The Baruch College Faculty Handbook

On-Line Resources on Ethics

Last updated on 5/21/09

Compiled by Prof. Josh Mills of Baruch College/CUNY, who makes no claim to originality and thanks all the individuals, organizations and institutions whose heavy lifting he brings together here. If you come across other links, please send them to Prof. Mills.   He will keep this up to date and re-circulate it.

The Corporate Library

http://www.thecorporatelibrary.com/
The Corporate Library describes itself as an independent investment research firm specializing in corporate governance and board effectiveness. The Corporate Library does not accept consulting or other special fees from the companies we rate.

University of Illinois Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

http://www.web-miner.com/busethics.htm

A copious and detailed set of links that includes:

Business Corporate Ethics
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/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/
This newsletter 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-Educators.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.

Business Schools Add Ethics in Wake of Corporate Scandals
http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/news/hits/020816ap.htm This AP article from August 16, 2002 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 the 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 recent scandals. Links to stories discussing some of the corporations affected by the controversies, online forum resources and background reports dating back to 1995.

Do You Need an Ethics Manager?http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,16549,00.htmlStart-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.

Ethics Resource Center (ERC)
http://www.ethics.org
An extensive list of articles dealing with business ethics and related issues can be found in the section, Organizational Ethics Articles: Business at http://www.ethics.org/resources/nr_oearticles.cfm?NavCat=Business

Financial Scandalshttp://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/scandals
Financial Scandals is a site created by Roy Davies that 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 Enronhttp://energycommerce.house.gov/107/key w ords/Enron.htm
The unfolding of the Enron scandal is documented by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Investigative reports and news releases.

Lessons from the Enron Scandalhttp://www.scu.edu/Ethics/publications/ethicalperspectives/nikkei.htmlThis is a transcript of a Q & A session between Kirk Hanson, executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, and Atsushi Nakayrna, a reporter for the Japanese newspaper Nikkei. The interview occurred on March 5, 2002.

Additional resources on the Enron scandal:

* BBC: The Enron Affair                                                     http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/in_depth/business/2002/enron/

* CNN: The End of Enron?                                                       http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/enron/

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.busine s sethics.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 on Enron & Ethics is on the site.

Carnegie Mellon: Ethics Teaching Materialshttp://ba.gsia.cmu.edu/ethics/teaching.htm
This site, developed by the Center for International Corporate Responsibility, provides links to the role of ethics instruction in B-school, case studies, tutorials and business scandal articles. Academic resources, membership organization information and other ethical materials are also available.

CasePlace.org
http://www.caseplace.org
CasePlace.org is a free service for business faculty and students offered by Aspen Institutes Initiative for Social Innovation through Business). Cases and topics for discussion are posted at this site, and the cases are searchable by topic or discipline.

Ethics Case Studies: Illinois CPA Societyhttp://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
http://ethics.sandiego.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

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.

Institute of Business Ethics (IBE)
http://www.ibe.org.uk/
The goal of the Institute of Business Ethics (IBE) is to encourage high standards of corporate and business behavior and the sharing of best practice.

Codes of Ethics Online Businesshttp://www.iit.edu/departments/csep/PublicWWW/codes/business.htmlIllinois Institute of Technologys 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 Centers Library of codes that resides in their vertical file.

Creating a Code of Ethics
http://www.ethicsweb.ca/codes
Chris MacDonald of St. Marys University (Halifax, Canada) put together this site with links to resources to assist individuals and groups in writing a code of ethics.