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About This Guide

This Research Guide focuses on issues of business or corporate ethics. The terms "business" and "corporate" are typically used interchangeably. Included in this topic are general principles of ethical business practices, news about the corporate accounting scandals of 2002-03 (Enron, WorldCom and Tyco are a few of the companies involved in significant ethics scandals), and the government's response to these scandals intended to reform corporate practices, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-204).

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Business Ethics (publication)
Business Ethics is a publication that promotes ethical business practices and the movement for greater social responsibility in business.
BusinessWeek Online
Contains current articles covering various ethical dilemmas affecting the business world.
Codes of Ethics Online
A searchable and browsable collection of more than 850 codes of ethics of professional organizations, corporations, governments, and academic institutions. Indexed by categories such as agriculture, animal breeding, arts, computing and construction.
Credo Reference
A collection of 100 reference tools that may be searched collectively or individually. It includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, statistical sources, biographical tools, thesauri, books of quotations, image collections, and more.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
Britannica Online is a searchable collection of authoritative references, including Britannica's latest encyclopedia articles.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (OVRC) provides viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles related to controversial social issues.
The Madoff Affair
Companion to a 2009 PBS Frontline documentary about Bernard Madoff that "unearths the details of the world's first global Ponzi scheme -- a deception that lasted longer, reached wider and cut deeper than any other business scandal in history."