Dr. Jan Garrett's Ethics Links

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Maintained by Dr. Jan Garrett,
Department of Philosophy and Religion,
Western Kentucky University

Most Recent Update -- January 24, 2001

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Introduction (please read before using this website)

Very often, the people who have the most to say about a practice are those who want to change it. Therefore it should come as no surprise that some webpages on this list have a goal in mind. They are neither neutral nor above the fray. That, of course, does not imply that their factual claims are false or that their arguments are weak, but you are responsible for the use which you make of them.

If an argument does not seem valid to you, where does it go wrong? If claims are suspect, perhaps you ought to try to verify or disconfirm them from an independent source (which, of course, should not be less reliable than the source you are evaluating!). And beware of arguments that substitute emotional appeals for verifiable premises or long-tested, carefully stated ethical principles. Moreover, in writing academic papers, you should indicate the sources for statements you have directly quoted and for the unusual ideas you have consciously borrowed from writers other than yourself. That is, the source should be indicated by embedded references, endnotes or footnotes, along with a bibliography.

Many of the business ethics links here have already been collected by Manuel Velasquez in the fourth edition of his Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases (Prentice-Hall). Some links here have been suggested by students in my courses at Western Kentucky University. The inclusion here of a link to a website does not imply that I endorse the perspective of that website or any particular claims that may appear on it.

Click here for a webpage (under development) collecting links on the work of Critics of Corporate Globalism.

Contents

Abortion

Larry Hinman's Ethics Updates: Abortion

Animal Rights

Larry Hinman's Ethics Updates: Animal Rights
Animal Rights Resource Site
Alternatives to Animal Research
ZNet's Animal Rights Watch Site
See also Vegetarianism

Anti-trust and related issues

Antitrust Organization
Federal Trade Commission

Additional links and legal cases:
Hieros Gamos
American Bar Association

Business Ethics

See also Anti-trust; Consumer Issues; Discrimination; Economic Alternatives; Environment; Global Justice; Intellectual Property Rights; Marketing Ethics; Professional Ethics in General; Workers' Rights

For general business ethics links:
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University
Depaul University's Ethics Institute
Bentley College Center for Business Ethics
Society for Business Ethics and Its Journal
Centers and Programs in Business Ethics (long list)
Business Ethics Organization
Business Social Responsibility Organization
Corporate Social Responsibility
Environmental Fund. Click on "Activism."

For general business law links:
West Legal Case Updates

For data on publicly traded companies and the economy,
Wall Street Research Net

For SEC Company filings

Capital Punishment/Death Penalty

ABOLITION NOW
American Civil Liberties Union
Amnesty International
Death Penalty Information Center
Kentucky Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Larry Hinman's Ethics Updates: Punishment and the Death Penalty

Civil Liberties

See also Capital Punishment; Discrimination; Drug Policy; Gay Rights; Marijuana Reform; Native American Rights; Women's Rights.

American Civil Liberties Union

Consumer Issues

The National Safety Council
Consumer Product Safety Commission
The Consumer Law Page
The Federal Trade Commission

Discrimination

See also Workers' Rights

U. S. Census

For legal aspects of discrimination, search the resources provided by
Hieros Gamos
or the American Bar Association

Drug Policy; Alternatives to the Drug War

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
Common Sense for Drug Policy
Drug Policy Foundation
Drug Reform Coordination Network
Drug Sense
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM)
Harm Reduction Coalition
Human Rights Watch
The Lindesmith Center (TLC)
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML)
Marijuana Policy Project
The Rand Corporation Drug Policy Research Center
The Sentencing Project/Campaign for an Effective Crime Policy

Economic Strategies, Alternative

Co-op America

Environment

Envirolink
Environmental Protection Agency
Various environmental organizations and journals
Pacific Net Page
Greenmoney Fund
Environmental Defense Fund
Natural Resources Defense Council
The Wilderness Society
Nuclear Information and Resource Service

Ethical Theory

Larry Hinman's Ethics Updates
Dr. Garrett's introductory talks on ancient Greek Ethics
John Dewey Reconstructs Ethics
See also Business Ethics, Feminist Ethical Theory

Euthanasia

Larry Hinman's Ethics Updates: Euthanasia

Executive Compensation

United for a Fair Economy
Professor Richard Hannah's Links
Bill Gates Personal Wealth Clock
Executive Pay Watch (AFL-CIO)

Feminist Ethical Theory

Rosemarie Tong's "Feminist Ethics"
See also Gender and Sexism

Food, Hunger, and Democracy Issues

Food First
Larry Hinman's Ethics Updates: World Hunger

Food Quality Issues--Health, Nutrition, and Safety

Organic Consumers Association
Campaign for Food Safety
Center for Science in the Public Interest

Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Rights

Ethics Updates: Sexual Orientation
Case for Same-Sex Marriage Rights
Bisexuality Issues
ZNet's Site Devoted to Gay and Lesbian Issues

Gender and Sexism

Larry Hinman's Ethics Updates: Gender and Sexism
See also Women's Rights

Global Justice Issues/World Trade/World Labor Issues (sweatshops)

See also Dr. Garrett's webpage: Critics of Corporate Globalism
Campaign for Labor Rights
Global Exchange
Sweatgear Catalog
Blood, Sweat and Shears
Taking Action Against Sweatshop Abuses
Public Citizen
Calvert Social Investment Fund
E-mail Lists Related to Global Justice Issues and Activism
ZNet's Global Watch Site

Human Rights (General)

United Nations Declaration of Human Rights
See also Civil Liberties, Ethical Theory, Global Justice Issues, Women's Rights, Workers' Rights, and many other headings.

Intellectual Property Rights

Consumer Project on Technology

Marketing Ethics

American Marketing Association Code of Ethics

Marijuana Reform

The Drug Policy Foundation
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
The Lindesmith Center

Native American Rights

See Rights of Indigenous Peoples

North American Free Trade Agreement

See Global Justice

Poverty and Welfare

Larry Hinman's Ethics Updates:Poverty and Welfare

Professional Ethics in General

Association for Practical and Professional Ethics

Race and Ethnicity

Larry Hinman's Ethics Updates: Race and Ethnicity

Reproductive Technologies and Bioethics

ZNet's Biotech Watch Site
Biosis
Biotechnology and Ethics
Biotechnology's Impact
Biotechnology Information Center
Campaign for Food Safety: Genetically Engineered Food
Council for Responsible Genetics (publishers of GeneWatch)
Whose Genes? Tiki's Quick Guide to Biotechnology
Larry Hinman's Ethics Updates: Reproductive Technologies and Bioethics
See also Gender and Sexism and Women's Rights

Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minorities

Cultural Survival
Native American Rights Fund

Same-Sex Marriage

See Gay Rights

Sweatshops

Department of Labor
See also Global Justice

Technology Issues

See Intellectual Property Rights; Reproductive Technologies

Technorealism

Tobacco

Action on Smoking and Health
Calvert Social Investment Fund
American Cancer Society: Tobacco Information

Vegetarianism

Ethical Resources for Vegetarianism
Startling Facts about Meat Production and Consumption

Ethics of War and Peace

Larry Hinman's Ethics Updates: Just War Theory (big site)
Principles of the Just War (brief summary)

Women's Rights

National Organization for Women

Workers' Rights

See ZNet's Labor Watch Site

See Jobs With Justice

For sexual harassment, discrimination, fair pay, health and safety, privacy issues, etc., see Workplace Rights and Responsibilities

For Western Kentucky University's sexual harassment policy see Policy Against Sexual Harassment.

For health and safety issues, see Occupational Health and Safety Administration

For labor organizations, see Essential Organizations

For topics of labor and employment law, see
Hieros Gamos
American Bar Association
Employee Ownership

For privacy issues, see Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

See also Global Justice

World Trade, World Labor

See Global Justice

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