Business Ethics

Business Ethics

Articles, cases, and links on corporate governance, organizational ethics, creating an ethical culture, and global business ethics from the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Center staff and scholars work with executives from major companies to analyze real-world ethical issues in business and to develop innovative tools and programs to address them.

Online Resources in Business Ethics

Business Ethics Articles
Materials on corporate integrity, start-ups, work-life balance, etc.

Business Ethics Cases
Scenarios on bribery, plant relocation, product safety, etc.

Business Ethics Links
Annotated list of Internet resources

Center Programs in Business Ethics

Video Introduction
Business ethics at the Center

Program Overview
Partnerships, Conferences and Consulting

Business and Organizational Ethics Partnership
Scholars and businesspeople research topics on business ethics and provide practical training for corporations and organizations

Cutting-Edge Issues in Compliance and Business Conduct
A day-long forum forum on business ethics May 28, 2008

Biannual Conference
Presentations from "Business Ethics in a Global World"

New Materials

Global Jesuit Dialog on Business Ethics
New blog discusses educating men and women for responsible careers in business
Political Chicanery
Reflections on the 34th anniversary of Richard Nixon's resignation
Case Study: A Difficult Birth
Navigating cultural and language differences
Deferred Prosecution Agreements
A panel on white-collar prosecutions and the role of federal monitors

Center News

The Global Anti-Corruption Regulatory Climate
A seminar on protecting your company, cosponsored with Morrison & Foerster, Sept. 17
Ethics Camp in Pictures
Teachers participate in workshops on integrating ethics into the curriculum
At the Center
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