Bodies For Profit And Power

Author : Lisa Wenger Bro
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476650357
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bodies for Profit and Power written by Lisa Wenger Bro and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2023-09-29 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early dystopian science fiction like George Orwell's 1984 or Thea von Harbou's Metropolis show us bleak worlds where capitalism has no boundaries and has corrupted sovereign powers, exploiting the lower classes and benefiting only a few at the top. Political laws and policies related to human life--or the biopolitical--devalue that life, making humanity little more than expendable "machines" producing for capitalism, and capitalism's focus on progress has made it a central concern in much of science fiction. Covering science fiction from the early 1900s to present, this book examines the portrayal of dystopian capitalism and the biopolitical in works like Brave New World and R.U.R., among many others.

Author : Joel Bakan
Publisher : Constable
ISBN 13 : 1780337418
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Corporation written by Joel Bakan and published by Constable. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Edition What would the world be like if its ruling elite was insane? The most powerful class of institution on earth, the corporation, is by any reasonable measure hopelessly and unavoidably demented. The corporation lies, steals and kills without remorse and without hesitation when it serves the interests of its shareholders to do so. It obeys the law only when the costs of crime exceed the profits. Corporate social responsibility is impossible except insofar as it is insincere. At once a diagnosis and a course of treatment, The Corporation is essential reading for those who want to understand the nature of the modern business system. It is a sober and careful attempt to describe the world as it is, rather than as corporate public relations departments would have us believe it to be. It reveals a world more exotic and more terrifying than any of us could have imagined. And although a billion dollar industry is trying to convince you otherwise, the corporations that surround us are not our friends. Charming and plausible though they are, they can only ever see us as resources to be used. This is the real world, not science fiction, and it really is us or them.

Author : Jim Stengel
Publisher : Crown Currency
ISBN 13 : 0307720373
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grow written by Jim Stengel and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten years of research uncover the secret source of growth and profit … Those who center their business on improving people’s lives have a growth rate triple that of competitors and outperform the market by a huge margin. They dominate their categories, create new categories and maximize profit in the long term. Pulling from a unique ten year growth study involving 50,000 brands, Jim Stengel shows how the world's 50 best businesses—as diverse as Method, Red Bull, Lindt, Petrobras, Samsung, Discovery Communications, Visa, Zappos, and Innocent—have a cause and effect relationship between financial performance and their ability to connect with fundamental human emotions, hopes, values and greater purposes. In fact, over the 2000s an investment in these companies—“The Stengel 50”—would have been 400 percent more profitable than an investment in the S&P 500. Grow is based on unprecedented empirical research, inspired (when Stengel was Global Marketing Officer of Procter & Gamble) by a study of companies growing faster than P&G. After leaving P&G in 2008, Stengel designed a new study, in collaboration with global research firm Millward Brown Optimor. This study tracked the connection over a ten year period between financial performance and customer engagement, loyalty and advocacy. Then, in a further investigation of what goes on in the “black box” of the consumer’s mind, Stengel and his team tapped into neuroscience research to look at customer engagement and measure subconscious attitudes to determine whether the top businesses in the Stengel Study were more associated with higher ideals than were others. Grow thus deftly blends timeless truths about human behavior and values into an action framework – how you discover, build, communicate, deliver and evaluate your ideal. Through colorful stories drawn from his fascinating personal experiences and “deep dives” that bring out the true reasons for such successes as the Pampers, HP, Discovery Channel, Jack Daniels and Zappos, Grow unlocks the code for twenty-first century business success.

Author : Tara Teng
Publisher : Broadleaf Books
ISBN 13 : 1506483798
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Your Body Is a Revolution written by Tara Teng and published by Broadleaf Books . This book was released on 2023-05-16 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Too many of us are living disconnected from our bodies, chasing a constantly moving target of "ideal," and accepting the societal narrative about which bodies are deserving of safety and protection. In an effort to keep ourselves safe, we shame, push aside, and assimilate parts of ourselves that don't align with the cultural norm. In turn, we are disconnected from our bodies and therefore from our humanity, losing sight of the true nature of who we are and who we were born to be. Your Body Is a Revolution is an invitation to reclaim what has been stolen from us, to embrace the wisdom our bodies long to share, and to fully inhabit our lives--perhaps for the first time. Embodiment coach Tara Teng helps us untangle ourselves from centuries of body-based oppression built into our societal systems or masquerading as religion and teaches us to slow down and listen to the wisdom that comes through somatic practices. When we embrace right relationship with our bodies, we also come into right relationship with all things: ourselves, each other, the earth, and our spirituality. Book your ticket home: home to your body. Take back what society says is too much, too loud, too feminine, too masculine, too gay, too worldly, too unique to fit into the restrictive mold built by patriarchy, colonization, and white supremacy. Come back home to the place you were always searching for. Here, your whole self is welcome.

Author : Tonya Reiman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416571566
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Power of Body Language written by Tonya Reiman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nationally renowned body language expert Tonya Reiman illuminates what until now has been a gray area in interpersonal communication: harnessing the power of your nonverbal cues to get what you want out of every aspect of life, from professional encounters to personal relationships. Unlike other books on this fascinating topic, The Power of Body Language is your practical, personal playbook for getting what you desire from others -- and zoning in on what others are saying to you without words. Once you know the hidden meaning behind specific gestures, facial cues, stances, and body movements, you will possess a sixth sense that can be a life-changing, career-saving, trouble-shooting skill you will never leave home without! Learn how to: Take control of your own secret signals Gain trust -- and detect untrustworthiness Ace a job interview Shake hands (the right way) Make a dazzling first impression Exude confidence -- even when you're not feeling it Recognize if someone is lying Understand why men and women "speak" a different language Read a face to know a person's inner emotional state...and much more. In an insightful and engaging narrative, Tonya Reiman analyzes all of the components of body language -- the languages of the face, the body, space and touch, and sound. She shows you how to become a Master Communicator with The Reiman Rapport Method, a surefire system for building an instant connection with anyone, in any situation. And she shares the experiences of her clients, from executives to politicians to relationship seekers: Learn from Cindy, a confident and ambitious manager who turned her career around by altering the subconscious messages she was sending her male colleagues...and Peter, the wedding DJ whose client list blossomed as soon as he practiced the art of social smiling! Peppered with photos and fun facts, The Power of Body Language is as entertaining as it is instructive. Get the power to send and receive the messages you want -- and never be left in the dark again.

Author : Marshall Sylver
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 068482521X
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Passion Profit Power written by Marshall Sylver and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1997-01-21 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By using Sylver's techniques for attaining their highest goals, readers can discover for themselves how to have better sex and relationships, create more wealth, and attain more personal power. Focused on three categories--passion, profit and power, each section contains 50 short lessons and exercises to give readers the tools to use every day to achieve their goals.

Author : Sonya Renee Taylor
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1523091010
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition written by Sonya Renee Taylor and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestseller! "To build a world that works for everyone, we must first make the radical decision to love every facet of ourselves. . . . 'The body is not an apology' is the mantra we should all embrace." —Kimberlé Crenshaw, legal scholar and founder and Executive Director, African American Policy Forum Humans are a varied and divergent bunch with all manner of beliefs, morals, and bodies. Systems of oppression thrive off our inability to make peace with difference and injure the relationship we have with our own bodies. The Body Is Not an Apology offers radical self-love as the balm to heal the wounds inflicted by these violent systems. World-renowned activist and poet Sonya Renee Taylor invites us to reconnect with the radical origins of our minds and bodies and celebrate our collective, enduring strength. As we awaken to our own indoctrinated body shame, we feel inspired to awaken others and to interrupt the systems that perpetuate body shame and oppression against all bodies. When we act from this truth on a global scale, we usher in the transformative opportunity of radical self-love, which is the opportunity for a more just, equitable, and compassionate world—for us all. This second edition includes stories from Taylor's travels around the world combating body terrorism and shines a light on the path toward liberation guided by love. In a brand new final chapter, she offers specific tools, actions, and resources for confronting racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, and transphobia. And she provides a case study showing how radical self-love not only dismantles shame and self-loathing in us but has the power to dismantle entire systems of injustice. Together with the accompanying workbook, Your Body Is Not an Apology, Taylor brings the practice of radical self-love to life.

Author : William Mellor
Publisher : Encounter Books
ISBN 13 : 1594039089
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bottleneckers written by William Mellor and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2016-12-13 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bottlenecker (n): a person who advocates for the creation or perpetuation of government regulation, particularly an occupational license, to restrict entry into his or her occupation, thereby accruing an economic advantage without providing a benefit to consumers. The Left, Right, and Center all hate them: powerful special interests that use government power for their own private benefit. In an era when the Left hates “fat cats” and the Right despises “crony capitalists,” now there is an artful and memorable one-word pejorative they can both get behind: bottleneckers. A “bottlenecker” is anyone who uses government power to limit competition and thereby reap monopoly profits and other benefits. Bottleneckers work with politicians to constrict competition, entrepreneurial innovation, and opportunity. They thereby limit consumer choice; drive up consumer prices; and they support politicians who willingly overstep the constitutional limits of their powers to create, maintain, and expand these anticompetitive bottlenecks. The Institute for Justice’s new book Bottleneckers coins a new word in the American lexicon, and provides a rich history and well-researched examples of bottleneckers in one occupation after another—from alcohol distributors to taxicab cartels—pointing the way to positive reforms.

Author : B D Chatterjee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9389000246
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Not for Profit Organization written by B D Chatterjee and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book The book talks about the legal structure of a foundation, governance process, delegation of authority, how to develop a business plan, how to arrange funding plan, how to set up and handle operations of these foundations including setting up financial systems, budgeting, forecasting, internal controls and risk management, human resources and information technology systems. All the systems and processes highlighted in the book have been practically implemented and are based on real life experiences of laying down strategies and execution of processes implemented. Endorsement The not for profit world is a large and growing segment of economic activity globally. As economies grow and wealth accumulates, the urge to make a lasting, intergenerational contribution to human welfare is a deep part of our nature. Many enter this new world without a firm grasp of the financial structures that underpin the not for profit world. Into this gaps steps Biswajeet Chatterjee, with his new book Best Practices for a Global Not for Profit Organization. The book describes in clear and simple terms the fundamental accounting principles and regulatory requirements of the not for profit world. Best Practices for a Global Not for Profit Organization offers, in one place, in clear a simple language, a badly needed guide for all those new and established in this world. Not only does the book provide an outline of what is needed financially, it also provides a clear description how to navigate through the regulatory requirements that are often much different from those of the for profit world. Biswajeet Chatterjee is uniquely qualified to write this text. He is currently the Chief Financial officer of ACCESS Health International, a not for profit organization which is active in Asia, South Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. He has written more than ten books on finance and accounting covering a wide range of topics including (International Finance Reporting Standards, Corporate Financial Reporting, Corporate Governance, risk management, financial analysis for decision making and Business Valuation, to name a few). I am pleased to recommend Best Practices for a Global Not for Profit Organization enthusiastically and without reservation. William A Haseltine PhD

Author : Charles E. Clark
Publisher : Business Expert Press
ISBN 13 : 1606493841
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Profile of the Electric Power Industry written by Charles E. Clark and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The electric power industry was traditionally a utility to which people gave little thought. It has stable prices, low business risk, and predictable emerging issues. But great change has shaken the industry—mergers have resulted in large and powerful companies. Natural gas prices have plummeted and gas is replacing coal as the basis for both electricity production and new capacity. Environmental regulation is in flux. And new technologies are transforming all parts of the industry’s value chain. The high cost and new skills demanded by these technologies give rise to unprecedented financial risk. Addressing these new challenges and changes is the perfect book—A Profile of the Electric Power Industry: Facing the Challenges of the 21st Century. This book describes how the industry is organized, how it functions, with several unique aspects addressed in depth. These aspects include electricity demand, production, capacity expansion, generating technologies, fuels, regulation of both prices and environmental impacts, and retail products. Global climate change, energy efficiency, and the Smart Grid also receive extended coverage to help you understand the industry’s future.