A Good Day's Work by Lattal, Alice Darnell; Clark, Ralph;

Short description:

Is it possible for a company to become more ethical while also being more profitable?

The answer is a resounding yes. In A Good Day's Work, Alice Darnell Lattal and Ralph Clark combine their expertise in moral philosophy, business management, and behavioral psychology to present scientifically proven behavior-based strategies for improving the ethical climate in the workplace.

Lattal and Clark assert that unethical corporate behavior most often results from the cumulative missteps of otherwise well-meaning people. While we may know what it means to be ethical, most professionals are not taught how to actually become ethical. The authors give tips for managing that change, and ways to create effective habits that allow for ethics- and profit-oriented decisions to coexist. They also reveal practical ways to create and sustain an organization-wide commitment to core ethical principles while simultaneously generating lasting profits and growth.

Featuring detailed, real-world examples that illustrate how the same moral values we apply in other areas of life are applicable in the world of business, A Good Day's Work provides:

• Tools to weigh the choices you make and the potential consequences to you and others, as well as to your organization
  
  
• Strategies for banishing fear from the workplace, using goals wisely, and improving workplace physical and psychological environments
  
  
• Solutions for proactively preventing ethical breaches that emanate from well-meaning missteps
  
  
• Techniques for harnessing the power of positive reinforcement
  
  

The authors describe ways that motivational strategies can encourage more candid talk about ethical actions, as well as initiative, cooperation, and innovation. They also address the all-important balancing act of making ethical sales and achieving financial success-and what price is too high to pay.

[back cover copy]

Why be moral?

What's good for the soul is also good for the bottom line.

The path to business achievement begins with behavior. Behavior alone is what drives and sustains ethical choices and actions-as well as profit.

A Good Day's Work provides essential tools from the study of ethics, scientific management practices, and behavioral psychology to ensure that ethical behavior is the foundation for your workplace practices, outlining specific steps for ensuring the pursuit of profit with principle. Alice Darnell Lattal and Ralph Clark explain the philosophical background of ethical decision-making, revealing how a loss of ethical direction can happen in an organization and providing a framework for sustainable ethical change that drives business success. Applicable for everyone from the mailroom to the boardroom, this scientifically proven process is guaranteed to help you aim your moral compass in the right direction.

• Goes beyond posted codes of conduct to illustrate how daily business practice maintains or impedes doing the right thing in the right way
  
  
• Identifies the important ethical imperatives that lie behind essential practices
  
  
• Illustrates how ethical breaches often stem from small missteps and offers techniques for preventing those breaches
  
  
• Explains how to establish a culture of ethical habits as the foundation to success
  
  
• Provides a decision-making tool to assess business activity against a pragmatic and sound ethical standard
  
  
• Features a comprehensive blueprint for making ethical behavior integral to business processes and performance management
  
  

Long description:

Actionable tools and processes to ensure the ethical behavior that feeds profitable business growth

The path to business success begins with behavior. This book provides tools from the study of ethics, scientific management practices, and behavioral psychology to ensure that ethical behavior is the foundation for workplace practices.

A Good Day's Work delivers strategies to improve the ethical climate for its own sake and achieve business success that supports critically important values necessary for the survival of the broader culture. Everyone, from the mailroom to the boardroom, will benefit.

• Delivers a comprehensive blueprint for making ethical behavior integral to business processes and performance management
• Goes beyond posted codes of conduct to illustrate how daily business practice maintains or impedes doing the right thing in the right way
• Provides a decision-making tool to assess business activity against a pragmatic and sound ethical standard
• Illustrates how ethical breaches often stem from small missteps and offers techniques for preventing them

Actionable tools and processes to ensure the ethical behavior that feeds profitable business growth

The path to business success begins with behavior. This book provides tools from the study of ethics, scientific management practices, and behavioral psychology to ensure that ethical behavior is the foundation for workplace practices.

A Good Day's Work delivers strategies to improve the ethical climate for its own sake and achieve business success that supports critically important values necessary for the survival of the broader culture. Everyone, from the mailroom to the boardroom, will benefit.

• Delivers a comprehensive blueprint for making ethical behavior integral to business processes and performance management
• Goes beyond posted codes of conduct to illustrate how daily business practice maintains or impedes doing the right thing in the right way
• Provides a decision-making tool to assess business activity against a pragmatic and sound ethical standard
• Illustrates how ethical breaches often stem from small missteps and offers techniques for preventing them

Table of Contents:

Is it possible for a company to become more ethical while also being more profitable?

The answer is a resounding yes. In A Good Day's Work, Alice Darnell Lattal and Ralph Clark combine their expertise in moral philosophy, business management, and behavioral psychology to present scientifically proven behavior-based strategies for improving the ethical climate in the workplace.

Lattal and Clark assert that unethical corporate behavior most often results from the cumulative missteps of otherwise well-meaning people. While we may know what it means to be ethical, most professionals are not taught how to actually become ethical. The authors give tips for managing that change, and ways to create effective habits that allow for ethics- and profit-oriented decisions to coexist. They also reveal practical ways to create and sustain an organization-wide commitment to core ethical principles while simultaneously generating lasting profits and growth.

Featuring detailed, real-world examples that illustrate how the same moral values we apply in other areas of life are applicable in the world of business, A Good Day's Work provides:

• Tools to weigh the choices you make and the potential consequences to you and others, as well as to your organization
  
  
• Strategies for banishing fear from the workplace, using goals wisely, and improving workplace physical and psychological environments
  
  
• Solutions for proactively preventing ethical breaches that emanate from well-meaning missteps
  
  
• Techniques for harnessing the power of positive reinforcement
  
  

The authors describe ways that motivational strategies can encourage more candid talk about ethical actions, as well as initiative, cooperation, and innovation. They also address the all-important balancing act of making ethical sales and achieving financial success-and what price is too high to pay.

[back cover copy]

Why be moral?

What's good for the soul is also good for the bottom line.

The path to business achievement begins with behavior. Behavior alone is what drives and sustains ethical choices and actions-as well as profit.

A Good Day's Work provides essential tools from the study of ethics, scientific management practices, and behavioral psychology to ensure that ethical behavior is the foundation for your workplace practices, outlining specific steps for ensuring the pursuit of profit with principle. Alice Darnell Lattal and Ralph Clark explain the philosophical background of ethical decision-making, revealing how a loss of ethical direction can happen in an organization and providing a framework for sustainable ethical change that drives business success. Applicable for everyone from the mailroom to the boardroom, this scientifically proven process is guaranteed to help you aim your moral compass in the right direction.

• Goes beyond posted codes of conduct to illustrate how daily business practice maintains or impedes doing the right thing in the right way
  
  
• Identifies the important ethical imperatives that lie behind essential practices
  
  
• Illustrates how ethical breaches often stem from small missteps and offers techniques for preventing those breaches
  
  
• Explains how to establish a culture of ethical habits as the foundation to success
  
  
• Provides a decision-making tool to assess business activity against a pragmatic and sound ethical standard
  
  
• Features a comprehensive blueprint for making ethical behavior integral to business processes and performance management