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Title: When Good Companies Do Bad Things: Responsibility and Risk in an Age of Globalization by Peter Schwartz, Blair Gibb ISBN: 0-471-32332-2 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 19 April, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95

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Average Customer Rating: 2.5 (4 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: Case studies packed in with bs
Comment: This book was terrible. The writer presented several interesting case studies of good companies doing bad things, and even of good companies doing good things, which was a well written 30 or so pages. The rest of the book was just nonsense or obvious ideals thrown in there so that the author would be able to sell the book instead of making it a smaller article.

Rating: 1
Summary: As Intelligent as its Title - A Great Gift for Morons
Comment: This book is a collection of repetitive excerpts written by reds about green politics. It has little merit as a source of real data, and is very biased. I had trouble believing that some portions were even based on truth, especially when a quote was preceeded by the phrase "As one expert said..." or some such thing. What expert? What was there name? Finally, as anybody with a head on their shoulders can tell, few of the business strategies suggested in this book could ever really work. The author frequently gives the example of Ben and Jerry's and Levi Strauss as corporations who have profited while implementing the afforementioned suggestions. I ask, what about GM? Walmart? Boeing? It is clear that it is only profitable to use this book as a business manual if one has a very narrow customer base.

Rating: 4
Summary: A must read for CEOs
Comment: The issues tackled are stuff companies might usually ignore. But unless companies do anything do about these things, who else could make a difference in this world?