Wonderful, "enlightened," and inexpensive decision which satisfies all of
the facets you presented.  Kudos.

Lee Hover, D. Med. Hum.
Information Developers
Boonton Twp., NJ 


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Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:24 AM
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Subject: Re: Advice on recommended book purchase - my solution

My thanks to all who weighed in on this inquiry with thoughtful and sensible
comments.  Here's what I've decided to do:

I am going to purchase the requested books - they are both out of print but
available for a few bucks on Amazon.com.  Declining to purchase them after a
specific request has been made is not a battle worth fighting.  I do have a
handful of general management / leadership philosophy titles, so they will
go in there.  BUT because of the requested books' explicitly evangelical
Christian viewpoint, in accordance with our stated commitment to cultural
diversity and nondiscrimination, I am also going to purchase a few
additional titles (also available for about $10 each) to accompany them:

Beekun, R A: *Leadership: an Islamic perspective* - ISBN 9780915957941
Metcalf, F: *What would Buddha do at work?* - ISBN 9781569753002
Zweifel, T: *The rabbi and the CEO* - ISBN 9781590791509

I am being flexible in response to a patron / administrative request,
offering a variety of resources on a particular topic, and assuaging my own
discomfort for less than $50.  And if anyone ever comes to read any of them,
perhaps they will be "enlightened."

Namaste!

-- 
Julie Stielstra, MLS
Manager, Knowledge Resource Library
Central DuPage Hospital
25 N Winfield Rd
Winfield, IL 60190
phone 630-933-4536
fax     630-933-4530
email jstielstra [ at ]  gmail.com

"Never...be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those
three vices...and I can always be hopeful of you."  -- Betsy Trotwood to
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)