Ultimate Questions

A Stakeholder Guide to the Business of Your Life

Andrew C. Wicks, Alexander S. Bleiberg, John K. Nolan

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University of Virginia Press
05 August 2025

Social & political philosophy; Business ethics; Advice on careers & achieving success

The accumulated wisdom of a beloved business professor's signature course

Who are we, and who am I? Why are we here, and why am I here? What is the good life, and what is my good life? For years, business ethics professor Andrew Wicks pursued these lines of inquiry in his perennially popular course Ultimate Questions and Creating Value for Stakeholders. Now his book distills the intellectual explorations and hard conversations he and his students navigated together in the classroom into an accessible form available to readers everywhere.

Ultimate Questions is grounded in stakeholder theory: the idea that business leaders need to consider the humanity and complexity of all stakeholders— employees, community members, suppliers, and more— to thrive in ways that go beyond profit. It takes as a given that money is not the only goal of life or work and, like the course, encourages constant curiosity and a spirit of exploration.

By: Andrew C. Wicks, Alexander S. Bleiberg, John K. Nolan
Imprint: University of Virginia Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
ISBN: 9780813954264
ISBN 10: 0813954266
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 05 August 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Who Are We and Who Am I? Chapter 2: Why Are We Here and Why Am I Here? Chapter 3: What Is the Good Life, and What Is My Good Life? Chapter 4: How Should I Get Along with Others? Conclusion Appendix 1: Guide to Having Hard Conversations Appendix 2: Resources Notes

Andrew C. Wicks is the Ruffin Professor of Business Administration and the Richard M. Waitzer Bicentennial Professor of Ethics at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. Alexander S. Bleiberg is a graduate student at the Institute for Clinical Social Work. John K. Nolan is a graduate student at the University of Aberdeen.