Resources for Teaching Business Ethics

In an effort to abet educators in their efforts in establishing and sustaining ethics education, the following materials have been provided by Bill Daniels Professors (supported by the Daniels Fund) and associates to further business ethics education:

• Social Science Research Network
• A New video from the AICPA and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.  A good 20-minute video about the importance of tone at the top in organizations for preventing, or conversely, causing, fraud.
• AACSB International Ethics Educational Resource Center
• The Ethics Resource Center     

  The Ethics Resource Center provides reports examining employees view of ethics in the workplace. The 2005 National Business Survey:

• Current Developments in Managing Organizational Ethics and Compliance Initiatives
• Developing a Framework for a College of Business
• Resources for Teaching Marketing Ethics  
• How to Teach Business Ethics
• 2005 Teaching Business Ethics Conference, Boulder, CO, July 20-21, 2005

Hosted by the University of Wyoming, the University of Colorado, Colorado State University, and AACSB, the Conference included panel sessions and roundtable discussions dealing with specific topics such as business ethics teaching resources (cases, simulations, exercises, and videos), frameworks and challenges related to implementation.  The Conference provided the opportunity for the sharing of resources, approaches and insights into effective methods for teaching business ethics. Follow the link above for access to conference materials available as a free resource to those teaching business ethics.

• Wall Street Journal Weekly Educator Reviews

The Wall Street Journal provides discipline-specific, faculty developed weekly emails to    provide reviews of current WSJ articles.  The Business Ethics reviews are currently being completed by Dr. O.C. Ferrell, former Bill Daniels Distinguished Professor of Business Ethics, and include questions for classroom discussion.  The reviews can be received free of charge and are detailed enough to serve as current examples or exercises in the classroom.

• Teaching Business Ethics Certificate Course

The course focuses on frameworks, resources, & approaches to developing business ethics programs and the teaching of business ethics.  The course is appropriate for educators and practitioners interested in furthering their knowledge in business education and best practices in management.

Power Point Presentations

• Approaches to Teaching Business Ethics - Marketing Management Association, Chicago, March 2005
• Ethics and Corporate Reputation - AACSB International Conference, Montreal 2004
• The Nature and Scope of Business Ethics - AACSB International Conference, Montreal 2004
• Business Ethics
• Using Simulations to Teach Business Ethics
• Professionalism
• UW Teaching Business Ethics Workshop