"Blessed Are the Meek, for They Shall Inherit the Earth" – An Aspiration Applicable to Business?

The paper's broad aim is to provide a wider understanding of a complex virtue, "meekness". This interest is pragmatic. Contemporary research by Collins (2001) has identified "meekness" as a personal quality for highest-level leadership at great businesses, a theme identifiab...

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Main Author: Molyneaux, David (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2003
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2003, Volume: 48, Issue: 4, Pages: 347-363
Further subjects:B New Testament narrative
B guardian and commercial ethical syndromes
B Accountability
B 'meekness'
B Service
B Subsidiarity
B 'Level 5 Hierarchy' of executive capabilities
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