MGMT 1040 library session (winter 2011-2012)
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MGMT 1040Ethics, Social Responsibility and Sustainability in BusinessJanuary 2012
Librarians:Sophie Bury <[email protected]>
William Denton <[email protected]>Xuemei Li <[email protected]>
Peter F. Bronfman Business Library, S237 SSB
http://researchguides.library.yorku.ca/businessethicsThese slides are there too.
Online course guide
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Peter F. Bronfman Business Library
http://www.library.yorku.ca/cms/bbl/
Sources of information
Library resources
• The catalogue
• Article databases
• Sustainalytics
The free web
• Company sites
• Think tanks
• Wikipedia
Selected for quality and relevance to teaching and research.
Generally not available on the Internet.
Schulich and the Libraries are partners in funding the electronic resources
Google and Wikipedia: Great places to start, but not to finish.
Thinking critically about information
sources
A good way to start is to familiarize yourself with the world of business information: who produces it, who consumes it, and why?
Answers to these kinds of questions should help inform your decision as to whether a source is relevant or authoritative in the context of your research question.
You always need to evaluate any information resource retrieved through any search tool
Who = Author
What = Article title
When = Date
Where = Journal title, volume, and page
This short video is also available to
help you find articles when you are
working from a citation or reference.
Finding articles by citation 1:
through the catalogue
Singh, J. B. (2011). Changes and
Trends in Canadian Corporate Ethics
Programs. Business and Society
Review, 116(2), 257-276.
Library home page
Finding articles by citation 2:
Google Scholar
Singh, J. B. (2011). Changes and
Trends in Canadian Corporate Ethics
Programs. Business and Society
Review, 116(2), 257-276.
http://scholar.google.com/
Article databases
These three
are all linked
in the subject
research
guide.
Many
different
kinds of
articles
Newspapers
(primarily)
• Published in academic journals – may be peer-reviewed
• May be generally dedicated to the area of business e.g. Academy of Management Journal, or to a subfield within business such as business ethics, e.g. Business Ethics Quarterly
• Written by academics and researchers
• Typically focuses on original research
• There is a publication lag time
• Uses specialized language
• Has extensive bibliographies
• Plain covers, few or no pictures or advertisements
Scholarly journals
• Published in trade or professional journals or magazines, e.g. Directors & Boards, CA Magazine
• Target members of a specific business, industry or organization.
• Written by practitioners or journalists who cover the field
• Often published by an association or organization
• Valued for currency• Typically focus on industry trends,
new products, and organizational news
• Editorial reviews quite common, may contain short bibliographies
• Often printed on glossy paper with pictures, and illustrations and some focused advertising
Trade magazines
• Published in popular magazines e.g. Canadian Business, Economist, Forbes
• Target audience is general public and/or business professionals
• Tend to focus on general business information, especially current trends and news
• Sometimes unsigned articles• No bibliographies• Use of laymen terms not
specialized language• Features glossy paper, pictures
& illustrations, and heavy advertising
Popular magazines
• Published in newspapers or newswires, e.g. Wall Street Journal, Financial Times or Canada Newswire
• Usually the articles are short
• Focuses on current news in business
• Written by business columnists and journalists
Newspapers
Matten, Dirk. (2003) “Symbolic Politics in Environmental
Regulation: Corporate Strategic Responses”. Business Strategy
and the Environment. 12.4: 215-226
To find this article through the library
catalogue you would search:
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Finding articles by citation: quiz
1. Article title = Symbolic Politics in Environmental…
2. Author = Matten, Dirk
3. Journal title = Business Strategy and the Environment
4. Wait a second … I’m not sure
Choose only one answer:When searching the library catalogue, which search string will find the most records?
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Question: Which finds the most?
1. fraud and accounting
2. fraud in accounting
3. fraud or accounting
4. wait a second … I’m not sure
Choose only one answer:
To retrieve all variations on the word
“canada” (such as canada, canadian, …)
which truncated form works best?
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Question: Which matches the most?
1. canada*
2. cana*
3. can*
4. canad*
5. wait a second … I’m not sure
Avoid natural language. Use “and” and “or” to search.
and puts together distinctive concepts and narrows the search
management and ethics
whistleblow* and legislation
or combines synonyms or like terms and broadens the search
web or internet
ethics or morals
Truncation symbols expand words
ethic* (= ethic, ethics, ethical, ethically)
manag* (= manage, manager, management)
Developing a good search strategy
Two search demonstrations
Topic: whistleblowing and business ethics
Topic: Starbucks and corporate social responsibility
Library home page
Video: The Underwater Impact of the
BP Oil Spill
http://youtu.be/lY-PikuXTYY
What caught your interest?
Questions you came up with?
Let’s take one question and formulate an effective search
strategy.
– What are the main keywords?
– Are there synonyms or alternate spellings?
– Should you use ANDs or ORs?
– Would truncation help you out?
Search exercise
1. Go to the library home page at www.library.yorku.ca
2. Search for Business Source Premier and go to its site
3. Keeping principles of effective search strategy in mind, run to a
search to see what you can find on your chosen topic using the
search strategy you’ve come up with
Business Source Premier looks like this:
Sustainalytics
Sustainalytics rates companies on environmental, social and governance performance.
For most performance issue areas, it includes aboriginal relations, community involvement, corporate governance, employee relations, the environment and human rights.
The framework calls for a complete examination of each company's performance record in that area, as well as an evaluation of each company's record in these areas overall.
It also includes a
Controversy Report.
Example: Barrick Gold Corp
Information produced by corporations:
annual reports
SEDAR:
Canadian
annual
reports since
1997
EDGAR:
US annual
reports
Consider:
• Purpose of the site
• Audience(s) for the site
• Positives and negatives of this site as an information source
• CSR information available
Imperial Oil
www.imperialoil.ca
Information produced by corporations:
web sites
Business ethics/CSR information on the
free web
This may take many forms and you need to consider authority, accuracy, currency, coverage, and objectivity.
You also need to consider the relevance of the site in the context of your research project
“A free and prosperous world through choice, markets
and responsibility.”
“Holding corporations accountable.”
Business librarians are available to help you all through the year:
• at the reference desk
• 416-736-5139
• or by IM
Thanks for your attention
Or use the Meebo chat box on our site:
http://www.library.yorku.ca/cms/bbl/
http://researchguides.library.yorku.ca/businessethics