IDIS
302
Ethical Issues in Business and Society
Spring 2008
Individual course index /sp08/idis302_martinak.htm
Introduction |Academic Integrity Tutorial | Books | Ethics databases | Book catalogs | Suggested Websites | Other helpful information
Introduction:
This guide provides information on finding and using quality information from the Langsdale Library.
For questions,email us at langref@ubalt.edu or phone us at (410) 837-4274.
You can also contact the librarian for this course, Thomas Arendall-Salvetti at tarendall-salvetti@ubalt.edu or (410) 837-4275.
- Power Point presentation (2/13/08)
Reference works:
Becker, L. C., & Becker, C. B. (Eds.). (2001). Encyclopedia of ethics (2nd ed.) (Vols. 1-3). New York: Routledge. (XBJ 63 .E45 2001)
Dienhart, J. W., & Curnutt, J. (1998). Business ethics: A reference handbook. Santa Barbara, CA ABC-Clio. (XHF 5387 .D57 1998).
Encyclopedia of applied ethics (1998) (Vols. 1-4). San Diego, CA: Academic Press. (XBJ 63 .E44 1998)
Gorlin, R. A. (Ed.) Codes of professional responsibility: Ethical standards in business, health, and law (4th ed.). Washington, DC: Bureau of National Affairs. (XBJ 1725 .C57)
Kuhse, H. & Singer, P. (Eds.). (1998). A companion to bioethics. Malden MA: Blackwell. (XR 724 .C616 1998)
LaFollette, H. (Ed.) (2000). Blackwell guide to ethical theory. Malden, MA: Blackwell. (XBJ 1012 .B536 2000)
Reich, W. T. (Ed.-in-chief). (1995) Encyclopedia of bioethics (rev. ed) (Vols. 1-5). New York: Simon & Schuster MacMillan. (XQH 332 .E52 1995).
Roth, J. K. (Consulting Ed.). (1994). Ethics (Vols. 1-3). Pasadena, CA: Salem Press. (XBJ 63 .E54 1994).
Terkel, S. N. (Consulting Ed.). (1999). Encyclopedia of ethics. New York: Facts on File. (XBJ 63 .E46)
Werhane, P. H., & Freeman, R. E., (Eds.). (1997). Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of business ethics. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell. (XHF 5387 .B55 1997)
Specific works:
There are multiple subject headings for ethical issues in various arenas:
Ethics (with various sub-headings)
Business ethics
Legal ethics
Medical ethicsYou may also search for subject headings for your particular discipline in combination with moral and ethical aspects (e.g., Information technology -- Moral and ethical aspects or Health services administration -- Moral and ethical aspects)
Ethics databases (this only includes selected databases based on topics; for more, see full list of Electronic Databases):
General Ethics:
Humanities International Complete (EBSCO) [on-campus]
Humanities International Complete is an essential collection for comprehensive coverage of the humanities with some full text content. Produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), this database includes all data from Humanities International Index (over 2,000 titles and 2 million records) plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases. The database includes full text for more than 770 journals.Academic Search Premier [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1990 - present. Provides full-text for over 3,400 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, sciences, and more. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).
Business Ethics:
ABI Inform [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1970 - present. Indexes more than 1,300 journals on business, management, with 75% full-text.Business Source Premier [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies– present. Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 8,350 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,100 scholarly business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL). Includes company profiles, many of which contain SWOT analyses.Lexis-Nexis Academic [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1970 - present. Features full text of many newspapers and periodicals. Also offers business news, legal materials such as federal & state codes, case law and legal journals.
Medical Ethics:
CINAHL [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1982 – present. Indexes/abstracts nursing and allied health literature.Health Source Plus (nursing edition) [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1990 - present. Searchable full-text for nearly 580 journals and abstracts and indexing for over 615 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications. Now includes Clinical Reference Systems. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).
Public policy and ethics:
PAIS - Public Affairs Information Service [on-campus]
Coverage: 1972 – present. Indexes 3600 journals, books, and government documents in the fields of political science, policy, public administration, society.
Book
catalogs:
Use these to locate books, journals (not individual articles), videos,
and government documents.
Catalog USMAI [help]
Books, journals, government documents and other materials in the University System of Maryland, including UB. You may search up to six individual locations or the entire system.Digital Dissertations (Dissertation Abstracts from Proquest) [on-campus]
Coverage 1861 – present. Indexes U.S., Canadian, British, and other European dissertations and theses; dissertations abstracted since 1980, theses abstracted since 1988. A 24 page preview of dissertations published since 1997 is available. The full text of dissertations may be obtained by clicking the free download button.WorldCat [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies. International database of collections (including books, journals , dissertations, documents, and other materials) held by libraries worldwide. Maryland libraries that own copies of the items display at the top of the list of libraries so you can easily determine if local libraries own the material needed. Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.
Suggested
websites:
These may
provide useful information or agencies or organizations who may be sources
of information.
ACHE Code of Ethics: http://www.ache.org/ABT_ACHE/code.cfm
American Bar Association. Center for Professional Responsibility: http://www.abanet.org/cpr/mrpc/mrpc_home.html
American Criminal Justice Association. Code of Ethics : http://www.intech.mnsu.edu/davisj/aca_ethics.htm
American Marketing Association (AMA): Code of Ethics http://www.marketingpower.com/content435.php
American Psychological Association (APA): Ethics Office: http://www.apa.org/ethics/homepage.html
Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)Code of Ethics : http://www.acm.org/constitution/code.html
Center of the Study of Ethics in the Professions (n.d.). Codes of ethics online. http://ethics.iit.edu/codes/coe.html
Ethics Resource Center. (2005). http://www.ethics.org/
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (2008). http://www.iep.utm.edu/
A scholarly, peer reviewed encyclopedia of philosophy. Includes articles on major ethical theories.
Makkula Center for Applied Ethics. (2004). Ethical links database. http://www.scu.edu/ethics/links/links.cfm
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2007). http://plato.stanford.edu/
A scholarly, peer reviewed encyclopedia of philosophy. Includes articles on major ethical theories.
Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics. https://www.spj.org/ethics_code.asp
Stoerger, Sharon.(2004). Business ethics. http://www.web-miner.com/busethics.htm
Wellcome Trust Library. (2004). BioethicsWeb. http://bioethicsweb.ac.uk/
Comparing Scholarly Journals and Popular Magazines
"How To" Research Guides
Series of subject bibliographies and tutorialsEvaluating Web Resources
Guide to evaluating material obtained via the InternetHow to Cite Sources: APA Style
Detailed guide to creating reference list according to APA citation styleCitation Styles
Guides to MLA, APA, and other citation styles.
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