Eli and the Octopus - The Ceo Who Tried to Reform One of Worlds Most Notorious

Eli Black was the immigrant rabbi-turned-CEO who transformed the notoriously corrupt United Fruit into a model of ethical business. Then he died by suicide. How did it all go wrong? Matt Garcia traces Black’s own descent into corruption and despair—the unraveling, and the deliberate forgetting, of one of America’s most enigmatic business leaders.

About the author

Matt Garcia is Ralph and Richard Lazarus Professor of Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies and of History at Dartmouth College. His books include From the Jaws of Victory: The Triumph and Tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Worker Movement, which received the Philip Taft Award for the Best Book in Labor History.

Summary

Eli Black was the immigrant rabbi-turned-CEO who transformed the notoriously corrupt United Fruit into a model of ethical business. Then he died by suicide. How did it all go wrong? Matt Garcia traces Black’s own descent into corruption and despair—the unraveling, and the deliberate forgetting, of one of America’s most enigmatic business leaders.

Product details

• Authors: Matt Garcia, Garcia Matt
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2023
• EAN: 9780674980808
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98080-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business; Biography: business & industry, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, HISTORY / Latin America / Central America, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, Business ethics & social responsibility, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, History of specific companies / corporate history, Biography: business and industry, Business ethics and social responsibility, Agriculture & Related Industries, Agribusiness and primary industries, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, Mexico and Central America, Industrial arbitration & negotiation