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Business Ethics with CD-ROM (6th Edition)

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I am an instructor with a very large private institution. We have no choice in the texts -- they are assigned to us and we MUST use them. I found this book to be tedious and boring. I'm 100% positive my students will not bother with this text unless I give them pop quizzes on the material. Paragraphs of 20-25 sentences are difficult to read. And there's no instructor materials. Instructors, if you have a choice AVOID this book at all costs.

I doubt anyone is looking at this printed flotsam for casual reading, but on the off chance a course instructor might read this, I'll give a firm warning - don't use this for your course.

While the theory it employs is interesting, it is steeped in outdated methods and filled with outdated information. If you're going to try to use it in a classroom setting, you must augment a book like this with a tremendous amount of current data...or completely fail to prepare your students for the current business environment, which has shifted greatly since the original version was written and barely updated. Ethics themselves may not have changed, but the ethical challenges one faces in businesses are not constant.

Furthermore, to push out version after version of a book with minor and insufficient updates and charge this much for it isn't ethical, so the people behind this book have no business teaching a subject they obviously have no experience in.

This book is supposed to teach business ethics, but it reads like a philosophy book. The book is very wishy washy in presenting how decisions should be made leaving almost everything open ended.

The book spends a lot of time talking about morales, and the base morales of society. For example, killing someone is bad, right? But what about if you are attacked with deadly force? Yes, that discussion might be appropriate for a class on personal morales, but when can a business be attacked with deadly force and justify killing a individual?

I believe the book gives too little focus to the topic that is the title of the book. There are a few case studies in the book, and those are worthwhile, but the remaining 90% of the book is not worth reading to learn about business ethics.

Even though I ordered this text last minute, I still received it in time to start class and not get behind. The book is in great condition - perfect for what I need it for.

This concise and selective introduction to the turbulent politics of 20th century Russia traces the rise of the Bolshevik Party through the careers of the three great dictators who have done most to create and perpetuate Bolshevism.

Dr McNeal has blended history and biography to demonstrate how the personalities of three extraordinary men have interacted with their eras to create the most ominous development in contemporary political life -- the party-dominated, totalitarian state.

This ethics book was a required reading for one of my college courses. It is a dry read, but has valuable information on ethical behavior. It also offers case examples.

If you are looking for a really good ethical read on case examples, I recommend "Taking Sides" Business Ethics and Society. That has powerful readings in it.

I purchased this textbook for one of my BS college degree courses. Thanks for the text selections and prices to chose from.