What is the relevance of morality today? Eden Collinsworth enlists the famous, the infamous, and the heretofore unheard-of to unravel how we make moral choices in an increasingly complex-and ethically flexible-age.
Eden Collinsworth is a former media executive and business
consultant. She was president of Arbor House Publishing Co. and
founder of the Los Angeles-based monthly lifestyle magazine Buzz,
before becoming a vice president at Hearst Corporation. She served
as the chief of staff at the EastWest Institute, a global think
tank; in 2011-after writing a best-selling book in China for
Chinese businesspeople on Western deportment-she launched
Collinsworth & Associates, a Beijing-based consulting company,
which specialized in intercultural communi-cation. The author of I
Stand Corrected- How Teaching Western Manners in China Became Its
Own Unforgettable Lesson, she currently lives in London.
www.edencollinsworth.com
“Rarely does a voice cut through all the noise and deliver a brand
new take on the world as we know it, but Eden Collinsworth does
just that.”
—Newsweek
“Written with brio and great charm. . . . An implausibly
entertaining romp through the ethical questions of our time.”
—Andrew Solomon, author of Far from the Tree
“Has technology changed what we believe is right? . . . [Eden
Collinsworth] enlists both the famous and infamous to unravel how
we make moral choices in an ethical flexible era.”
—The Economist Radio
“Morality is a complicated subject, but Eden Collinsworth breaks it
down. . . . Her analysis is surprisingly light and fun.”
—Bustle
“Fascinating. . . . A refreshing read.”
—Big Think
“Regardless of the era, vice is a tale as old as time, and author
Eden Collinsworth works wonders to produce a fresh spin on one of
the humanity’s oldest dichotomous positions, morality.”
—PopMatters
“Every day we see and hear stories of bad behavior in sports,
business, and politics, in which bad people with no moral compass
seem to succeed. . . . This extraordinary, thought-provoking book
by Eden Collinsworth makes us stop and consider who we are and who
we want to be.”
—Ed Rollins, former U.S. Presidential Advisor
“Eden Collinsworth doesn’t pull her punches as she explores the
shifting moral landscape of our times. Behaving Badly is
as insightful as it is hilarious.”
—Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana, Duchess of
Devonshire
“Meticulously researched, historically grounded. . . . Morality and
wit are a rare marriage, yet in sharing these stories—and telling
her own, by far the most intriguing—they are marshaled into often
hilarious lockstep.”
—Nancy Collins, journalist, Vanity Fair, The Hollywood
Reporter, and ABC News correspondent
“Collinsworth’s goal is to make readers think, and she not only
succeeds in doing that, but does so in an entertaining manner.”
—Booklist
“A wide-ranging, breezy journey through a series of ethical
minefields. . . . The author is always a genial guide through the
moral thicket, and her companions underscore the provocative spirit
of her quest.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Entertaining. . . . Taking a global view, [Collinsworth] maps the
moral landscapes of Swiss bank accounts and the murky waters of
Japanese business practices, and compares American and French
perspectives on monogamy.”
—Publishers Weekly
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