🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism

Arguments for reimagining corporate purpose beyond shareholder returns to serve employees, communities, and the planet. These books engage the urgent debate over what businesses owe the societies that sustain them.

Dignity in a Digital Age

by Ro Khanna • 2022

Five cities captured 90% of tech job growth. The case for creating digital opportunity everywhere.

3.71

149

⚙️ Tech Policy 🌐 Digital Divide 🗺️ Economic Geography ⚖️ Internet Regulation 🔒 Data Privacy

Dignity in a Digital Age

Five cities captured 90% of tech job growth. The case for creating digital opportunity everywhere.

by Ro Khanna 2022

3.71

149 ratings

⚙️ Tech Policy 🌐 Digital Divide 🗺️ Economic Geography ⚖️ Internet Regulation 🔒 Data Privacy

The Fish Rots from the Head

by Bob Garratt • 1997

Failure starts in the boardroom. How directors create organizations that learn and last.

4.33

🏛️ Corporate Governance 🔄 Organizational Learning 🎯 Strategic Oversight 📊 Corporate Accountability 👥 Board Directors

The Fish Rots from the Head

Failure starts in the boardroom. How directors create organizations that learn and last.

by Bob Garratt 1997

4.33

6 ratings

🏛️ Corporate Governance 🔄 Organizational Learning 🎯 Strategic Oversight 📊 Corporate Accountability 👥 Board Directors

The Economics of Higher Purpose

by Robert E Quinn • 2019

Your economic assumptions guarantee mediocrity. How authentic purpose outperforms them.

3.69

🎯 Corporate Purpose 🏢 Organizational Culture 🔥 Intrinsic Motivation 🤲 Servant Leadership 💼 Employee Engagement

The Economics of Higher Purpose

Your economic assumptions guarantee mediocrity. How authentic purpose outperforms them.

by Robert E Quinn 2019

3.69

35 ratings

🎯 Corporate Purpose 🏢 Organizational Culture 🔥 Intrinsic Motivation 🤲 Servant Leadership 💼 Employee Engagement

Where You Are Is Not Who You Are

by Ursula Burns • 2021

From the projects to Xerox CEO: saving a corporate giant and rewriting its moral contract.

4.01

691

🏢 Corporate Leadership 📖 Business Memoirs 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🚨 Crisis Management 📈 Economic Mobility

Where You Are Is Not Who You Are

From the projects to Xerox CEO: saving a corporate giant and rewriting its moral contract.

by Ursula Burns 2021

4.01

691 ratings

🏢 Corporate Leadership 📖 Business Memoirs 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🚨 Crisis Management 📈 Economic Mobility

Them and Us

by Will Hutton • 2010

Fairness is not capitalism's enemy. It is the one condition on which capitalism actually works.

3.89

109

🏛️ Political Economy 🇬🇧 British Politics ⚖️ Economic Fairness 📜 Social Contract 🪜 Social Mobility

Them and Us

Fairness is not capitalism's enemy. It is the one condition on which capitalism actually works.

by Will Hutton 2010

3.89

109 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🇬🇧 British Politics ⚖️ Economic Fairness 📜 Social Contract 🪜 Social Mobility

Corporation Nation

by Charles Derber • 1998

The biggest threat to American democracy isn't in the White House. It's in the corner office.

3.74

🏢 Corporate Power 💰 Corporate Welfare 🗳️ Economic Democracy ✊ Labor Movements 🏛️ Privatization

Corporation Nation

The biggest threat to American democracy isn't in the White House. It's in the corner office.

by Charles Derber 1998

3.74

65 ratings

🏢 Corporate Power 💰 Corporate Welfare 🗳️ Economic Democracy ✊ Labor Movements 🏛️ Privatization

Incorruptible

by Eric Ries • 2026

A gravitational force pulls good companies into corruption, and standard governance cannot stop it.

4.40

283

🏛️ Corporate Governance 🎯 Mission-Driven Business ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🧬 Organizational Culture ⚖️ Business Ethics

Incorruptible

A gravitational force pulls good companies into corruption, and standard governance cannot stop it.

by Eric Ries 2026

4.40

283 ratings

🏛️ Corporate Governance 🎯 Mission-Driven Business ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🧬 Organizational Culture ⚖️ Business Ethics

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