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Resources
GENERAL
SITES
Business
Ethics -- Many links, compiled by Sharon Stoerger
BusinessEthics.ca:
The Canadian resource for Business Ethics --
Caux Round
Table --
Complete
Guide to Ethics Management: An Ethics Toolkit for Managers
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Ethics
Resources
EthicsWeb.ca
Northwest
Missouri State University __ Business Ethics WWW Resources
CASE
STUDIES
"Business
Ethics" "Case Studies" -- Google Search --
many case studies (too many) can be found this way.
Institute
of Business Ethics: Case Studies --
Utah
Valley State College Center For the Study of Ethics
E-Center
for Business Ethics Case Studies
Holland
Hardware and Wichita Supermarket --Very useful if you are
looking for a case with lots of intricate detail.
Case
Studies from Utah Valley State College -- Each case is very
brief, but there is a lot of variety in the list of topics.
From BusinessEthics.ca
On the Side
of Safety (from ABEN: The Ethics Forum) Sword
Motor Company (from Aben: The Ethics Forum)
CODES
OF ETHICS
Corporate
Codes of Ethics --
Creating
a Code of Ethics for Your Organization --
Examples of Codes of Ethics:
Illinois
Institute of Technology -- Center for the Study of Ethics in the
Professions --
THE
CORPORATION
Company
for the People
A
Corporation That Breaks the Greed Mold -- by Jim Hightower
"The
Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Power": About the
Book
by Joel Bakan
Corporations
and the Public Interest: A look at how the original purpose behind
corporate charters has been lost -- by Jonathan Rowe
Corporate
Racial Identity -- Comments on ruling by the Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals
Corporate
Crime Reporter
Definition
of Corporation
Eleven Inherent
Rules of Corporate Behavior -- by Jerry Mander
The
Wal-Mart Effect: The LA Times' series on Wal-Mart and related
articles
Wal-Mart Watch
The
Wal-Martization of America -- NYT editorial
Wal-Mart
pays itself rent, gets large tax breaks
What
is a corporation? -- from Corporations
FAQ (Nolo)
MULTINATIONAL
CORPORATIONS AND GLOBALISM
100
Largest Economic Entities -- See also Of
the world's 100 largest economic entities, 51 are now corporations
and 49 are countries.
2004
Cone Corporate Citizenship Study Results
Corporate
Colonialism, by Jerry Mander
Corporate
Dominance: Defining the Problem -- from Citizen
Works (founded by Ralph Nader
Corpwatch
-- activist group which works against "corporate-led globalization
through education, network-building and activism"
The
Factories of Lost Children -- by Katherine Weber
Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act Antibribery Provisions
Globalization
-- excellent introduction to globalization and its effects on
economy, policy, culture, and law
Globalization,
Sweatshops, and Indonesian Women Workers -- by Becky Ellis
The
Homogenization of Global Consciousness: Media, Telecommunications
and Culture -- article by Jerry Mander
Halliburton
Watch
Looking
for Mickey Mouse’s Conscience — A survey of the working
conditions of Disney factories in China (pdf)
Multinational
Corporations Reap Profits from Child Labor in India's Cottonseed
Farms -- by Suhasini. See also Press
Release and the full
report (pdf file) posted at childlabor.org.
National Labor
Committee
The
Problem with Free Trade: Globalization Undermines Local Economies
and Long-Term Security -- by Jason Bradford
Q
& A's about Sweatshops and Us: What Consumers Should Know
to Make a Difference from the Clean
Clothes Connection
Reassessing
the Global Economy: An Interview with Jerry Mander. (or .pdf
version)
The
Rise of the Modern Corporation -- Superb class notes by Marc
A. Triebwasser. See also his How
Corporations Influence the Government. Available at: PS
110: American National Government, Dr. Marc A. Triebwasser
(Central Connecticut State University).
"The
Sun" Interview with Jerry Mander
Top
200: The Rise of Corporate Global Power
Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
Working
for the Rat: Report on a spirited North American campaign to improve
working conditions for Disney textile workers in Haiti --
by Murray MacAdam
The
World's 100 Largest Public Companies
DOWNSIZING
AND "OUTSOURCING"
Bidding
Your Job Bon Voyage
Business
Process and IT Outsourcing -- ad for service.
Call
for Nike Boycott
China
Made -- by Charley Reese
The
China Threat to World Textile and Apparel Trade (pdf)
Colorado
to use inmates to fill migrant shortage: Tough laws passed
last year against illegal immigration have created a need for
farmworkers.
Companies
Determined to Retain 'Secret Sauce' -- by Mike Ricciuti and
Mike Yamamoto
Corporation
Watch: Prison Industry
DaimlerChrysler
MPVs Made in China to Hit Market Early Next Year
Downsizing
And Organizational Culture by Thomas A. Hickok
Downsizing
and the Meaning of Work by Albert A. Anderson
Exporting
America: An Interview With Lou Dobbs
Exporting
U.S. Jobs by William Norman Grigg
Frequently
Asked Questions About Sweatshops and Women Workers
Giant
immigration bill seeks to double H1-B visas
IBM
Explores Shift of White-Collar Jobs Overseas -- (.pdf file
-- New York Times)
Job
Tracker -- Find out what jobs are going overseas.
*Labor
Markets and Offshore Outsourcing
*List
of Companies "Exporting America." -- from Lou Dobbs
at CNN
Made
in the U.S.A.. . . by Convicts
*The
New Global Job Shift -- by Pete Engardio, Aaron Bernstein,
and Manjeet Kripalani
Nike
Is Leading the Race ... to the Bottom
Nikebiz.com:
Workers and factories
No
Degree Required: Technical courses gain favor for those interested
in finding new career path -- by Carolyn Said
NOW:
The Outsourcing Debate
Offshoring
May Cripple U.S. Office Markets
*Outsourcing
and Patriotism: Bill Moyers' interview with CNN's Lou Dobbs
Outsourcing
Essentials
Outsourcing
Innovation
Outsourcing
the American Dream -- by George J. Bryjak
Outsourcing—Stains
on the White Collar? by Jacob F. Kirkegaard
Outsourcing?
Try 'Insourcing' -- AP article
*Outsourcing
US Missile Technology to China -- by Jeffrey St. Clair
*Prison
Activist Resource Center: Prison Labor Links -- listings for
all states.
Prison
Industry Enhancement Program
*The
Prisoners of War -- by Ian Urbina, AlterNet
Reforms,
Not Rhetoric, Needed to Keep Jobs on U.S. Soil -- by Ed Frauenheim
and Mike Yamamoto
The
Replacement Mechanics -- by Jeremy W. Peters and Micheline
Maynard
Retraining
Laid-Off Workers, but for What? -- by Louis Uchitelle
Roger
and Me -- documentary by Michael Moore (synopsis) from http://www.michaelmoore.com/
Slowdown
Sending Tech Jobs Overseas by Jennifer Bjorhus
*Sweatshops
on Our Shores -- from TomPaine.com.
Uncle
Tom's Cell: Prison labor gives a market face to an old idea --
slavery -- by Josh Levin
*UNICEF:
Child Labour
*UNICOR --
Federal prison industry with listing of products and services.
U.S. Department
of Labor
U.S.
Census Bureau U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis: NEWS: U.S. Department
of Commerce (pdf)
U.S.
CEOs Who Outsource Get Bigger Pay Hike -- Survey
US
group wants China 'spy' probe
U.S.
Hiring Hong Kong Co. to Scan Nukes
The
Wages of Downsizing by Alan Downs
Walmart: Hundreds
Of Walmart Workers Arrested
*Will
your Job Move to India by Philipp Harper -- from MSNBC
Worldwide
Mergers and Acquisitions -- from the Global Policy Forum
*Your
Job May Be Next! -- by William F. Jasper
WORKING
CONDITIONS AND WORKERS' RIGHTS
Beyond
the Call of Duty: A whistle-blower objected to the government's
Halliburton deals—and says now she's paying for it --
Time Magazine article
Bush
Forces a Shift In Regulatory Thrust: OSHA Made More Business-Friendly
-- by Amy Goldstein and Sarah Cohen
Frontline:
A Dangerous Business (McWane Industries):
How
Many OSHA Violations Can You Find?
Keylog Pro
-- Computer Spy Software
Networking
Dynamics Corporation: Peek and Spy Software
OSHA -- Home
Page
National
Whistleblower Center
Privacy
and Human Rights 2002 -- Part
1 - Analysis: Forward, Overview, Threats to Workplace Privacy
(PDF 782k)
Through
the Keyhole: Privacy in the Workplace: An Endangered Right
-- from the ACLU
Surveillance
Incorporated: American Workers Forfeit Privacy for a Paycheck
-- Report from the ACLU
SysTracker
-- Spy Software
Tyler
Pipe: Occupational Health Nurse
Wal-Mart
Defends Corporate Spying -- by Marcus Kabel
When
Workers Die: U.S. Rarely Seeks Charges for Deaths in Workplace,
by David Barstow
Whistleblower
Protection Act of 1989
"Whistleblowing,"
(Chapter Four in Business
Ethics) by Lizabeth England
DISCRIMINATION,
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, WOMEN'S RIGHTS
Affirmative
Action and Civil Rights -- United States Government Information
(many links)
Affirmative
Action and Diversity Resources on the Internet -- from UMass
An
Affirmative Action Manual: Understanding What It Is, Analyzing
The Attacks Against It, Articulating The Arguments In Support
Of It -- by Gerald P. López, Enid Colson & Courtney
Schaberg (.pdf file)
The
Americans with Disabilities Act: A Primer for Small Business
(from the EEOC Site)
Colleges
Open Minority Aid to All Comers
Debating
Racial Preference
EEOC (Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission)
Glass
Ceiling Commission (Reports)
Living the Legacy:
The Women's Rights Movement 1848 - 1998
Mars
and Venus in the Workplace: A Brief Introduction
NOW (National Organization
for Women)
Ten
Myths about Affirmative Action
Women
in the Workplace (Links)
Women's
Bureau: U.S. Department of Labor
MARKETING
AND ADVERTISING
Advertising
Damages Mental Health -- by Paul Kalkbrenner
Federal Trade Commission
(FTC):
False
Advertising -- (Google Search)
Four Arguments
for the Elimination of Television -- Jerry Mander (why he
wrote the book)
Kill Your Television
There's
a Sucker Born in Every Medial Prefrontal Cortex -- by Clive
Thompson
CONSUMER
SAFETY AND PRODUCT LIABILITY
Automobile
Recalls and Technical Service Bulletins -- (Search)
The
Case of the Ford Pinto
China
denies role in U.S. pet deaths -- by Alexa Olesen
Consumer
Reports -- Product Safety Recalls
CPSC -- U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission:
FDA -- U.S.
Food and Drug Administration -- Recalls and Safety Alerts
Ford
F150 Engine Fires
FSIS
-- Food Safety and Inspection Service (U.S. Department of Africulture)
-- Recall Information Center
Info
on car safety off-limits to public: U.S. rule keeps data secret
at request of companies, lobbyists -- by Jeffrey McCracken
National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Nationwide
Product Liability Lawyer (Find a Lawyer)
No
Nuclear Car Insurance? Nuked Autos Will Buy Your Car!
Product
Liability Lawyer
Recalls
Recalls.gov
Record
$4.9 billion award against GM for dangerous fuel tanks
TOYSAFETY.net
-- National Association of State PIRGs
Trouble
in Toyland -- MaryPIRG's 2002 report on toy safety
USDA
Allowed Canadian Beef In Despite Ban -- by Marc Kaufman
BUSINESS
AND THE ENVIRONMENT
The
10 Most Brazen War Profiteers -- by Charlie Cray
Abrupt Climate
Change: Inevitable Surprises
A
Chilling Possibility -- NASA study on abrupt climate change
and global warming
ASPO -- The
Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas
EPA -- U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
Global Climate Change & Peak Oil -- by Dale Allen Pfeiffer:
Global Warming
-- Union of Concerned Scientists
Global Warming:
Early Warning Signs
The Greenpages.ca
(Canada) -- Business
and Economics Web Resources
New
Scientist: Climate Change
No Immediate
Danger: Prognosis for a Radioactive Earth -- by Dr. Rosalie
Bertell, 1985
Oil
chief: my fears for planet -- Shell boss's 'confession' shocks
industry
David Adam, science correspondent (The Guardian)
Oil
Production in 42 Countries
Peak Oil -- Links to Articles,
News, and Commentary
"Plutonium
Park" -- leaks at Livermore plant
"A Reactor
at the Bottom of the Garden"
"A
Report on Energy Trends, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Alternative
Energy" -- by Exxon-Mobil (.pdf file)
Radioactive Times:
The E-Version
Sustainable Business.com
Worldviewofglobalwarming.org
BUDDHIST
ECONOMICS
Appropriate
Technology
Buddhism
and Global Economic Justice -- Medagoda Sumanatissa
Buddhist
Economics
*BUDDHIST
ECONOMICS -- by E. F. Schumacher
Buddhist
Economics: A Middle Way For The Market Place -- by Ven. P. A.
Payutto
Buddhist
Economics: A Social Philosophy -- Dr. Leonardo Chapela
E. F.
Schumacher Society
On
Buddhist Economics as a Science of Right Livelihood -- by Hans-Guenter
Wagner
People
Friendly Economic Development: An Introduction to Buddhist Theory
of Development Economics -- by Prof. J.W. Wickramasinghe
OTHER
ARTICLES OF INTEREST
Asia
must prepare for dollar collapse
Benzene
Contamination in Soft Drinks Confirmed by UK – Probe Now
Launched on Both Sides of Atlantic -- by Steven DiJoseph
Benzene
fears prompt call for banning some soft drinks at schools
Big
Soda vs. Our Kids: Better Beware of Benzene in Soda Pop --
by Ross E. Getman
Circuit
City to Fire 3,400, Hire Less Costly Workers -- by Mark Clothier
Cocaine
energy drink pulled from shelves
The
Debt to the Penny -- Current US National Debt
DHS
demand for DNS master key alarms nations
Exxon
Dethrones Wal-Mart on Fortune 500
FDA
Studies Show Aspartame Link to Brain Tumors
Gold
Understands the Fed's Profligacy
M3 Money Supply Links (courtesy of Jon Wolf):
Overcoming Consumerism
The
Power Elite -- excerpts from the book by C.Wright Mills
Recession
Red Light?
Revealed:
Health Fears Over Secret Study into GM Food: Rats fed GM corn
due for sale in Britain developed abnormalities in blood and kidneys
-- by Geoffrey Lean
Stop
shopping ... or the planet will go pop -- by David Smith
The
Truth about Soy
Vaccines
Show Sinister Side -- by Pieta Woolley
Wal-Mart
Chief Writes Off New York -- by Michael Barbaro and Steven
Greenhouse
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