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Welcome to GoodCo is the follow up to Tom Levitt's critically acclaimed Partners for Good, which postulated that elements within the private sector w understood the social obligations of the corporate citizen and were willing to play that role, especially if there could be proven to be a business case for it. Welcome to GoodCo explores that change in attitude and examines how the processes, structures, purposes and tools of the private sector ecomy can all be turned into instruments of social progress.Once again there are political lessons to be learned: good or responsible capitalism has become a matter of debate. What is t at issue is that the private sector has available to it vast quantities of capital, human and other resources and logistical expertise which when properly focused and applied could revolutionise the delivery of public good without compromising the voluntary principle or the public sector principle of universal access to services.In a world in which organizations of all sizes frequently find their business practices undermining the basic principles of their customer or citizen promise, Welcome To GoodCo offers a realistic, commercially hard-sed approach to reframing business in society; an approach that enables them to reconcile their commercial and socially responsible aspirations.

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PublisherAshgate Publishing Limited, Taylor & Francis Ltd

ISBN-101472409310

ISBN-139781472409317

eBay Product ID (ePID)209327708

Product Key Features

Number of Pages268 Pages

Publication NameWelcome to Goodco : Using the Tools of Business to Create Public Good

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2014

SubjectBusiness, Accounting & Vocational: Textbooks & Study Guides

TypeTextbook

AuthorTom Levitt

Subject AreaBusiness & Economics, Political Science

FormatHardback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Length9.9 in

Item Width6.8 in

Height244mm

Width172mm

Additional Product Features

Date of Publication18/06/2014

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

GenreBusiness, Accounting & Vocational: Textbooks & Study Guides

Country of PublicationUnited Kingdom

Author BiographyTom Levitt was Member of Parliament from 1997-2010. Tom is a writer and consultant on charity partnerships whose clients include corporates, government agencies, charities, councils and SMEs; Chair of Trustees, Concern Worldwide (UK); Honorary Doctor of the University of Derby, UK. He is also a non-executive director of Digital Outreach Ltd, a director of Good Measures ethical business consultancy, a trustee of The Work Foundation and an occasional columnist for The Guardian's Voluntary Sector Network.

Content NoteIncludes 6 B&W Illustrations

Edition StatementNew Edition