Business Ethics and Society DSST

[Mian]

I recommend the REA books but for DSST exams they list multiple books so that you have a better chance of finding one cheap or at the library I think.
It doesn't mean you need all four.
I found one on the internet and was fine.

I agree with you about the books, but there was something that threw me off regarding this particular exam. First, I saw on the DSST fact sheet a practice question that started with "According to Boatwright..."

I've taken a general ethics class already, and I don't remember a mention of any Boatwright so I Googled this name and it turns out that it's the name of the author of one of those textbooks that's recommended. I couldn't believe it when I saw that but then it got even worse...

I found a thread on this site that talks about this exam and the person reported that several questions started with "According to Carroll/Buchholz.." and those two are the authors of yet another of the textbooks recommended to study.

I've been reading the Carroll/Buchholz book and so far one of the authors, Carroll, seems to have his own pet theories that you won't find mentioned elsewhere or in other texts.

That's what worried me about this particular exam, that it may contain questions about these authors' pet theories that have no general consensus among their peers in the field... so I wouldn't find mention of them anywhere but in the books that they wrote.

I find it all rather ironic given the subject matter. I mean, using college credit exams to promote your own pet theories (and sell your own books) seems like an unethical end run around procedures for peer review and consensus on said theories!