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Business, Government, and Society: A Managerial Perspective : Text and Cases (Mcgraw-Hill Series in Management)

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This book is a stain on an otherwise solid line-up from McGraw Hill (never mind the usurious prices they charge for their products).

While it raises interesting issues and perspectives on business' role in society, to what extent government is supposed to regulate business, and ethical dilemmas, there is so much overlap of concepts between chapters that it's hard to categorize the information. The lack of clear distinction between concepts makes this book like a mess of 19 chapters that spilled all over each other when they weren't supposed to. Many a time I've finished a chapter and thought to myself, "Didn't I just read a near carbon-copy of that in the previous chapter? Did I learn anything new from this chapter?"

Also, some of the "models" and "frameworks" the book uses to make sense of business-government-society interactions are so ridiculous and contrived. Many of the components tossed into these models seem arbitrarily categorized... as if they could fit into several other categories, as well.

What a piece of garbage this book is.

As a business student, I know that a lot of books focusing on corporate ethics and CSR tend to be fairly biased against business. This books is different, because the authors always contrast different viewpoints and go to great lengths to underline the good impact that business has on society. The books is also extremely well-written and includes case studies on very recent events. The authors also know what they are talking about, when they talk about fields such as finance (something you do not find very often in politics books).

I have one word to describe this book:
Pretentious.
It is my understanding that textbooks are meant to be unbiased learning aids. This is ~600 pages of the authors opinions on major corporations. There is nothing to be learned from this text. I am appalled that this is even allowed in public colleges.

This book is horribly biased, drenched in borderline communism. The author did not create this text to educate, but to brainwash. It is riddled with fallacies and inaccuracies that make a joke of economics, history, and law.

I purchased this book for class and it was in practically new condition and I received the product within a week with standard shipping. It was great doing business with this person.

This book is outrageously political: Businesses are bad and government is good. Christianity and with it Capitalism are responsible are responsible for environmental pollution and on and on and on...
Don't get me started on the praises they produce for Roosevelt and how heroically he defeated the "bad businesspeople."
This is simply revisionism and once again political propaganda in textbook form. I don't like it from the Left and I don't like it from the Right.

This book is a great read and gives good insight into the makings of business and management. The Book itself was in great shape and a bargin for a struggling student.

the book i purchased was in great condition minus the highlighter marks which was expected and actually helpful

The book I purchased was amazing! It had tons of information and I definitely will not be selling this book back!

I contacted the seller after two weeks because I had not received the book. The seller claimed to have sent it the next day but i never received it. To his/her credit I did receive a full refund without asking. It's for this reason that I gave three stars and not lower.