Find Articles (Recommended Databases)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 the Library's website.
- Washington Post- Business Corporate EthicsFree registration required. Current ethically related news as well as historical coverage of some major corporate cases.
Reference Books
- 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 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.
