Cookin' the Book$

Cookin' the Book$ by Don Silver teaches business ethics in a unique way. It's a forensic novel about the accounting scandals that has received great praise from accounting professors and others.PRAISE FOR COOKIN' the BOOK$Cookin' the Books is fabulous! It is a great book that breathes life into business ethics.Raymond Jones, Ph.D., Assistant ProfessorCoordinator of the Certificate Program in Leadership and Ethics, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of BusinessUniversity of PittsburghCookin' the Book$ is quite a funny and interesting twist on what's going on in corporate accounting today. I highly recommend Cookin'--great book!Raymond M. Cochran, CPADirector of Internal Audit, Columbia UniversityPresident of Association of College and University Auditors (1999-2000)Cookin' the Books is entertaining, educational and easily "digestible." The overall quality of the book is excellent. Ken MilaniProfessor of Accountancy and Faculty Coordinator of Ethics Week University of Notre DameAs an accounting professor at Penn State with a research interest in ethics, I am always on the lookout for outstanding books. Cookin' the Book$ is very creative and a very good read.Mary Feeney Bonawitz, PhD, CPAAssistant Professor of Professional AccountancyPenn State University-Capital CollegePresident, American Society of Women AccountantsCookin' the Book$ manages to make complicated issues crystal clear and be hilariously funny at the same time--all in a volume small enough to slip into your pocket or pocketbook. A truly winning combination!Marina v.N. WhitmanProfessor of Business Administration and Public PolicyGerald R. Ford School of Public PolicyUniversity of MichiganCookin' the Book$ stands alone as one of the funniest and straightforward works on business ethics in corporate America today. Peter McGuire Wolf, Ph.D., businessethicsbalance.comWhat an ingenious way to communicate ethical principles! This book is full of brilliant metaphors and analogies that cut to the heart of corporate accounting ethics issues. It’s a great story. It’s easy to lose yourself in the dialogue and relationship between the characters and to forget that you’re learning something! Great book! I loved it!"Mark S. PutnamPresident, Character Training Inc. (business ethics training programs)Author of Ethics for a Modern Workforce and Ethics for SuccessExcellent book. Maybe our next generation of corporate leaders can be encouraged by Cookin’ the Book$ to become the women and men of character America needs.Mark HyattBoard member of the Center for Academic Integrity (Duke University)Board member of the Character Education Partnership13 Universities use Cookin' to teach or promote ethicsCUNYPenn StateSoutheast Missouri State UniversityTexas A&M UniversityUniversity of AlabamaUniversity of HoustonUniversity of Illinois--ChicagoUniversity of Nebraska-LincolnUniversity of North CarolinaUniversity of Notre DameUniversity of PittsburghUniversity of WashingtonWillamette UniversityAuthor Don Silver is a personal finance columnist, writer, editor and the author of nine highly praised books including Teach Your Computer to Dance, Baby Boomer Retirement (“Astute and provocative”—Los Angeles Times) and The Generation X Money Book (“Outstanding book”—USAToday.com).