

The Power of And
Responsible Business Without Trade-Offs
Author: Bidhan L. Parmar, R. Edward Freeman, Kirsten E. Martin
Narrator: Barry Abrams
Unabridged: 4 hr 29 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Ascent Audio
Published: 06/16/2020
Categories: Nonfiction, Business & Economics
Synopsis
The Power of And offers a new narrative about the nature of business, revealing the focus on responsibility and ethics that unites today's most influential ideas and companies. R. Edward Freeman, Kirsten E. Martin, and Bidhan L. Parmar detail an emerging business model built on five key concepts: prioritizing purpose as well as profits; creating value for stakeholders as well as shareholders; seeing business as embedded in society as well as markets; recognizing people's full humanity as well as their economic interests; and integrating business and ethics into a more holistic model. Drawing on examples across companies, industries, and countries, they show that these values support persevering in hard times and prospering over the long term. The Power of And presents a conceptual revolution about what it means for business to be responsible, providing a new story for us to tell in order to help all kinds of companies thrive.