"The finance literature tends to ignore rights (other than the right to property) or justice-based arguments, while ethicists consider and soundly reject the finance determination for shareholder control. [...] This is the breach into which Boatright steps, and not with an exploratory manuscript, but with a textbook. [...] Boatright takes seriously the theories relevant to the allocation of financial resources in our society. He crisply describes financial theory and fits the ethical issues into that construct. This work deals with a wide range of finance, from the behavior of financial markets, to the ethical issues in the management of financial services, to financial management. It fills an important niche in the finance literature. To my knowledge, there is no other book with this approach or breadth of coverage. [...] His is the first extended attempt to incorporate ethical considerations into the way we teach finance, using a collaborative rather than a confrontational approach. The book's strength is in addressing specific practices in financial markets and services. Boatright's detailed coverage of the United States law, its application, and ethical issues as distinct from the law is unique. An interesting yet challenging part of the text is Boatright's analysis of the arguments for shareholder control and the maximization of shareholder wealth. His treatment is carefully balanced with the point and counterpoint approach. However, readers will find themselves diagraming the argument and being left with a less than satisfactory conclusion. For finance faculty interested in the ethical implications of the field, this book is an important contribution in terms of its breadth of coverage as well as the extent and balance of its argument. As a step in the development of his Moral Market Model, Boatright positions ethical considerations within the financial view of the business enterprise. Boatright's theory may be an effective way of gaining ethical access into the rigidity of financiancial models and curriculum."