Corporate Social Responsibility Resources

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BuildingGreen Covers the environmentally-friendly building industry and includes:

• Articles from Environmental Building News (1992 to the present), a monthly newsletter featuring comprehensive, practical information on a range of topics related to sustainable design in the built environment.
• GreenSpec, a database of environmentally preferable building products listing more than 2,000 products with descriptions, manufacturer information, and links to additional resources.
• High Performance Buildings Case Studies describing projects ranging from homes and commercial interiors to large buildings and even whole campuses and neighborhoods. These may be certified green projects, or simply projects that have one or more notable environmental features.
• Links to selected resources for environmentally sensitive design and construction.
• The site can be searched by keyword or browsed by topic. Information is also organized by CSI Divisions or Homebuilder Categories.
• Link for on-campus use

Historical Annual Reports (ProQuest)

• Searchable full text versions of annual reports for all 800 corporations that ever were in the Fortune 500. Reports date from 1844 to the present. They provide data on financial performance, key officers, competitors, and market trends for the leading corporations in the United States. These annual reports may be searched by keyword, company name, Fortune 500 ranking, NAICS Code, personal name, and subsidiary name.
• Link for on-campus use

Innovest iRatings

• International company ratings, risk profiles, sector reports, weekly stock monitors, and other specialized research materials, with focus on emerging markets and new environmental regulations.

Socrates

• This database provides in-depth profiles on over 650 US corporations, including every company on the Standard & Poor's 500(tm) and the Domini 400 Social Index. Each corporate profile details a company's rank as it relates to community, diversity, employee relations, environment, non-US operations, products, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, nuclear power and military contracting. The profiles also have social ratings evaluating each company's strengths and concerns. Access to historical data is available from the Historical Data Files page.
• Restricted to: Ross Constituents Only
• Use Policy: When using material from this database in reports and presentations, vendor contract requirements dictate that you must include the phrase, "Used with permission of (name of database)." Traders may not use this database.

World Bank e-Library

• Browse or search this collection of over 4,000 World Bank publications, Policy Research Working Papers and the journal The World Bank Economic Review. Browse by subject or geographic region. Topics covered include: Agriculture and Rural Development; Business Procurement; Commodities, Pricing, and Trade; Banking, Finance, and Investment; Energy, Industry, and Mining; Globalization; Labor and Income; Legal and Judicial Issues; Social and Cultural Issues; Technology and Telecommunications and much more.
• Link for on-campus use

[edit] Journals

Business and Professional Ethics Journal

Business Ethics

Business Ethics Quarterly

Business Strategy and the Environment

Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance Advisor

Corporate Social Issues Reporter

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Greener Management International

Journal of Business Ethics

Journal of Management and Governance

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Provides current articles, analysis, best practice and case studies on Corporate Social Responsibility. Includes an archive of past publications.