COMPASSIONATE CAPITALISM: PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE HELP THEMSELVES

Book ID/图书代码： 12787504B05716

English Summary/英文概要： Compassionate capitalism? How could that be? Doesn’t "capitalism" mean "dog-eat-dog, law of the jungle, every person for himself"? Rich DeVos, co-founder and former president of Amway, responds to this hard-nosed approach with a resounding "no." He offers more than a vision in this extraordinary book. It is a plan. A proven plan. A plan that has made him one of America’s richest men, and that has made Amway one of the great corporate success stories of our time. Compassionate Capitalism spells out clearly and eloquently the guiding principles and concrete steps to making your life and your world better. Rich DeVos shows how your energy, your ambition, and your spirit of enterprise can travel together down a path in which the spirit of capitalism and moral values inextricably merge. Interweaving his own amazing story with vivid personal histories of men and women around the world, Rich DeVos illustrates both how success is achieved and what it truly means. He demonstrates that compassionate capitalism is the only solution to the most crucial issues of our time, and to the many other challenges that face us in the closing decade of this century and in the beginning of the next.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 最近，管理理论、指导性纲领的书籍以及启发如何过上“美好生活”的大头书铺天盖地，满世界都是，但是很少有一本书，综合了上述几方面资料，而安利的创始人、已退总裁DeVos的这本调查性书籍则截然不同，它探讨了如何做成功企业的同时不忘有怜悯心，真是非常妙。DeVos引用了在安利公司苦苦奋斗、就他所知当时曾经发迹过的员工们的情感逸事，汇编了这样一本讲述慈善资本主义信条的引人入胜的书，全书分四部分，十六章 ，书中大量引用了犹太教与基督教的伦理传统，并把犹太教与基督教的教义与资本主义教义结合起来。他对助人为乐、种族和宗教兼容性和环境问题上的想法以及信贷实用性和商业行为上立场颇引人关注。这本书不仅铁定会吸引两百万的安利分销商，大众读者也会被它深深吸引。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：Recently there has been a deluge of books on managerial theory, "how-to" scenarios and inspirational tomes about the "good life," but rarely can an author combine these genres. DeVos, co-founder and retired president of Amway, does so effectively with this study of how to be entrepreneurial, successful and compassionate. Offering dozens of emotional anecdotes about struggling and then successful people he knew at Amway, DeVos develops an intriguing 16-part "Credo for Compassionate Capitalism" that draws heavily on the Judeo-Christian ethical tradition, then melds its precepts with those of capitalism. His thoughts on helping others, racial and religious toleration and the environment are impressive, as are his positions on credit availability and business behavior. Of obvious interest to Amway’s two million distributors, his book should also have strong appeal for general readers. ---From Publishers Weekly

Combining history with present-day case studies, DeVos presents a methodology for "compassionate capitalism"--that is, while remaining a capitalist, one can also care about the planet, have a conscience and heart, and reach out to serve others. Each chapter starts out with a credo: for example, "owning our own business is the best way to guarantee our personal freedom and our financial security." DeVos illustrates this credo with the example of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream company, which has established a foundation and uses its resources to provide community-oriented activities with loans and grants. DeVos, a founder of the now-worldwide Amway Corporation, recently won the Alexander Hamilton Award for Economic Education from the Freedom Foundation; he maintains that inspiration and motivation are the basis for entrepreneurial success. Recommended for public libraries.---Joan A. Traugott, Amityville P.L., N.Y., From Library Journal

About the Author/作者介绍： Richard DeVos, Sr. (born March 4, 1926, Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American businessman, co-founder of Amway along with Jay Van Andel (company restructured as Alticor in 2000), and owner of the Orlando Magic NBA basketball team. In 2011, Forbes magazine listed him as the 79th wealthiest person in the United States, and the 254th richest in the world, with an estimated net worth of USD$ 4.2 billion. (At one point, he was in the top 10 of wealthiest Americans).
DeVos was educated at Calvin College and is a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. He served in the military in World War II in the United States Army Air Corps.

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