Awards
- Commended for Axiom Business Book Awards (Business Ethics) 2013
Overview
A thought-provoking investigation of an urgent issue facing American communities today, Edward C. Lorenz’s book examines the intersection of corporate irresponsibility and civic engagement. At the heart of this case study is a group of firms responsible for seven of the most contaminated Superfund sites in the United States, the largest food contamination accident in U.S. history, stunning stock and financial manipulations, and a massive shift of jobs off shore. In the face of these egregious environmental, employee, and investor abuses, several communities impacted by these firms organized to confront and combat failures in corporate and bureaucratic leadership, winning notable victories over major financiers, lobbyists, and indifferent or ineffective government agencies. A critical analysis of public and private leadership, business and economic ethics, and civic life, this book concludes with a stirring blueprint for other communities facing similarly overwhelming opposition.
Full Product Details
Author: Edward C. Lorenz
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Imprint: Michigan State University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.680kg
ISBN: 9781611860252
ISBN 10: 1611860253
Pages: 342
Publication Date: 01 April 2012
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Ed Lorenz has done a magnificent job of telling a story with national implications for America. It chronicles the toll on a community whose human and natural resources are pillaged by corporations. But it also offers positive future directions. How can we align corporate and community values when it comes to community sustainability? This book should be of interest not just to academic, but also to general audiences.--Dave Dempsey, author of On the Brink
Ed Lorenz has done a magnificent job of telling a story with national implications for America. It chronicles the toll on a community whose human and natural resources are pillaged by corporations. But it also offers positive future directions. How can we align corporate and community values when it comes to community sustainability? This book should be of interest not just to academic, but also to general audiences.--Dave Dempsey, author of On the Brink
Author Information
Edward C. Lorenz is the Reid-Knox Professor of History and Professor of Political Science at Alma College, where he also directs the college’s Public Affairs Institute.
