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Summary: Don't waste your time or $
Review: I don't think the authors have ever worked. The book seems very fluffy and theoretical. Look elsewhere for a practical ethics resource.
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Summary: Don't waste your time or $
Review: I don't think the authors have ever worked. The book seems very fluffy and theoretical. Look elsewhere for a practical ethics resource.
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Summary: Outstanding Business Ethics Resource
Review: I have long thought other books focused too much on philosophy or large scale ethics problems at corporations. This book gives everyone advice and practical tools to deal with ethics at all levels in a company. I highly recommend it for anyone wanting to find out how to apply ethics in their organization.
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Summary: Outstanding Business Ethics Resource
Review: I have long thought other books focused too much on philosophy or large scale ethics problems at corporations. This book gives everyone advice and practical tools to deal with ethics at all levels in a company. I highly recommend it for anyone wanting to find out how to apply ethics in their organization.
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Summary: Simply the best book on How To Do It Right.
Review: I have searched for many years for a book that outlines the very techniques and recommendations I found in this book. In fact, I thought I might have to write such a book myself until I stumbled onto Linda Trevino and Katherine Nelson's work. I strongly recommend this to any executive or employee trying to deal with organizational ethics. The book contains practical recommendations for dealing with ethics at all levels of a company.
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Summary: Simply the best book on How To Do It Right.
Review: I have searched for many years for a book that outlines the very techniques and recommendations I found in this book. In fact, I thought I might have to write such a book myself until I stumbled onto Linda Trevino and Katherine Nelson's work. I strongly recommend this to any executive or employee trying to deal with organizational ethics. The book contains practical recommendations for dealing with ethics at all levels of a company.
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Summary: Not realistic
Review: the author lives in a dream world and is not in touch with the business work environment of today. Her advice is old-fashioned and out-of-date. Many better textbooks on Ethics available.
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Summary: Not realistic
Review: the author lives in a dream world and is not in touch with the business work environment of today. Her advice is old-fashioned and out-of-date. Many better textbooks on Ethics available.
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Summary: One of the references to this field
Review: This book covers all aspects concerning business ethics in a densely written volume (338 pages of quite small print). After an introduction, the topic is covered from the point of view of the individual, the manager and the organization. It discusses the effect of legislation, reward systems, how to set up an ethics program, etc. These different sections basically stand alone, so you can go straight to the section you need. You get a pragmatic approach, it is "all a manager in a US company should know about ethics" and packed with concrete examples (the 1999 edition added some new recent examples). Or: "when in doubt, read the book and you'll know what to do." It is clearly written as a educational volume, for instance chapters ends with cases and discussion questions. As inconveniences I would say it is very biased towards the USA (it's packed with references to US law), even if it contains a chapter on global business. Also, the text is quite prescriptive and I lacked some philosophical depth. If you live outside the US, some explanations and examples are too simplistic and not relevant (for instance, to a Belgian it's quite surprising that this book says that you should not write a recommendation letter on your company's letterhead). Therefor, I recommend "Baradacco's "Defining Moments" (1997) as complementary reading. Given its educational aim, I think its price is too high as well. That said, if you need a pragmatic book on this topic, this is the place to look. Patrick E.C. Merlevede, MSc -- author of "7 Steps to Emotional Intelligence"
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Summary: One of the references to this field
Review: This book covers all aspects concerning business ethics in a densely written volume (338 pages of quite small print). After an introduction, the topic is covered from the point of view of the individual, the manager and the organization. It discusses the effect of legislation, reward systems, how to set up an ethics program, etc. These different sections basically stand alone, so you can go straight to the section you need. You get a pragmatic approach, it is "all a manager in a US company should know about ethics" and packed with concrete examples (the 1999 edition added some new recent examples). Or: "when in doubt, read the book and you'll know what to do." It is clearly written as a educational volume, for instance chapters ends with cases and discussion questions. As inconveniences I would say it is very biased towards the USA (it's packed with references to US law), even if it contains a chapter on global business. Also, the text is quite prescriptive and I lacked some philosophical depth. If you live outside the US, some explanations and examples are too simplistic and not relevant (for instance, to a Belgian it's quite surprising that this book says that you should not write a recommendation letter on your company's letterhead). Therefor, I recommend "Baradacco's "Defining Moments" (1997) as complementary reading. Given its educational aim, I think its price is too high as well. That said, if you need a pragmatic book on this topic, this is the place to look. Patrick E.C. Merlevede, MSc -- author of "7 Steps to Emotional Intelligence"
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