Reflections on money, morality and an uncertain world

Good Value

Stephen Green is currently Chairman of HSBC, following his time as CEO from 2003 - 2006. He has worked with HSBC since 1982 and has been an ordained priest in the Church of England since 1988. Chairman of the British Banker's Association, he is also Chair of the Prime Minister's Business Council for Britain and a Trustee of the British Museum. A well known and prominent figure in international business and media, he has spoken widely on integrity and sustainability in business and on the value of values.

How should we create wealth in societies, and why is it necessary to do so? What improves the lives of the largest number of people? And how do we, living in a globalised world caught in an age of financial and ecological turbulence, respond to the differing needs of individuals and institutions? 
 
Stephen Green, Chairman of HSBC, reflects on how the human desires for exploration and exchange have led us into a globalised, urban world, and considers why it is that capitalism is the best system by which to improve material human wealth. As the world's financial order is in a state of flux, how do we align these drives, and capitalism, with our spiritual and psychological needs? And how should the financial sector respond not only to the current crisis but to the wider needs of the people it serves. Do businesses - and banks in particular - have a duty to society that goes beyond the creation of profit? Does open market capitalism remain our best hope for creating wealth that benefits all of society? Encompassing history, politics, religion and economics, Good Value offers new perspectives on how we can live in a richer, more dynamic world.

Stephen Green

Offers a challenge to a financial elite that sold its soul for profit . . . welcome and timely . . . lucidly argued

A heartfelt and humane defence of the globalising process . . . cheering, even inspiring, to come across a prince of finance who tries so sincerely and so eloquently to heal the schism

There could hardly be a better moment for this book to be published

Choosing a Better Life in Business

Stephen Green - current Chairman of HSBC and ordained priest - believes above all that our lives should be lived with integrity. And more than that: these beliefs should not be left at the boardroom door. 
 
In Good Value, he argues that our businesses have a duty to society and explores how those of us who work in a profit-making workplace can combine our spiritual and ethical selves with our everyday work. 
 
Examining money markets across the globe and through the ages in a fascinating study of history, politics, religion and economics, Stephen Green shows how financial progress shouldn't mean an end to ethics at work.

Stephen Green

Praise for Good Value

Engaging and convincing

Offers a challenge to a financial elite that sold its soul for profit . . . welcome and timely . . . lucidly argued

A heartfelt and humane defence of the globalising process . . . cheering, even inspiring, to come across a prince of finance who tries so sincerely and so eloquently to heal the schism

Engaging and convincing

Offers a challenge to a financial elite that sold its soul for profit . . . welcome and timely . . . lucidly argued

A heartfelt and humane defence of the globalising process . . . cheering, even inspiring, to come across a prince of finance who tries so sincerely and so eloquently to heal the schism

Engaging and convincing

Offers a challenge to a financial elite that sold its soul for profit . . . welcome and timely . . . lucidly argued

A heartfelt and humane defence of the globalising process . . . cheering, even inspiring, to come across a prince of finance who tries so sincerely and so eloquently to heal the schism

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