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