Practical Ethics

Association for Practical and Professional Ethics.  The main organization concerning practical and professional ethics, based at the Indiana University.  

Blog, written by philosophers and other academics.

Business Ethics.  A rich source of links, from  Marcelo Vásconez.

Codes of Professional Ethics.  Copies of all available codes of ethics from every profession.  Sponsored by the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Creationism / Evolution Debate.  A series of exchanges on the debate, but very well-known spokespeople from both sides.  Detailed; well-done.

Ethics on the world wide web.  From California State University-Fullerton.  Links to various resources on business, medical, and professional ethics.

Ethics Updates.  Great resource, maintained by philosopher Laurence Hinman.  Extensive links for numerous web resources.

European Consortium for Political Research.  An organization of political theorists throughout Europe, based at the University of Essex (UK).  Includes cutting-edge papers on topics covered in this volume. 

Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at the University of Maryland.  Online copy of the Institute's quarterly magazine for the past three years.  Each issue features articles on some practical ethical issue.

Lectures.  Video recordings of lectures by renowned faculty.  Many lectures on ethical topics.

Multiple links from the Center for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia.

Religious Tolerance.  A Canadian religious organization.  This page features links to diverse opinions on a wide variety of practical ethical issues.

Research Ethics Initiative at North Carolina State University.  Outlines of various course modules in research ethics.  Links to other resources.

United Nations.  Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.  Copies of the UN Declaration of Human Rights, and various treaties and Covenants about human rights.  Good resource.  Includes a list of all countries that have ratified these documents.  Important point about this document.  An `s' only means the country has acknowledge the presence of the document.   Only countries that have ratified (r) or accepted the Declaration or Covenant by accession (a) have official endorsed that Declaration or covenant. 

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