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This book investigates both the ethical paragons involved in small business ethical decision-making process and their consequences and the implementation of the right culture in small business as a paragon of stability and growth.

Small business is a major component of societies, especially now. Being in leadership positions in small business is something which many times involves tough decisions to be taken. The major question that this book addresses is whether ethical decision making in small business is a paragon that needs to be taken into consideration?

Surviving and growing is something which involves many aspects that need to be taken into consideration too. One of them is the human factor, which many consider to be a crucial paragon, more important than even strategy implementation. Under this prism, this book will investigate both the ethical paragons involved in small business ethical decision-making process and their consequences and the implementation of the right culture in small business as a paragon of stability and growth.

The author sheds some light into aspects that we all have encountered in our professional lives and which sometimes had major impact on both business and the environment.

america's Culture Is Moving In A New And Dangerous Direction, As It Becomes More Accepting And Tolerant Of Dishonesty And Financial Abuse. Tamar Frankel Argues That This Phenomenon Is Not New; In Fact It Has A Specific Traceable Past. During The Past Thirty Years Temptations And Opportunities To Defraud Have Risen; Legal, Moral And Theoretical Barriers To Abuse Of Trust Have Fallen. She Goes On To Suggest That Fraud And The Abuse Of Trust Could Have A Widespread Impact On American Economy And Prosperity, And Argues That The Way To Counter This Disturbing Trend Is To Reverse The Culture Of Business Dishonesty. Finally, She Presents The Following Thesis: If Americans Have Had Enough Of Financial Abuse, They Can Demand Of Their Leaders, Of Themselves, And Of Each Other More Honesty And Trust And Less Cynicism. Americans Can Reject The Actions, Attitudes, Theories And Assumptions That Brought Us The Corporate Scandals Of The 1990s. Though American Society Can Have Bad Apples, And Its Constituents Hold Differing Opinions About The Precise Meaning Of Trust And Truth, It Can Remain Honest, As Long As It Aspires To Honesty.

the Term Technological Fix Should Mean A Fix Provided By Technology - A Solution For All Of Our Problems, From Medicine And Food Production To The Environment And Business. Instead, Technological Fix Has Come To Mean A Cheap, Quick Fix Using Inappropriate Technology That Usually Creates More Problems Than It Solves. This Collection Sets Out The Distinction Between A Technological Fix And A True Technological Solution.

bringing Together Scholars From A Variety Of Disciplines, The Essays Trace The Technological Fix As It Has Appeared Throughout The Twentieth Century. Addressing Such Fixes As Artificial Hearts, Industrial Agriculture And Climate Engineering, These Essays Examine Our Need To Turn To Technology For Solutions To All Of Our Problems.