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Social, Political, and
Ethical Dimensions of Business
Paul Miesing
Welcome to this MBA class on "The Social, Political, and Ethical Dimensions of Business" — whether you are an enrolled student or an online visitor. As we enter the new millennium, society will become increasingly concerned about business ethics and social responsibility. Managers are under increasing pressures of a non-market nature (such as ethics and moral standards) or that threaten to alter the traditional market approach (such as government influences and global competition). Equally important are considerations of what business ultimately means in terms of human fulfillment and moral merit, and if markets are the most efficient and equitable manner of meeting those ends. This page is my attempt to gather resources useful for students in this course as well as for students and practitioners elsewhere anywhere around the globe. Please make yourself at home, browse around as long as you like, and feel free to try anything you want to. I’m still developing this page and would certainly appreciate your feedback.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Ethics-Related
Organizations 
Stakeholder Analysis Ethical Foundations Implementation Company Examplars Newsgroups Current Topics
Ethics-Related
Organizations
AccountAbility | Association for Practical and Professional Ethics | Business for Social Responsibility | CorpWatch | Council for Ethics in Economics | CSR Europe | Ethics Resource Center | International Association for Business and Society | Net Impact | SIM Home Page | Society for Business Ethics
At Universities
Beard Center for Leadership in Ethics Duquesne | Bentley Center for Business Ethics | Centre for Applied Ethics UBC | Center for Ethics Harvard University | Center for Ethics and Social Justice Loyola University | Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions IIT | Institute for Business and Professional Ethics DePaul | Markkula Center for Applied Ethics Santa Clara University | Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions Indiana | Program in Business, Ethics, and Society Nebraska | Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research Wharton
Exemplary People
Stakeholder Analysis
Empowerment Zone | Redefining the Corporation
Ethical Foundations
Ayn Rand Institute | Better World | Business Ethics Magazine articles | Capitalism | Ethikos | Ethics Updates | The Intellectual Activist | Journal of Buddhist Ethics | Libertarianism | Milton Friedman on F.A. Hayek’s "Road to Serfdom" | Objectivist Center | Social Issues | Utilitarianism
Implementation
"Complete Guide to Ethics Management: An Ethics Toolkit for Managers" by Carter McNamara | Decision Making | Ethics and Compliance Officer Association | Social Accountability International | United States Sentencing Commission
Codes of Conduct
The Caux Round Table Principles | Defense Industry Initiative on Business Ethics
and Conduct | Examples: Codes
of Conduct - Company Codes Hammurabi’s Code of
Laws Public Relations
Society of America Member Code of Ethics Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Company Examples
Ben & Jerry’s | The Body Shop | Corporate Express | esprit | Fetzer Vineyards | Guardsmark | Hanna Andersson | Levi Strauss | Lockheed Martin | Newman’s Own Organics | Starbucks | Tom’s of Maine | United Colors of Benetton | Whole Foods Market
"Business Ethics Corporate Responsibility & Social Investing Annual Awards" Business Ethics | CSRwire.com -- Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire | "Doing Well by Doing Good 2005" by GolinHarris | Ethical Corporation Magazine
... and bad examples
Adelphia | Enron
| ImClone "The
Corporate Century" Mother
Jones / "The
Mother Jones 400"
Current Topics
Antitrust &
Competitor Relations 
Community Relations 
Consumerism
Ecology
& Environment 
Employee
Relations 
Globalization: Cross-Cultural,
Socio-Political, Ethical 
Government Relations 
Science
& Technology 
Stockholders
& Governance
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