Ethics Resource Repository

Business Ethics:

"Business ethics is the study of business situations, activies, and decisions where issues of right and wrong are addressed. Its is worth stressing that by 'right' and 'wrong' we mean morally right and wrong as opposed to commerically, strategically, or financially right or wrong. Moverover, by 'business' ethics, we do do not mean only commerical business, but also goverment organizaions, pressure groups, not-for-profit businesses, charities, and other organizations. For example, the question of how to manage employees fairly, or what consitutes deception in advertising, are equally important for organizations such as Greenpeace, the University of Stockholm, or the German Christina Democratic Party as they are for Shell, Volvo, or Deutsche Bank."

Written by Andrew Crane and Dirk Matten
Business Ethics Second Edition

Recommended Webpages:

The Aspen Institute- Center for Business Education
The Center for Business Education encourages future business leaders to innovate at the intersection of corporate profits and social impacts. Their goal is to radically re-orient the MBA degree to embrace the principles of corporate citizenship and sustainability. The Center has a variety of Academic Resources.

Business Ethics
An excellent set of links with a focus on business ethics in Canada. Business Ethics is the study of ethical dilemmas, values, and decision-making in the world of commerce. This website is an independent, non-affiliated source of information, authored and administered by business ethics scholar, Chris MacDonald.

Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics
The Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics brings together academics from all over the country to provide ethical training for current and future corporate leaders.

Business Ethics- The Magazine of Corporate Responsibility
Business Ethics is an online magazine with a strong heritage in the fields of ethics, governance, corporate responsibility and socially responsible investing.

Business and Human Rights Resource Center
A huge library of online content related to business, globalization, the treatment of workers, and the environment. Includes information on specific companies and industries.

CasePlace
CasePlace is an online library of reading materials, multimedia content, and teaching modules that focuses on social, environmental and ethical issues in business.

Center for Ethical Business Cultures
The center assists leaders in creating ethical and profitable business cultures at the enterprise, community and global levels. Focusing on Ethical Leadership, Management and Culture, Work-Life and Critical Employer-Employee Relationships, and Corporate Citizenship.

CorpWatch
Non-profit investigative research and journalism to expose corporate malfeasance and to advocate for multinational corporate accountability and transparency. We work to foster global justice, independent media activism and democratic control over corporations.

The Kenan Institute for Ethics- Organizational Ethics
The Institute’s research projects in Organizational Ethics range from the development of foundational theories of business and organizational ethics, to practical applications of ethical principles in real-world organizational settings.

Ethisphere
This ranking comes from Ethisphere Magazine which is governed by the Ethisphere Council, composed of corporate professionals that is supported by corporations, PLI, LexisNexis and Corpedia.

Institute for Global Ethics
The IEG works to explore the global common ground of values, elevate awareness of ethics, provide practical tools for making ethical decisions, and encourage moral actions based on those decisions.

Ethikos
Ethikos has examined changes in the corporate ethics scene from the viewpoint of those involved: compliance officers, ethics officers, ombudspersons, practicing professionals in law, accounting, management, and government. The publication reports on organizations' good and bad experiences in the business ethics and compliance area.

Institute of Business Ethics
News and programs, with a focus on codes of conduct. A special feature is a section on teaching business ethics.

International Business Ethics Institute
Organization and website focused on business issues and creating an ethical climate in businesses. Their goal is to disseminate informaoin on business ethics and corporate responsibility by offering a number of online resources including publications, research, and links.

News Batch- Corporate Responsibility
Provides an in depth account of the major recent scandals, discusses proposals for reform and the extent to which the recent legislation passed by Congress has enacted these proposals. Newsbatch provides summaries and updates of many policy issues.

Sarbanes-Oxley
Highlights of the act passed in 2002. Also may want to search the sec.gov sight for other information.

SAIP Institute
From the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business, an institute that fosters ethically responsible business conduct by promoting and developing the Self-Assessment and Improvement Process (SAIP), a tool that enables organizations to appraise and enhance their performance on questions of corporate ethics, governance, and social responsibility. Through its engagements with practitioners and collaborations with scholars, the institute also aids the formation of ethical, effective leaders.

On Leadership!
A great blog by David Celelski, a business man, who writes about the importance of ethics in the business and professional world.

Transparency International
Transparency International, an international non-governmental organization devoted to combating corruption, brings civil society, business, and governments together in a global coalition to curb both the supply and demand of corruption. TI's Corruption Online Research and Information System (CORIS) is one of the most comprehensive databases on corruption and governance.

Recommended Videos:

Ethics Unwrapped is the University of Texas' video series focused on the new field of ethics. All of their ethics videos and the teaching guides provide a platform for fostering meaningful discussion in the classroom.