Where these forces come from and how founders can build a fortress around their mission

Bauman is a professor of business at Regis University in Denver who has taught ethical decision-making for fifteen years, a course built around individual choice. His Goodreads review takes Incorruptible as the structural account his own syllabus leaves out: where the forces acting on principled managers come from, and what a mission with a fortress around it is made of.

“I've been teaching college business ethics for over 18 years, and individual choice takes center stage. But other forces are involved that challenge ethical managers and employees. Eric Ries' new book "Incorruptible" explains where these forces come from and how founders and business leaders can build a fortress around their mission. In the book he details how the governance structures of many publicly traded companies create a "financial gravity" that can destroy a company's founding purpose (serve customers, create value, inspire employees) and replace it with investors extracting as much money as they can.” — David Bauman on Goodreads