The Rebellious CEO, Ralph Nader
The Rebellious CEO, Ralph Nader
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The Rebellious CEO
12 Leaders Who Did It Right

Author: Ralph Nader

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Unabridged: 9 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 11/28/2023


Synopsis

Over the course of seven decades Ralph Nader has been Corporate America's fiercest critic. Supreme Court Justice William Powell singled out Nader in his infamous memo as the "single most effective antagonist of American business . . . [the] target of his hatred . . . is corporate power."

But now, in a book that will surprise both his fans and critics, Nader profiles a small group of CEOs who he believes performed extraordinarily well as business leaders and civic reformers, some well-known, some not, who should be celebrated as exceptions whose life and career should be a course of emulation and inspiration for students of business, executives, and the wider citizenry.

This select group of mavericks and iconoclasts—which includes The Body Shop's Anita Roddick, Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard, Vanguard's John Bogle, and Busboys and Poets' Andy Shallal—give us, Nader writes, "a sense of what might have been and what still could be if business were rigorously framed as a process that was not only about making money and selling things but improving our social and natural world."

About Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate and author. He has been named by the Atlantic as one of the hundred most influential figures in American history and by Time and Life magazines as one of the hundred most influential Americans of the twentieth century. Ralph Nader and the dozens of citizen groups he has founded have helped us drive safer cars, eat healthier food, breathe better air, drink cleaner water, and work in safer workplaces. Nader continues to be a relentless advocate for grassroots activism, more civic organizations, and democratic change for a just society.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark on July 04, 2023

Recently the nonfiction book club I run had business as its topic for the month. In my email accompanying a list of books to vote on I apologized for only including books about "businesses behaving badly". I wanted some balance, but most business-positive books were either hagiographic or very self-......more

Goodreads review by Steve on September 19, 2023

The profiles and biographies of the CEOs selected were adequate and I found some of the writing compelling, but in my mind the book had several weaknesses. I did not enjoy the writing style; I felt like I was being lectured at. I also felt that Nader was using this book as a soapbox and that he was......more

Goodreads review by Richard on July 04, 2023

When you think of Ralph Nader, you don't exactly think of someone who is quick to hand out compliments. One of the corporate world's most recognized critics, Nader has long been a thorn in the side of American business. So, you can imagine my surprise to pick up "The Rebellious CEO: 12 Leaders Who D......more

Goodreads review by James on February 05, 2024

This is a non-fiction book, however, it has in common with fiction that it is the non-fiction version of a series of short stories. Ralph Nader is writing about 12 CEOs that depart from the normal way that CEOs act and become something different and make a distinct and hopefully meaningful impact on......more