The Institute for Business Ethics is sponsored in part
by the James S. Kemper Foundation and is hosted by the Center for Business
and Economics, the Center for Professional Excellence, and the Philosophy
Department at Elmhurst College.
Reading Materials
on Business Ethics
David Applebaum and Sarah Verone Lawton, Ethics and the
Professions,
New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1990.
Joan C. Callahan, Ethical Issues
in Professional Life, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988.
Roger
Cowe, "Why it's time for business to give something
back," The Observer, July 8, 2001.
Jopseph DeJardins and
John J. McCall, Contemporary Issues in Business Ethics, Fourth
Edition, United States: Wadsworth, 2000.
Thomas Donaldson and
R. Edward Freeman, Business as a Humanity, The Ruffin Series
in Business Ethics, New York: Oxford University
Press, 1996.
Thomas Donaldson, The Ethics of International Business,
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Albert Flores, Professional
Ideals, Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1988.
Edward
M. Fouhy, "Doing Civic Journalism," Pew Center
for Civic Journalism, 2002.
Peter A. French, Corporate Ethics,
Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1995.
Peter A.
French, The Spectrum of Responsibility, New York: St. Martin's
Press, 1991.
David S. Gelb, "Corporate social responsibility
and financial disclosures: An alternative explanation for increased
disclosure," Journal
of Business Ethics, Sept. 2001.
Daniel R. Gilbert, Jr., Ethics
Through Corporate Strategy, The Ruffin Series in Business Ethics,
New York: Oxford University
Press, 1996.
Craig Hall, The Responsible Entrepreneur: How to
Make Money and Make a Difference, Franklin Lanes, New Jersey:
Career Press,
2001.
Edwin M. Hartman, Organizational Ethics and the Good Life,
The Ruffin Series in Business Ethics, New York: Oxford University
Press, 1996.
Marjorie Kelley, "Four Ideas for Reforming
Corporate Governance After Enron," Business Ethics, 2002.
Marjorie
Kelly, "The Fourth Annual Social Investing Awards:
Celebrating Excellence in Both Financial and Social Terms," Business
Ethics, 2002.
Marjorie Kelly, "100 Best Corporate Citizens
for 2002," Business
Ethics, 2002.
Errol Mendes, "Business Ethics and Corporate
Stakeholder Relations," Human
Rights Research and Education Centre, 2002.
Robert C. Solomon
and Kristine Hanson, It's Good Business, New York: Antheneum,
1985.
LaRuue Tone Hosmer, The Ethics of Management, Fourth Edition,
Boston: McGraw-Hil Irwin, 2001.
Elizabeth Murphy, "Best
corporate citizens have better financial performance," Strategic
Finance, Jan. 2002.
Mark Whitehead, "Mind your own business
(and other people's)," Supply
Management, March 14, 2002.
Peter Windt, et al., Ethical Issues
in the Professions, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1989.
Nick
Young, "Three
C's: Civil Society, Corporate Social responsibility, and China," The
China Business Review, Jan.-Feb., 2002.