What People Are Saying:

“Suppose you not only want to invest in (socially responsible) companies, but you want to turn your own into one. Then Companies With A Conscience might be just what you're looking for.”
— Stanley W. Angrist, The Wall Street Journal

“When so much news about business is bad, it's encouraging to turn to news that's good.”
—BizEd Magazine, May-June 2004

“Companies With A Conscience should be read by every CEO - and concerned citizen - in this country.”
— Peter Mathiessen, Author

“A 21st Century look at the ... inner workings of innovative companies that strive to put real meaning and practical effort behind the concept of sustainability.”
— Elaine Lipson, Boulder Daily Camera

“Business is the most powerful force in the world. As business supports the community, the community supports the business. The companies profiled in Companies With A Conscience are proving it every day.”
— Ben Cohen, Co-Founder, Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc.

“Companies With A Conscience is a book that's right for our times.”
— Barry R. Weingast, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institute

“Companies With A Conscience is required reading in my ‘Corporate Governance, Power and Responsibility’ class. It fulfills the need for experiential examples of companies that seek to be socially responsible.”
— Constance Bagley, Lecturer of Law and Management, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

“An excellent book that provide(s) numerous models of corporate citizenship from financially successful firms.”
— Dr. LeeAnne G. Kryder, University of California, Santa Barbara

“My students told me that they want me to include more case studies. Those in Companies With a Conscience show how business could be run.”
— Lois J. Smith, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

One of my top three introductions to business-ethics theory.
— Kirk Hanson, Business Ethics Professor, Stanford Business School

“Smoothly written and inspiring.”
— Gene Ulansky, California CityWoman

“Plus, it's fun to read.”
— Lynn Bronikowsky, Rocky Mountain News