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***Business Resources*** this document provides a list (not exhaustive, but helpful) business resources to consult. It is organized by business facets. For example, Company Research, Financial Information, Industry Research, Marketing Research, etc.
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Center for Business Planning--Business Plans
Corporate Social Responsibility resources
- Business Ethics a magazine of corporate social responsibility
- CSRwire Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire
- CorporateRegister.com is the primary reference point for corporate responsibility (CR) reports and resources worldwide.
- Ethics World Ethics news and analysis. Six main sections: New, Ethics and Employees, Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsiblity, Public Sector Governance, and News from NGOs.
- Free2Work this site rates companies on their labor practices
Economic Indicators
- 2007 Economic Census Data--U.S.Census Bureau
- COFACE Country and Economic Research
- Council of Economic Advisers relevant economic documents, reports, and indicators for the current administration..
- Economic Mobitlity Project: An Initiate of the Pew Charitable Trusts
- Federal Reserve Board: Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions 2010 Released 8 times a year, this publication also known as The Beige Book provides information on current economic conditions. Reports go back to October 1996
- FRED: Federal Reserve Economic Data
- Measure of America use this free interactive tool to find statistical information on life expectancy, median personal earnings, poverty rate, unemployment rate, and more. Explore the Charts link within the Interactive Maps & Data tool to identify income indicators on the zip code level such as; housing foreclosures, transportation statistics and more.
- Workforce Explorer for Washington State The Washington Labor Market Quarterly Review examines the economic conditions affecting the labor market of Washington State.
- World Bank Data free access to 331 indicators from World Development Indicators from around the world covering 209 countries from 1960-2008. Examples of data available: employment in agriculture, exports of goods and services, etc.
- The Complete World Development Report Online explore this resource for information on world wide economic indicators on such things as agriculture, education, environment, finance, health, infrastructure, poverty reduction, and trade.
Ethics
- BELL:Business Ethics Links Library Business ethics and Social Repsonsibilty from University of Colorado at Boulder
- Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
- Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions
- Ethics Research Center"ERC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization, dedicated to independent research that advances high ethical standards and practices in public and private institutions."
- Ethisphere-- this site is a forum for the Ethisphere Institute, which is an international think tank "dedicated to the creation, advancement and sharing of best practices in business ethics, corporate social responsibility, anti-corruption and sustainability." Would you like to see the list of the world's most ethical companies, then check out this site.
- Ethics World Ethics news and analysis. Six main sections: New, Ethics and Employees, Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsiblity, Public Sector Governance, and News from NGOs.
- EBSCO Greenfile database of scholarly and general interest articles focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment.
Financials
Industry information NAICS and SIC
International Information
Jobs information
Journals
Marketing Information
- County Business Patterns--U.S. Census Bureau find economic information analyzing economic changes over time. Helpful for analyzing Market Potential, measuring the effectiveness of sales and advertising programs, setting sales quotas, etc.
- Customized International Market Research
- International Market Research--U.S. Commercial Services
- MAP: Where Americans are moving by Forbes
- Market Research guides to doing business in other countries. Select the country and the report type "Country Commercial Guides"
- MetroTrends examine this source, published by the Urban Institute, to identify current "data indicators" for metropolitan regions. Datasets found when clicking on the Data Download tab, include information on demographics, income levels, housing information, health insurance stats, employment statistices, House Price Index, and much more.
- The Wall Street Journal: Markets Data Center--Stock Market analysis including international markets.
Statistics
Tax Information
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