Practical Business Ethics for the Busy Manager | List Price: $35.60
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The most jouvenile disappointing book on ethics to date. [Posted on 2004-02-24]
As a university professor whom has reviewed many practical business ethics texts, I was thoroughly disappointed, sometimes angered by the statements and theories laid out by this book. It is so bad and incorrect, that it speaks for itself. I.E.,in chapter 5, statements such as, "ideal moral mentors exist" are contradicted with, "Additionally, individuals who pin all their hopes and dreams onto a particular kind of boss or leader show their own immaturity and narcissism. We should all practice saying, "I'm not that special. I'm not entitled to the perfect job, the perfect boss, or the ideal moral mentor." It is unrealistic to keep searching for the ideal moral mentor."
I found that statement to be insulting, inaccurate while being extremely narrow minded. To put it quite simply, I would steer very clear of this title. I made the misteak of selecting it one semester, only to discover very early on, that it actually turned off students from Ethics, depressing them, some even told me it made business ethics seem like a joke that should not be taken seriously. I would have to fully agree here and would recommend to anyone, especially a university undergrad class or those who will be giving individuals their first experience with business ethics to chose one of the more costly selections as this one undermines the credibility of the field of "practical" rather than "theoretical" business ethics, essentially turning it into a joke, which in reality is the last thing an educator and practicioner in the field would desire.
A Great Book For People Who Want to Promote Positive Change [Posted on 2004-04-05]
As a manager in the corporate world, I found this book extremely helpful in planning ethics training for my organization. This book is outstanding for managers, professors and employees who want to promote positive change. I found the "Moral Mentors" material to be especially useful. That material (in Chapter Five) is a perfect antidote to employees who may be tempted to feel victimized by poisonous corporate cultures. The "moral mentors" material teaches managers and employees to ask themselves, "How can I make a difference?" This book lets managers and employees know what steps to take to make a difference. It also provides practical steps for individuals faced with ethical dilemmas at work. I was inspired by the book and recommend it highly.
Devestatingly terrible, extremely incorrect and poor. [Posted on 2004-09-03]
This book was horrible. I purchased it to train my employees in our multi-national non profit corporation because it was aimed at the "busy manager". This book was anything but effficient. In fact they should call it "Waste more time for the busy manager!" There are so many contexts in which it takes personal stabs at both employees and managers that I believe it has scarred both myself and all my employees forever. It almost seems like it was authored by a corporate criminal or another malfease such as the latest federally indicted CEO who wants to create propaganda to sink any employee thought and resistance. Chapter 3, 5, and I believe 6 were the worst. They constantly re-inforced the idea that as workers we have no rights and should take abuse. Over and over it says to do nothing or else we will be punished and become "narcissistic inappropiate" individuals. In fact it seems to try and make the case that there is no hope and only bad consequences come from standing up for yourself. I can't begin to describe how terrible this book is. I am not a big fan of books that tell me what I am supposed to think and do...without question, as though I am not smart enought to know when someone or myself if doing soemthing wrong. If this is what students are learning in college for ethics, I believe that corporate america is doomed. Unless you want to create new employees with low self esteem who will do every task without question while taking all the abuse you dish out only to rely on the companies management system to if anything give them the time of day. I think I will be asking my future hires if they had any training in business ethics and what book they used. If this was the one they trained on, save yourself some time and dont make the hire...they are already corrupted and useless!
Well written FILOP process [Posted on 2008-06-16]
This was assigned reading for a business ethics class. The book was well written, descriptive with lots of real-life examples. The author not only provided bad examples of companies (Enron, Worldcom) but good ones as well (Mary Kay, Rouse). My only criticism is some of the examples ended without any conclusion or point. I guess you are left to make up your own mind. The theme of the book is the FILOP process (Facts, Issues, Laws, Option and Principles). This was a good and easy read.
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