num_pages: 208
description: Right to life, or abortion rights. Whistle-blowing. Does everyone have a price? The most difficult and revealing of all questions are questions of ethics-easy to answer from afar, but impossible when you're in the thick of it.From the author of the 1.9-million-copy bestselling The Book of Questions , here are 300 primary and follow-up questions on commerce and politics that probe deeply into our conflicts between ideals and reality, and help us sound our own morals.Put principles to the If you knew you could double your money in two years by investing in a company whose activities you strongly disapprove of, would you? Examine basic If you knew you would not produce anything of real significance in your life, how would it change your goals and attitudes? Fantasize about If you could determine who could immigrate here, would you let in those who would contribute the most to our country or those most in need of refuge? Define If you were certain someone convicted of armed robbery would never commit another crime, would you choose a punishment that involved no prison sentence? Perhaps even rehearse for What would you do if after shaking hands on a deal for an item you are selling, someone else offers you twice as much?Fuel those all-to-rare talks that go deep into the night-and explore and refine your values. 106,000 copies in print.
language: English
title: The Book of Questions: Business, Politics, and Ethics
titlecomplete: The Book of Questions: Business, Politics, and Ethics
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 33
publisher: Workman Publishing Company