Just as The Road Less Traveledprovided hope and guidance for individuals seekinggrowth, this major new work by M. Scott Peck,M.D., offers a needed prescription for our deeplyailing society. Our illness isIncivility--morally destructive patterns ofself-absorption, callousness, manipulativeness, andmaterialism so ingrained in our routine behavior that wedo not even recognize them. There is a deepeningawareness that something is seriously wrong withour personal and organizational lives. Usingexamples from his own life, case histories, anddramatic scenarios of businesses that made a consciousdecision to bring civility to their organizations ,Dr. Peck demonstrates how change can be effectedand how we and our organizations can be restored tohealth. This wise, practical, and radical book isa blueprint for achieving personal and societalwell-being.From the Trade Paperback edition.