Don't Do Business with Dicks

David Meltzer's four-value framework — empathy, gratitude, accountability, communication — is memorable and grounded in genuine career experience at the highest levels of sports entertainment. The endorser roster is credible and the anecdotes are vivid. Publishers Weekly is right that the research citations are thin, so readers wanting empirical backing will be frustrated, but as a values-driven business philosophy book anchored in compelling personal story it does its job. The title word will limit where this can be shelved or recommended, which is worth flagging.