In this masterly book, a globally respected figure in the business community talks eloquently of the fundamentally human aspects of wealth creation and distribution through business development. Lord Browne's purpose is to attempt to change the present debate and climate of opinion that is running against big business. "The Nobility of Business" will give support to the positive, and irreplaceable, contribution made by multi-national business by addressing the apparent contradiction between power and acceptability. It will give readers the tools to question the demonisation of business in parts of the media. Thereby it will give readers a better understanding of what BP (and similar) companies are for, what they are doing, and why they act the way they do. This is in no sense a manual or a self-help guide to business leadership. Part memoir, part manifesto, it is a personal account drawn directly from Lord Browne's own experience of what business does, why it matters, and why working in business should be a source of pride and honour.
- ISBN10 0297851187
- ISBN13 9780297851189
- Publish Date 14 June 2008
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 15 March 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English