Sub-Topics Whistleblowers Also Try Business Corporate Power in Government Democracy and Media Young Leaders Lists Codes of Conduct for Multinationals (International Labour Office) Provides ethical standards for multinational businesses. (The ILO is in the United Kingdom.) 8-02 Corporate Codes of Conduct (International Labour Office) Provides a guide for developing and implementing ethical standards. (The ILO is in the United Kingdom.) 8-02 Globalization Issues (Awesome Library) Provides sources that discuss the pros and cons of globalization and "Americanization." 8-02 Model Business Principles (HighTechCareers.com - Lester) Discusses the Model Business Principles developed by the Clinton Department of Commerce to guide global companies. 8-02 Model Business Principles (International Labour Office) Provides the Model Business Principles developed by the Clinton Department of Commerce to guide global companies. (The ILO is in the United Kingdom.) 8-02 News -06-07-06 China Blocks Google.com (BBC News) "Chinese authorities have blocked most domestic users from the main Google.com search engine, a media watchdog said." " 'It was only to be expected that Google.com would be gradually sidelined after the censored version was launched in January,' Reporters Without Borders said in a statement." 06-06 -06-16-06 Woman Fired for Cohabitation Plan (CBS News) "The owners of a roller skating rink have fired an 18-year-old woman they called one of their 'Top 10' employees because she moved in with her boyfriend, violating a company ethics policy that prohibits 'live-in relationships of an intimate nature.'" 06-06 -07-05-06 Enron Timeline (Guardian Unlimited) Provides key events surrounding the collapse of Enron. 07-06 03-14-05 Ex-WorldCom Chief Convicted (CBS News) "Bernard Ebbers, who built WorldCom from a humble long-distance firm into a telecommunications titan, was convicted Tuesday of engineering the colossal accounting fraud that sank the company in the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history." 3-05 04-28-03 Largest Wall Street Scandal (CBS News) "In an historic $1.4 billion settlement Monday, the government charged Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse First Boston and Citigroup's Salomon Smith Barney unit with issuing fraudulent research reports." "The Securities and Exchange Commission said that seven other firms involved in the settlement distributed research reports that contained 'exaggerated or unwarranted claims.' "  11-01 07-01-08 Lunch With Warren Buffet (Time.com) "Buffett is the most successful investor in history, yet he has reached that pinnacle while also being supremely ethical. As remarkable for his philanthropy as for his stock picking, he announced in 2006 that he'd give the bulk of his billions to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and typically the fee for our lunch went to the Glide Foundation, a charity that helps the poor and homeless. Lunch with Buffett, we figured, would be a good way to give to charity, but it would also be the ultimate capitalist master class — a unique chance to see up close what makes the Sage of Omaha tick and to learn from his wisdom." 07-08 07-14-05 NIH Scientists Violated Ethics Rules (Bloomberg.com) "Almost four dozen scientists at the National Institutes of Health violated rules governing outside contracts with the pharmaceutical industry and nine may be investigated for criminal violations, U.S. lawmakers said." 7-05 SEC Chairman, Harvey Pitt, Resigns (CNN) "Embattled Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt, under fire for not taking a strong enough stand on cleaning up corporate accounting problems, has resigned." 11-02 Papers A Study in Ethics Leadership - Malden Mills (Organizational Productivity Leadership - Boulay) After a fire that destroyed his factory, "Aaron Feuerstein spent millions keeping all 3,000 employees on the payroll with full benefits for 3 months." "Feuerstein did not throw his money away. It was not largesse. It was a well reasoned and sound leadership decision to invest millions in Malden Mills’ most critical asset, its workers. The contrast between this CEO and the currently celebrated CEOs making 30, 60 or 100 million dollars a year by eliminating jobs and moving plants is simply astounding." 8-02 Awards for Corporate Ethics in Action (Ethics in Action) "In our increasingly complex world, good corporate citizenship is critical. Many companies are already good neighbours because they give back to their communities." "The Ethics in Action Awards go a step further to recognize companies who make social responsibility a part of their daily operations." "These leaders are building a new business model, in which principles and profits are balanced in all decision-making. Ethics in Action celebrates their stories so that others may learn and be inspired." 7-02 Business Ethics (Business-Ethics.com) Provides reports, papers, and sources of information related to business ethics. 5-02 Business Ethics Survey Results (WalkerInformation) Summarizes results from a national study of business ethics conducted in 2001. 2-03 Business Ethics and Effective Governance (CoachThee.com) "Today's challenge is to create corporate cultures that encourage and reward integrity, as much as creativity and entrepreneurship. To make this happen, executives need to be the moral compass for stakeholders and take personal responsibility for corporate shortcomings. CEO's must be willing to share governance responsibility with the board and the board should be vulnerable to the stakeholders." 7-02 Creating a Code of Business Ethics (American Society of Newspaper Editors) "ASNE asked two leading thinkers to analyze 33 current codes of ethics assembled by the Ethics and Values Committee. Their goal was to highlight the most common — and useful — ingredients of these documents to help editors evaluate their own codes, if they have one, or help editors create one, if they choose." 7-02 Creating a Code of Business Ethics (Institute of Business Ethics) Provides an outline for a written code of ethics and eight steps for implementing a corporate ethics program. 7-02 Creating a Code of Business Ethics (MacDonald) Provides a guide and essays on ethics in business. 7-02 Creating a World-Wide Code of Ethics (ACM - Lee and Berleur) Provides "a set of guidelines for the establishment and evaluation of codes has been produced and procedures for the assistance of code development have been established within IFIP." 7-02 Demand for Recovery of CEO Ill-Gotten Gains (Bloomberg.com - Keil) "President George W. Bush should lead the charge in forcing corporate executives to return bonuses and stock profits based on phony financial statements, Democrats said as Bush prepares for an economic forum Tuesday." 8-02 Ethics Toolkit for Managers (McNamara) Provides a guide "designed to help leaders and managers with real-world advice to deal with real-world issues in the workplace." 7-02 Interpreting a Code of Business Ethics (International Federation of Accountants - Birkett) "Corporate Codes of Ethics are not incidental to a corporation’s functioning. They are neither ornamental, nor simply expressions of good intent. Instead, they are practical instruments of management, designed to capture the power of social or community morality and put it to ‘good’ corporate use." 7-02 Interpreting a Code of Business Ethics (Workplace Ethics - von Baeyer) Suggests steps to create "the ethical consensus that will ensure consistent, sound decision-making in the organization." 7-02 Principles - A Framework For Universal Principles of Ethics (Crossroads Programs - Colero) "There are many tools for decision making, but few (secular) guides to indicate when situations might have an ethical implication. Yet this awareness is a crucial first step before decisions are made. Recognizing the moral context of a situation must precede any attempt to resolve it." "Ethical dilemmas rarely present themselves as such. They usually pass us by before we know it or develop so gradually that we can only recognize them in hindsight - a little like noticing the snake after you've been bitten." "The principles have been organized into three categories for ease of use: personal, professional and global ethics." 7-02 Questions for Corporate Directors to Ask on Ethics (Crossroads Program - Colero) Provides five questions that a corporate director should ask. "Lack of attention to ethics can be a corporation’s Achilles’ heel, with the potential for a single employee to topple even large well-established companies." 7-02 Suing International Corporations for Human Rights Violations (GlobalPolicy.org) "The Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) of 1789 grants jurisdiction to US Ferderal Courts over 'any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States.' " 1-04 U.S. Government Bans Andersen Consulting Firm (BBC News) "Arthur Andersen, the US accountancy firm embroiled in the Enron bankruptcy scandal, has been banned from US government work after being indicted by a federal grand jury on the charge of obstruction of justice." 3-02

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