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Business Ethics - http://www.ethics.ubc.ca/resources/business/
KPMG Business Ethics Website - http://www.us.kpmg.com/ethics/
Public Concern at Work promotes accountability and good practice in the workplace. Has some interesting case studies - http://www.pcaw.demon.co.uk/
The Ethics Information Center - http://www.gaiafriends.com/ethics/
The Center for Ethics and Business Loyola Marymount University. With cases, discussion groups and lots of useful information - http://www.ethicsandbusiness.org/index3.htm
Advertising Law (a page by Lewis Rose) - http://www.webcom.com/~lewrose/home.html
Business Ethics from an Islamic Perspective (from the Islamic Training Foundation) - http://www.islamist.org/ethics.html
The Canadian Ethical Investment Web Site - http://www.web.apc.org/ethmoney
The Caux Principles (the first international Ethics code for business) - http://www.bath.ac.uk/Centres/Ethical/Papers/caux.htm
Code of Ethics for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes - http://www.adr.org/code.html
Corporate Governance: Enhancing the Return on Capital Through Increased Accountability - http://www.corpgov.net
The Ethics in Action Awards - http://www.ethicsinaction.com/
Ethics in Recruiting, from Arthur Anderson - http://www.arthurandersen.com/careers/maze/mazeeth.asp
The GreenMoney Journal - http://www.greenmoney.com/gmj/
Municipal Bond Scandals: the Web Site, by Michael Lissack - http://lissack.com/
The NetCheck Commerce Bureau - http://www.netcheck.com/
Catholic teaching on Work
Catholic Social Teaching Links to the Church ducuments related to work. Links to the actual documetns, easy to read versions and notable quotes- http://www.osjspm.org/cst/doclist.htm
Rerum Novarum - On the Condition of the Working Classes seminal work on modern Catholic social thought - http://www.osjspm.org/cst/rn.htm
Laborem Exercens- On Human Work in everday language - http://www.osjspm.org/cst/le_el.htm
Solicitudo Rei Socialis - On Social Concernin everyday language - http://www.osjspm.org/cst/srs_el.htm
Centesimus Annus - The Hundredth Year in everday language - http://www.osjspm.org/cst/ca_el.htm
Protest Pages
"Rogue web sites target firms" (article from the Ottawa Citizen) - http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/970906/1132810.html
Battling Bell Canada -
The ANTI Bell Canada & CRTC Page - http://www.magma.ca/~dpeters/antibell.htm
The McSpotlight Home Page - http://www.McSpotlight.org/
Roger Clarke's Electronic Commerce Page - http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/EC/index.html
Whistleblowing Resources
Resources at UCSD - Whistleblowing - http://www-bioeng.ucsd.edu/research_groups/cmrg/courses/ethics/whistle.html
Socially Responsible Business, Sustainable Development, and Socially Responsible Investing from The Amalgamated Web - http://www.ecosafe.com/taw/v2i1/srbsdsri.htm
Whistleblowing Policy -- University of Maryland System. - http://www.umsa.umd.edu/iao/whistle.html
Sweatshop related sites
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops 1820 - Present - Smithsonian exhibition. - http://www.si.edu/nmah/ve/sweatshops/start.htm
FAQ - Sweatshops and Women Workers - http://www.feminist.org/other/sweatfaq.html
Guess Boycott - http://www.guessboycott.org/
High Tech Sweatshops - http://www.corpwatch.org/trac/gallery/sweat/index.html - image gallery.
No Sweat - http://www.dol.gov/dol/esa/public/nosweat/nosweat.htm - Department of Labour programme to help end sweatshop conditions for American workers.
Stop Sweatshops! - http://www.uniteunion.org/sweatshops/sweatshop.html - resource from Unite, including campaigns, teaching materials, and background information.
Sweatshops.org - http://www.sweatshops.org/ - information about sweatshops from Co-op America.
Sweatshops: Harsh Conditions Create Public Support for Reform - http://www.heartsandminds.org/articles/sweat.htm
Codes of Ethics
UK Companies
Boots the Chemist - http://www.boots-plc.com/ - choose the ethics link
The Body Shop - http://www.bodyshop.co.uk/aboutus/index.html
Marks and Spencer - http://www.marks-and-spencer.co.uk/ click "corporate index" and then "at the heart of the community"
US Companies
Automotive Service Councils of California's Code of Ethics - http://www.ascca.com/INDUST_f/iethics.htm
Buckman Laboratories' Code of Ethics - http://www.buckman.com/eng/ethics.htm
Cheney Associates' Corporate Ethical Standards - http://www.cheney.com/ngEthics2.html
Halliburton Company - http://www.halliburton.com/corp/cobc/ethical.htm
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Ethics Program (at NASA) - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/JPL/ethics/
Johnson & Johnson: Our Credo (in 8 languages) - http://www.jnj.com/who_is_jnj/cr_index.html
Lumen Foods' Credo - http://www.lumenfds.com/credo.htm
Northern Telecom (Nortel)'s Core Values -
Orelle Corporation on Corporate Citizenship
Ethics at Texas Instruments
Magazines
At Work Online - an online magazine about workplace and business practises which include stewardship, partnership, and sustainability.
Ethos Magazine - the business magazine for Christians in the workplace.
Godly Counsel - addresses the needs of business owners in a way that reflects business excellence, Biblical principle and Christian life-style.
Salt on the Net - Daily devotional designed for business people.