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Quotes from Doing Virtuous Business — Ted Malloch

born 1952 United States

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Taking faith seriously leads to the utility of altruistic behavior.

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Leadership, in other words, is a matter of character, not goals.

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Faith engenders courage; and also requires it.

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Attempts to secure an equal outcome always require unequal treatment of individuals.

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And the first question for a leader is: "Who do we intend to be?" not “What are we going to do?”

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Courage… is not a selfish attribute: it is only possible if you are pursuing a wider and more worthy goal.

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Long-term success depends upon trust.

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But we should see gratitude in the whole context of life, and ask ourselves that life is changed and empowered by it.

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Myth: There’s conflict between selfish free markets and a benevolent world of human sympathy.

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In the new conditions created by the global economy, the information revolution and the growth of smart technologies, it is more necessary than ever for all companies to be guided by their rich spiritual inheritance, as spiritual enterprises.

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The humble person who confesses his faults and duly atones for them is the one best equipped to manage defeat, accept his own losses, and to overcome the setbacks that are the routine cost of doing business.

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Adam Smith’s image of competition in the marketplace was intended as an adjunct to his detailed description of human motivation in The Theory of Moral Sentiments, in which the pursuit of profit is tempered at every juncture by sympathy and benevolence, and by the posture of the “impartial spectator” which is forced on us by our moral nature.

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Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ted Malloch (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.