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Chronicles the transformation and decline of business ethics throughout American history

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From thrift and honesty to enormous debt and main-chance ethics, American business values have spiraled downward as viewed in this ingeniously conceived and brightly executed social history by business journalist Baida. To chockfull profiles of such business giants as Astor, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Ford, Ogilvy and Watson, he adds a chorus of "dissenting voices," those of Melville, Thoreau, Twain, Sinclair Lewis, Ralph Nader and John Kenneth Galbraith, limning the interaction of economic forces and popular literature. Franklin's work-and-save precepts, Huck Finn's insouciance and Horatio Alger's cult of character are displaced by the Dale Carnegie cult of personality, followed by Arthur Miller's salesman Willy Loman, while IBM's "Sell and Serve" policy is countered by Union Carbide's Bhopal mentality. All, in the author's narrative, leads to the U.S. deficit, and armaments build-up, to "junk bond" and credit card heaven and sweet songs like Robert Ringer's injunction to "forget the 'moral' standards," to Michael Korda's how-to on getting and using personal power. Baida is careful not to preach; he doesn't need to.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Baida chronologically covers the history of American business from Benjamin Franklin to Donald Trump by simultaneously showing us three views of that history: the famous persons of business--Astor, Rockefeller, Ford, etc.; the popular self-help books of the day, such as Dale Carnegie's How To Win Friends and Influence People and how they affected the time; and the leading writers who were critics of what was going on--Thoreau, Sinclair Lewis, Galbraith, etc. In this excellent work, we are shown the spirit of America and how that spirit has changed from Franklin's views on thrift and the work ethic to an America that has become the greatest debtor nation in the world. Highly recommended for all business and American studies collections.
-Michael D. Kathman, St. John's Univ., Collegeville, Minn.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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  • PublisherWilliam Morrow & Co
  • Publication date1990
  • ISBN 10 0688077293
  • ISBN 13 9780688077297
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages360
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