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The Ethics Of Management

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This text is one of several that are required reading for full time MBA students. It is one of the only texts I have found that logically spells out a coherent model for ethics decision making in the field of business. Case studies are simple, but illustrative of key points.

I think this book has a decent variety of cases, but of the three I was required to read for my course, (9/11, Martha Stewart, and Enron), there are many errors in the text. Date misprints, factual misstatements, and a total confusion of names (in the Enron case) make analyzing the cases rather difficult. The text also feels very biased, presenting evidence in a way to sway the reader in a certain way, rather than a simple presentation of the facts. The cases also seem to lack some important facts or background information, sometimes making it more challenging to properly analyze the situation.

Badly organized book. Repetitive text and graphs. Stretching theories. Bad analogies. Hardly provide any useful framework can be used in real life. Like the auther is sitting in a small dark room and murmuring to himself.

The delivery was good but I did not need this book after all. The instructor was more at fault giving me a printed paper with this order information on it.

1. Ethics cannot be taught. People will cheat if given a chance; the only thing that stops them is fear of being caught and its consequences. Bottomline - most people cheat/do evil things, after doing cost -benefit analysis. Surprise it took Gary Becker a Nobel Laureate to say this thing which is obvious to even an illiterate beggar in India.

2. Books like these are written so that when MBA do fraud after their graduation, the Universities which mint these MBA's can absolves themselves by saying '' look we did teach ethics as part of coursework''

3. Enron too had ethics policy. And of course do did Lehman Brothers etc.

4. The purpose of books like these is for arm chair teachers to make a quick buck, and feel good about themselves

5. The book is repetitive, to be fair, the author does lay out framework needed for executives rather well - good job, but that material is good enough for an internet article, no need for this verbose book.

I purchased a used copy of Ethic Management for an up coming class. I was very pleased with the quick time I received the book. Although the book was used, it was in very good condition. I have been using Amazon for awhile now and I am very please with the service they provide.

Prompt Delivery from seller, book is in good shape.we do not hesitate to buy more books if needed from this seller.

The book is required reading for the Anderson University MBA program in Anderson, IN. The book is used as an introduction to the MBA program (first course in the sequence).