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Ethics Case Studies sources:
**Please note: Some cases
are based on real situations and some are fictional. Please be cautious
when using.
Multi-disciplinary cases:
Dilemma
Database, Institute for Global Ethics--Includes cases on
business ethics, educational ethics , medical ethics, as well
as philanthropic and personal ethics. Cases presented without
resolutions.
Ethics
Across the Curriculum - Case Studies- Utah Valley State
College. Emerging from their Ethics Across the Curriculum program
in 1993, this page has a large collection of cases dealing with
business, technology, medical ethics, etc. More cases can also
be seen here.
Ethics
case studies database --(limited selection) from Philosophical
& Religious Studies program at Leeds University, UK. Mostly
dealing with medical and end-of-life ethics. Database searchable
by keyword.
Hale
Chair in Applied Ethics Resources - Rochester Institute
of Technology. Twenty three cases detailed cases cover a wide
variety of ethical topics by Lisa Newton, Director of the Program
in Applied Ethics at Fairfield University.
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Andersen - Ethics case studies: 1987-1994 -Carnegie Mellon
Tepper School of Business. This collection of 90 case studies
is a product of program sponsored by Author Anderson to promote
ethical awareness in business schools. Cases cover a wide range
of topics.
BusinessEthics.ca
-a list of links to other cases. Site also includes a bibliography
of articles and books on business ethics.
CasePlace.org--
Aspen Institute Business and Society Program. This is one of the
largest collections of business ethics cases freely available on
the internet. Cases can be searched by discipline, topic, or keyword.
Emerson
Center for Business Ethics cases--John Cook School of Business,
St. Louis University. Includes Center-sponsered case studies and
case studies written by students.
Institute
of Business Ethics Index to Cases- a small but interesting
collection of business ethics cases. Many cases include teaching
guides and bibliographies.
Utah Valley
State College cases in Business ethics- a collection of twenty
short case studies discussing situations that can occur in any business.
Includes a list of questions at the end of each scenario.
Web
Miner's Guide to Business Ethics Cases-a comprehensive list
of links to other business ethics case sources.
Computer Application/Programming
Cases about
Computers and Software-Online Ethics Center for Engineering
and Science, Case Western Reserve University. Small collection
of cases.
Computer
Applications cases- complied by Dr. Robert Barger, University
of Notre Dame. List of cases covers issues from programming to
the accessing of sensitive information.
ComputerCases.org- site
contains three well researched cases including accompanying teaching
materials and supporting documents.
Education
Case
Studies in Education-Utah Valley State College. A collection
of cases covering all aspects of education ethics from plagiarism
to tenure.
Research
Ethics and Academic Integrity- a collection of videos showing
case studies dealing with academic integrity. Produced by Syracuse
University. Videos available online.
Engineering Ethics
ASCE's
Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice--
each issue includes a case study. Full text of journal available.
Design
Failure Lessons--from University of Texas at Austin. Covers
four design flaw cases including the Ford Pinto Case and the Challenger
space shuttle explosion. Each case includes links to a number
of background articles and references.
Civil
Engineering Cases -Carleton University, Rose-Hulman Institute
of Technology. Not the best design, but find the section Contents
of this Catalogue and follow link to the list of cases, and
you can find the full text of a number of engineering cases.
Cases can also be ordered.
NSPE
Board of Ethical Review Cases - NIEE.org- A list of real
cases presented to the National Society of Professional Engineers
review board from 1976-2001. Includes summary of case and decisions
made in relation to the NSPE Code of Ethics.
Ethics Case Studies-
Society of Professional Journalists. A small collection
of case studies. Site also includes link to SPJ Code of
Ethics.
Journalism
Ethics Cases Online- School of Journalism, Indiana University-Bloomington.
A large list of cases covering all aspects of journalism.
Indexed by topics.
Poynter
Online Journalistic Case Studies- an impressive collection
of journalism cases. Page also includes a number of 'tip
sheets' that describe how to deal with cases of plagiarism,
undisclosed sources, etc.
Military
cases-Air University, Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base. A
small collection of summarized case studies. Site also includes
links to articles on military ethics.
Science & Medicine/Bioethics
Bioethics
Outreach--Case Studies - Iowa State University. A large
collection of case studies covering a wide range of subjects
from biotechnology to agriculture.
Case
Study Collection -National Center for Case Study Teaching
in Science, State University of New York in Buffalo. This
site has cases dealing with all different branches of biology
and medicine. Cases are divided by discipline and each case
includes teaching notes. Also see other
case study sites on the WWW.
Ethics
in the Science Classroom -Western Michigan University.
A small collection of cases dealing with genetic testing,
racism in science, and research ethics.
Moral
Reasoning in Scientific Research- Poynter Center for the
Study of Ethics and American Institutions. Indiana University
Bloomington. Cases taken from book Moral Reasoning in
Scientific Research.
Other Disciplines (education, funeral, etc)
American
Anthropological Association -Ethical Currents Case Studies
Cyber
ethics--case studies -a small collection of cases dealing
with censorship on the internet and recent policies such as the
Communications Decency Act. Some links are broken.
Funeral Ethics Association- a collection of short cases exploring
the professional ethics of the funeral industry.
Ethics
for Trades and Technology- Utah Valley State College. A collection
of cases dealing with general ethical questions in workplace.
Ethics Centers:
Other Ethics
Centers Center for the Study of Ethics, Utah Valley State
College
University and Business Ethics Centers- Ernest and Jeanne
Merlanti Ethics Initiative, Eastern Michigan University. List
of University and business ethics centers.
Useful links- European Group on Ethics in Science and New
Technologies. List of international ethics organizations.
Newsletters (full-text
online)
Other online ethics
resources:
Environmental
Ethics-compiled by Prof. Ron Epstein for his class at San Francisco
State University. Covers topics in applied environmental ethics
such as genetic engineering, environmental effects of war, and indigenous
peoples.
EpistemeLinks.com-a
large collection of philosophy resources on the internet. Indexed
by philosopher and topic.
Ethical
Links Database- collected by the Markkula Center for Applied
Ethics. Indexed by topic.
Ethics,
Ethical Theory, Meta-Ethics at Erratic Impact's Philosophy
Research Base. Articles, bibliographies, and links to ethics resources.
Ethics Index--compiled
by Sharon Stoerger, librarian at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Topical index of articles and papers available online.
Government
Accountability Project -a nonprofit, public interest group that
promotes government and corporate accountability. Site covers news
developments on issues such as nuclear safety, corporate accountability,
and food and drug safety.
Ethics
Updates Home Page- by Lawrence Hinman. A huge resource of articles,
cases, and commentary on ethical theory and applied ethics.
On
Being A Scientist -The full-text of the National Academy of
Science's booklet.
Professional and Business Ethics- Social Science Information
Gateway. A large, well organized collection of resources on business
and professional ethics. Searchable by topic and keyword.
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