Find Articles (Recommended Databases)
- Gale Business: Insights This link opens in a new windowEasily find information on companies, industries and more in the context of timely news, statistical data, and in-depth reports.
- Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowBusiness Source Complete is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full text content, including indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886. In addition, searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,300 journals.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowNexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.
- Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new windowContains scholarly works in sociology and related disciplines. Provides citations and summaries for articles, dissertations, books and association papers in sociology and related disciplines.
A list of search topics and search terms - covering such areas as consumer protection, environment, labor practices, procurement practices, product design, and workplace conditions - is available from the BELL site.
- Ethics Unwrapped VideosA collection of 130+ videos and 80 + case studies designed to talk about business ethics.
Journals and Newspapers
- Business EthicsThe Magazine of Corporate Responsibility
See 100 Best Corporate Citizens - Journal of Business EthicsABI/INFORM 1987- . (full text delayed 1 year)
Search on business ethics or combine that term with a company name or specific topic. - Wall Street JournalFollow the instructions to sign up for your free Wall Street Journal account via Fraser Hall Library's website.
- Washington Post- Business Corporate EthicsFree registration required. Current ethically related news as well as historical coverage of some major corporate cases.
- Periodical Search PageUse this page to identify particular journals which are in Milne Library or are available online.
Reference Books
- Business ethics: A manual for managing a responsible business enterprise in emerging market economies. U.S. Department of Commerce
- Corporate Social Responsibility Handbook – Philosophy and Ethics of Corporations in SocietyA handbook published openly by Pace University covering many issues in CSR and ethics.
Websites
Hint: Check individual company homepages. Relevant information may be found under a variety of headings including investor relations, corporate governance, code of ethics, code of conduct, citizenship, community, social commitment, business conduct, public policy, or corporate responsibility.
- AccountAbilityProvides standards and research on corporate responsibility and sustainable development.
- Business Ethics Links Library (BELL): Resources for Research in Business Ethics and Social ResponsibilityA database for research in corporate ethics and social responsibility that provides access to codes of ethics for U.S. companies and trade and professional associations, ethics sites at college and university business programs, industry information resources, and company promotion of social responsibility covering such topics as arts assistance, environmental clean up, charitable giving and community programming.
- Business for Social ResponsibilityInternational in scope with an awareness on human rights. Over 160 countries are included as well as 150 issues identified.
- Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions (Illinois Institute of Technology)Over 850 codes of ethics for professional societies, corporations, government, and academic institutions available online.
- The Corporate Social Responsility Newswire ServiceSource for corporate responsibility and sustainability, press releases, reports and news.
- Ethics Resource Center (ERC)Includes the National Business Ethics Survey as well as many other resources.
Tools for Investigating a Company's Business Ethics
- Better Business BureauProvides United States and Canadian consumers and businesses resources including business and charity reviews, and complaints.
- EPA Enforcement & Compliance History Online (ECHO)Information about a company’s occupational safety history and environmental violations.
- FollowTheMoney.orgInformation about a company’s campaign contributions
- NY State Department of Labor WARN NoticesAdvance information about major layoffs notices generally are filed with state Departments of Labor or Commerce per the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act.
- Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)Information about a company’s occupational safety history.
