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Ethics Toolkit

This collection of useful ethics tools has been assembled for your use. You may reproduce them for your own personal, internal use as long as attribution is given to the ERC as their creator.

Use of the tools for commercial purposes is respectfully prohibited. To discuss licensing the tools for commercial use, contact the ERC at ethics@ethics.org.

  • Ethics FAQs: Short answers to commonly asked questions and links to where on our website you can find out more
  • Practical Guides: Includes tips and guidelines for writing codes of ethics, an ethics glossary, values definitions and other short articles on the practice of organizational ethics
  • Ethics Effectiveness Quick Test: An instrument designed to quickly assess your organization's ethical effectiveness in twelve ethics management areas.
  • Ask the Expert: Selections from a three year series in Ethics Today Online where ERC advisory staff answered reader questions.
  • Business Ethics Timeline: This chart follows the development of business ethics through five decades, examining ethical climate, major ethical dilemmas, and business ethics developments.