This book takes the reader through a series of different stories of businesses that have done business the virtuous way and have prospered because of it or in spite of it depending on your view. The book tells us stories of Tyson Chicken, Chik Filet, Wal-Mart and a few others and how they fared because of this. In some cases, the original fallout was intense and caused the company undue hardship. In the end, the companies emerged stronger and better than they had been before the problem occurred More...

Business Ethics may be the butt of many a joke, but Theodore Roosevelt Malloch believes it’s not only possible, but the best way to achieve ultimate success in the business world. In fact, Malloch credits solid ethics and morals as the cornerstone of proper business activities. This spiritual capital (as he dubs it) creates a currency of sorts which serves as the lifeblood of any organization.

Doing Virtuous Business is a bit headier than i expected as it delved into a number of economi More...

I enjoyed this book, though it took me into waters where I seldom swim. I am a theologian by education and a teacher by trade. I know next to nothing about economics, but I was intrigued by this book's title, especially as I am just beginning to learn about how the church should engage in business and in economic development. Dr. Theodore Malloch maintains that companies can do good, while still succeeding in business. The examples he presented were persuasive and encouraging. There are a n More...

Doing Virtuous Business
Theodore Roosevelt Malloch
© 2008 by Theodore Roosevelt Malloch
Published by Thomas Nelson

This book was previously published under the title Spiritual Enterprise: Doing Virtuous Business, recently republished under the current name. The author comes with an impressive set of credentials and with an equally-impressive set of recommendations to read this book. Unfortunately, the secular credentials do not withstand spiritual scrutiny. The redee More...

This book is about how to run a business in a virtuous manner. He caught my attention in the beginning of the first chapter when he asserted, “…that the creation of wealth by virtuous means is the most important thing we can do for ourselves and others, for our society, and for the world at large.” I can’t say that he totally convinced me on that point, but he had some compelling arguments.

Another one of the author’s main themes is that the most successful companies have lots of spiri More...

In Doing Virtuous Business, Theodore Malloch first argues for, and seeks to refine, a concept called “spiritual capital”. He separates spiritual capital from social capital and defines it as "the fund of beliefs, examples, and commitments that are transmitted from generation to generation through a religious tradition, and that attach people to the transcendental source of human happiness.” Alongside of this, Malloch also takes readers through a course in virtues, including classic Greek More...

I received a copy of this book free from Book Sneeze, and sadly, yields another mediocre review. In the case of this most recent book, I think it just boils down to a difference political ideology from that of the author.

I want to commend Theodore Roosevelt Malloch for his efforts to bring honor, integrity, and credibility back to the workplace, as well as for the emphasis on using one’s business as a tool to produce positive change in the world. Relying on a myriad of religious teachi More...

Doing Virtuous Business reflects on the virtues that are basic to beginning your own company, or establishing basic morals in one that is already established. It goes over how various companies have incorporated these virtures, and provides hope for people who might believe their is not any for present companies.
The book does have the range to appeal to people not the target audience of this book. People can apply the principles here in all parts of their life. The virtues are demons More...

Several good insights, but overall too hum-drum, lacking cohesion, and a bit sloppy in argumentation