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WEB-BASED RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS RESOURCES

 

These resources are Internet-accessible and provide a good foundation for understanding the interface between compliance, risk management, relationship management, reputation enhancement, and value added.

Business Ethics: A Manual on Managing the Responsible Business Enterprise in Emerging Market Economies Kenneth W. Johnson, director of the Ethics & Policy Integration Centre, is the principal author. Igor Y. Abramov, Senior Advisor, Market Access and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, is coauthor. The manual provides a comprehensive framework of concepts, relationships, and worksheets to help owners and managers of organizations of all sorts and sizes effectively, efficiently, and responsibly engage organizational stakeholders.
EthicsWorld The business ethics, governance and anti-corruption site for news, analysis and best practices. This site brings together critical news and perspectives from across the world linking experts on workplace ethics, corporate governance, social responsibility, transparency and accountability. It is designed as a resource for ethics and anti-corruption professionals, academics and journalists.
epic-online.net This is our research and education site. It explores the concepts of social responsibility, organizational integrity, and organizational ethics/compliance from the perspective of what it means to be evolving members of an evolving world.
Applied Ethics Integration Model A lengthy article describing our model for integrating applied ethics and policy approaches--and the implications for organizations.  It makes the case for exploring the separate disciplines of social responsibility, professional ethics, and organizational ethics, but bringing them back together in practice. (Available on epic-online.net)
Book Review: Whistleblowers A truly sobering look at the narratives of whistleblowers, more to understand what they say about us than what they tell us about the whistleblowers themselves. (Available on epic-online.net)
Speech: Address to Cadets of Valley Forge A exploration of the meaning of responsibility. Contrasts the meaning and implications of static responsibility, such as promise-keeping and duty, and static responsibility, such as the ethical implications of entrepreneurship and creativity. (Available on epic-online.net)
Emerging Global Standards for Responsible Business Matrix This matrix, maintained by EPIC, organizes and tracks the application of emerging global standards of corporate responsibility. (Available on epic-online.net)
Corporate Responsibility Surveys Maintained by Imagine, Canada’s national program to promote public and corporate giving, volunteering and support for the community. Imagine sets benchmarks for business leadership and works to encourage and promote collaborative partnerships between the corporate and charitable sectors.
Reflections on current Ethics & Policy Issues Occasional analysis and discussion of fundamental ethics and policy issues. (Available on epic-online.net)
Ethics & Policy in the News Tracking the ethics & policy issues of the day as a reminder of how values and values considerations permeate our lives—however unconsciously. (Available on epic-online.net)
Glossary Definitions, concepts, and terms that guide our work. (Available on epic-online.net)
LawCrawler from FindLaw is an excellent resource for legal research. Use it to research legislation, regulations, and judicial opinions.
University of British Columbia Ethics Web site An excellent resource for business and practical ethics.
Code of Conduct/Ethics Online Library A searchable site maintained by Center for the Study of Ethics in the professions containing its collection of over 850 codes of ethics. The Web site includes codes of ethics of professional societies, corporations, government, and academic institutions. A literature review, an introduction to the codes, and a User Guide are included.
Complete Guide to Ethics Management: An Ethics Toolkit for Managers A good place to start to develop an approach to designing and implementing an ethics, compliance, and responsibility program.

Last Updated: October 19, 2005

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