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Ms. Elia Yi Armstrong
Project Coordinator
Division for Public Economics and Public Administration
UNDESA
Email: armstronge@un.org

 

 

 

 

Ethics and Corruption in the Public Sector - explore measures against bribery, corruption and misconduct in OECD member governments.

World Bank Group - Anti-Corruption Knowledge Resource Center

World Trade Organisation - Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement Practices

International Chamber of Commerce - Standing Committee on Extortion and Bribery 

OECD -PUMA. Public Management Service

OECD - SIGMA. Support for Improvement in Governance and Management in Central and Eastern European Countries

OECD Anti-Corruption Unit

INTOSAI (International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions)

EUROSAI (European Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions)

The Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL) - has a focus on expanding communication among governmental ethics agencies and commissions.  It has compiled, published and updated annually a collection of data about existing ethics agencies. 

Transparency International   An international organisation which aims to reduce the incidence of grand corruption - that is, corrutpion which affects decision-making at a governmental level. It targetd not only those who accept bribes, but those who pay.  

Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs.  It is a nonpartisan organization focusing on research and education on the intersection of ethics and international affairs. 

International Society of Business, Economics & Ethics (ISBEE)  International Society of Business Economics & Ethics.  The aim of the society is to advance the debate on the ethical dimension of business and economics on an international basis.  

American Society for Public Administration. ASPA's membership is over 10,000 and comprises practitioners, scholars, teachers and students.  It is the world's largest association in the field of public adminstration.  

Ethics Today - the newsletter of the ASPA Section on Ethics.

The Center for Public Integrity - a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC, whose mission is to examine public service and ethics-related issues. 
http://www.publicintegrity.org

International Accounting Network

Privacy International

Legal Ethics.com

Ethics and Justice Society.  A cyber-group of likeminded individuals wit a shared interest in ethics, justice, and politics. The aim is to contribute to the establishment of an international ethical community.  

Professional Ethics Report (AAAS Scientific Freedom, Responsibility and Law Program)

Association for Practical and Professional Ethics

Ethics Resource Center fosters ongoing collaboration and cooperation among business, government, non-profit educational and organizational ethics communities.

Heartland Institute

The Americas' Accountability/Anti-Corruption Project. RespondaNet.

Anti-Corruption Network for Transition Economies.

Division for Public Economics and Public Administration (DPEPA) (Information on anti-corruption activities of the United Nations)

Ethics Scenario. Information site provided by the University of Texas for researchers of ethics, intellectual property and copyright issues

Eubios Ethics Institute.  Focus on bioethics, DNA and gene ethics and medical ethics.  The Eubios Ethics Institute is a nonprofit group which aims to stimulate international debate on ethical issues and the question of use of technology. Produces the Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics (EJAIB).

The Joseph and Edna Josephson Institute of Ethics is a public-genefit, nonpartisan, nonprofit membership organization founded in otder to improve the ethical quality of society by advocating ethical decision making and principled reasoning.  

The Ethics Center is a clearinghouse on the web.  It focuses on ethical cases, methodology, problem-solving and ethics networks.  It is connected to the Taknosys Software Corporation, which designs software that provides training and facilitation packages on ethics training and ethical decision-making. 

African region websites

Global Coalition for Africa

 

Asian and Australian websites

Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong

National Personnel Authority (Japanese Civil Service)

Public Service and Merit Protection Commission (Australia)

NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption

Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics

Australian National Audit Office

Office of the Controller and Auditor-General of New Zealand
 

Canadian Government ethics offices

Office of the Ethics Counsellor

Ethics Practitioners' Association of Canada

Office of the Auditor General of Canada

 

Europe

European Commission: codes of conduct

 

United Kingdom  

UK Cabinet Office - Civil Service Code

UK Committee on Standards in Public Life (The Neill Committee)

Select Committee on Ethics

 

United States Goverment

United States Office of Government Ethics

United States General Accounting Office

US Department of Commerce - Anti-Corruption Review

Financenet (US Government Administrative Internetwork)

International GovNews Project (US Vice President Al Gore's project providing access to government information and citizen feedback worldwide via the Usenet)

United States Government Ethics programs and legislation

US State and Local Government Sites

 

The International Business Ethics Institute is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, educational organisation.  It was established to address the need for a transnational approach to business ethics.  It is headquartered in Washington, with regional offices in London and Brazil.  

Institute for Business and Professional Ethics

European Business Ethics Network (EBEN)  EBEN is a not-for-profit association, supported by some of Europe's leading companies.  Its aim is to promote values-based and ethically-aware management.

Business Ethics and Stakeholder Relations Program

Business Enterprise Trust

Council on Economic Priorities

Greenmoney: Socially Responsible Business, etc.

Centre for Business Ethics, Bentley College, Massachusetts      
 

 

 

 

Key Centre for Ethics Law Justice & Governance  (Griffith University, Australia.)

Ethics@Harvard.Edu (Harvard University) 

Institute for Business and Professional Ethics, DePaul University, Chicago. 

USQ Ethics Home Page (University of Southern Queensland, Australia) 

Princeton University Center for Human Values  (Princeton University)  Offers courses and seminars on ethics and human values. 

Centre for Academic Integrity (Duke University)

Centre for Applied Ethics (Hong Kong Baptist University)

Ethics Updates - updates current literature on ethics subjects.  Site operated by University of San Diego.

Center for Applied and Professional Ethics (California State University)

Center for the Study of Ethics (Utah Valley Stage College)

The Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research (University of Pennsylvania) sponsors, conducts and disseminates research on business ethics - especially ethical issues which arise in relation to  financial services, global business and the relationship between markets and morality.

Codes of Ethics Online Project (Illinois Institute of Technology)

Ethics on the World Wide Web (California State University, School of Communications) 

Program in Ethics and the Professions (Harvard University)

University of British Columbia, Centre for Applied Ethics.  Focuses on research in applied ethics, supporting curse with a significant ethical component and acting as a community resource.  Provides opportunities for academics, practitioners and others to share their research and theories on moral issues of the day. 

The Decisions and Ethics Center (Stanford University) 

Institute for the Study of Applied and Professional Ethics (Dartmouth College)

Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research, Wharton School, (Uni Pennsylvania)

Professional Ethics Resources on the WWW (University of British Columbia)

Strategic Decision Group: Laurentian University 

Applied Ethics Resources on the Web (University of British Columbia)

Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (University of Indiana)

The Ethics Center (University of South Florida)

The Values Institute (University of San Diego)

Centre for Business Ethics (Bentley College, Massachusetts)

International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life (Brandeis University, Jerusalem).

Markkula Center for Applied Ethics (Santa Clara University).
 

Edison Law and Ethics

Legal Ethics - Legalethics.com - offers the legal profession links and references to ethics rules, regulations, and articles relating to the integration of the Internet into the practice of law.

Legal Ethics and Reform

National Organization of Bar Counsel - non-profit organization of attorneys who, serving as legal counsel to courts and bar associations, enforce ethical rules of professional conduct on attorneys.
 

Ethics and Justice Society.  A cyber-group of likeminded individuals wit a shared interest in ethics, justice, and politics. The aim is to contribute to the establishment of an international ethical community.  The EJS publishes an on-line ethics journal.

 

 

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