Business Ethics: General

• Business Ethics: A Reference Handbook
  Print
  

• Business Ethics: Can Laws and Behavior Codes Keep Companies Honest?
  Online.  Maryann Haggerty.  (2011, May 6).  CQ Researcher, 21, 409-432.

• Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society
  Print.  List of entries. 

• Encyclopedia of Ethics
  Online.  Also in print.

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Books and Articles

To find books, videos and other materials on this topic, use URSUS, our library catalog. To locate journal and newspaper articles by topic, try the following subscription databases:

• Business & Company Resource Center

• Business Source Complete
  Users can search over 4,600 national and international business publications.

• Business & Industry News

• Philosopher's Index

• Proquest Newsstand
  Includes coverage of the Wall Street Journal and other major US newspapers

Following are some suggested topics and terms:

Search by keyword or phrase

deception in advertising insider trading disinformation planting Ponzi schemes employee rights confidentiality job discrimination affirmative action drug testing bribery political contributions price discrimination product churning undercover marketing kick-backs sex in advertising spamming telemarketing payola pyramid schemes black market creative accounting child labor unethical labor practices

retail price maintenance environmental issues collusion gray marketing patent and copyright infringement tort law negligence product liability sexual harassment accounting accountability tax avoidance covert marketing research product placement planned obsolescence business intelligence gathering industrial espionage competitive raiding corporate crime union busting predatory pricing hostile take-overs whistle blowing

Source: Business Ethics. Wikipedia.com. Retrieved 1 October 2004 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_ethics>

Browse by subject

• business ethics

• corporations corrupt practices

• executives conduct of life

• social responsibility of business

Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings. 4 vols. Washington, DC : Library of Congress, 2004.

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Key Journals

Browse current issues of selected journals on this topic.

• Business Ethics Quarterly

• Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and Organization Studies

• Ethics

• Journal of Business Ethics

• The Journal of Corporate Citizenship

For print versions of these journals, including older issues, check URSUS, using the "journal/magazine/newspaper" title search. The record will list the format (e.g., print, microform, online, etc.) and dates of coverage. To access these online subscriptions from off-campus, please refer to our remote access guide.

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Other

• Business Ethics, Wikipedia.com
  In-depth definition and overview of this subject,  including religious views of business ethics.

• Business Ethics: Corporate Responsibility Report

• Business Ethics, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

• Business for Social Responsibility

• Caux Round Table

• Center for Business Ethics

• Corporate Social Research Center
  Search for corporate responsibility reports and press releases.

• CorpWatch

• Country Profiles: Business Anti-Corruption Potal

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