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Why Compassion in Business Makes Sense

Tammy Stellanova

Managers often mistakenly think that putting pressure on employees will increase performance. What it does increase is stress—and research has shown that high levels of stress carry a number of costs to employers and employees alike.

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Prayer and Compassion Beads

The History and Meaning of Prayer Beads

Over two-thirds of the world's population employ prayer beads as part of their religious practices.

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Compassion It

Compassion It is a Charter Partner

Mission

The mission of COMPASSION IT is to inspire daily compassionate actions.

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Bertrand Russell’s Ten Commandments for Living in a Healthy Democracy

Bertrand Russell saw the history of civilization as being shaped by an unfortunate oscillation between two opposing evils: tyranny and anarchy, each of which contain the seed of the other. The best course for steering clear of either one, Russell maintained, is liberalism.

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The Evolution of Compassion

Author Robert Wright thinks the crises the human species now faces are moral in nature, and that our salvation lies in the intelligent pursuit of self-interest. In his book Nonzero, Wright argues that life depends on a non-zero-sum dynamic.