BC3 Library: Professional Ethics: Business Ethics

Databases for Today's Controversial Issues

CQ Researcher
Facts on File Issues and Controversies

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CQ Researcher provides award winning in-depth coverage of the most important issues of the day. The reports are written by experienced journalists, footnoted and professionally fact-checked. Full-length articles include an overview, historical background, chronology, pro/con feature, plus resources for additional research. Graphics, photos and short "sidebar" features round out the reports. Shorter "Hot Topics" articles provide a solid introduction to subjects most in demand by students.

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Explore current issues and events with in-depth articles made to inspire thought-provoking debates. Topic pages feature the latest related news coverage from Reuters® as well as a variety of helpful background information, from the key pro/con arguments to chronologies of related events to primary documents. Updated weekly.

Suggested Databases for Business Ethics Information

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Collection of academic, peer reviewed, research journals as well as some popular magazines.

MasterFILE Premier This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost's MasterFILE Premier database is designed specifically for public libraries. Indexes primarily popular and news magazines.

Reference Solutions This link opens in a new window

Vocational and Career Collection This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost's Vocational & Career Collection is designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full text coverage for nearly 340 trade and industry-related periodicals.

Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost's Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.

Westlaw This link opens in a new window
Westlaw is a legal database that includes secondary and primary legal sources. Primary sources include statutes, codes, and case law. Secondary sources include articles from legal journals and the American Jurisprudence legal encyclopedia.

Newsbank This link opens in a new window
Full text articles from over 800 U.S. newspapers including local newspapers like the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Butler Eagle.

New York Times This link opens in a new window
BC3 students and employees can sign up for free access to the New York Times through Butler County Community College's NYT Academic Pass Subscription.
1. Go to http://www.accessnyt.com
2. Search for Butler County Community College from the list of institutions
3. You MUST use your BC3 email when setting up your NYT account
4. You will need to re-register for the NYT annually

Featured Business Ethics Journal Articles

Cars with Conscience
Examines the ethical and safety issues surrounding autonomous cars.
Ethical Issues
This article looks at the increasingly contentious field of design ethics. Greater self-awareness and external factors such as globalization have led to ethical issues increasingly impacting on design, manufacture, and consumption.
Ethics
A philosophical discussion of ethics.
Future Generations
Our decisions today about the environment, birth control, and nuclear weapons can have many effects on future generations. The moral issues raised are daunting, and philosophers have asked whether our capacity to affect future generations gives us duties concerning future generations, and if so, what kinds of duties these are.
Introduction to Ethics
A branch of philosophy that investigates what guides us in deciding what is right and what is wrong.

TED Talk: What Really Motivates People to Be Honest in Business

Business Ethics Websites

Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
Tracks the human rights policy and performance of over 9000 companies in over 180 countries, making information publicly available.
Business Ethics Magazine
An online magazine with a strong heritage in the fields of ethics, governance, corporate responsibility and socially responsible investing.
Concise Encyclopedia of Business Ethics
A useful, concise overview of key issues in business ethics, with the goal not to be exhaustive, but to provide key definitions, main areas of controversy, and pointers for further reading.
Corporate Citizenship Awards
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation awards the most accomplished social and community initiatives within the private sector that leverage a company's resources, expertise, and talent to make a positive impact.
Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire
3BL CSRwire is a dedicated, real-time source for sharing major news and updates focused on corporate social responsibility (CSR).
Corporate Watch
Corporate Watch is a not-for-profit co-operative providing critical information on the social and environmental impacts of corporations and capitalism.
CorpWatch
CorpWatch works to promote environmental, social and human rights at the local, national and global levels by holding multinational corporations accountable for their actions.
Ethics & Compliance Initiative
ECI is the leading provider of independent research about workplace integrity, ethical standards, and compliance processes and practices in public and private institutions.
Ethisphere
Ethisphere was founded on a simple premise—that those businesses that focus on the long term, commit to doing business with integrity, and invest in their communities will outperform their peers that do not.
International Labour Organization
The ILO brings together governments, employers and workers to set labour standards, develop policies and devise programmes promoting decent work for all women and men.
The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University: Business Ethics
The mission of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics is to engage individuals and organizations in making choices that respect and care for others.
U.S. Department of State: Corporate Social Responsibility
Archived content from the U.S. Department of State on Corporate Social Responsibility, from January 20, 2009 to January 20, 2017.
United Nations Global Compact
A voluntary initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.

News Articles and Editorials on Business Ethics

Business Ethics Books

Locating Books in the BC3 Library

The BC3 Library has both print and electronic books about business ethics and related subjects. They are all listed in the BC3 Library Catalog where you will find Dewey call numbers to locate books on the shelves (lower level of the library) and links to connect you to e-books. E-books can also be searched separately in our two e-book collections: e-Book Central by Proquest and e-Book Collection by EBSCO.

Browsing the Stacks

Some books about business ethics are located with books on other business topics, in the 650 area of the shelves.

Other books about business ethics can be found with other books related to ethics in the 170 section of the library.

OER Resources for Business Ethics

Business Ethics
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Business Ethics (Open Textbook Library)
Business Ethics Books (LibreTexts)
MIT Open Courseware - Business Ethics
OER Commons materials in Business Ethics
Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers
Free e-book from PressBooks that can help you develop your fact checking skills and evaluate sources of information.

Related Guides by the BC3 Library

Hot Topics in Business Ethics

Advertising
Benefits & Wages
Copyrights & Patents
Equal Employment Opportunity & Discrimination
Loans & Subsidies
Outsourcing
The Stock Market
Unions & Labor Management

Style Guides and Citation Help

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL): APA
APA Style Guide and Examples
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL): MLA
MLA Style Guide and Examples

Accessing New York Times articles

BC3 students and employees can sign up for free access to the New York Times through Butler County Community College's NYT Academic Pass Subscription.
1. Go to http://www.accessnyt.com
2. Search for Butler County Community College from the list of institutions
3. You MUST use your BC3 email when setting up your NYT account
4. You will need to re-register for the NYT annually