight into the role of not just a female officer in an industry largely dominated by men, but of a leader committed to embracing change where demanded.
Plant Tour And Meeting With Members Of Interface’S Sustainability Team: December 16, 2009
Plant Tour And Meeting With Members Of Interface’S Sustainability Team: December 16, 2009
The Journal of Values-Based Leadership
Simply stated, business does not work without the infusion of ethics. While “ethics” can be interpreted in a relative manner, there is no dispute within the scientific community as to the deleterious effects of unrestricted manufacturing processes and the role of environmental factors in generating health crises. The “cradle to grave” designation ― once descriptive of wasteful industrial practices ― is capable of evolving into a “cradle to cradle” approach, triggering a newfound common sense thinking demonstrated by both producers and consumers alike. The Interface experience is demonstrating this evolutionary process.
Progress Toward Zero: The Climb To Sustainability - Interview With Ray Anderson, Elizabeth Gingerich
Progress Toward Zero: The Climb To Sustainability - Interview With Ray Anderson, Elizabeth Gingerich
The Journal of Values-Based Leadership
Overhauling a wasteful and polluting company takes insight, knowledge, commitment, and courage. In this quest to achieve total sustainability by producing its product with no carbon emissions or landfill matter, Interface is well on its way to its 2020 goals.
Sustainability And The Bottom Line: The Responsible Collusion Of Economics, Social Responsibility, And The Environment, Ray C. Anderson
Sustainability And The Bottom Line: The Responsible Collusion Of Economics, Social Responsibility, And The Environment, Ray C. Anderson
The Journal of Values-Based Leadership
The Interface model has become the paradigm of sustainable manufacturing in a world where there is dwindling disagreement as to the debilitating effects of expanding landfills and increasing CO2 emissions, all of which adversely affect ecosystems and human health. In Mid-Course Correction, CEO Anderson examines the troubled past of Interface and its firm commitment to righting these wrongs while examining ways to actually begin a restorative process.