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THE ENRON AFFAIR

Business Ethics
Bankruptcy: History and Law
Corporate Law and Government Regulation
Energy Policy
Campaign Finance, Political Influence
The Stock Market
Whistleblowing
Corporate Management
Pension Funds, Labor Relations
Texas Politics

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Business Ethics

Business Ethics
Norman P. Barry
ISBN 1-55753-162-5
Purdue University Press, 1999

Responsibility in World Business: Managing Harmful Side-effects of Corporate Activity
Editors Lene Bomann-Larsen and Oddny Wiggen
ISBN 9280811037
United Nations University Press, 2004
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The Inside Game: Race, Power, and Politics in the NBA
Wayne Embry and Mary Schmitt Boyer. Fwd. by Spike Lee
ISBN 1-931968-14-4
The University of Akron Press, 2004
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International Business Ethics
Georges Enderle
ISBN 0-268-01214-8
University of Notre Dame Press, 1999

The Leader’s Imperative: Ethics, Integrity, and Responsibility
Editor J. Carl Ficarrotta
ISBN 1-55753-184-6
Purdue University Press, 2001

Durable Goods: A Conventional Ethic for Management and Employees
Stewart W. Herman
ISBN 0-268-00885-X
University of Notre Dame Press, 1998

Corporate Irresponsibility: America's Newest Export
Lawrence E. Mitchell
ISBN: 0-300-09023-4
Yale University Press, January 2002
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Moral Aspects of Economic Growth, and Other Essays
Barrington Moore, Jr.
Cloth ISBN 0-8014-3376-2
Cornell University Press, 1998
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Economics as Religion: From Samuelson to Chicago and Beyond
Robert H. Nelson
ISBN 0-271-02095-4
Penn State University Press, 2001

Net Loss: Internet Prophets, Private Profits, and the Costs to Community
Nathan Newman
ISBN 0-271-02204-3 (cloth); 0-271-02205-1(paper)
Penn State University Press, 2002

Taming the Sharks: Towards a Cure for the High-Cost Credit Market
Christopher Peterson
ISBN 1-931968-09-8
The University of Akron Press, 2004
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Ethics and Electronic Information in the Twenty-first Century
Editor Lester Pourciau
ISBN 1-55753-138-2
Purdue University Press, 2001

Icarus in the Boardroom:
The Fundamental Flaws in Corporate America and Where They Came From

David Skeel
ISBN 0195174712
Oxford University Press, 2004
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Put the Moose on the Table: Lessons in Leadership from a CEO’s Journey through Business and Life
Randall Tobias with Todd Tobias
ISBN 0-253-34239-2
Indiana University Press, 2003
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Managing Ethics in Business Organizations: Social Scientific Perspectives
Linda Klebe Treviño and Gary R. Weaver
ISBN 0-8047-4376-2
Stanford University Press, 2003
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Bankruptcy: History and Law

Financing the American Dream: A Cultural History of Consumer Credit
Lendol Calder
Princeton University Press, 1999
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The Great Texas Banking Crash: An Insider's Account
By Joseph M. Grant
ISBN 0-292-72791-7 hardcover
University of Texas Press, 1996
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Debt's Dominion: A History of Bankruptcy Law in America
David A. Skeel, Jr.
ISBN: 0-691-08810-1
Princeton University Press, 2001

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Corporate Law and Government Regulation

Offshore Finance Centers and Tax Havens: The Rise of Global Capital
Editors Jason P. Abbot and Mark P. Hampton
ISBN 1-55753-165-X
Purdue University Press, 1999

Big Government and Affirmative Action: The Scandalous History of the Small Business Administration
Jonathan J. Bean
ISBN 0-8131-2187-6
The University Press of Kentucky, 2001

The Modern Corporation and American Political Thought: Law, Power, and Ideology
Scott Bowman
ISBN 0-271-01472-5 (cloth); 0-271-01473-3 (paper)
Penn State University Press, 1995

Craftsmanship and Character: A History of the Vinson & Elkins Law Firm of Houston, 1917-1997
Harold M. Hyman
ISBN 0-8203-1973-2
University of Georgia Press, 1998
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Everything for Sale: The Virtues and Limits of Markets
Robert Kuttner
University of Chicago Press, 1999
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The Business of Global Environmental Governance
Edited by David L Levy and Peter J. Newell
ISBN 0-262-62188-6
MIT Press, 2004
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Wages of Crime: Black Markets, Illegal Finance, and the Underworld Economy
R. T. Naylor
Cloth ISBN 0-8014-3949-3
Cornell University Press, 2002
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Big Business and the State:
Historical Transitions and Corporate Transformations, 1880s-1990s

Harland Prechel
SUNY Press

I'll Be Short
Robert Reich
ISBN 0-8070-4340-0
Beacon Press, 2002

Corporate Governance in Global Capital Markets
Editor Janis Sarra
ISBN 0774810041
University of British Columbia Press, 2003
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Energy Policy

Reaping the Wind: How Mechanical Wizards, Visionaries, and Profiteers Helped Shape Our Energy Future
Peter Asmus
ISBN 1-55963-707-2
Island Press, 2000

Electricity Requirements for a Digital Society
Walter Baer, Scott Hassell, Ben Vollard
ISBN 0-8330-3279-8
RAND, 2002

The Organization of an Industrial Crisis
Thomas D. Beamish
ISBN 0-262-52320-5
MIT Press, 2002
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Energy: Science, Policy, and the Pursuit of Sustainability
Robert Bent, Lloyd Orr, and Randall Baker
ISBN: 1-55963-911-3
Island Press, Spring 2002

Implications and Policy Options of California's Reliance on Natural Gas
Mark Bernstein, et al.
ISBN 0-8330-3217-8
RAND, 2002

The Public Benefit of Energy Efficiency to the State of Washington
Mark Bernstein, et al.
ISBN 0-8330-3186-4
RAND, 2002

The Public Benefit of Energy Efficiency for Massachusetts
Mark A. Bernstein, Christopher G. Pernin, Sam Loeb, and Mark Hanson
ISBN 0-8330-3197-X
RAND, 2002

The Public Benefit of Energy Efficiency for Minnesota
Mark A. Bernstein, Christopher G. Pernin, Sam Loeb, and Mark Hanson
ISBN 0-8330-3196-1
RAND, 2002

Oil Spills
Joanna Burger
Rutgers University Press, 1997
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Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage
Kenneth S. Deffeyes
Princeton University Press, 2001

Driving Emissions to Zero: Are the Benefits of California’s Zero Emission Vehicle Program Worth the Costs?
Lloyd Dixon, Isaac Porche, Jonathan Kulick
ISBN 0-8330-3212-7
RAND, 2002

Energy Policy: Blueprints for a Sustainable Future
Howard Geller
ISBN: 1-55963-XXX-X
Island Press, Fall 2002

Redefining Efficiency
Hugh S. Gorman
ISBN 1-884836-74-7 (cloth); ISBN 1-884836-75-5 (paper)
The University of Akron Press, 2001
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Which World?: Scenarios for the 21st Century
Allen Hammond
ISBN 1-55963-576-2
Island Press, 1998

Coal in Appalachia: An Economic Analysis
Curtis E. Harvey
ISBN 0-8131-1577-9
University Press of Kentucky, 1986
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Frigid Embrace: Politics, Economics, and Environment in Alaska
Stephen Haycox
ISBN 0-87071-536-4
Oregon State University Press, 2002
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Diamond: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Louisiana’s Chemical Corridor
Steve Lerner
ISBN 0-262-12273-1
MIT Press, 2004
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Perverse Subsidies: How Tax Dollars Can Undercut the Environment and the Economy
Norman Myers and Jennifer Kent
ISBN: 1-55963-835-4
Island Press, 2001

Ultimate Security: The Environmental Basis of Political Stability
Norman Myers
ISBN: 1-55963-499-5
Island Press, 1996

Oil in Texas: The Gusher Age, 1895-1945
By Roger M. Olien and Diana Davids Olien
ISBN 0-292-76056-6
University of Texas Press, 2002
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New Forces at Work in Mining: Industry Views of Critical Technologies
D. J. Peterson, et al.
ISBN 0-8330-2967-3
RAND, 2001

Oil!
Upton Sinclair
ISBN 0-520-20727-0
University of California Press, 1997
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China’s Quest for Energy Security
Erica Strecker Downs
ISBN 0-8330-2884-7
RAND 2000

Energy and the Making of Modern California
James C. Williams
ISBN 1-884836-16-X
The University of Akron Press, 1997
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Campaign Finance, Political Influence

Dollars and Democracy: A Blueprint for Campaign Finance Reform
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York,
Commission on Campaign Finance Reform
ISBN 0-8232-2096-6
Fordham University Press, 2000

Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Party Competition and the Logic of Money-Driven Political Systems
Thomas Ferguson
University of Chicago Press, 1995
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The Populist Paradox: Interest Group Influence and the Promise of Direct Legislation
Elisabeth R. Gerber
Princeton University Press, 1999

Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
Marion Nestle
ISBN 0-520-22465-5
University of California Press, 2002
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Political Participation and Government Regulation
Sam Peltzman
University of Chicago Press, 1998
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By Invitation Only - The Rise of Exclusive Politics in the United States
Steven E. Schier
ISBN 0-8229-4109-0 cloth; ISBN 0-8229-5712-4 paper
University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000
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Unfree Speech: The Folly of Campaign Finance Reform
Bradley A. Smith
Princeton University Press, 2001

New Deal Fat Cats: Business, Labor, and Campaign Finance in the l936 Presidential Election
Michael Webber
ISBN 0-8232-1947-X
Fordham University Press, 2000

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The Stock Market

Essays on the Great Depression
Ben S. Bernanke
Princeton University Press, 2000

Irrational Exuberance
Robert J. Shiller
Princeton University Press, 2000

Why Stock Markets Crash: Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems
Didier Sornette
Princeton University Press, 2002

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Whistleblowing

Whistleblowers: Broken Lives and Organizational Power
C.Fred Alford
Cloth ISBN 0-8014-3841-1
Cornell University Press, 2001
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Dark Side of Fortune: Triumph and Scandal in the Life of Oil Tycoon Edward L. Doheny
Margaret Leslie Davis
ISBN 0-520-22909-6
University of California Press, 1998
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The Killing of Karen Silkwood: The Story Behind the Kerr-McGee Plutonium Case
Richard Rashki, Foreword by Kate Bronfenbrenner
Paper ISBN 0-8014-8667-X
Cornell University Press, 2000
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The Great Los Angeles Swindle: Oil, Stocks, and Scandal During the Roaring Twenties
Jules Tygiel
0-520-20773-4 Pb
University of California Press, 1996
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Corporate Management

Managing as if Faith Mattered
Helen J. Alford, O.P. and Michael J. Naughton
ISBN 0-268-03462-1,
University of Notre Dame Press, 2001

Partner Risk: Managing the Downside of Strategic Alliances
Warnock Davies
ISBN 1-55753-210-9
Purdue University Press, 2000

Leading with Purpose: The New Corporate Realities
Richard R. Ellsworth
ISBN 0-8047-4385-1 (cloth)
Stanford University Press, 2002
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Acquisition Strategy and Implementation
Nancy Hubbard
ISBN 1-55753-179-X
Purdue University Press, 1999

Corporate Saviors: The Search for Charismatic CEOs
Rakesh Khurana
Princeton University Press, 2002

The Executive Way: Conflict Management in Corporations
Calvin Morrill
University of Chicago Press, 1995
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Communicating When Your Company is Under Siege
Marion Pinsdorf
ISBN 0-8232-1784-1
Fordham University Press, 1999

Strong Managers, Weak Owners: The Political Roots of American Corporate Finance
Mark J. Roe
Princeton University Press, 1996

The Expansion of Management Knowledge: Carriers, Flows, and Sources
Edited by Kerstin Sahlin-Andersson and Lars Engwall
ISBN 0-8047-4197-2 (cloth); ISBN 0-8047-4199-9 (paper)
Stanford University Press, 2002
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Pension Funds, Labor Relations

Working Capital: The Power of Labor's Pensions
Edited by Archon Fung, Tessa Hebb, and Joel Rogers, Foreword by Leo W. Gerard
Cloth ISBN 0-8014-3901-9
Cornell University Press, 2001
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Ravenswood: The Steelworkers' Victory and the Revival of American Labor
Tom Juravich and Kate Bronfenbrenner
Paper ISBN 0-8014-8666-1; Cloth ISBN 0-8014-3633-8
Cornell University Press, 1999
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Texas Politics

Race and Class in Texas Politics
Chandler Davidson
Princeton University Press, 1992

Reinventing Texas Government
By Michael Lauderdale
ISBN 0-292-74711-X
University of Texas Press, 1999
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Once Upon a Time in Texas: A Liberal in the Lone Star State
By David Richards
ISBN 0-292-77118-5
University of Texas Press, 2002
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