Business and Professional Ethics for Directors, Executives, and Accountants [Paperback]

Leonard J. Brooks (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0324375395 | ISBN-13: 978-0324375398 | Publication Date: July 14, 2006 | Edition: 4

Learn to make the most ethical decisions possible with BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS FOR DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVES, AND ACCOUNTANTS! Providing real-world examples of ethical issues in the workplace, this accounting text gives you insight into the development of sound patterns of behavior on the part of directors, executives, and accountants. Current cases and key readings provide an interesting, challenging, and practical learning experience.

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About the Author

Leonard J. Brooks is Professor of Business Ethics & Accounting at the Rotman School of Management of the University of Toronto. He is Executive Director of the Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics & Board Effectiveness, Director of the Master of Management & Professional Accounting Program, and Director of the Diploma in Investigative & Forensic Accounting Program. Professor Brooks served 14 years on the Editorial Board of the JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS and as Founding Editor of CORPORATE ETHICS MONITOR, a pioneering bimonthly publication. He has published articles on ethics issues in the JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS, ACCOUNTING ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETY, and BUSINESS & SOCIETY. He authored BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL ETHICS FOR ACCOUNTANTS, 2E; ETHICS & GOVERNANCE: DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING AN ETHICAL CORPORATE CULTURE; and PRINCIPLES OF STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT: THE CLARKSON PRINCIPLES. Professor Brooks also authored or coauthored/edited the research monograph CANADIAN CORPORATE SOCIAL PERFORMANCE. Prior to joining the University of Toronto, he obtained his CA designation (in 1970) and subsequently became an audit manager and Director of Manpower for Touche Ross & Co. (now Deloitte & Touche) in Toronto. Professor Brooks served as a member, then chair, of the Chartered Accountants' national Board of Examiners and chair of its national Syllabus Committee. He was named a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario in 1982. He consults to individuals, corporations, governmental and non-governmental organizations and serves as an expert witness and frequent media-commentator. Professor Brooks also is a former director of the Canadian Centre for Ethics & Corporate Policy and a former president of the Canadian Academic Accounting Association.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub; 4 edition (July 14, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0324375395
• ISBN-13: 978-0324375398
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 8.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #593,256 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Over-emphasis on "stakeholders", May 4, 2010

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This review is from: Business and Professional Ethics for Directors, Executives, and Accountants (Paperback)

The author puts far too much emphasis on the idea that businesses owe a responsibility to the public, or non-owner "stakeholders." While a good public relations position is a good idea, it doesn't carry with it the true duty and responsibility businesses have, ultimately, to their shareholders and other legitimately concerned parties. The author contends that businesses exist to serve the public, which is not only incredulous, but inaccurate. No business exists to serve the public, but to serve itself and its owners. Governments exist to serve the public, and they do so with far less efficiency; a situation made unavoidable due to the infinite number of conflicting wants and desires of the public.

The author places a misguided ideology over history and fact-based reality.

4.0 out of 5 stars Ethics review, May 7, 2009

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This review is from: Business and Professional Ethics for Directors, Executives, and Accountants (Paperback)

This book is relevant in the context of the recent accounting scandals and the ethical implications.