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"This book could be subtitled The Road Back From Enron. It offers a moderate
and readable approach to letting American business back into civilized society on
a promise of good behavior – a promise that needs to be monitored."
–Daniel Schorr, Senior News Analyst, National Public Radio
"These essays present clear, concise and cogent analyses of why America lost trust
in American business and what must be done in order to restore that trust."
–Donald Keough, Former President and CEO, Coca-Cola Company
"This powerful collection of commentaries by the nation's most compelling thinkers
makes it clear that the engine that drives the markets is not money but integrity,
and that it takes a village of committed, principled, and vigilant participants
to make it work. It is filled with indispensable insights and practical advice for
executives, directors, investors, and policy-makers."
–Nell Minow, Editor, The Corporate Library, Co-author, Corporate Governance
"The editors have assembled a most insightful and thought-provoking series of essays
on the causes and potential solutions to the current crisis in corporate ethical
values and conduct. The contributors are wide-ranging in occupation and training
but uniform in terms of professional excellence and thought-leadership. Their conclusions,
and those of the Academy's Corporate Responsibility Steering Committee published
within, are intriguing. While there is significant difference in style and approach,
there are numerous points of consensus that will provide a good preliminary blueprint
for sound and meaningful reform."
–Charles M. Elson, Director, Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, University
of Delaware
"What has gone wrong with corporate America and how can our society make things
right? This authoritative volume presents technical matters in reader-friendly terms,
as well as probing analyses, thoughtful recommendations, and critical discussion
of those recommendations."
–Howard Gardner, Harvard University, Senior Author, Good Work: When Excellence
and Ethics Meet
[Restoring Trust in American Business.] "Can we? How? A galaxy of academics, practicing
lawyers, leading lights of banking and business – a few of whom are former staff
members of regulatory agencies – even a journalist and trade unionist offer their
insights, reflections, prescriptions, hopes and doubts. The overall tone is positive,
but strong notes of skepticism are also sounded.
Timely, important and will remain so even as the current headlines on business malfeasance
and corruption move off the front page."
–Carl Kaysen, David W. Skinner Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, MIT
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