The global efforts of researchers, companies, consultants, specialist bodies and government agencies continue to generate a rich resource on ethical leadership and cultures, their implications and challenges.
The downside of these valuable contributions is the effort needed to navigate this flood to reach the few precious islands of clarity and insight. This list of published resources is therefore highly selective.
Most busy executives lack the time to become immersed in what has become a tidal wave of literature. However selectively using the resources listed here can deepen your understanding without trying to turn you into a world expert on ethics.
Alcatel-Lucent Sustainability Report (2011/2012)—an example of a comprehensive approach to running a responsible business https://www.alcatel-lucent.com/sustainability/reports/Alcatel-Lucent-CR-Report-2011-EN.pdf
Best practices, leading trends & expectations of the world’s most ethical companies, Ethisphere
Bibb, S (2010) The Right Thing: An Everyday Guide to Business Ethics, Wiley
Complete Guide to Ethics Management: An Ethics Toolkit for Managers, https://managementhelp.org/businessethics/ethics-guide.htm
Craig, E (12 April 2011) Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership, Johnson SAGE Publications, Inc; Fourth Edition
Critical Elements of an Organizational Ethical Culture, (2006) Ethics Resource Center,
Ethical Leadership: Fostering an Ethical Environment & Culture, National Centre for Ethics in Health Care,
Ethics and Employee Engagement Survey, (2009 ) Ethics Resource Centre
Ethics Resources on line: https://www.vanderbilt.edu/CenterforEthics/resources.html
Ferrel O, et al (2008) Business Ethics Ethical Decision Making and Cases, South-Western, Cengage Learning,8th edition,
GeblerIs D, Is your culture a risk factor? (2005)Working Values
Incorporating ethics into strategy: developing sustainable business models, Discussion paper (February 2010) Chartered Institute of Management Accountants,
Institute of Business Ethics. 2012
An Ethics Policy and Programme—What are they for?
Ethical dilemmas and Decision Making Frameworks
Johnson, C (2012) Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership, Sage Publications Fourth Edition,
Mitchel, J The Ethical Advantage (2001) Why Ethical Leadership is Good for Business, Centre for Ethical Business Cultures
National Business Ethics Survey of Fortune 500 Employees, (2012) Ethics Resource Center
Prudential’s Code of Conduct: Making the Right Choices, Prudential Financial Inc; available at:
https://www.prudential.com/media/managed/MakingTheRightChoices.pdf
Sample codes of ethics for selected companies and industries: Illinois Institute of Technology Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions https://ethics.iit.edu/research/codes-ethics-collection
Schein, E (2009) The Corporate Culture Survival Guide, Josseybass,
Steare, R and Stamboulides,P (2008) Who’s Doing the Right Thing? Moral DNA Report
Stoerger, S Business: Ethics web site of useful resources: https://www.web-miner.com/busethics.htm
Sullivan, J (2009) The Moral Compass of Companies, International Finance Corporation
The Ethical Business Guide (2009) How to run your business the right way, Blue Rocket and the Good Folk
The Ethical Enterprise (2006) Doing the right things in the right ways, today and tomorrow, American Management Association
The HOW Report New Metrics for a New Reality (2012) Rethinking the Source of Resiliency, Innovation, and Growth, LRN
The Importance of Ethical Culture (2009) National Business Ethics Survey, Ethics Research Centre
Thomas, T et al, (2004) Strategic leadership of ethical behaviour in business, Academy of Management Executive, Vol 18, No 2
Trevino, L and Nelson, K (2011) Managing Business Ethics, Wiley
Trust (2010) The Behavioural Challenge, PWC Point of View
U.S.Department of Commerce (2004) Business Ethics: A manual for managing a responsible business enterprise in emerging market economies, Collections of Codes of Ethics on line: https://ethics.iit.edu/ecodes/ethics-area/5
Webley, S (1 Oct 2003) Developing a Code of Business Ethics: A Guide to Best Practice, Institute of Business Ethics
World’s most ethical companies methodology: https://ethisphere.com/worlds-most-ethical-companies-methodology/
