Profiting with Honor: Cicero’s Vision of Leadership

This article attempts to uncover the relevance of Cicero’s thought to present-day management through an analysis of his last philosophical study, On Duties. Applying a methodology grounded in Socratic skepticism, Cicero synthesizes the Stoics and Aristotle to create his own moral theory. From this t...

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Main Author: Bragues, George (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2010
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2010, Volume: 97, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-33
Further subjects:B Leadership
B Happiness
B Stoics
B Business Ethics
B Virtue Ethics
B ancients
B Aristotle
B Cicero
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