This guide provides an introduction to resources related to the areas of business and corporate ethics. The study of business ethics is an interdisciplinary study, drawing on philosophical, religious, business, and legal areas of study. Users are encouraged to consult other research guides in these areas. Below you will find a list of print, online, and internet resources with descriptions as to the type of information each contains. Please contact the Reference Desk on the 2nd floor of Mitchell Memorial Library, (662) 325-7667, or Email a Librarian for further assistance with any of these resources or with any questions.
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Reference works may include encyclopedia or dictionary entries, as well as bibliographies related to the area of business ethics. These materials may be found in the Reference Room, located on the second floor of the Mitchell Memorial Library.
Blackwell Encyclopedia Dictionary of Business Ethics. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1997.
Ref HF 5387 .B55 1997
Encyclopedia of Management. Detroit: Gale Group, 2000. (See the entry on ethics in business, page 281.)
Ref HD 30.15 .E49 2000
Marketing Ethics: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography of Articles. Chicago, IL: American Marketing Association, 1993.
Ref H41 .I58 2001
These are just a few of the titles available in the Mississippi State University Libraries' monographic collection. To locate additional titles, consult the Galaxy Online Catalog.
- Caroselli, Marlene. Business Ethics Activity book: 50 Exercises for Promoting Integrity at Work. New York: AMACOM, 2003. HF 5387 .C347 2003
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- Davidson, D. Kirk. Moral Dimension of Marketing: Essays on Business Ethics. Chicago, IL: American Marketing Association, 2002. HF 5414 .D38 2002
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- Fleming, Jerry. Profit at Any Cost? Why Business Ethics Make Sense. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2003. HF 5387 .F58 2003.
Harvard Business Review on Corporate Ethics. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publications, 2003. HF 5387 .H3748 2003
Machan, Tibor (ed.) Business Ethics in a Global Market. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 1999. HF 5387 .B87238 1999
- Messick, David M. and Ann E. Tenbrunsel (ed.) Code of Conduct: Behavioral Research into Business Ethics. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1996. HF 5387 .C6 1996
Shaw, William. Ethics at Work: Basic Readings in Business Ethics. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. HF ON ORDER
Sternberg, Elaine. Just Business: Business in Action. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. (2nd ed.) HF5387 .S717 2000
Trevino, Linda K. Managing Business Ethics: Straight Talk About How To Do It Right. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley 2004. (3rd ed.). HF 5387 .T734 2004
Academic Search Premier
Available electronically.
** For remote access, you must be affiliated with Mississippi State University.**
- Provides indexing and abstracts to almost 8,000 journals, with over 4,400 offering full-text access. Academic Search Premier is a general database, covering a wide range of subjects. Subject indexes may also assist in researching topics related to business ethics.
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- ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
Available electronically.
** For remote access, you must be affiliated with Mississippi State University. **
- ATLA is a collection of religion and theology journals, with coverage dating back to 1949. Selected titles are available online.
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Business Source CompleteAvailable electronically.
** For remote access, you must be affiliated with Mississippi State University. **
- Provides indexing to over 3,000 business journals, with full-text access to over 2,700 journals. The database also includes country reports from the Economist Intelligence Unit, WEFA, CountryWatch and Icon Group. Selected company reports from Datamonitor are also available.
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- JSTOR
Available electronically.
** For remote access, you must be affiliated with Mississippi State University. **
- Provides online archive of back issues in the social sciences and humanities.
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- Philosopher's Index
Available electronically.
** For remote access, you must be affiliated with Mississippi State University. **
- Provides indexing and abstracting for books and journals in the field of philosophy
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- A meta-site providing access to a wide variety of web resources. Covers all areas of ethics, inluding: business, research, science/technology, and animal welfare.
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- Case Studies in Business Ethics
- http://www.inc.com/guides/growth/20806.html
- Sponsored by Inc. Magazine, this website provides access to related business cases with an emphasis on the ethical challenges facing companies.
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- Online NewsHour: Corporate Ethics
- http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/ethics/
- Developed by the PBS news show NewsHour, this website documents both the special report on business ethics developed by Jim Lehrer and provides continuing news coverage of ethical issues in the business community. Links to news segments take the user to the text of the news segment and, for most stories, provides access to either the streaming video or RealAudio version of the story.
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