Index

Accountability, 121–126

Basic Good of Personality, 64

Basic Good of Security, 70

Capitalism, 20, 22, 31, 34, 39, 48–49, 101, 116, 119, 127–128

Changing the world, 101, 103–105

Charity. See Philanthropy

Cognitive legitimacy, 102

Community-based approach, 15, 129

Corporate social responsibility (CSR), 16, 60–61, 103, 112

Corporate terrorism, 107

Darwin’s theory of evolution, 12

Doing Good

advocating, 11

begins with employees, 78

business of, 24–27

business of growth, 20–24

community-based approach, 15, 129

as driving force for human existence, 15–20

hierarchy of responsibilities, 22–23

measuring change towards, mechanisms for, 101

as opportunity to begin change, 106–107

organizations, role of, 24

outcomes of, 85–86

overview of, 11–12

social conscience approach to business, 12–15

sustainable development, achieving, 14

Temperatism, importance of, 16–20

through business, 11–27

through business with social conscience, 129

Economic inequality, addressing, 92

Employee skills, investing in, 82–85

Entry-level jobs, 89–90

Environmentalism, 118

Equality, 68–71

Ethics and values

Doing Good, purpose of having, 59

equality, 68–71

humanizing business, 71–73

importance of, 57–73

overview of, 57–59

philosophical debates on, 59–68

Temperatism, ideology of, 57–59

Fast Capitalism, 32

Financial capitalism, 61

Gallup polls, 97

General Data Protection Regulation (2018), 25

Glassdoor, 76

Green agenda, 119

“Green business” initiatives, 121

House of Commons, 95

Human capital, 82–83

Human ingenuity, 113

Human potential, releasing, 96–98

Human Race, 14

Human resource (HR) profession, 76–77

Human trafficking, 80

Individualism, 103

Inequality

challenges facing today, 30–31

within education system, 42–43

equality, pursuing, 32

inevitability of, 32

momentum for change, building, 37–39

Inequality (Continued )

overview of, 29–30

perpetuating, role in, 30–37

poverty, 45

tackling is everyone’s responsibility, 39–45

“taking advantage,” problem of, 44

Temperatism, focus on, 33–34

In-work poverty, rise of, 92

Iron Law of Responsibility, 25

Legitimacy

capitalist market system, changing, 100

of capitalist system, 101–103

changing the world, 103–105

definition of, 101

Doing Good, measuring change toward, 101

power is in our hands, 106–107

power to change, 105–106

rationality of not seeking change, 107–108

societal change, 109–110

#MarchForLife, 3

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, 96

#MeToo movement (2018), 109

Moral bankruptcy, 11

Moral legitimacy, 102

National culture, 79–80

Ownership, 115–116, 121–126

Philanthropy, 12

Planet earth

ability to fix problems, 113–115

environment and ecology of, 111

growth vs. sustainability, 116–121

husbandry, culture of, 124

overview of, 111–113

ownership and accountability, 121–126

ownership of natural assets, 115–116

stewards of, 111–126

Poverty, 45

Pragmatic legitimacy, 102

Rationality, of not seeking change, 107–108

Reputation

capitalist market system, changing, 100

changing the world, 103–105

Doing Good, measuring change toward, 101

power is in our hands, 106–107

power to change, 105–106

rationality of not seeking change, 107–108

societal change, 109–110

Response-Able concept, 34

Self-actualization, 19–20, 96

Self-employed contracts, 88

Selfishness, 103

Social capital, 105

Social conscience

approach to business, 12–15

begins with employees, 75–86

changing workplace, 80–82

Doing Good, outcomes of, 85–86

employee skills, investing in, 82–85

human resource (HR) profession, 76–77

national culture, 79–80

people matter, 77–80

Zero Harm approach, 86

Social loafing, 43

Social networks, 105

Societal change, 109–110

Sustainability, 116–121

Systems thinking

breaking the system, 55–56

choosing not to change, 54–55

inequality in society, 47–48

overview of, 47–52

profit maximization, 54

social advantage, 51

win, lose, or draw, 52–54

Temperance, 126

Temperatism

biggest critics of, 108

definition of, 1

desire of, 5–6

Doing Good in society, 1–2

equality in, 32

Golden Age of humanity, 26

as ideology, basis of, 3

introduction to, 1–9

key tenet of, 6

organizational and market model, 2

at organizational level, 109–110

positive outcomes from organizational resources, 7–8

“Self” in, 103–104

Temperatist-minded organizations, 110

Universal basic income

addressing problems, 92

economic inequality, addressing, 92

entry-level jobs, 89–90

human potential, releasing, 96–98

in-work poverty, rise of, 92

lifting people out of poverty, 91

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, 96

need for helping hand, 91–93

overview of, 87–90

performance literature, 97

safety net, 93–95

self-employed contracts, 88

working tax credits, 92–93

Whistleblowers, 8

Working tax credits, 92–93

Zero Harm approach, 86

Zero unemployment, 42