In an ideal business : how the ideas of 10 female philosophers bring value into the workplace /
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Palgrave Macmillan,
2020.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Acknowledgements
- How to Read This Book
- Contents
- 1 Why Female Philosophers Matter to Management: Randi Zuckerberg
- An Unforgivable Absence
- Why Female Philosophers Have a Contribution to Make to Management
- Why Should Managers Philosophize?
- Insights from a Committed Entrepreneur and Mom: Randi Zuckerberg
- 2 Balance: Patricia Churchland/Belinda Holdsworth
- What Distinguishes Humans from Robots?
- The North Pole of Philosophy
- Mind and Body
- The Brain Is Our Center of Operations
- Could Psychopharmacology Generate More Talent and Make Better Companies?
- Takeaways
- 3 Courage: Ayn Rand/Jiang Qiong Er
- Ying and Yang, Tradition and Modernity: Jiang Qiong Er
- Ayn Rand, a Conservative Thinker?
- Creators as Leaders
- Leaders and Administrators
- Takeaways
- 4 Virtue: Philippa Foot/Angelica Kohlmann
- Science, Business and Cosmopolitanism: Angelica Kohlmann
- Philippa Foot, Oxford and Analytical Philosophy
- The Meaning and Relevance of Virtue
- The Trolley Problem and the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
- Takeaways
- 5 Love: Iris Murdoch/María Benjumea
- Passion Enlightens a Professional Life: María Benjumea
- Generalists and Specialists: The Case of Iris Murdoch
- Compassion, Love and Leadership
- Exercising Compassion to Enhance Leadership
- Takeaways
- 6 Authenticity: Elizabeth Anscombe/Catherine Moukheibir
- A Tale of Three Continents: Catherine Moukheibir
- A Thinker Who Stuck to Her Principles: Elizabeth Anscombe
- Speaking Out: When CEOs Have to Stand up for Their Principles
- Consequentialism and Absolutism: The Business Case and the Moral Case
- Takeaways
- 7 Humanity: Martha Nussbaum/Olga Urbani
- A Company Rooted in the Humanities: Urbani Tartufi
- The Measuring Malaise and Its Critics: Martha Nussbaum
- Why Studying the Humanities Makes More Sense Than Ever
- Management Has Been Ascribed to the Social Sciences...
- ...And Management Belongs to the Humanities
- Takeaways
- 8 Fortitude: Hannah Arendt/Maria Tereza Leme Fleury
- Fair, Fearless, Forerunner: Tereza Fleury
- A Critical Thinker During Critical Times: Hannah Arendt
- The Banality of Evil
- Critical Thinking, a Major Source of Innovation at Companies
- Takeaways
- 9 Passion: Simone Weil/Michelle Raymond
- Per aspera ad astra: Michelle Raymond
- Authenticity as Practicing What You Preach: Simone Weil
- Work: Alienation or Liberation?
- Will Education Become Fully Automatized?
- Takeaways
- 10 Ethics: Adela Cortina/Inés Temple
- Reflecting on the Enterprise of One's Life: Inés Temple
- Making the Connection Between Business and Ethics: Adela Cortina
- Business Ethics: An Oxymoron?
- The Rise of Corporate Social Responsibility
- Fear of the Poor
- Takeaways
- 11 Vision: Simone de Beauvoir/Usha Prashar
- An Agent of Change: Baroness Usha Prashar
- Simone de Beauvoir: The Beginnings of Feminist Philosophy