UUsing WebVISTA
* Before using WEbVISTA for the first time, you will need to set up your web browser and Java before. To do
so, follow the instructions at the University's Browser Setup page at: http://webct.umn.edu/browser/
After setting up your brower, you can access WebVISTA via the myU Portal my Toolkit Page:
1. Go to http://myu.umn.edu
2. Click the Click here to Sign-In link at the upper left
3. Log in with
your UMN Internet ID and password.
4. Click the my Toolkit tab
5. In the To Do List, scroll down and click the link to our class section
Here is a student orientation site:
http://uttc.umn.edu/training/resources/webct/vista/
and here's a student support site:
http://webvista.umn.edu/students/
sCases that we will use in class for
How Young Is Too Young?
ADM Price Fixing
Off Duty
Mercy Medical Center
The Garmet Industry Sweatshop
GM Foods
Links tied to Course Topics
Writing Your Own Case
Some ethical issues in various business disciplines
(this may help you think of an ethics case topic)
Examples of Cases
Social Responsibility
Who Are the Best Corporate Citizens? A Corporate Social Responsibility Report That Is Updated Regularly
Largest online directory of corporate non-financial reports (e.g., sustainability, environmental and social reports)
McDonalds Corporate Responsbility Website
Corporate Responsibility OnLine Newsletter
Socially Responsible Investing
The Association for Private Enterprise -- The Invisible Hand
Power and Explotiation
Corporate Power Facts and Stats
ABC's Replication of the Milgram Study
A Virtual Replication of the Milgram Study
Coercive Power
Bases of Social Power
Executive Paywatch
Custom, Convention and Courtesy
Cleaned, family-friendly versions of popular films
The Limited Too website
Business and Government
Federal Sentencing Guidelines
Lobbying Spending Information
The Fix is In -- ADM Price Fixing. Audio of This American Life show.
Jim Vileta's Legal Issues Website
Find Law
Weighing Costs/Benefits
Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity
The Miniture Earth
Equity, Justice and Fairness
Measure your unconscious biases against various groups: Tolerance. Org warning: takes a long time
Challenge to be different
Research Ethics/Whistle Blowing
Professional Ethics and Responsible Research Conduct --UM Brochure
Overlooking Other's Unethical Behavior
Research Ethics Resources on the Web
Some items on reserve about Research Ethics
Enron's Code of Ethics
The IgNobel Prize Winners
International Values
Social Accountability International -- SA8000
ISO 26000 Standards
International Business Ethics Institute, Inc
Canadian Business Ethics Link
Honesty and Deception
Improv : The ethics of Deception
The Excused Absence Network
CheatHouse.com (online termpapers)
Lying and Living a Life of Deception
Campaign for Real Beauty -- Dove
BzzzAgent -- Word of Mouth Marketing
Hidden Persuaders
Center for Media and Democracy
Adbusters Magazine
Worldwide Advertising Clips
TV AD sites on the web
Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia
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Environment
Want to sell carbon credits and you're a farmer? Here's three places:
AgraGate.com CarbonFarmersofamerica.com chicagoclimatex.com
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freecycle.org (to give away and get local stuff for free)
Greenwashing: Don't believe all environmental claims
The Global Warming Challenge (forecasting errors)
Organic Farm Conference
Milk Paint store
Example of a local source for organic food
An Inconvient Truth
Global Warming -- Another View
Global Warming -- The Stern Report
And Yet another Global Warming site
Want another Global Warming site? -- EPA
An anti-global warming page .. With an interesting analysis
Warming, really a crisis?
Okay, maybe a last site about Global Warming
Building a Sustainable Business: Business Plan
Organic Valley Farms
Source for Innovative Solutions
State Incentives for Renewable Energy Sources
Your Mission Statement
Take Back Your Time!
The Simple Living Network
FranklinCovey Mission Builder
Quint Careers Mission Statement Exercises
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen R. Covey, 1989