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Further research

If you’d like to explore professional ethics further, we have selected websites with information for you to explore.

  • Academic

    Centre for Accounting Ethics
    At the University of Waterloo, School of Accounting and Finance, Ontario, Canada. This site contains many useful case studies.

    Centre for the Study of Ethics in the Professions
    At the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA. This site contains a link to codes of conduct available online.

    Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
    At Santa Clara University, California, USA. Good collection of articles on business and technology ethics.

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    COSO
    Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, USA.

    Ethics and Compliance Officer Association
    Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. For people who are ethics officers within their organisations.

    Sarbanes-Oxley 101
    Act affecting many American public companies, as well as non-American companies with a presence in the US.

    Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre
    Hong Kong, China. Promotes business and professional ethics

    Ethics and Compliance Initiative
    Arlington, Virginia, USA. Providing ethics and compliance research, and best practices.

  • Ethical institutes

    International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) Global Knowledge Gateway
    New York, USA. Discussions, resources and news items reinforcing ethical practices and encourage an ethical workplace.

    Institute for Global Ethics
    Rockport, Maine, USA. Also has UK and Canadian affiliates.

    Institute of Business Ethics
    London, UK. Good source for survey results of UK attitudes towards ethics.

    Josephson Institute
    Los Angeles, California, USA. Useful source of memorable quotes about ethics, as well as an online book entitled Making Ethical Decisions.

    Ethics Institute of South Africa
    Pretoria, South Africa. Aiming to build an ethically responsible society.

  • Fraud and corruption

    Corruption Prevention Network
    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. For people involved in preventing fraud and corruption. Try their interactive Big Issue Grappler.

    Transparency International
    UK based global movement to fight corruption

  • Sustainability

    United Nations Global Compact
    London, UK. Attempting to create a sustainable and inclusive global economy.

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