Paul Allen 
The Ethical Careers Guide 
How to find the work you love

How do you find a job that makes you happy – one that fits with your morals, makes you feel good about going to work, and isn’t just about making money? This guide is aimed at anyone who wants to do something meaningful with their working life.

Innehållsförteckning

1. INTRODUCTION

We need to set the scene – explain what this book will help you achieve, why it matters, how to use it.


2. PERSONAL DECISION TREE / GROUND RULES

This is a personal guide – and that means knowing more about each reader’s aims and motivations. To find a more meaningful career, you first need to do some soul-searching. What is right for you? What isn’t?


3. THE TWO ROADS

There are two distinct ways to have a more meaningful career.


4. THE DOERS

A core chapter – providing structured, practical, advice for the Doers.


5. GIVING TIME

Advice on the best way to volunteer: how to decide, what to do, and how to use their volunteering time wisely for the best possible outcome.


6. THE CHANGERS

Covers non-traditional ‘ethical’ roles, i.e. jobs in any sector.


7. WHERE NEXT?

Further resources.

Om författaren

Paul Allen is a journalist and editor from London, living in Brighton. He writes about the voluntary sector for the
Guardian, has run environmental projects for the BBC, and helped charities like Macmillan Cancer Support find their tone of voice. In 2007, he wrote
Your Ethical Business, a start-up guide to creating a socially and environmentally responsible business. Today, he runs his own company Lark, which helps organisations put their stories into the right words.