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The corporate psychopath exposed

Self-interested, manipulative, amoral and irresponsible, the modern company would be diagnosed as psychopathic were it a person, argues Joel Bakan, author of "The Corporation".

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Viagra's creator rises to the top

Two mega-mergers in just four years have helped make Pfizer the biggest pharmaceutical company in the world.

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U.S. firms prove green credentials

Many U.S. companies are cutting carbon emissions despite government opposition to the Kyoto Protocol.

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Does "The Corporation" present a fair portrayal of the nature of modern business?

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Dean Schroeder
Author and Academic

One book: Webster's Dictionary. There's a lot of power in the right words.
One newspaper: The Wall Street Journal. It keeps me up on things that other papers often miss.
One Web site: Google. It puts the world on my desktop.
One gadget: My PDA. It holds a lot of essential information.
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TOP 5 BUSINESS BOOKS:

1	Good to Great Jim Collins
2	Now, Discover Your Strengths Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton
3	The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick M. Lencioni
4	Confidence Rosabeth Moss Kanter
5	Execution Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan

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1.	University of Pennsylvania: Wharton (U.S.)
2.	Harvard Business School (U.S.)
3.	Columbia Business School (U.S.)
4.	London Business School (U.K.)
5.	Insead (France)

Source: Financial Times