Hill, Kashmir
Summary: "In this riveting feat of reporting, Kashmir Hill illuminates the improbable rise of Clearview AI and how Hoan Ton-That, a computer engineer and Richard Schwartz, a Giuliani associate, launched a terrifying facial recognition app with society-altering potential. They were assisted by a cast of controversial characters, including conservative provocateur Charles Johnson and billionaire Trump...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 006.2 HILKoch, Charles G. (Charles de Ganahl)
Summary: In 1967, Charles Koch took the reins of his father's company and began the process of growing it from a $21 million company into a global corporation with revenues of about $115 billion, according to Forbes. So how did this MIT engineer manage to grow Koch Industries into one of the largest private companies in the world today, with growth exceeding that of the S&P 500 by almost 30-fold over...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Business 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.5 KOCHaugen, Frances
Summary: "The inside story of one woman's battles against Big Tech, by the Facebook whistleblower who is determined to help us all retake control of our lives. In 2021, when news outlets feasted on "the Facebook Files," Frances Haugen went public as the former employee who blew the whistle on the company by copying tens of thousands of pages of documents. She testified to Congress and spoke to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAUGEN, FRANCES HAUCovey, Stephen M. R.
Summary: In an ever-challenging world, trust continues to be the most pivotal element needed in successful relationships--from the personal to the political to business. With compelling examples, convincing research, and penetrating insights, the authors teach people how to develop optimal trust relationships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 174.4 COVSummary: The men and women in Invisible Hands reveal the human rights abuses occurring behind the scenes of the global economy. These narrators--including phone manufacturers in China, copper miners in Zambia, garment workers in Bangladesh, and farmers around the world--reveal the secret history of the things we buy, including lives and communities devastated by low wages, environmental degradation, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McSweeney's 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323 INVContents: Taking ultimate responsibility / William Damon and Kendall Cotton Bronk -- The ability to respond / Susan Verducci -- Creativity and responsibility / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Jeanne Nakamura -- A call to serve : an exploration of humane creators / Wendy Fischman -- A balancing act : how physicians and teachers manage time pressures and responsibility / Jeffrey Solomon -- Placing God before...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 174.4 RESRuggie, John Gerard
Summary: Describes the transformative Guiding Principles developed in 2005 by the United Nations and the author that sought to regulate harmful corporate practices in the far reaching corners of the world and promote and sustain human rights.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 174.4 RUGCollinsworth, Eden
Summary: On a quest to understand morality's place in modern culture, Eden Collinsworth taps a wide variety of impressive authorities, from authors and CEOs to scientists and pop stars. Media executive and business consultant Eden Collinsworth investigates the surprisingly complex foundations of contemporary morality. From repentant murderers to corporate whistle-blowers, from the boardroom of Ashley...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 COLKidder, Rushworth M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.403 KIDGalindo, Linda A.
Summary: "A guide to personal accountability-the fundamental key to leadership success With the toughest economic downturn in recent history, the issue of accountability has taken center stage. However accountability is often confused with punishment, fault, blame and guilt. In this book, the author argues that the only true accountability is "personal accountability" and the only way to achieve it is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass 2009
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 174 GALCallahan, David
Summary: While there have always been those who cut corners, the author shows that cheating on every level--from the highly publicized corporate scandals to Little League fraud--has risen dramatically in the last two decades. Why all the cheating? Why now? Callahan pins the blame on the dog-eat-dog economic climate of the past two decades. An unfettered market and unprecedented economic inequality have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 174 CALBazerman, Max H.
Summary: "Negotiation and decision-making expert Max Bazerman discusses how we can make more ethical choices by reframing our intentions toward being better rather than being perfect"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Business 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 174 BAZFisher, Roger
Summary: "Since it was first published in 1981 Getting to Yes has become a central book in the Business Canon: the key text on the psychology of negotiation. Its message of "principled negotiations"--finding acceptable compromise by determining which needs are fixed and which are flexible for negotiating parties--has influenced generations of businesspeople, lawyers, educators and anyone who has sought...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.5 FISCovey, Stephen M. R.
Summary: This book challenges our age-old assumption that trust is merely a soft, social virtue, and instead demonstrates that it is a hard-edged, economic driver--a learnable and measurable skill that makes organizations more profitable, people more promotable, and relationships more energizing. CEO Covey informs readers how to inspire lasting trust in their personal and professional relationships, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 174.4 COVJennings, Marianne.
Contents: What are the seven signs? Where did they come from? Why should anyone care? -- Sign #1 Pressure to maintain those numbers -- Sign #2 Fear and silence -- Sign #3 Young 'uns and a bigger-than-life CEO -- Sign #4 Weak board -- Sign #5 Conflicts -- Sign #6 Innovation like no other -- Sign #7 Goodness in some areas atones for evil in others -- Applying the signs for the future -- The road ahead.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2006