Last week I sent out a message asking how people on this listserv used statistics or other kind of data to teach business ethics. The attachment summarizes the responses I received.
Thanks to all of those who responded.
Best regards,
John
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John W. Dienhart
The Frank Shrontz Chair for Professional Ethics
Director, Center for Business Ethics at Albers
Director, Northwest Ethics Network
http://www.seattleu.edu/albers/dienharj
Phone: (206) 296-5714 Using data or statistics in business ethics classes
Compiled by John Dienhart from emails listed below.
Dienhart dienharj@seattleu.edu
The Ethics Resource Center's National Business Ethics Survey In http://ethics.org/nbes/
Corporate Governance Monthly http://www.corpgov.deloitte.com/site/us/deloitte-periodicals/corporate-governance-monthly/;jsessionid=BnS4PGgYJZpnhZ1myLs5VB84yfb2zRKNFFyhfdq9PGPL8QnTYvY4!1945019619!NONE
Paul Miesing paul.miesing@albany.edu
I'm starting to use http://www.google.com/publicdata/directory mostly for economic growth impacts on the environment.
Thomas Roulet troulet@gmail.com
I think the World value survey is also interesting.
http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/
It yields interesting comparisons.
Kay Keels jkeels@COASTAL.EDU
There is a Perceived Corruption Index (http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2011/) that measures perceptions of corruption in 183 countries. I use it in CSR class to spark discussion – especially when I have a group of international students. The discussion of differences in perceptions is very interesting.
Denis Collins dcollins@edgewood.edu
i use stats, or at least facts, which stats are a subset of, every class session. :)
usually stuff i read that day, within the last week, or for some odd reason its been stuck in my brain for a long time, like the average person lies 1 to 2 times a day.
Shacklock Arthur a.shacklock@GRIFFITH.EDU.AU
Transparency International (TI)'s major contribution:
· Corruption Perception Index (CPI): First released in 1995 – has had a major impact in raising awareness - now (2010 study) has 178 country coverage
· Bribe Payers Index (BPI): Running since 1999, focusing specifically on bribery, with a 22 country coverage in 2008 (interviews with 2,742 senior business executives from companies in 26 countries)
· Global Corruption Barometer (GCB): Begun in new 2003, seeks the views of civil society at large with (in 2010) more than 91,500 people in 86 countries and territories
· National Integrity Systems Country Studies (NIS): More than 70 country studies completed since 2001.
· Asia/Pacific and "NISPAC" studies of systems in the Pacific region.
Others:
· World Bank: "World Bank Global Governance Indicators", "Indicators of Governance and Institutional Quality", "Service Delivery Surveys", "Governance Indicators, Aid Allocation and the Millennium Challenge Account"
· OECD's strategies: e.g.: "Anti-Bribery Convention"
(Hilary Clinton: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT4OKJ_4Wh0 )
· United Nations Convention against Corruption
· KPMG Forensic's surveys, e.g.: "Fraud Barometer"
· Surveys by various watchdogs (e.g.: ICACs (HK and NSW)
· Center for Public Integrity's work
· American Bankers Association surveys
· Caux Round Table - Country profiles; Major current issues.
Beverly Kracher beverlykracher@gmail.com
Ethisphere stuff on the world's most ethical companies, including charts on their website that show that these companies do well compared to S&P 500.
not highly scientific, but good stuff.
Our Business Ethics Alliance also has organizational ethics surveys for the Omaha area on it's website. Free downloads. We mirrored the ERCs work when we created the surveys. Did one in 2008 and then in 2010. Another one will be coming up next year.
http://businessethicsalliance.org
click on Resources.
click on Survey Reports.
Megan Hess HessM09@darden.virginia.edu
I'm currently teaching an elective course to accounting and management undergrads called "Anatomy of a Fraud". The course considers the various factors that contribute to the risk of financial statement fraud and other forms of corporate misconduct. I have found that the bi-annual survey created by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners provides some very helpful statistics on the frequency and type of fraud across industries and geographies as well as information on how they were detected. Enjoy!
http://www.acfe.com/fraud-resources.aspx
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