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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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