All businesses want to do well, but can they also do good? Lloyd Field says yes, and moreover, no business can afford to focus simply on "on doing well." Increasingly, public assessment of a business's worth must take into account its consideration of shared human values. That doesn't mean a business can't or should not compete; it means that investing in efforts to build a better society can, on many levels, be an asset. In this book, Field lays out the guidelines for putting social responsibility, both corporate and individual, into practice without sacrificing profits. Drawing from traditional Buddhist teachings, Field shows how, with attention to ethics, skillful means, and corporate responsibility, entrepreneurs and decision-makers can achieve new levels of happiness and security both inside the company and out, while acting as a powerful force for positive global change.

Business and the Buddha: Doing Well by Doing Good, Lloyd Field, Wisdom Publications, Paperback, 2007, 212 Pages, $16.95

Lloyd Field, PhD, left his position as a corporate Vice President of Human Resources at Johnson & Johnson International to build a new career in Organizational Development and Human Resource consultancy. His clients have included many Fortune 500 organizations and his management development and training audiences have include more than 20,000 managers in North America, Europe, and Asia. His current focus is on helping senior executives solve business problems through Buddhist-influenced coaching and counseling. A classic connector in the Malcolm Gladwell sense of the word Lloyd has sold over 10,000 copies (in Canada) of his previous book on positive employee relations�that book is soon to be in its fifth edition. Lloyd has been interviewed on TV (CTV, City TV) and radio (CBC Radio: As It Happens) on numerous occasions. He is currently on the founding committee of Sarvodaya Canada, an organization committed to promoting community development. As well, Lloyd is the former President of the Board of Nalanda College of Buddhist Studies.

	Foreword by The Dalai Lama	ix
	Preface by Master Hsing Yun	xi
	Introduction: If the Buddha Were in the Boardroom	1
Section 1	Symptom: Acknowledging the Problem	11
Chapter 1	The Three Poisons What's Free about Free Enterprise?	13
Chapter 2	Business Beyond Profit A Vision for the Future	25
Section 2	Diagnosis: The Economics of Spirituality	35
Chapter 3	What about Adam Smith?	37
Chapter 4	The Growth Fetish Who Says Size Matters?	47
Chapter 5	Everything's Local in the Global Economy	59
Section 3	Prognosis The Middle Way to a Healthy Organization	83
Chapter 6	Buddhist Building Blocks Dharma, Karma, and the Four Noble Truths	85
Chapter 7	Eight Is Enough The Guiding Principles of the Noble Eightfold Path	91
Chapter 8	What Price the Buddha? Buddhism, Economics, and the Interconnected World	109
Chapter 9	Moving Beyond the Bottom Line Buddhist Ethics and Business	127
Chapter 10	The Healthy Organization	135
Section 4	Prescription: Walking the Path	149
Chapter 11	Measuring Success The Transition to Compassion	151
Chapter 12	Invite the Buddha to Your Board Meeting Changing Your World, Your Workplace, and Yourself	161
	Afterword	177
Appendix I	Summary of Suggestions for Initiating Positive Changes within Our Organizations	181
Appendix II	Exercises for Individual Inquiry	185
Appendix III	The Practice: Mindfulness of Breathing with Relaxation	189
	Glossary of Buddhist Terms	193
	Further Reading	197
	Acknowledgments	203
	Index	205
	About the Author	213