ethics centers

Some ethics centers (as is true of the Maguire Center) are generalists within the field of ethics, while others specialize in one or more areas of ethics.  Likewise, some centers are particularly good sources of one type of information or another (e.g., case studies, analytical articles, introductory materials, advanced discussions, etc.).  The list below is limited to a few centers whose web presence goes beyond "this is who we are and what we do."

Please feel free to bring other centers to our attention. 

ethics centers -- general

There are a lot of ethics centers, but relatively few maintain resource-rich websites.  The ones below are better than most, especially APPE (with its links to just about every ethics centers' websites) and the Markkula Center (case studies and introductory articles on a vast array of topics).

• Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE)
  • listing of 150 member-centers and other institutional affiliates
• Beard Center for Leadership in Ethics, Duquesne University
• Emory University Center for Ethics
• Ethics and Compliance Officer Association
  • This Week's Ethics & Compliance News
• Ethics Resource Center
• Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University
• Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics, Arizona State University
• Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University
• Poynter Center, Indiana University
   

ethics centers -- specialized

• Emerson Center for Business Ethics, Saint Louis University
• Center for the Study of Professional Military Ethics, U.S. Naval Academy
• Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society at the National Academy of Engineering