Cookin' the Book$ — Don Silver

Cookin' the Book$ by Don Silver is an outstanding, inexpensive supplemental text used by 14 major universities that teaches accounting and ethics in a unique way. It's a forensic accounting novel about the accounting scandals that's meaty enough to have a detailed index.

“Cookin' the Book$ is fabulous! It is a great book that breathes life into business ethics.”
Raymond Jones, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Coordinator of the Certificate Program in Leadership, and Ethics
Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
University of Pittsburgh

“Cookin' 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
Director of Internal Audit, Columbia University
President, Association of College and University Auditors (1999-2000)

“As 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, Ph.D., CPA
Assistant Professor of Professional Accountancy
Penn State University-Capital College
President, American Society of Women Accountants

“The style is funny and the examples are so sharp.”
Businessworld

“Cookin' the Book$ is entertaining, educational and easily digestible. The quality of the book is excellent.”
Ken Milani
Professor of Accountancy
Faculty Coordinator of Ethics Week
University of Notre Dame

“Cookin' the Book$ is every bit as readable as promised. The most pleasant surprise was the number of specific, concrete suggestions for detecting corporate wrongdoing. This is the kind of real-world, yet accessible, approach to ethics that would resonate with students.”
Dr. Eugene Szwajkowski
Strategic management consultant
Adjunct Professor, Department of Managerial Studies
University of Illinois-Chicago

“Cookin' the Book$ stands alone as one of the funniest and straightforward works on business ethics in corporate America today.”
Peter McGuire Wolf, Ph.D.
www.businessethicsbalance.com

“A great book! I love to cook but this book gives cooking a whole new meaning!”
AuditNet.org

“Cookin' the Book$: Say Pasta La Vista to Corporate Accounting Tricks and Fraud by Don Silver is an invaluable and very strongly recommended corporate guide to accounting fraud which takes the form of an advice guide on how to spot and avoid typical fraud secrets in corporate accounting.”
AccountingWeb.com

“Cookin' 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. Whitman
Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
University of Michigan

“Cookin' the Book$ is an intellectual comedy.”
Indiana CPA Society (The Link newsletter)

“What 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. Not only is Cookin' the Book$ a useful resource in learning the ethical scams of the day, 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! It's not just a reference book but a story that needs to be read from start to finish. Cookin' the Book$ is a must read for all employees. Cookin' the Book$ should be on the reading list for every business education classroom. Great book! I loved it!”
Mark S. Putnam
President, Character Training Inc.
(www.character-ethics.org)
Author of Ethics for a Modern Workforce and Ethics for Success