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BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL

EthicsWeb.ca

This independent Halifax site is a useful portal for Canadian business, profession, medical and other kinds of ethics resources and publications.

DePaul University, Institute for Business and Professional Ethics

This Chicago site is extensive, with a calendar of events, an on-line journal, ethics news, a dilemma of the month, etc.

DSW - Deutscher Server Wirtshaftsethik (German Server for Business Ethics)

This site is maintained by the Institute for Business and Social Ethics of the University of Marburg.  It provides information on the German Business Ethics Network, part of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN).  The mainly German site provides articles and information on research, bibliography, meetings and other matters.

Online Ethics Center for Engineering & Science at Case Western Reserve University

This Cleveland site is a wide-ranging resource on professional ethics for engineers and scientists, with cases for discussion, cases of moral leaders, problem scenarios, codes, essays, colloquia and more (in English and Spanish).
 

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Ethics Practitioners' Association of Canada (EPAC)

This is the site of the professional association of Canadian providers of ethics services, with their Ethical Standards, Guidelines for Applying the Standards, key articles from their Newsletter, links to membersí Web sites, and other information (in English and French).

EthicsCentre CA (Canadian Centre for Ethics and Corporate Policy)

This is the site of the Toronto-based resource centre and catalyst for encouraging greater attention to the ethical dimension in business decisions.  The Centre has an active speakers program and a newsletter.  The site has links to corporate ethics sites in Canada and elsewhere.

TI - Transparency International

This Berlin organization is a leader in the international fight against corruption. Check out the much publicized TI Corruption Perception Index, and the on-line Source Book of national integrity systems (in English, German, French and other languages).  See also TI-Canada.
 

GOVERNMENT

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat - Values and Ethics

This is the site of the central agency responsible for service-wide initiatives in the Canadian public service. Values and ethics is under the Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer. The site is in English and French.

Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner of Canada

This is the site of the ethics officer to the House of Commons, Cabinet ministers and government appointees, with extensive information on provincial ethics commissions, and links to equivalent U.S. sites.  The site also provides the public disclosures of office holders. The site is in English and French.

Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada

This office deals with disclosure of wrongdoing, protection  from reprisal of those who have disclosed wrongdoing, and enhancing integrity in the public sector. The site is in English and French.

Canada School of Public Service - Values and Ethics in the Public Service

At this site, a search on ethics will show a variety of courses and other resources.  The subcategory web pages - research publications shows some basic documents on ethics initiatives in the Canadian federal government, including the Values and Ethics Series (in English and French).

OECD - Fighting Corruption in the Public Sector

The 31-member Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development actively promotes integrity and anti-corruption measures. See also Corporate Responsibility as well as SIGMA, the program of Support for Improvement in Governance and Management (jointly with the EU). The site is in English and French.

UK Committee on Standards in Public Life

This organization (formerly known as the Nolan Committee, now the Neill Committee) has guided major change to ethics practices in the UK Parliament, local governments, and local public spending bodies. It continues with funding of political parties and other matters. Check out their publications and the Seven Principles of Public Life.

US Office of Government Ethics

This office heads the executive branch ethics program. See their resource library and list of publications, including videos, pamphlets and posters.
 
 

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This page updated 30 May 2010.