Evaluating Web Sites
By now, you are aware that not all Web sites are created equal and that anyone with a computer can put up a Web page. For doing academic work, students must be sure that the Web site from which you are getting information is reliable. Use the following information* as a tool for evaluating your sites. Most sites won't have all of the following qualities, but the ones you actually use should contain answers to at least some of the following questions:
Who wrote the information?
-does the article indicate who wrote it?
-are the credentials of the author indicated?
Is there an "about us" or "mission statement" located on the main page?
-is it easy to find?
-does it match the content of the Web site?
-is the sponsor of the site interested in making money or an organization wanting to win you over to a point of view?
Is the site current?
-does the site state when it was copyrighted or written?
-does it say when it was last updated?
-does each article have a date when it was written?
Who funds the site?
-is it easy to find that information?
-do the sponsor and content match?
-is there contact information available?
What type of site is it?
-look at the domains, i.e. .gov, .edu, .com, .org.
-make .edu and .gov your first choice when possible
*thanks for contributions made to this checklist by Kathleen Packard.
Business Ethics Web Sites
The following Web sites may be useful to you in the area of Business Ethics:
- Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
An international nonprofit organization that partners with Amnesty and academic institutions. Features information on thousands of companies and links to publications, reports, and guides, including reports of company misconduct and good practices (ALA) - Business Ethics: the Magazine of Corporate Responsibility An online magazine the focuses on new ideas about the point where business intersects with society.
- Center for Ethics and Business Hosted by Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, this site has some novel features. Check out the "Ethics Toolbox" and take a quiz that reveals your "ethical style."
- Corporate Responsibility Officer An interesting online magazine covering such topics as business ethics, social responsibility, and socially responsible investing, among others.
- CorpWatch CorpWatch investigates and seeks to expose corporate violations of human rights, environmental crimes, and other forms of corporate misdeeds.
- Federal Contractor Misconduct Database The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) provides oversight of federal contractors and reports instances of contractor misconduct such as fraud and ethics violations.
- Knowledge@Wharton - Business Ethics Great articles on various aspects of business ethics; some articles require registration to read but registration is free!
- Markkula Center for Applied Ethics Articles, cases, and links on corporate governance, organizational ethics, creating an ethical culture, and global business ethics from the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University
- Wiley InterScience :: JOURNALS :: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management A full text journal available through the STCC Library databases, this title is available for ON-CAMPUS access.
- More on ethical business | Special reports | guardian.co.uk From the Manchester Guardian, a European point of view.
- Ethical Corporation: Magazine, Conferences, Reports Ethical corporation is a portal to content about ethical business practices.
- Play Fair 2008 - HOME Olympics, anyone?
- The Drucker Institute - Claremont Graduate University Peter Drucker was one of the first to analyze the way business works.
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