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Ethics Reader: Selections from the writings of the great ethicists of the Western tradition, Ethics in America II, Fred Friendly Seminars, Annenberg Media. (pdf)

What is Ethics in Research and Why is it Important?

Online Research Ethics Course

The Online Ethics Center 

Codes of ethics in all disciplines (exhaustive)                                                                       Click image to view source.

Ethical Issues in Science and Medical Research

Ethics in Journalism

Society of Professional Journalists > Ethics

USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review > Ethics Archive

The New York Times Company Journalism Ethics Policy

 Journalism Ethics Cases Online, Indiana University School of Journalism

The Demise of the Times?, UML Resource Page

Wikipedia: Journalism Scandals (exhaustive list with summaries of stories)

Jack Shafer, "The Jason Blair Project," Slate, 5/8/2003.

Franklin Foer, "The Source of the Trouble: Judith Miller's WMD Reporting," New York Magazine," 6/7/2004.

An Early Media Frenzy: The Beecher-Tilton Scandal, UML Resource Page  

Ethics in Politics and Government

U.S. Office of Government Ethics

Common Cause: Holding Power Accountable

Center for Public Integrity

New York Times > United States Politics and Government - Narrowed by 'ETHICS'

Fairness.com > Government scandals/corruption

Muckraker.com

PBS: Online NewsHour, "Ethics: A History Lesson," 12/8/1997. (survey of U.S. Congressional scandals)

Steven P. Lanza, "The Economics of Ethics: The Cost of Political Corruption," Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis, 2/24/2004. (pdf)

Chris Cillizza, "Political Scandal Scorecard," The Fix, Washington Post, 11/29/2005.

Ethics in Academia

Academic Integrity at UNC, "Research on Academic Dishonesty: Facts Worth Knowing," no date, University of North Carolina.

Marie Groark. Diana Oblinger, Miranda Choa, "Term Paper Mills, Anti-Plagiarism Tools, and Academic Integrity, Educause Review, September/October 2001. (pdf)

Profiles in Plagiarism: Academia FamousPlagiarists.com

Ethical issues in Conservation (libraries)

"Cheating Scandal at Columbia: No Problem!," New York Magazine, 12/1/06.

The Center for Academic Integrity

Ellen Schrecker, Review of Ron Robin, Scoundrels and Scandals: Seven Cases that Shook the Academy (University of California Press, 2004), Academe Online, September-October, 2005.

Jeneen Interlandi, "An Unwelcome Discovery," The New York Times, 10/22/2006. (case of University of Vermont professor Eric Poehlman)

Ethics in Business

Corporate Ethics, Washington Post (links to recent national news stories)

Business Ethics: The Canadian Resource

Loyola Marymount Center for Ethics and Business

Ethics Teaching Materials, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University

Case Studies in Business Ethics, CasePlace.org

Corporate Crime Reporter

"Business Schools Add Ethics in the Wake of Corporate Scandals," Associated Press, 8/16/2002.

Case Studies, Markkula Center, Santa Clara University

Enron Forum, Writ, FindLaw.com

Corporate Ethics, an Online Special Report, Online NewsHour, PBS, 2002-2003.

In Depth: Corporate Scandals, BBC News, 2002-2003.

Mary K. Pratt, "Corporate Scandals Provide Ethics Courses with a Number of Case Studies," Boston Business journal, 3/21/2003.

Risk, Reward, and Responsibility: Ethics in Business, Ethics in America II, Fred Friendly Seminars, Annenberg Media.

Ethics in Engineering

Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science (extensive list of links)

Engineers' Creed, National Society of Professional Engineers

Ethics in Engineering: Case Studies for Undergraduate Courses, Texas A&M University

Ethics & Engineering Working Group, The Royal Society

Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professionalism, Computing & Public Policy

Emerging Technologies and Ethical Issues Workshop, National Academy of Engineering (audio presentations)

Joseph R. Herkert, "Making Connections: Engineering Ethics on the World Wide Web," Division of Multidisciplinary Studies, North Carolina State University (1997).

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