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Book Careers with a Conscience

Download or read book Careers with a Conscience written by Elaine Appleton Grant and published by WETFEET, INC.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Careers with a Conscience

Download or read book Careers with a Conscience written by WetFeet (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Conscience Code

Download or read book The Conscience Code written by G. Richard Shell and published by HarperCollins Leadership. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Conscience Code is a practical guide to creating workplaces where everyone can thrive. Surveys show that more than 40% of employees report seeing ethical misconduct at work, and most fail to report it--killing office morale and allowing the wrong people to set the example. Collegiate professor G. Richard Shell has heard work misconduct stories from his MBA students which inspired him to create this helpful guide for navigating these nuances. Shell created?this book?to point to a better path: recognize that these conflicts are coming, learn to spot them, then follow a research-based, step-by-step approach for resolving them skillfully.?By committing to the Code, you can replace regret with long-term career success as a leader of conscience. In The Conscience Code, Shell shares tips and facts that: Solves a crucial problem faced by professionals everywhere: What should they do when they are asked to compromise their core values to achieve organizational goals? Teaches readers to recognize and overcome the five organizational forces that push people toward actions they later regret. Lays out a systematic, values-to-action process that people at all levels can follow to maintain their integrity while achieving true success in their lives and careers. Driven by dramatic, real-world examples from Shell's classroom, today's headlines, and classic cases of corporate wrongdoing, The Conscience Code shows how to create value-based workplaces where everyone can thrive.

Book Making a Living While Making a Difference

Download or read book Making a Living While Making a Difference written by Melissa Everett and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1995 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a non-judgmental, supportive style, Everett leads the reader through self-tests and checklists that help examine personal inclinations and goals for a career with a conscience, assess its feasibility and distinguish realistic-idealistic goals from impractical, idealistic goals.

Book Making a Living While Making a Difference

Download or read book Making a Living While Making a Difference written by Melissa Everett and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making a Living While Making a Difference is a timely and highly informative guide to a working life built on principled choices and an entrepreneurial attitude. It’s about greener enterprises and technologies, socially responsible business, innovative nonprofit work, and reinventing government. It’s really about putting the pieces together with creativity and hope. Working people everywhere are realizing that personal success is interconnected with healthy communities and the environment. We are all looking for our unique “creative edge” with work that allows us to make an impact close to home and in the world. The substantially revised third edition of Making a Living While Making a Difference acknowledges that while the path to finding a life’s work that is satisfying, sustainable, and financially feasible is not easy, there are simple steps to follow. An empowering ten-step program includes: Paying attention to what you most care about Stabilizing your life with regard to time, money, and relationships Assessing your core aptitudes and attitudes Cultivating the entrepreneurial skills to create the workplace you want, whether or not you are in business for yourself With dozens of rich personal stories and a thorough look at the options, this is the comprehensive life and work guide for people who care about their communities and the planet. Melissa Everett is a career counselor, group facilitator, and educator in the field of sustainable development, and is the executive director of Sustainable Hudson Valley.

Book Peace Jobs

    Book Details:
  • Author : David J. Smith
  • Publisher : IAP
  • Release : 2016-03-01
  • ISBN : 1681233320
  • Pages : 206 pages

Download or read book Peace Jobs written by David J. Smith and published by IAP. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a guide for college students exploring career options who are interested in working to promote peacebuilding and the resolution of conflict. High school students, particularly those starting to consider college and careers, can also benefit from this book. A major feature of the book is 30 stories from young professionals, most recently graduated from college, who are working in the field. These profiles provide readers with insight as to strategies they might use to advance their peacebuilding careers. The book speaks directly to the Millennial generation, recognizing that launching a career is a major focus, and that careers in the peace field have not always been easy to identify. As such, the book takes the approach that most any career can be a peacebuilding career provided one is willing to apply creativity and passion to their work. ENDORSEMENTS: The 30 profiles and other examples of career options across disciplines in Peace Jobs should be a required resource for all high school and college career offices. Packed with valuable realistic examples of how students, from a wide array of backgrounds, connected their passion with a paid career, it answers the ever present question “but what job can I get in peacebuilding”? Jennifer Batton Co-Chair, Peace Education Working Group and Chair, North America, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict Coordinator, International Conference on Conflict Resolution Education If changing the world is your calling, David Smith offers the guiding framework to channel passions and talents into meaningful employment. In Peace Jobs, millennials and others can discover ways to apply their social conscience to traditional and transformative career opportunities. Tony Jenkins, PhD Director, Peace Education Initiative, The University of Toledo Managing Director, International Institute on Peace Education Coordinator, Global Campaign for Peace Education

Book Finding a Job Worth Having  4th Edition

Download or read book Finding a Job Worth Having 4th Edition written by Vicki Lind, MS and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Great Work  Great Career

Download or read book Great Work Great Career written by Stephen R. Covey and published by Franklin Covey. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Covey reveals how to hurdle economic disaster while staying on the path for a successful future. Here, listeners will discove.

Book Just Work

Download or read book Just Work written by Gideon Burrows and published by Green Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it ethical to work for a big oil company like Shell, as long as you?re in the renewable energy division? Or a health charity that funds testing on animals? What about a campaign group that doesn?t condemn violent protest? Or a government funded aid agency working in Iraq?The Ethical Careers Guide is the essential careers handbook for anyone who wants to make the world a better place. It?s a unique new guide to careers with a conscience, packed with features, interviews and dozens of career profiles: real people doing real ethical jobs.The Ethical Careers Guide tackles some of the most difficult questions about ethical jobs: what does ethical mean? Can working in finance ever be morally right? Is working in for a charity always ethical?It covers everything from working in international development and charities, to careers in corporate social responsibility or starting your own ethical business. Plus, articles on social enterprise, the public sector, volunteering, gap-years, the environment, media, fair trade, youth work, housing and regeneration.The Ethical Careers Guide offers practical advice about things to consider, what positions are available, the benefits, the challenges, how to apply and what the work is really like. Also includes, our unique Purple Pages directory of organisations offering volunteering, work experience and ethical jobs.In this edition:Comedian Mark Thomas takes on the corporate green-washersGet into FundraisingAward winning photojournalist Brent Stirton on recording a humanitarian crisis in IraqStart your own Ethical Small BusinessFly to an environment conference? 20 questions to help you decide what?s ethicalDevelopment: Top tips on breaking into the sectorPLUS many more articles, dozens of Career Profiles and the Purple Pages!

Book Careers Services

Download or read book Careers Services written by David Peck and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-05-13 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first ever published work covering the history of the careers services in the U.K. Its focus is wide-ranging and the research is thorough, with particular attention paid to the growth of a professional ethic among career advisers.

Book Conscience in Politics

Download or read book Conscience in Politics written by Jurg Steiner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1996.What Jurg Steiner has done with this book takes more than a pinch of professional courage. He is asking us to consider seriously the possibility that politicians make choices of conscience daily and that such choices frequently override considerations of partisanship and personal advantage.

Book Conscience in Politics

Download or read book Conscience in Politics written by Jürg Steiner and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1996 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Book The Workbook

Download or read book The Workbook written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Second Act Careers

Download or read book Second Act Careers written by Nancy Collamer and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A career guide that rethinks the golden years, this handbook offers 50+ income models for creating flexible, fulfilling, and profitable work during the encore stage of one’s career. RETHINK YOUR RETIREMENT For many people, retirement is no longer a trifecta of golf, grandkids, and gardening—it’s an opportunity for new pursuits that involve both earning income and exploring personal passions. If you’re planning for retirement or already at “retirement age” but want to continue working—whether to supplement your income or to stay mentally and physically active—veteran career coach Nancy Collamer shows how to identify your favorite interests and expertise and repackage them into more than fifty ways to earn income. These second acts range from the traditional (part-time employment, consulting) to newer Internet-based options (teaching online, writing a blog). With a prescriptive approach to securing second-act careers that are flexible, fulfilling, and fun, this book offers a wide variety of income-generating examples as well as exercises to clarify your lifestyle goals and help you plan for your next move. Second-Act Careers shows how to create a profitable and meaningful semi-retirement on your own terms and in your own way.

Book Karma s Role in Our Conscience  From Angel to Demon and Back Again

Download or read book Karma s Role in Our Conscience From Angel to Demon and Back Again written by Gaurav Garg and published by Gaurav Garg. This book was released on with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is a journey, a journey that takes us through the ups and downs of existence. Along the way, we encounter many challenges and obstacles, as well as moments of joy and happiness. But what is the meaning of this journey? What is the purpose of our existence? And how can we make the most of our time here on earth? These are questions that have puzzled philosophers and spiritual leaders for centuries. In this book, we will explore some of the answers that have been put forth over the years, drawing on the wisdom of ancient texts, modern-day thinkers, and our own experiences. One of the central themes of this book is karma, the idea that our actions have consequences, both in this life and in the next. We will explore how karma works, how it affects our lives, and how we can cultivate positive karma to create a better future for ourselves and for those around us. We will also delve into the nature of consciousness, exploring how our thoughts and emotions shape our reality, and how we can cultivate a positive inner dialogue that aligns with our values and beliefs. Throughout the book, we will draw on real-life examples to illustrate these concepts, showing how they have played out in the lives of people throughout history and in our own lives today. Ultimately, this book is a call to action, encouraging readers to reflect on their own karma and inner conscience and to take action to shape a positive future. We hope that by the end of this journey, you will have gained new insights into the meaning of life, and be inspired to live a life filled with purpose, meaning, and positive karma.

Book A Handbook of Practicing Anthropology

Download or read book A Handbook of Practicing Anthropology written by Riall Nolan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential career-planning resource, A Handbook of Practicing Anthropology presents a comprehensive account of contemporary anthropological practice written primarily by anthropological practitioners Engagingly written and instructive accounts of practice by anthropological professionals working in corporations, governmental, entrepreneurial, and educational settings Provides essential guidance on applying anthropological principles on the job: what works well and what must be learned Emphasizes the value of collaboration, teamwork, and continuous learning as key elements to success in non-academic careers Highlights the range of successful career options for practitioners , describes significant sectors of professional activity, and discusses key issues, concerns, and controversies in the field Chapters examine key practice sectors such as freelancing, managing a consulting firm, working for government, non-profits, and corporations, and the domains of health, industry, education, international development, and the military

Book Anthropology in Practice

Download or read book Anthropology in Practice written by Riall W. Nolan and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can students and scholars effectively prepare for - and succeed at - a career in the nonacademic world of applied anthropology? This comprehensive guide, full of practical detail, presents the answers. Nolan relates how to acquire and use the skills essential for work as a practitioner. A key feature of his book is its lifetime focus: he systematically moves from preparation, to job search and negotiation, to research methods and ethics, to building a career, to maintaining relations with the academy. The result is an important reference for current practitioners - and a must-have handbook for prospective anthropologists.