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An Ethical Careers Reading List
Your Ethical Business: How to Plan, Start and Succeed in a Company with a ConscienceYour Ethical Business: How to Plan, Start and Succeed in a Company with a Conscience by Paul Allen
Buy used from: £19.78
A unique 'how to' handbook covering everything you need to know about starting and succeeding in an ethical enterprise.
The Ethical Careers GuideThe Ethical Careers Guide
Buy new: £5.21 / Used from: £0.01
The essential handbook for everyone who wants to make the world a better place.
The Good Shopping Guide: Your Guide to Shopping with a Clear ConscienceThe Good Shopping Guide: Your Guide to Shopping with a Clear Conscience by Charlotte Mulvey
Buy new: £12.95 / Used from: £0.01
This guide reveals the ethical records of over 700 consumer brands and the companies behind them, ranking them according to environmental, animal welfare and human rights records.
Working in the Voluntary Sector: How to Find Rewarding and Fulfilling Work in Charities and Voluntary OrganisationsWorking in the Voluntary Sector: How to Find Rewarding and Fulfilling Work in Charities and Voluntary Organisations by Craig Brown
Buy used from: £26.35
A comprehensive guide to charities and voluntary organisations in the UK and abroad, with case studies and practical tips to help you find employment in the industry.
How to be FreeHow to be Free by Tom Hodgkinson
Buy new: £5.73 / Used from: £2.74
Read How To Be Free and learn how to throw off the shackles of anxiety, bureaucracy, debt, governments, housework, moaning, pain, poverty, ugliness, war and waste, and much else besides.
The "Guardian" Careers GuideThe "Guardian" Careers Guide by David Williams
Buy new: £9.96 / Used from: £6.02
A comprehensive and practical guide to today's working world, packed with up-to-date information on over 200 careers in 25 different industries including, advertising, healthcare, IT, the environment.
Ttransitioning to the Nonprofit Sector: Shifting Your Focus from the Bottom Line to a Better World (Change Your Career)Ttransitioning to the Nonprofit Sector: Shifting Your Focus from the Bottom Line to a Better World (Change Your Career) by Laura Gassner Otting
Buy new: £9.00 / Used from: £10.49
Contains all the vital information that professionals will need to figure out if a career in the non-profit sector is right for them, and if it is, how to make a seamless transition into this sector.
The Guardian: How to Change Your CareerThe Guardian: How to Change Your Career by Debbie Andalo
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A practical and user-friendly directory highlights more than 100 different jobs and professions and looks in detail at more than 30 new career paths.
The "Guardian" Guide to VolunteeringThe "Guardian" Guide to Volunteering by Liz Ford
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This fully comprehensive and practical guide gives you all the information you need to acquire new skills, meet people, or just to give something back.
Volunteer: A Traveller's Guide to Making a Difference Around the World (Lonely Planet General Reference)Volunteer: A Traveller's Guide to Making a Difference Around the World (Lonely Planet General Reference) by Charlotte Hindle
Buy new: £7.72 / Used from: £4.50
Packed with invaluable information and inspiration to get you planning your perfect volunteer experience.
How to Get a Job You'll Love, 2009/10 Edition: A Practical Guide to Unlocking Your Talents and Finding Your Ideal CareerHow to Get a Job You'll Love, 2009/10 Edition: A Practical Guide to Unlocking Your Talents and Finding Your Ideal Career by John Lees
Buy new: £7.26 / Used from: £5.00
John Lees' bestselling careers manual teaches you how to tap into your hidden talents and identify what type of career you really want.
What Color Is Your Parachute?: A Practical Manual for Job-hunters and Career-changers (What Color Is Your Parachute?)What Color Is Your Parachute?: A Practical Manual for Job-hunters and Career-changers (What Color Is Your Parachute?) by Richard Nelson Bolles
Buy used from: £7.07
Still the best-selling job-hunting book in the world, "What Color is Your Parachute?" is the most complete guide for first-time job seekers as well as second and encore careers changers.
Careers 2009Careers 2009 by Various
Buy new: £42.75 / Used from: £28.00
by a team of career specialists Careers 2009 has more than 400 separate occupation entries and covers over 750 careers.
Profession and Purpose: A Resource Guide for MBA Careers in SustainabilityProfession and Purpose: A Resource Guide for MBA Careers in Sustainability by Katie Kross
Buy new: £12.75 / Used from: £23.52
An essential resource for connecting MBA students and graduates with careers that will literally reinvent the way business is done in the future.
gap-year guidebook 2010gap-year guidebook 2010 by Alison Withers
Buy new: £11.66
Everything you need to know about taking a gap year, year out or career break, abroad or in the UK. Ideas, advice and hundreds of useful organizations.
No-nonsense Guide to International Development (No-Nonsense Guides)No-nonsense Guide to International Development (No-Nonsense Guides) by Maggie Black
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.38
This guide explains what 'development' actually is and explores its political and economic roots in history.
International Development: Issues and ChallengesInternational Development: Issues and Challenges by D. Kingsbury
Buy new: £20.90 / Used from: £15.00
A comprehensive text introducing the key themes and issues in international development.
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About ItThe Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by Paul Collier
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £3.87
Collier writes about a "bottom billion" of the world's poor whose countries are falling farther behind and are in danger of falling apart.
Corporate Social Responsibility and International Development: Is Business the Solution?Corporate Social Responsibility and International Development: Is Business the Solution? by Michael Hopkins
Buy new: £54.75 / Used from: £14.39
This book makes the case that governments and their international agencies have failed in their attempts to rid the planet of underdevelopment and poverty.
Vault Career Guide to International DevelopmentVault Career Guide to International Development by Christopher Miller
Buy new: £17.99 / Used from: £18.27
This Guide will decode international development careers.