Business Ethics

Locating Books and Ebooks
Recent Books
Articles and Reports
Selected Periodicals
Websites

Locating Books and Ebooks

Books and other publications on Business Ethics are available in Pardee Library as well as in other Boston University libraries. The following subject headings can be used in the Online Catalog to find books about business ethics.

• Social Responsibility of Business
• Business Ethics
• Corporations- Corrupt Practices
• Decision Making -- Moral and Ethical Aspects
• Investments --Moral and Ethical Aspects
• Corporate Governance

Recent Books

For locations, see Floor Plans.

The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Business Ethics
Pardee Reference - General Business Section, Section 3
X HD 30.15 B53 v. 11

Business Ethics and the Natural Environment
Pardee HD30.255 N49 2005

Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy
Pardee Permanent Reserve HD60. F72 2005

Conscience and Corporate Culture
HF5387 .G658 2007 

Ethics and the Conduct of Business
HF5387 .B6 2007 

Corporate Social Responsibility: Doing the Most Good for Your Company and Your Cause
Pardee HD60.K67 2005

Ethics and the Conduct of Business
Pardee HF5387.B6 2007

Ethics and Values in Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Pardee HF5548.8 L3644 2003

Ethics in Finance
HF5387 .B63 2008 

Ethics in the Workplace: A Systems Perspective
Pardee HF5387 R674 2005

Managing a Company in an Activist World: The Leadership Challenge of Corporate Citizenship
Pardee HD60.B858 2005

The Market for Virtue: The Potential and Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility
Pardee HD60.V64 2005

Marketing Ethics: Cases and Readings
Pardee HF5415 M219 2006

Misbehavior In Organizations: Theory, Research, and Management
Pardee HD 58.7 V367 2004

New Perspectives on the Stakeholder View of the Firm and Global Corporate Citizenship
Pardee HD60.N48 2006

Profit with Honor: The New Stage of Market Capitalism
Pardee HB501.Y364 2006

Serving Two Masters?: Reflections on God and Profit
Pardee HF5388.P65 2006

Taking sides. Clashing views in business ethics and society
Pardee HF5387 .T355 2006

Understanding Ethical Failures in Leadership
Pardee HF5387.P736 2006

Articles and Reports

Databases below can be accessed on or off campus via Boston University connections. For details, please see Connecting to Library Databases.

Conference Board [About]
This non-profit organization surveys companies and produces research reports on company practices. From the Business Management Research page, go to Research Reports by Topic; select "Ethics and Compliance" from the drop down list.

To find articles in journals and other periodicals about Business Ethics, consult the following databases:

ABI/INFORM [About]
In basic or advanced search modes, enter "business ethics". Business ethics can also be combined with other search terms.

Business Source Complete [About]
In the search box enter "business ethics." Additional subject headings can be found by using the Thesaurus. Search terms can also be combined in order to narrow the search results.

PAIS [About]
Enter "Business Ethics" in the search box; select either "Search" or "Suggest" for specific subject headings to use.

Philosopher's Index [About]
Enter "Business Ethics" in the search box; select either "Search" or "Suggest" for specific subject headings to use.

PsycArticles [About]
Enter "Business Ethics" in the search box.

Sociological Abstracts [About]
At opening screen, select Sociological Abstracts from the list of databases and enter "Business Ethics" in the search box, located on the left side of the screen.

Selected Periodicals

Journals in this list can be accessed on or off campus via Boston University connections. For details, please see Connecting to Library Databases. 

Business and Professional Ethics Journal
Pardee HF 5387 B88M
Print version is located in the Current Periodicals Section.

Business and Society Review

Business Ethics: A European View

Business Ethics Quarterly  

Electronic Journal of Business and Organization Ethics 

Ethikos and Corporate Conduct Quarterly
Law Annex HF 5387 E844
Print version is located in the Law Annex

Journal of Business Ethics

Professional Ethics
Mugar BJ 1725 P76
Print version is located in Mugar Memorial Library.

For additional online periodicals on ethics, check the Ejournals page.

Websites

Applied Ethics Resources on WWW
http://www.ethicsweb.ca/resources
Good links to topics such as codes of ethics, public sector ethics, professional and media ethics.

CRO: Corporate Responsibility Officer
http://www.TheCRO.com
Magazine and membership organization for Corporate Responsibility Officers; includes an annual feature of "Business Ethics 100 Best Corporate Citizens" and "Business Ethics Annual Awards."

Corporate Social Research Center
http://socialfunds.com/csr
Offers company profiles, company reports, a newswire, and rates companies on social and environmental commitment.

Eldis Corporate Social Responsibility Resource Guide
http://www.eldis.org/csr/
Features country profiles, extensive subject resource guides, and information about fair labor, trade, and investment issues.

Green Money Journal
http://www.greenmoneyjournal.com/
Green Money's mission is to promote awareness of socially and environmentally responsible business, investing, and consumer resources. Companies and mutual funds involved in socially responsible investments are listed.

Institute for Global Ethics
http://www.globalethics.org/
Founded in 1990, this nonprofit organization publishes a weekly newsletter and occasional reports, and consults with corporations and educational institutions in the United States and overseas, and conducts frequent ethics seminars.

Investor Responsibility Research Center
http://www.irrc.org/index.html
IRRC is the leading source of high quality, impartial information on corporate governance and social responsibility. IRRC issues several expensive publications; however some information concerning reviews and studies of social responsibility concerns is provided on the website.

Saint James Ethics Centre
http://www.ethics.org.au
St James Ethics Centre is an Australian not-for-profit organization which provides a non-judgmental forum for the promotion and exploration of ethics. The website features a large number of ethics-related articles on diverse subjects, a discussion forum, and a news section, along with information about their work.

Social Investment Forum
http://www.socialinvest.org/
The Forum offers information, contacts, and resources on socially responsible investing.

Wharton Ethics Program
http://ethics.wharton.upenn.edu/
Click on "Other Ethics Centers and Programs" for links to many programs in business ethics.