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| Cowboy Ethics | 
 enlarge | Authors: James P. Owen, David R. Stoecklein
Publisher: Stoecklein Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 11242
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 9 x 0.5
ISBN: 1931153957
Dewey Decimal Number: 174.4
EAN: 9781931153959
ASIN: 1931153957
Publication Date: April 1, 2005
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| Customer Reviews:
 Common morals in an uncommon book. January 30, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I wasn't sure what to expect when I ordered the book. Upon receiving it, I couldn't put it down. This book is a full dose of downhome cowboy common moral sense combined with stuningly beautiful western photography. The book was purchased as a gift for a real cowboy friend of mine. This man who made much of his living on the back of a horse opened the book, paged through it and put it down. Within a minute or so, he picked the book up and paged through it again. He was hooked! The traditional wisdom and astonishing photography makes this book something you want to give your children and best friends. If you have any doubts look to the end of the book at the photo of the mounted cowboy carrying a calf in a snowstorm. If that doesn't sell you, nothing will.
A "Must Read" for Anyone in the Investment Business March 1, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book was inspiring! Having spent two decades in the investment management industry, the author's call for a return to common-sense, ethical principles of behavior couldn't have come at a better time. If all of us would operate according to his 10-part Code of the West, our clients, our firms and our industry would be much better off. Plus, Mr. Owen's entertaining writing style and Mr. Stoecklein's breathtaking photographs made it an absolute pleasure to take in this very important message.
 Owen's Code of the West Draws a Bead on Wall Street April 7, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Jim Owen is almost as good at explaining markets as he apparently was at riding them. In two well-timed earlier books, The Prudent Investor (Probus, 1990) and The Prudent Investor's Guide to Hedge Funds (John Wiley & Sons, 2000), the legendary hedge-fund rainmaker showed that he could describe financial investment choices comprehensively but without jargon. Owen came out of a prosperous early retirement to write Cowboy Ethics: What Wall Street Can Learn From the Code of the West, and stump for its basic message: Wall Street's problem is not too few laws but too little character. And he proposes a uniquely American solution--taking seriously the Code of the Old West, which is known to every American child--to a pervasive American problem: sordid business ethics. I only wish that he had expanded his discussion to connect the code of the Old West to the code of Western civilization that it represented on the frontier. But this little book (beautifully illustrated by photographer David R. Stoecklein, a real cowboy) exemplifies one of its 10 maxims: "Talk Less, Say More." I hope Jim Owen not only writes a sequel but starts a movement.-John D. Mueller, President, LBMC LLC, and director of the Economics and Ethics Program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.
brillliantly presents the forgotten hero, the Cowboy April 8, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This sumptuously illustrated work brilliantly presents the forgotten hero, the Cowboy, to fill a modern cultural void. It speaks directly to the American yearning for values. Sample chapter titles: "Live Each Day With Courage;" "Do What Has To Be Done;" "Be Tough, But Fair;" "Ride for the Brand;" "Remember That Some Things Aren't for Sale" set the stage for powerful brief narratives of honor and quiet heroism.
The Cowboy stands for integrity and for honor. The message of this book is simple. It is eloquent. It has power. I devoured it in under an hour and copied out key passages for my closest friend. The author, with whom I have had a modest professional relationship, provides Americans with a vocabulary to better address, and fulfill, their yearning to achieve honor in life.
Cowboy Ethics is a gem, and an important book.
A good message and pictures September 21, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this book for what it was worth: simple yet powerful nuggets of wisdom for ethical reform in the financial industry and beautiful pictures. The book makes a good point that some things don't have to be harder than they really are when it comes to business ethics.
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