Maintained by
Irene Weiner
Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas iweiner@bakeru.edu
Company Profiles
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre An independent, international nonprofit organization - in
partnership with Amnesty International and academic institutions.
Features information on thousands of companies, more than 160
countries, and 150 issues. It links to thousands of publications,
reports, and guides, including reports of corporate misconduct and
examples of "best practice." It also has extensive annotated lists of
related sites.
Corporate Social Research Center The Center is featured in SocialFunds.com, which calls itself the
"largest personal finance site devoted to socially responsible
investing." It provides news and profiles (some for free, others for a
fee) for most public companies.
CorpWatch
Corpwatch.org provides news, opinion papers, and alerts on global corporate activities.
Reputation
Better Business Bureau Online
Browse or search the Alerts & News or Business Report Databases to
check on the reputation of businesses. There is also a Charity Reports
and Standards for charities, and instructions how to file a complaint.
Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes Launched in 1999, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes track the
financial performance of the leading sustainability-driven companies
worldwide. The DJSI family currently comprises global, European,
Eurozone, North American and US benchmarks.
Federal Contractor Misconduct Database In the absence of a centralized federal database listing instances
of misconduct, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is providing
such data. They believe that it will lead to improved contracting
decisions and public access to information. Includes LIST of TOP 50
CONTRACTORS and Instances of Misconduct (since 1995-)
Corporate Codes of Ethics
Center for the Study of Ethics in Professions The Institute provides over 850 codes of ethics for professional
societies, corporations, government, and academic institutions
(primarily from the United States).
Creating a Code of Ethics for Your Organization Links to resources to assist individuals and groups in writing a
code of ethics. Provides guidance in writing one as well as links to
essays on ethics, sample codes and contacts for ethics consultants.
European Corporate Governance Institute
The European Corporate Governance Institute seeks to foster
accountability in companies, institutions and enterprises with balanced
corporate economic and social goals. It is a great source of the full
texts of corporate governance codes.
Business Ethics: Corporate Responsibility Report This e-journal includes annual Business Ethics Awards, given to
companies that support diverse social needs. Some current articles are
available for free; most articles are available for a fee.
CRO - Corporate Responsibility Officer CRO magazine produces a list of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens. It
ranks and recognizes publicly listed U.S. companies that excel at
serving a variety of stakeholders.
Ethical Consumer Each issue of Ethical Consumer magazine contains 4 new buyer's
guides, examining common consumer products from an ethical angle.
Covers mainly British firms.
Centers for Research and Learning
BELL: The Business Ethics Links Library This site is designed to be a starting point for those seeking
information regarding corporate ethics and social responsibility.
