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Corporate Scandals and their Macroeconomic Impact
by Jeff Miller
    powerpoint file
 
B-Schools Still Seeking Ways to Stress Ethics
by Ronald J. Alsop, the Wall Street Journal - April 12, 2005 http://www.collegejournal.com/mbacenter/mbatrack/20050412-alsop.html?mod=RSS_College_Journal&coljrss=wsj
 
Starbucks Corporate Social Responsibility 2004 Annual Report
    http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/csrannualreport.asp
 
PBS NOW - Corporate Rights Page
    http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/corprights.html
This page presents "some historical background on the legal and political issues related to corporate rights, and links to provide additional information."
 
Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association - Sustainability Guidelines for Office Furniture Manufacturers and Suppliers
    http://www.bifma.org/documents/SusGdlines.pdf
BIFMA International has "created a set of guidelines to serve as a roadmap for any office furniture manufacturer or supplier desiring to become a more sustainable company."
 
Agilent Technologies -  Environment and Social Responsibility Report 2004
    http://www.agilent.com/environment/esr/home.html
 
Target Corporation's Corporate Responsibility Report
http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/nys/tgt/corporate_responsibility_02_10_05.pdf
 
Is Wal-Mart Good for America?
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/
"100 million Americans shop every week at Wal-Mart to get 'every day low prices.' Some economists say Wal-Mart helps hold down the cost of living and boosts U.S. productivity.  But critics charge that Wal-Mart is destroying good American jobs by pushing production of consumer goods to China. FRONTLINE Correspondent Hedrick Smith travels across the U.S. and to China to investigate Wal-Mart’s impact on American’s economic future."
 
Corporate Sunshine Working Group
    http://www.corporatesunshine.org/
The Corporate Sunshine Working Group "is an alliance of investors, environmental organizations, unions and public interest groups working to enforce and expand SEC corporate social and environmental disclosure requirements."
 
Integrity in Science Database - Scientists and Non-Profits Ties to Industry
    http://cspinet.org/integrity/
This website, a project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, provides information about funding of academic, scientific and public policy organizations by industry.  This searchable database allows for an assessment of the level of objectivity that might be expected from the organizations, given their funding sources.
 
S.C. Johnson's 2004 Public Report
    http://www.scjohnson.com/pr/flash.html
 
Council of Ethics-Based Organizations Associated with the Department of Public Information of the United Nations
    http://cebo.org/index.html
This site contains links to U.N. documents, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Convention on the rights of the child.  Links are also provided to member organizations.  In addition to sections on Human Rights, Sustainable Development, and Peace & Conflict, there is a section on Corporate Ethics, covering "Ethics in corporations and government: accountability, fiscal transparency, greenwashing, bluewashing, best practices and abuses."
 
Executive Excess 2004: Campaign Contributions, Outsourcing, Unexpensed Stock Options and Rising CEO Pay
    http://www.faireconomy.org/press/2004/EE2004.pdf
This report states, "After two years of narrowing, the CEO-to-worker wage gap is rising again. The CEO pay to worker pay ratio reached 301:1 in 2003, up from 282:1 in 2002. If the minimum wage had increased as quickly as CEO pay since 1990, it would today be $15.76 per hour, rather than the current $5.15 per hour."
 
 

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