Articles
& Publications
Business
Corporate Ethics
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/corporateethics/
Business Corporate Ethics is a special report outlining
recent corporate scandals involving ethics violations compiled
by the Washington Post. Breaking news features, Enron
updates, WorldCom activities, accounting probes, as well
as timelines and analysis are posted.
Business
Ethics Newsletter
http://www.iese.edu/faculty/Etica/newsletter/5julio.htm
Joan Fontrodona and Roberto García Castro edit this
newsletter that is affiliated with the IESE Business School
at the University of Navarra (Spain). The goal of the Business
Ethics Newsletter is to highlight certain stories featuring
business ethics that have appeared recently in the media.
Business
Ethics': Resources for Educators
http://www.business-ethics.com/for.htm
Business Ethics claims to be "the premier publication
of the movement for greater social responsibility in business".
The publication has been in operation for 15 years and is
aimed at secondary and post-secondary level educators.
An article
featured on the SocialFunds.com site discusses the top 100
companies that made the Business Ethics' Best Corporate
Citizens List for 2001, and can be found at http://www.socialfunds.com/news/article.cgi/article832.html.
Business Schools Add Ethics in Wake of Corporate Scandals
http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/news/hits/020816ap.htm
This Associate Press story from August 16, 2002 by Paul
Singer examines the growing interest in business ethics
courses by students on many college campuses. Business schools
are responding to this demand by providing new ethics curriculum
selections and by trying to find ways to integrate these
values into current business courses.
BusinessWeek
Online
http://www.businessweek.com
BusinessWeek Online allows you to search for articles
dealing with ethics in business. Use their search feature
to retrieve current articles covering a variety of ethical
dilemmas affecting the business world including information
about the Enron, Tyco and WorldCom scandals.
Corporate
Ethics
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/ethics
This online special report featured on the program "NewsHour
with Jim Lehrer" covers some of the recent scandals
that have been hitting the business world. Links to stories
discussing some of the corporations affected by the controversies,
online forum resources and background reports dating back
to 1995 are included.
Do
You Need an Ethics Manager?
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,16549,00.html
Start up companies may overlook one key element when trying
to get their companies off the ground. Ethical issues that
often arise in the workplace may result in lawsuits that
will drain their budgets or government penalties. This article
examines how and why many companies are starting to hire
ethics managers.
Financial
Scandals
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/scandals
Financial Scandals is a site created by Roy Davies that
covers some of the "greatest" scandals of all
times. The site is divided into 8 sections and is designed
for a broad audience, from business executives interested
in business ethics issues to financial history enthusiasts.
Fortune.com
http://www.fortune.com
Fortune.com has numerous articles discussing ethics
and ethical issues in the corporate world. Type "ethics"
in the site's search feature to retrieve the latest articles.
House
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Documents Related to Enron
http://energycommerce.house.gov/107/keywords/Enron.htm
The unfolding of the Enron scandal is documented by the
House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Investigative reports
and news releases are provided on the Committee's site.
Indictment
by Justice Department Puts Arthur Anderson's Fate on Line
http://accounting-net.actg.uic.edu/Enron/Original%20Documents/Indictment%20
by%20Justice%20Department%20Puts%20Arthur%20Andersen's%20Fate
%20on%20Line%20-%20Mar%2015%2002%20-%20WSJ.htm
This March 15, 2002 Wall Street Journal article outlines
the history of several corporate indictments that made the
news before the Arthur Anderson scandal. A discussion of
the situation surrounding the Arthur Anderson case is also
discussed.
Napster,
Inc.: A Case Study on the Ethics of Music Sharing on the
Internet
http://www.scu.edu/faculty/itrs/LMU/napster_files/v3_document.htm
This "slide show" about Napster was presented
by the KBLI Consulting Group, and it discusses the ethical,
financial and legal aspects of the Napster case and possible
solutions that may rectify the situation with the record
companies.
A
Question of Ethics
http://www.informationweek.com/825/ethics.htm
As companies move into the e-business arena, new ethical
issues arise. This Informationweek.com article from
February 19, 2001 discusses topics such as compromising
customer privacy for advertising gain and trust concerns
between employers and employees. Links to other e-business
ethics articles can also be found at this site.
Why
Be Honest if Honesty Doesn't Pay?
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/pagana/mg312/honesty.html
What do the Exxon Valdez accident, the Borland International
ad deception case and basketball coach Rick Pitino have
in common? This Harvard Business Review article discusses
how sometimes honesty isn't the best policy if companies
or individuals have something of value to offer.
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Case Studies
Babson
Business College: Business Ethics Program
http://roger.babson.edu/ethics/index.htm
The Babson Business Ethics Program is designed to integrate
ethics into businesses and business education. Numerous
resources are available including the following:
BorlandCase
Study
http://www.netcolony.com/college/paulbrow/HandOuts/BorlandCase.html
In 1983, Borland was a new computer company that did not
have the money to run an ad for their new product, Turbo
Pascal, in Byte. The founder of the company, Philippe
Kahn convinced an ad salesman to run the Turbo Pascal ad
on credit. This case discusses the ethics surrounding this
act.
Business
Ethics: Case Studies
http://www.uvsc.edu/ethics/curriculum/business
The Center for the Study of Ethics at Utah Valley State
College developed these business cases as part of their
Ethics across the Curriculum seminar. Even though the cases
in this section are somewhat generic in nature, they are
designed to address personal and corporate ethics situations
that could occur in any business environment.
BusinessEthics.ca
http://www.businessethics.ca
BusinessEthics.ca is a site created by Chris MacDonald,
and it is one of the many EthicsWeb.ca (http://www.ethicsweb.ca)
topic areas. Canadian and international resources including
articles, case studies, and business ethics in the news
reports are provided. A special collection entitled "Enron
& Ethics" has recently been added to the site.
The following are a few of the case studies available at
this site.
- e-Health
and Commercial Genetic Testing
http://www.businessethics.ca/cases/ehealth-and-cgt.html
Veritas Diagnostic, a medical diagnostic company specializing
in adult susceptibility testing is the subject of this
ethical case study. The scenario examines whether or not
services provided by this company are carried out in an
ethical manner.
- The
Polluter's Dilemma
http://www.businessethics.ca/cases/pollutersdilemma1.html
An environmental compliance manager for a company realizes
that a particular toxin that is released by her company
into a local lake could be reduced if a new and costly
technology were implemented by the company. Her company
is not violating any federal regulations, but local researchers
question the long-term safety of having the toxin in the
lake. This case study discusses what happens if the compliance
manager goes forward with the new technology or if she
ignores the situation.
- Whistleblowing
& the Environment: The Case of Avco Environmental
http://www.businessethics.ca/cases/wb-env1.html
Avco Environmental Services is a small, toxic waste disposal
company. A clerk for the company discovers that some medical
waste from a local hospital is being dumped in a local
municipal landfill. Her immediate supervisor tells her
this is not her concern. This case discusses what the
clerk should do, and whether or not the dumping issue
is her concern.
CasePlace.org
http://www.caseplace.org
CasePlace.org is a free service for business faculty and
students offered by Aspen Institute's Initiative for Social
Innovation through Business (Aspen ISIB). Cases and topics
for discussion are posted at this site, and the cases are
searchable by topic or discipline.
Case
Studies: Analyses
http://businessmajors.about.com/cs/casestudies/index.htm?once=true&
iam=dpile&terms=+IT++case++stud
About.com's collection of case studies is presented at this
site. A few are links to sites related to business ethics
or related topic areas.
E-Ethics
Center
http://www.e-businessethics.com
The goal of the E-Ethics Center at Colorado State University
is to "create a virtual community of organizations
and individuals that share best practices in the improvement
of business ethics". Much of the information found
at the Center's Web site has been provided by businesses,
non-profit organizations, government agencies and other
academic institutions. The case studies section below is
an example of the resource areas found at this site.
Ethics
Case Studies: Illinois CPA Society
http://www.icpas.org/icpas/consumer/ethics-casestudies.asp
Dr. Howard A. Kanter at the DePaul School of Accountancy
and the ICPAS Ethics Committee have developed and maintained
the case studies found at the Illinois CPA Society Web site.
The cases presented cover areas like discreditable acts,
compliance with standards, accounting principles and general
standards.
Ethics
Case Study Detail: Cement Company
http://ethics.acusd.edu/resources/cases/HomeOverview.asp
Case studies covering a wide range of ethical issues, including
this one about the Atlantic Cement Company, can be found
at the Ethics Update site (http://ethics.acusd.edu).
Robert F. Ladenson, Department of Philosophy at Illinois
Institute of Technology, is the author of this case. Other
cases authored by Ladenson include the following:
The
Ford Pinto Case
http://www.law.wfu.edu/courses/Law&value-Palmiter/Papers/1999/
Leggett-pinto.html
In May 1972, a Pinto stalled out on a Minnesota highway
and was struck from behind at 28 m.p.h. After impact, the
fuel tank burst into flames, killing the driver and severely
injuring and disfiguring the passenger. Did Ford know about
the flawed design, and if so, we're they guilty of murder?
This study discusses the case that followed this 1972 incident.
There are numerous versions of the Ford Pinto case, and
this site merely presents one version of the scenario.
Gray
Matters
http://college.hmco.com/business/ferrell/ethics/5e/students/gmatters
Gray Matters is an ethics game used by Lockheed Martin to
discuss ethical dilemmas with their employees. Not all the
answers to the game are clear-cut, and some sections only
have partial answers.
IMA
Ethics Center
http://www.imanet.org/content/About_IMA/EthicsCenter/ethic1.htm
IMA, the Institute of Management Accountants, is a nonprofit
organization of management accounting and financial management
professionals that was founded in 1919. In 2002, IMA issued
a challenge to its members to "uphold and reaffirm
the highest standards of professional ethics". Ethical
resources, including case studies, are provided by IMA.
Inc.comGuide:
Case Studies in Business Ethics
http://www.inc.com/personal_and_professional_growth/guides/20806.html
Editors at Inc.com select the resources found at this site.
Case studies covering ethical topics such as environmental
challenges, getting involved in the community and making
global connections can be found in this section of their
site.
Other
Inc.com guides can be found at http://www.inc.com/home/.
Institute
for Global Ethics (IGE)
http://www.globalethics.org
IGE is an organization dedicated to promoting "ethical
behavior in individuals, institutions, and nations through
research, public discourse, and practical action".
Numerous resources and articles are provided on the IGE
site. The following is an example of a section of this site
containing useful materials:
Institute
of Business Ethics (IBE)
http://www.open.ac.uk/business-ethics/index.htm
The development of the IBE site was a joint effort by the
Open University and the Institute of Business Ethics and
sponsored by the Foundation for Business Responsibilities.
It is designed to be an online information center for academics
and students interested in business ethics. The case study
section is an example of resources found at this site.
Markkula
Center for Applied Ethics
http://www.scu.edu/ethics
The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics was founded in 1986
and has grown into one of the most active university applied
ethics centers in the U. S. It is based at Santa Clara University
and was initially funded by an endowment by Linda and A.
C. "Mike" Markkula Jr. Articles, cases, briefings
and dialogue in all areas of applied ethics can be found
at this online center. Case studies specifically addressing
the issue of business ethics can be found at:
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Corporate Codes of Ethics
Baxter
Healthcare: Working with Integrity
http://www.baxter.com/doingbusiness/customers/index.html
Baxter Healthcare works to create an environment that fosters
the development of "conscientious ethically-minded
people who are committed to integrity, honesty and fairness".
The company's "Working with Integrity" document
outlines global business practices standards, compliance
issues, their bioethics policy & position statement
on bioethics and other ethics resources.
BellSouth
Office of Ethics and Compliance
http://www.ethics.bellsouth.com
BellSouth is a Fortune 100 company based in Atlanta, GA
that provides communications services to commercial and
residential customers. Their Office of Ethics and Compliance
provides services available to all employees and stakeholders.
Some of the resources provided on this site include corporate
ethics training materials, self tests, ethics scenarios
and a commitment booklet.
Boeing
http://www.boeing.com
Boeing has a long and diverse history, and ethics is a central
component of the company's mission. The Ethics and Business
Conduct Committee has been charged with the oversight of
the ethics program at Boeing, and the following are some
ethics resources available at their site.
ChevronTexaco
http://www.chevrontexaco.com/about/chevtex_way/
The ChevronTexaco Way, the company's ethics overview, outlines
the company's vision, performance, its people, values and
ways of tracking success in this area.
Codes
of Ethics Online Business
http://www.iit.edu/departments/csep/PublicWWW/codes/business.html
Illinois Institute of Technology's Center for the Study
of Ethics in the Professions developed this online collection
of codes on the Web, and it has grown out of the Center's
Library of codes that resides in their vertical file. In
addition to subject specific codes, like ones for business,
resources for authoring a code, case studies and other information
can be found at this site.
Compaq
Code of Conduct
http://www.compaq.com/inside/ethics/code_conduct.html
Compaq Computer Corporation's Code of Conduct is a brief
statement outlining the values the company is dedicated
to upholding, which include honesty, quality, responsibility,
compassion, fairness and respect.
Creating
a Code of Ethics
http://www.ethicsweb.ca/codes
Chris MacDonald, PhD, Philosophy Department, St. Mary's
University (Halifax, Canada) has put together this site
with links to resources to assist individuals and groups
in writing a code of ethics. He discusses why organizations
and institutions should even have a code and provides guidance
in writing one. He also provides links to essays on ethics,
sample codes and contacts for ethics consultants.
MacDonald
has also worked on several other ethics sites including
EthicsWeb at http://www.ethicsweb.ca/.
Enron:
Code of Ethics
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/enron/enron.pdf
This 62 page booklet, published in July 2000, details the
values and principles subscribed to by Enron. The Code was
intended to help guide Enron in "conducting the business
affairs of companies in accordance with all applicable laws
and in a moral and honest manner".
Hewlett-Packard
(HP)
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/globalcitizenship/csr/ethics.html
This ethics page outlines the HP values, standards and guidelines
for responsible conduct of business.
Honda
of America Manufacturing: Compliance and Ethics
http://www.ohio.honda.com/info/ethics/index.asp
Honda's mission is to "observe the highest standard
of legal compliance and business ethics through detection
and prevention of corporate misconduct". The company's
24 page document, "Compliance and Ethics Business Practices
Policy" details ethical issues affecting Honda including
employee/associate relations, employee/customer interactions,
legal regulations and working with confidential company
information.
IBM:
Business Conduct Guidelines
http://www-1.ibm.com/partnerworld/pwhome.nsf/weblook/guide_index.html
IBM has created a very detailed set of guidelines designed
to facilitate ethical conduct within the company. This 5
section document is broken down into several sub-categories
by topic.
ITT
Industries: Code of Conduct
http://www.ittfluidtechnology.com/conduct/start/
This Code is designed to help employees "understand
ITT Industries' standards of ethical business practices".
Antitrust, conflict of interest, computer software &
e-mail and workplace violence are a few of the topic areas
discussed in the Code.
Lockheed
Martin: Corporate Ethics
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/about/ethics.html
In addition to detailing the principles guiding Lockheed
Martin, this Corporate Ethics site also provides links to
their compliance training modules, external ethics sites
and information outlining the company's Ethic Program, which
is designed to help employees who have ethical issues.
Microsoft:
Mission & Values
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/
Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, presented the company's mission,
vision and values in June 2002, and that information is
provided on this site.
Motorola:
Code of Business Conduct
http://www.motorola.com/code/code.html
Motorola has provided a detailed code of conduct that addresses
not only the company's key beliefs and responsibilities,
but also addresses guidelines for Motorolans (the name given
to Motorola employees), customers, business partners, shareholders,
competitors, communities and government.
Nortel
Networks: Ethical Business Practices
http://www.nortelnetworks.com/corporate/community/ethics/practices.html
The Ethical Business Practices outlined by Nortel Networks
addresses the core values of the company, personal values
& corporate integrity, shared responsibility to uphold
responsible business practices and ethical commitments.
Occidental
Petroleum Corporation: Code of Business Conduct
http://www.oxy.com/pdf/conduct.pdf
This 16 page document outlines Occidental Petroleum Corporation's
guidelines for administering & enforcing the Code of
Business Conduct and the company's compliance requirements
with applicable laws & ethical standards.
Raytheon
Business Ethics & Compliance
http://www.raytheon.com/ethics/
Ethics are considered to be very important to those at Raytheon,
and this Web site posted by the company's Office of Business
Ethics & Compliance is designed to be a display of that
commitment. Ethics booklets, standards and an ethics quick
test are examples of some of the resources available at
this site.
Sara
Lee: Global Business Practices
http://www.saralee.com/corporate_overview/global_business.html
In September 1997, Sara Lee introduced their Global Business
Practices program as a way of conveying the company's values
and beliefs to their employees. Over 100 Business Practice
Officers currently oversee this ethics program in every
unit and department operated by Sara Lee.
United
Technologies Corporation (UTC): Ethics
http://www.utc.com/profile/ethics/index.htm
Values and compliance are the main ethical focus at United
Technologies Corporation (UTC). The UTC Code of Ethics,
which is considered to be the company's fundamental document,
was created in January 1990 to act as a guide for their
employees worldwide.
USFilter:
Code of Business Conduct
http://www.usfilter.com/water_center/PCOne.asp?wid=356
The terms and expectations detailed in the Code of Business
Conduct for USFilter document the company's "firm commitment
to professional and ethical business conduct".
Verizon:
Code of Business Conduct
http://www22.verizon.com/about/careers/codeofconduct/
Verizon's Code of Business Conduct is entitled "Connecting
through Integrity", and it is a 72 page document designed
to help employees make ethical decisions during their employment
with Verizon. Employees are expected to follow the guidelines
addressed in this document as a condition of employment.
Weyerhaeuser:
Business Conduct
http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/citizenship/businessconduct/
Weyerhaeuser is one of the largest owners and producers
of softwood and hardwood lumber and lumber products in the
world. The company has a "reputation for conducting
business honestly and with integrity", and they expect
the highest level of ethical and professional conduct from
their employees. All employees receive copies of Weyerhaeuser's
Code of Ethics and Business Conduct document, plus they
must attend ethics training on a regular basis.
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Professional Organizations & Associations
American
Finance Association (AFA)
http://www.afajof.org/default.shtml
Initial planning for the organization that is now AFA began
in December 1939 in Philadelphia, PA. AFA is a professional
association that deals with financial economic issues and
promotes knowledge related to this area.
Association
for Investment Management and Research (AIMR)
http://www.aimr.com/
AIMR was formed in January 1990 as the result of
a merger between the Financial Analysts Federation (FAF)
and the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts (ICFA).
The group has over 50,000 members in over 100 countries,
and AIMR expects members to uphold the highest ethical standards
in their professional behavior. AIMR offers the following
3 services to its members: 1) Education through seminars
and publications; 2) Professional Conduct and Ethics;
and 3) Standards of Practice and Advocacy.
- AIMR:
Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct
http://www.aimr.com/standards/ethics/code/index.html
This section of the AIMR site is designed to provide "guidance
to users as to what constitutes fair and ethical business
practices". Translations are available for this Code
in 10 different languages, including Arabic, Chinese and
Hungarian.
- AIMR
Standards of Practice
http://www.aimr.com/standards/ethics/
Since AIMR expects members to uphold the ethical standards
of the organization, they provide an online complaint
center to report members who are violating the Code.
Better
Business Bureau (BBB): Promoting Fairness and Integrity
in the Marketplace
http://www.bbb.org
In 1912, the very first BBB was founded, and today, this
system is supported by 250,000 local business members throughout
the world. The goal of the Better Business Bureau is to
"promote and foster the highest ethical relationship
between businesses and the public through voluntary self-regulation,
consumer and business education, and service excellence".
Business
for Social Responsibility (BSR)
http://www.bsr.org
BSR, a global, nonprofit organization works to "create
a just and sustainable world by working with companies to
promote more responsible business practices, innovation
and collaboration". They strive to help members be
successful and operate successful businesses while upholding
the highest ethical standards of professional behavior.
Links to free reports on a variety of issues plus other
resources are available at this site.
The
Caux Roundtable
http://www.cauxroundtable.org/default.htm
The Caux Roundtable is an organization comprised of senior
business leaders from around the world, including Europe,
Japan and North America. These leaders are individuals who
"believe that business has a crucial role in developing
and promoting equitable solutions to key global issues".
One document provided on this site that serves as a guide
to all businesses interested in responsible conduct is "The
Principles for Business".
The
Center for Ethics, Capital Markets and Political Economy
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/cecmpe/
This Center is a nonprofit organization that was established
in 1994. It is designed to be an arena to foster discussion
and a resource center for ethics information for "persons
who believe that moral concerns should be taken into account
in economic and political thinking". Services provided
by the Center include sponsoring a working paper series,
offering seminars, publishing "Ethics behind the News"
and providing other research materials.
CorpWatch:
Holding Companies Accountable
http://www.corpwatch.org/
CorpWatch, formerly known as an organization called TRAC-Transnational
Resource & Action Center, is a site that keeps and eye
on corporations expanding into global markets and provides
resources on these issues. The organization's mission is
to "counter corporate-led globalization through education
and activism. We work to foster democratic control over
corporations by building grassroots globalization--a diverse
movement for human rights, labor rights and environmental
justice".
Council
for Ethics in Economics
http://www.businessethics.org
A controversy in the late 1970's between the Ross Division
of Abbott Laboratories (Columbus, OH) and Nestlé
led to the eventual development of the Council for Ethics
in Economics. The respectful discussions with business,
educational and religious leaders in the Columbus area that
followed the onset of this issue highlighted the need for
an association that emphasized the integration of ethics
into the business and economics arena. The Council for Ethics
in Economics was formed in response to that need.
Ethics
Officer Association (EOA)
http://www.eoa.org
EOA was founded in 1992 and currently has over 800 members
including the ethics officers from over half of the Fortune
100 companies. Resources available on the site include the
2000 EOA Member Survey, educational centers, government
related organizations and links to ethics programs for companies
like Honda, Sara Lee and Lockheed Martin.
European
Business Ethics Network (EBEN)
http://www.eben.org
The formation of EBEN, a nonprofit organization founded
in Brussels in 1987, was considered to be a significant
step in recognizing business ethics as an important area
of research. Links to ethics organizations, university programs
and other research institutions are provided.
Financial
Executives International (FEI): Code of Ethics
http://www.fei.org/about/ethics.cfm
FEI was founded in 1931 and is considered to be the "professional
association of choice for corporate financial executives".
This organization strongly encourages all its members to
practice the highest level of professional and ethical conduct.
Financial
Planning Association (FPA): Code of Ethics
http://www.fpanet.org/about/ethics.cfm
Seven principles make up the Code of Ethics for FPA, and
they are designed to guide members in the practice of professional
ethics in the field of financial planning. The formation
of FPA came about on January 1, 2000 as the result of the
merger of the International Association for Financial Planning
(IAFP) and the Institute of Certified Financial Planners
(ICFP).
Institute
for Business, Technology & Ethics (IBTE)
http://www.ethix.org
IBTE was founded in 1998 to study the connections and relationships
between business, ethics and technology. The mission of
this organization is to "promote good business through
appropriate technology and sound ethics". Sections
of the IBTE Web site to note are the Tools for Better Business
and the Ethics Forum.
Institute
for Global Ethics (IGE)
http://www.globalethics.org
IGE is an organization dedicated to promoting "ethical
behavior in individuals, institutions, and nations through
research, public discourse, and practical action".
Numerous resources and articles are provided on the IGE
site. The following are examples of sections containing
useful materials.
Institute
of Business Ethics (IBE): Code of Ethics
http://www.ibe.org.uk/code.htm
IBE believes that companies should uphold the highest standards
of behavior and professional conduct. This organization
"broadcasts" their mission through conferences,
consultations, publications and business ethics training
programs. The IBE code of ethics section of the Web site
goes beyond stating their code. They also provide tips on
how to make codes effective, information on content included
in a code of ethics policy and links to various company
codes of ethics.
International
Business Ethics Institute (IBEI)
http://www.business-ethics.org
IBEI is a private, nonprofit organization that was founded
in response to the growing demand for business ethics programs
and resources. This organization focuses on the following
two areas: 1) increase public awareness and dialogue
about international business ethics issues; and 2) assist
companies in establishing effective ethics programs in their
own organizations.
National
Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors (NAIFA):
Code of Ethics
http://public.naifa.org/ethics.html
NAIFA is a national, nonprofit organization that was founded
in 1890 as the National Association of Life Underwriters
(NALU). It is the oldest and largest organization in the
insurance and finance fields. Their Code of Ethics outlines
the ethical duty members have to clients, to the company
and to the profession.
The
Netcheck Commerce Bureau
http://www.netcheck.com
Netcheck was established in 1995 to "promote ethical
practices worldwide and to increase consumer and corporate
confidence in purchasing products and services on-line on
the Internet". It was one of the first alternatives
to the Better Business Bureau. This service is designed
for consumers as well as online businesses.
The
Society for Business Ethics (SBE)
http://www.societyforbusinessethics.org
SBE was founded in 1980 and is an international organization
dedicated to the academic study of business ethics. The
Ethics Links section of their site provides access to other
associations and resource centers.
UN
Global Compact
http://www.unglobalcompact.org/
The Global Compact was first proposed at the World Economic
Forum on January 1999, and it is based on 9 principles taken
from The Universal Declaration on Human Rights, The International
Labour Organization's (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles
and Rights at Work and The Rio Declaration on Environment
and Development. Businesses are encouraged to join the Global
Compact in order to become good corporate neighbors in this
global environment.
U.
S. Office on Government Ethics (OGE)
http://www.usoge.gov/
In 1978, the Office on Government Ethics (OGE) was established
as the result of the Ethics in Government Act. It is an
agency within the Executive Branch, and it acts to prevent
and resolve conflicts of interest situations that may occur
with government employees. Some of the resources found on
the OGE site include ethics documents & publications,
computer & Web-based training modules, laws & regulations
and international resources.
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Resources & Centers
Babson
Business College: Business Ethics Program
http://roger.babson.edu/ethics/index.htm
The Babson Business Ethics Program is designed to integrate
ethics into business and business education. Numerous resources
are available including the following:
Business
Ethics
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/b/businessethics.htm
BUBL Link is a mega "catalog" of Internet resources
covering various academic subject areas. An extensive section
on business ethics has been compiled at this site. Resources
include applied business materials, articles about financial
scandals and centers of research for business ethics.
BusinessEthics.ca
-- Your Canadian Resource for Business Ethics
http://www.businessethics.ca
BusinessEthics.ca is a site created by Chris MacDonald,
and it is one of the many EthicsWeb.ca (http://www.ethicsweb.ca)
topic areas. Canadian and international resources including
articles, case studies, and business ethics in the news
reports are provided. A special collection entitled "Enron
& Ethics" has recently been added to the site.
Business
and Financial Ethics
http://www.stuart.iit.edu/ethics/index.html
This Internet resource center is a project developed by
the Stuart School of Business at the Illinois Institute
of Technology. Michael Strupp originally produced the site
in 1998, and it includes links to case studies, ethics articles,
ethics codes and more. Sections on this site to note include
the following:
Center
for Business Ethics (CBE)
http://ecampus.bentley.edu/dept/cbe
The Center for Business Ethics (CBE) is housed on the campus
of Bentley College and has been in operation since 1976 under
the direction of W. Michael Hoffman. CBE is designed to be
a forum for business ethics, and it provides specialized training
and educational programs for businesses and their employees.
Since CBE's founding, it has sponsored 10 major conferences
on the topic of ethical business conduct.
Center
for Ethics and Business
http://www.ethicsandbusiness.org/indexlo.htm
Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA) is the home
of the Center for Ethics and Business. The Center acts as
a forum for discussing ethical business decisions and dilemmas,
including the costs and rewards of operating ethically.
Numerous links to ethics programs, centers and other tools
designed to help people deal with ethical dilemmas are presented.
Center
for Integrity in Business
http://www.spu.edu/depts/sbe/center
Business ethics scandals making the news lately have increased
the demand for business ethics educational programs and
other programs designed to develop ethical business leaders.
The Center for Integrity in Business at the School of Business
& Economics at Seattle Pacific University has outlined
4 services: 1) instigating and facilitating an on-going
dialogue; 2) initiating and supporting a stream of
empirical research; 3) designing and conducting leadership
development workshops and executive coaching sessions; 4)
educating and informing a broader audience. Resources available
at this site include articles on current issues, instructional
resources and links to other ethics centers.
Centre
for Applied Ethics (CAE)
http://www.ethics.ubc.ca
The Centre for Applied Ethics was created in 1993 by the
University of British Columbia's Board of Governors as an
interdisciplinary research center. CAE's goal is to advance
research in the area of applied ethics, and their site provides
resources in numerous areas including business.
- Business
Ethics Resources on WWW: Corporate Codes of Ethics
http://www.ethics.ubc.ca/resources/business/codes.html
Codes for companies and codes for business associations
are listed in this section of the CAE site.
- Creating
a Code of Ethics for Your Organization
http://www.ethicsweb.ca/codes/
Chris MacDonald, PhD, Philosophy Department, St. Mary's
University (Halifax, Canada) has put together this site
with links to resources to assist individuals and groups
in writing a code of ethics. He discusses why organizations
and institutions should even have a code and provides
guidance in writing one. He also provides links to essays
on ethics, sample codes and contacts for ethics consultants.
Chowan
College Center for Ethics: E-Business Ethics and Resources
http://www.chowan.edu/acadp/ethics/ebusiness_ethics.htm
Faculty at Chowan College in Murfreesboro, North Carolina
voted to establish the Chowan Center for Ethics in 1997.
The Center's principle objective is "to heighten ethical
awareness and 'moral imagination'" by encouraging discussion
about today's ethical issues. Numerous resources, including
this section on e-business ethics, can be found at this
Center's site.
Complete
Guide to Ethics Management
http://www.mapnp.org/library/ethics/ethxgde.htm
Carter McNamara, a business consultant in the Minneapolis/St.
Paul region, has developed this free guidebook to help leaders
and managers deal with the ethical issues that occur in
everyday situations. The resources outlined in this online
"book" include 10 myths about business ethics,
ethics tools and guidelines for managing ethics in the workplace.
E-Ethics
Center
http://www.e-businessethics.com
The goal of the E-Ethics Center at Colorado State University
is to "create a virtual community of organizations
and individuals that share best practices in the improvement
of business ethics". Much of the information found
at the Center's Web site has been provided by businesses,
nonprofit organizations, government agencies and other academic
institutions. The case studies and ethics links sections
listed below are merely two of the resource areas at this
site.
Emerson
Center for Business Ethics
http://ecbe.slu.edu/index.html
The Emerson Center for Business Ethics is a joint effort
between the John Cook School of Business and the College
of Arts & Science at St. Louis University (St. Louis,
MO). Thanks to funding by the Emerson Corporation, the Center
was formed in the early 1990s. The mission of the Center
is to "improve the practice of business by engaging
in dialogue, teaching and research to advance the application
of ethical perspectives to business decision-making".
Ethical
Business: The Search for Research
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/hot/ethicsguide2.htm
This ELDIS (Electronic Development and Environmental Information
System) guide provides links to case studies, social &
environmental standards, resources for informing shareholders
& consumers and more.
The
Ethics Classroom
http://www.ethicsclassroom.info
The Ethics Classroom at Kansas State University (KSU) is
designed to act as an "interactive forum" for
local business leaders & government officials and to
be a resource for KSU students taking ethics-related courses.
This online classroom provides links to case studies, Internet
resources and ethic poll results.
Ethics
on the World Wide Web: Business
http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/lester/ethics/business.html
Ethics on the World Wide Web is a site designed by the School
of Communications at California State University, Fullerton.
The annotated list includes links to ethics centers, institutes
and organizations.
Ethics
Resource Center (ERC)
http://www.ethics.org
ERC, the Ethics Resource Center, is a nonprofit organization
based in Washington, D. C. that works towards building an
"ethical world". The mission of the ERC is to
be a "catalyst in fostering ethical practices in individuals
and institutions". The Center's Ethics Toolkit has
resources such as "Why Have a Code of Conducts?",
"Ethics Effectiveness Quick Test" and "Common
Ethics Code Provisions".
Their
National Business Ethics Survey 2000 was a telephone survey
of 1,500 employees that asked about formal and information
ethics programs and practices in their own organizations.
The results of the survey can be found at http://www.ethics.org/2000survey.html.
Google
Directory: Business Ethics
http://directory.google.com/Top/Business/Management/Ethics/
Google Directory offers a rather large, annotated compilation
of links to sites related to business ethics.
IMA
Ethics Center
http://www.imanet.org/content/About_IMA/EthicsCenter/ethic1.htm
IMA, the Institute of Management Accountants, is a nonprofit
organization of management accounting and financial management
professionals that was founded in 1919. In 2002, IMA issued
a challenge to its members to "uphold and reaffirm
the highest standards of professional ethics". Ethical
resources provided by IMA include the following:
Institute
of Business Ethics (IBE)
http://www.open.ac.uk/business-ethics/index.htm
The development of the IBE site was a joint effort by the
Open University and the Institute of Business Ethics and
sponsored by the Foundation for Business Responsibilities.
It is designed to be an online information center for academics
and students interested in business ethics. The following
case study section is an example of resources found at this
site.
Investor
Responsibility Research Center (IRRC)
http://www.irrc.org/
IRRC was founded in 1972 and is considered to be the "world's
leading source of impartial, independent research on corporate
governance, proxy voting and corporate responsibility issues".
Their site provides links to industry news, news releases,
events plus other resources. Services are also divided by
client categories such as Corporations, Investment Banks,
Investment Managers and Law Firms.
Markkula
Center for Applied Ethics
http://www.scu.edu/ethics
The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics was founded in 1986
and has grown into one of the most active university applied
ethics centers in the U. S. It is based at Santa Clara University
and was initially funded by an endowment by Linda and A.
C. "Mike" Markkula Jr. Articles, cases, briefings
and dialogue in all areas of applied ethics can be found
at this online center. Resources specifically addressing
the issue of business ethics, such as the case study section,
can be found at:
MBA
101: Business Ethics
http://mba101.com/functional/busethics1.htm
MBA 101 is designed to provide business research information
and tools "within a couple of clicks of the mouse".
The Business Ethics section of the site has links to resources
such as articles & publications, directories, school
programs, associations and government resources.
Nottingham
Business School: Business Ethics
http://www.nbs.ntu.ac.uk/research/depts/hrm/list/hrbe.php
The Nottingham Business School, Trent Nottingham University,
has compiled this annotated list of resources that includes
links to organizations, forums, centers and case studies.
Online
Ethics Center: Ethics in Business
http://onlineethics.org/keywords/business.html
The Online Ethics Center was established in the fall of
1995 under a grant from NSF, and its mission is to provide
resources "useful for understanding and addressing
ethically significant problems that arise" in the work
environment. The Ethics in Business section addresses several
issues such as ethics in a corporate setting, conflict of
interest, intellectual property and employees who are entrepreneurs
on corporate time.
Open
Directory: Business Management Ethics
http://dmoz.org/Business/Management/Ethics
Open Directory claims to be the "largest, most comprehensive
human-edited directory on the Web". This annotated
collection includes links to business ethics publications,
resource centers, forums, codes of ethics and more.
Prudential
Business Ethics Center
http://business.rutgers.edu/pruethics
The Prudential Business Ethics Center is housed at Rutgers
University, and it is focused on the theory and practice
of ethical behavior in business. The mission of the Center
is to "help create social capital as well as prosperity
for the business and professional communities of New Jersey".
Services offered by the Center include providing speakers,
supporting ethics courses and publications, conducting case
competitions for students, providing consulting services
to area businesses and surveying the ethical attitudes of
those in the New Jersey business community.
SOSIG:
Professional and Business Ethics
http://www.sosig.ac.uk/roads/subject-listing/World-cat/proethic.html
SOSIG, the Social Science Information Gateway, is part of
the UK Resource Discovery Network. The goal of this gateway
is to provide high quality business and other social science
resources to students, faculty and researchers. An extensive
array of resources is arranged by type of resources for
easier access.
Yahoo!
Directory: Business Ethics and Responsibility
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Philosophy/Ethics/Business
This Yahoo! category has site listings for centers, institutes
and publications. Their Categories section has links to
related topics such as corporate accountability, socially
responsible investing, sweatshops and whistleblowing.
The
Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research
http://www.zicklincenter.org
The Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center at the Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania, was established in 1997 to conduct
leading edge research on business ethics. Research focus
areas include global business ethics, corporate governance,
social contracts, deception, disclosure, bribery and corruption.
The Research Links section of the site includes information
on associations, publications and other ethics-related materials.
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