Books, seminars, consultants, and other resources on codes of ethics, pledges, etc.

The following are miscellaneous links and information pertaining to ethics-related businesses, seminars, books, etc. (We are not necessarily endorsing any of these businesses, but we present them as popular examples that may be useful.)

ETHICS CONSULTANTS:

• Business Ethics Balance
• ChangeMakers Corporate culture focused consulting and training programs
• Character Training International
• Ethical Edge.Com
• Ethical Leadership Group
• Ethical Leadership Consultants Assists companies to combine ethical leadership and shareholder value.
• Ethical Leadership Group
• Ethics and Policy Integration Centre
• EthicScan ("a Toronto-based business ethics, research and consulting clearing-house that monitors the social and environmental performance of 1500 companies in Canada")
• Hammurabi Consulting
• Harlan-Evans, Inc. Dedicated to helping individuals and groups cope with their decisions by empowering them to realize their individual potential. Based in Virginia.
• Integrity Works UK business ethics consultants providing online corporate learning solutions and newsletters.
• Interpraxis Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (Toronto, Canada)
• Mills Garthson & Assocs. Ethics Consultants, Toronto Canada
• Professional Ethics, Inc.
• Public Concern at Work Promoter of accountability and good practice in the workplace.
• Redhawk Ethics and compliance training company that creates custom ethics, communication and training programs for Fortune 500 Companies. Located in Red Bank, New Jersey.
• Resources for Ethics and Management Helps organizations to improve performance and strengthen responsible decision-making through the practical application of ethical principles.
• Silent Whistle Business Ethics Consulting: SilentWhistle - Promote loyalty, increase sales, and reduce losses with confidential feedback from your employees. Web-based, anonymous communication systems.
• Vasin, Heyn & Co. Provides social responsibility audits, ethics audits, traditional audits, management consulting, and tax services to non-profit organizations and socially responsible businesses.
• Working Ethics
• The Working Values Group
• EthicScan "a Toronto-based business ethics, research and consulting clearing-house that monitors the social and environmental performance of 1500 companies in Canada"
• Grainger and Assocs.

ETHICS SEMINARS:

• Bauer Ethics Seminars
• Character Training International
• ChangeMakers Corporate culture focused consulting and training programs

BOOKS:

• Screenwriting With A Conscience: Ethics for Screenwriters by Marilyn Beker (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004)

  "Screenwriting With a Conscience: Ethics for Screenwriters, is for screenwriters who care deeply about what they write; screenwriters who are aware that movie images matter and can influence audiences; screenwriters who want to create meaningful screenplays that make powerful statements while entertaining and winning over audiences.
  
  A user-friendly guide to ethical screenwriting, this book makes the case that social responsibility is endemic to public art while it emphatically champions First Amendment rights and condemns censorship.
  
  In this dynamic and practical volume, author Marilyn Beker provides methods for self-assessment of values, ideas, and ethical stances, and demonstrates the application of these values to the development of plot, character, and dialogue. Screenwriters are introduced to ethical decision-making models and shown through specific film examples how they can be utilized in plot and character development. In addition, specific techniques and exercises are supplied to help screenwriters determine the difference between good and evil, to write realistic and compelling characters based on this determination, and to present messages and write dialogue powerfully without preaching. This book also puts forth a livable work philosophy for dealing with the ethics of the screenwriting business, and presents a viable personal philosophy for surviving in the screenwriting world."

  
  
• The Words We Live By by Brian Burrell (The Free Press, 1997)