Doing Virtuous Business (book review) ? Craig T. Owens

The quote on the front cover of Doing Virtuous Business by Theodore Roosevelt Malloch says it well: ?Every CEO should read this book.? I agree!

It seems that our mainstream media has become more and more anti-capitalism and anti-private business. It seems a small ? but very vocal ? group would prefer that our government oversee every business enterprise. According to Theodore Malloch, nothing could be farther from the biblical way of thinking about business.

By using both real-time examples of virtuous businesses and the wisdom of Scripture, Mr. Malloch makes the strong case that businesses operating on biblical virtues become spiritual enterprises that can benefit all of society. As a former business owner myself, I couldn?t agree more.

A few quotes from the book to whet your appetite ?

By creating wealth, we use God?s gifts responsibly, and provided that we work toward that goal in a spirit of humility and gratitude, we benefit all those with whom we deal long the way.

When people join together in an enterprise, they create a new person, the firm itself, which is something greater than the sum of its parts. It, too, has a soul, and if its members honor God, then it, too, honors God.

Profitability comes last among the principles: it is not the primary goal of the company, but the consequence of doing business in the right way, so as to honor God.

A company guided by faith will possess the virtues that I have described in this book: it will have the courage and perseverance to pursue its goals and also the humility, compassion, and forgiveness to guard against arrogance and offensiveness.

This is the first book I have read in quite awhile that deals head-on with the weak arguments the anti-capitalists use. And it does so winsomely, kindly, and quite persuasively. I repeat it again: every CEO should read this book!

I am a Thomas Nelson book reviewer.

Source: http://craigtowens.com/2011/05/31/doing-virtuous-business-book-review/

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