Ethics Resources
Academic Ethics Centers and Organizations
3TU.Centre of Ethics and Technology, Delft University
http://www.ethicsandtechnology.eu
AACSB International
http://www.aacsb.edu
Applied Ethics Institute, St. Petersburg College
www.appliedethicsinstitute.org
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, Indiana University
http://www.indiana.edu/~appe/index.html
Banta Center for Business, Ethics and Society
http://www.redlands.edu/academics/school-of-business/banta-center-for-business-ethics-and-society.aspx#.VMRjy_54oSM
Bishop Center for Ethical Leadership and Engagement, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg
http://www.usfsp.edu/bishop/
Bowen H. McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, Stanford University
http://ethicsinsociety.stanford.edu
Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life, Northwestern University
http://www.bradyprogram.northwestern.edu/about/
Business Ethics Education, University of Wyoming
http://www.uwyo.edu/ethics/index.html
Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions, Vanderbilt University
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/ctp/
Center for Applied and Professional Ethics (CAPE), California State University, Chico
http://www.csuchico.edu/cape/admin.shtml
Center for Applied Ethics, California State University, Long Beach
http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/cla/departments/philosophy/centers-programs-and-conferences/center-for-applied-ethics/
Center for Bioethics and Humanities, University of Colorado
http://www.coloradobioethics.org
Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
https://medicineandpublichealth.vanderbilt.edu/cbmes/index.php
Center for Business Ethics, Bentley University
http://www.bentley.edu/cbe/index.cfm
Center for Education on Social Responsibility, University of Colorado-Boulder
http://colorado.edu/leeds/cesr
Center for Environmental Philosophy, University of North Texas
http://www.cep.unt.edu/novice.html
Center for Ethical and Sustainable Business, San Francisco State University
http://cob6.sfsu.edu/sustainable-center
Center for Ethical Leadership, University of Texas at Austin
http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/research/leadership
Center for Ethics, Emory University
http://www.ethics.emory.edu/index.html
Center for Ethics, Webster University
Webster University Center for Ethics
Center for Ethics, Yeshiva University Center for Ethics
Center for Ethics, Yeshiva University
Center for Ethics and Corporate Responsibility, Georgia State University
http://ethics.robinson.gsu.edu/
Center for Ethics and Leadership, Florida Institute of Technology
http://cob.fit.edu/research/ethics-and-leadership.php
Center for Ethics and Public Service, University of Miami School of Law
Center for Ethics and Public Service
Center for Ethics and Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology
http://www.ethics.gatech.edu/
Center for Ethics and Values, California State University, Northridge
http://www.csun.edu/centr_ethicsvalues/
Center for Ethics Education, Fordham University, The Jesuit University of New York
Center for Ethics Education
Center for Ethics in Science and Technology and Research Ethics Program, University of California, San Diego
Center for Ethics in Science and Technology and Research Ethics Program
Center for Ethics, Law and Society, California State University, Sonoma
http://www.sonoma.edu/philosophy/cels/
Center for Global Leadership, Villanova University
http://www.villanova.edu/business/excellence/leadershipcenter
Center for Literature and Medicine, Hiram College
http://www.hiram.edu/litmed
Center for Practical and Professional Ethics, California State University, Sacramento
http://www.csus.edu/cppe/
Center for Professional and Applied Ethics, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Center for Professional and Applied Ethics
Center for Professional Responsibility in Business and Society, University of Illinois
Center for Professional Responsibility
Center for the Study of Ethics, Utah Valley University
http://www.uvu.edu/ethics/
Center for the Study of Ethics and Values, Hiram College
http://www.hiram.edu/current/academics/ethics.html
Center for the Study of Ethics in Society, Western Michigan University
Center for the Study of Ethics in Society
Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology
http://ethics.iit.edu/
Center on Ethics, San José State University
http://www.sjsu.edu/ethics/about/
Centre for Applied Ethics, Hong Kong Baptist University
Centre for Applied Ethics
Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Stuart University
Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics
Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto
Centre for Ethics
Cintas Institute for Business Ethics, Xavier University
http://www.xavier.edu/williams/centers/business-ethics/index.cfm
College of Arts and Sciences, University of Dayton
http://www.udayton.edu/artssciences/about/mission.php
College of Business, California State University, Monterey Bay
http://business.csumb.edu/event-archive
College of Humanities, University of Utah
College of Humanities
Committee on Ethical Issues and Normative Perspectives, St. Olaf College
Ethical Issues and Normative Perspectives
Consortium Ethics Program, University of Pittsburgh
Consortium Ethics Program
David Berg Center for Ethics and Leadership
http://www.business.pitt.edu/berg/about
Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership, University of Notre Dame
http://ethicalleadership.nd.edu/
Dr. James Dale Ethics Center, Youngstown State University
Dr. James Dale Ethics Center
Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics, Harvard University
The Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics
Emerson Center for Business Ethics, Saint Louis University
Emerson Center for Business Ethics
Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
http://ethics.calpoly.edu/index.htm
Ethics Across the Curriculum Program, Howard Community College
http://www.howardcc.edu/academics/TLI/resources/ethics
Ethics and Public Policy in the Philosophy Department, Cal Poly Pomona
http://www.cpp.edu/~class/philosophy/
Ethics Center at Lock Haven University
http://www.lhup.edu/students/student_resources/ethicscenter.html
Ethics Education Resource Center, AACSB International
http://www.aacsb.edu/eerc
Ethics Institute, Dartmouth College
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~ethics/index.html
Ethics Program, Villanova University
Villanova University Ethics Program
Ethics Unwrapped
http://ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu/about
Florida Blue Center for Ethics, University of North Florida
http://www.unf.edu/coas/ethics-center/
Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri-Columbia
Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs
Hersher Institute for Applied Ethics, Sacred Heart University
Hersher Institute for Applied Ethics
Hoffberger Center for Professional Ethics, University of Baltimore
Hoffberger Center for Professional Ethics
Indiana University, Kokomo
Indiana University, Kokomo
Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University
http://www.ndu.edu/
Institute for Applied and Professional Ethics, Ohio University
http://www.ohio.edu/appliedethics/
Institute for Business and Professional Ethics, DePaul University
Institute for Business and Professional Ethics
Institute for Business Integrity, Wright State University
Institute for Business Integrity
Institute for Ethical Leadership and Social Responsibility, Rosemont College
https://www.rosemont.edu/about-us/the-institute/index.aspx
Institute for Ethics, University of New Mexico
http://hscethics.unm.edu/
Institute for Ethics and Public Affairs, San Diego State University
Institute for Ethics and Public Affairs
Institute for Executive Leadership, California State University, Los Angeles
http://www.calstatela.edu/graduatestudies/centers-institutes-and-bureaus
International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life, Brandeis University
International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life
International Leadership Program, University of Maryland
http://www.international.umd.edu/oip/9090
Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond
http://jepson.richmond.edu/
Kegley Institute of Ethics, California State University, Bakersfield
Kegley Institute of Ethics
Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University
Kenan Institute for Ethics
LBJ Student Center, Texas State University
http://www.lbjsc.txstate.edu
Leadership Academy, California State University, Los Angeles
http://www.calstatelausu.org/leadership-academy
Leadership, Ethics and Values Program, North Central College
Leadership, Ethics and Values Program
Leadership Programs, California State University, Dominguez Hills
http://www4.csudh.edu/student-life/index
Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University
Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, Fordham University School of Law
Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics
Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Center for Ethics and Business
Center for Ethics and Business
Maguire Center for Ethics, Southern Methodist University
Maguire Center for Ethics
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Maureen & Mike Mansfield Ethics and Public Affairs Program, University of Montana
Maureen & Mike Mansfield Ethics and Public Affairs Program
Meredith College
Meredith College
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University
National Institute for Engineering Ethics, Texas Tech University
National Institute for Engineering Ethics
Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, Notre Dame University
http://ethicscenter.nd.edu/about
Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business, Notre Dame University
Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business
O’Pake Institute for Ethics, Leadership, and Public Service, Alvernia College
http://www.alvernia.edu/about/ethics-and-leadership/index.html
Office of Research Compliance, Clemson University
Office of Research Compliance
Office of Research Ethics, University of Western Ontario
http://www.uwo.ca/research/ethics/
Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Sponsored Programs, East Tennessee State University
East Tennessee State University
Pacific Institute for Ethics and Social Policy, Pacific University
http://philforlife.com/pacificinstitute/index.html
Pan American Collaboration for Ethics in the Professions (PACE), University of Texas-PAN American
http://portal.utpa.edu/utpa_main/daa_home/coah_home/pace_new_home
Papoutsy Distinguished Chair in Ethics, Southern New Hampshire University
Papoutsy Distinguished Chair in Ethics
Parr Center for Ethics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Parr Center for Ethics
Pedro Arrupe Center for Business Ethics, St. Joseph’s University
Pedro Arrupe Center for Business Ethics
Poe Center for Business Ethics Education and Research, University of Florida
Poe Ethics Center
Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, Indiana University Bloomington
Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions
Program for the Study of Ethics, Western Illinois University
Program for the Study of Ethics
Program in Applied Ethics, John Carroll University
Program in Applied Ethics
Program in Biomedical Ethics and Medical Humanities, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Program in Biomedical Ethics and Medical Humanities
Program on Ethics and Public Life, Cornell University
http://philosophy.cornell.edu/epl/
Project in Professional Ethics, University of Houston-Clear Lake
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/authorDetails.nav?contribId=619893
Robert J. Kutak Center for the Teaching and Study of Applied Ethics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Robert J. Kutak Center
Robert J. Rutland Center for Ethics, Clemson University
Robert J. Rutland Center for Ethics
School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Public Policy
Siegel Institute for Leadership, Ethics and Character, Kennesaw State University
Siegel Institute for Leadership, Ethics and Character
Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law, University of Minnesota
Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law
Simon Center for the Professional Military Ethic, United States Military Academy
Simon Center for the Professional Military Ethic
Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership, US Naval Academy
http://www.usna.edu/Ethics/programs/index.php
Student Engagement and Applied Leadership (SEAL) Center, California State University Channel Islands
http://www.csuci.edu/studentleadership/seal-center/
Student Leadership Institute
http://www.studentleadershipinstitute.org/about-sli.html
Student Leadership Institute, California State University, Fullerton
http://www.fullerton.edu/sli/
Student Life and Leadership, California State University, San Marcos
http://www.csusm.edu/sll/index.html
Student Life and Leadership Programs, California State University, East Bay
http://www20.csueastbay.edu/students/campus-life/student-life/slife/
The Center for Business Ethics, University of St. Thomas
http://www.stthom.edu/Academics/Centers_of_Excellence/Center_for_Business_Ethics/Index.aqf
The Conference Board
http://www.conference-board.org/
The Ethics Center, California State University, Fresno
http://www.fresnostate.edu/artshum/ethicscenter/index.html
The Ezra A. Hale in Applied Ethics, Rochester Institute of Technology
http://www.rit.edu/cla/ethics/http://www.rit.edu/cla/ethics/
The Jackson Family Center for Ethics and Values, Coastal Carolina University
The Jackson Family Center for Ethics and Values
The Prindle Institute for Ethics, DePauw University
http://www.depauw.edu/academics/centers/prindle/
Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care
Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care
Ukleja Center for Ethical Leadership, California State University, Long Beach
http://www.ucel.org
University Center for Human Values, Princeton University
University Center for Human Values
York Centre for Practical Ethics, York University
York University Centre for Practical Ethics
Ethics Teaching Modules for University Professors
American Association of University Professors
http://www.aaup.org/aaup
Ukleja Center for Ethical Leadership, California State University, Long Beach
http://www.ucel.org
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0016/001615/161520e.pdf
Professional Ethics and Leadership Organizations
American Management Association
www.amanet.org
American National Business Hall of Fame
http://www.anbhf.org
American Society for Quality
http://www.asq.org
ASAE and The Center for Association Leadership
http://www.asaecenter.org
Association of Leadership Educators
http://www.leadershipeducators.org
Business Roundtable
www.businessroundtable.org
Chicago Headline Club
http://www.headlineclub.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23&Itemid=5
Council on Foundations
http://www.cof.org/about/whoweare/index.cfm?navItemNumber=14848
Council on Social Work Education
Council on Social Work Education
E-Business Ethics
http://www.e-businessethics.com
Ethics and Compliance Officer Association
Ethics and Compliance Officer Association
Ethics Resource Center
http://www.ethics.org
Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership
http://greenleaf.org/
Institute for Global Ethics
http://www.globalethics.org/
Josephson Institute of Ethics
http://www.josephsoninstitute.org
Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission
Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission
Leadership Long Beach, Inc.
http://www.leadershiplb.org
National Committees for Research Ethics, Oslo, Norway
http://www.etikkom.no/en/In-English/Act-on-ethics-and-integrity-in-research
Rotary International
http://www.rotary.org/en/aboutus/pages/ridefault.aspx
Society for Business Ethics
http://www.societyforbusinessethics.org
Southern California Business Ethics Roundtable
http://www.ethicsandbusiness.org
Strozzi Institute
http://www.strozziinstitute.com
The Corporate Responsibility Magazine
http://www.thecro.com/content/about-us
Ethics Articles for Business Leaders
Business Ethics
http://www.web-miner.com/busethics.htm
Business Ethics.ca
http://www.businessethics.ca/articles.html
Business Week
http://www.businessweek.com/managing/company/business_ethics
Character Training International
http://www.character-ethics.org/ctipublications.html
Chronicle Online, Cornell University
http://www.news.cornell.edu/pages/Business.shtml
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/business/business_articles.html
Ethics Case Studies
Arthur Andersen Case Studies in Business Ethics
http://ba.gsia.cmu.edu/ethics/AA/arthurandersen.htm
Business Ethics/Case Studies
http://www.web-miner.com/busethics.htm#cases
Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics
http://www.corporate-ethics.org/cases_faculty.htm
California Baptist University
http://www.calbaptist.edu/dskubik/bus_case.htm
Center for Ethics in the Professions
http://www.uprm.edu/etica/becases.html
Center for Ethics, Vanderbilt University
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/CenterforEthics/cases.html
ICMR Center for Management Research
http://www.icmrindia.org
Santa Clara University
http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/cases.cfm
Books on Ethics and Leadership
Wooden on Leadership – John Wooden and Steve Jamison
The Leadership Challenge – James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
The Power of Ethical Management – Ken Blanchard and Norman Vincent Peale
Leadership From the Inside Out – Kevin Cashman
Focuses on creating value through authenticity and self-expression
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose – Eckhart Tolle
Transcending ego to achieve personal happiness and to end global conflict and suffering
The Leadership Dojo – Richard Strozzi Heckler
The Anatomy of Change – Richard Strozzi Heckler
The Art of Living: The Classic Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness – Epictetus
Pearls of wisdom about living and leading ethically (written around A.D. 100)
In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies – Tom J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman
The earth-shaking original
Managing by Values – Ken Blanchard and Michael O’Connor
Describes how companies of all types can achieve greater success by focusing on quality of life for employees and quality of service for customers
The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life – Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander
If Life is a Game, These are the Rules – Chérie Carter-Scott
Ten rules for being human
The Heart of Change – John Kotter
Uses a “see, feel, change” model to fuel change by connecting people with their emotions
Moral Intelligence: Enhancing Business Performance and Leadership Success – Doug Lennick and Fred Kiel
Winning with Integrity: Getting What You’re Worth Without Selling Your Soul – Leigh Steinberg and Michael D’Orso
Developing Leadership Character – Drea Zigarmi
Dare to Lead – Mike Merrill
How Good People Make Tough Choices – Rushworth Kidder
Resolving the dilemmas of ethical living
Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration – Warren G. Bennis and Patricia Ward Biederman
Best description ever of super-high performing organizations
Good to Great – Jim Collins
Repacking Your Bags – Richard Leider
Jack: Straight from the Gut – Jack Welch with John A. Byrne
The Leaders Compass (2nd Edition) – Ed Ruggero and Dennis Haley
First, Break All the Rules – Marcus Buckingham
Now Discover Your Strengths – Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton
Built to Last – Jim Collins and Jerry Porras
The 360-Degree Leader – John C. Maxwell
The 21Indespensible Qualities of a Leader – John C. Maxwell
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership – John C. Maxwell
Developing the Leader Within You – John C. Maxwell
First Among Equals – David Maister
True Professionalism – David Maister
Practice What You Preach – David Maister
Learning to Lead – Warren Bennis and Joan Goldsmith
Everyday Ethics (1st edition) – Catharyn A. Baird
Business Ethics 2006-2007 – edited by John E. Richardson
Law and Ethics in the Business Environment (5th edition) – Halbert and Inguilli
Deming Management Method – Mary Walton
Common Values – Sissela Bok
A Free and Ordered Space: The Real World of the University – A. Bartlett Giamatti
Winners Never Cheat: Everyday Values We Learned as Children (But May Have Forgotten) – Jon M. Huntsman
Leadership is an Art – Max DePree
Choosing Civility: The 25 Rules of Considerate Conduct – P.M. Forni
The Servant Leader – Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges
Scripture-based servant leadership principles
Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World – Chris Lowney
The Jesuits’ 45-year-old model of leadership
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team – Patrick Lencioni
The Tao of Leadership – John Heider
On Becoming a Leader – Warren G. Bennis
Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor E. Frankl
A poignant true story about endurance, survival, and the power of vision under extremely difficult circumstances
Doing What Matters Most – James M. Kilts, John F. Manfredi, and Robert L. Lorber
Practical ideas for achieving values-based global brand recognition
Confessions of a Civil Servant: Lessons in Changing America’s Government and Military – Bob Stone