Fraud Inc.
http://money.cnn.com/news/specials/corruption/
From the editors of CNN and Money magazine, a round up of what’s happening on the corporate crime front. Current articles on companies and CEOs in trouble, along with summaries of the activities of the investigators who are pursuing the wrongdoers.

Enron and WorldCom

Houston Chronicle Hot Topic: Enron
http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/01/enron/index.html
Complete coverage of the collapse of Houston-based Enron from October 2001 until the present from the Houston Chronicle. Includes a timeline, details of the investigation, background articles, and details on the political contributions of Enron and its accounting firm, Arthur Anderson.

Findlaw Enron
http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/lit/enron/
Current articles, documents and SEC filings about the Enron case from the Findlaw web site of legal news and commentary.

Findlaw WorldCom
http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/lit/worldcom/index.html
Findlaw’s coverage of the WorldCom accounting scandal.

The Watchdogs

Corpwatch
http://www.corpwatch.org/
Web site of the San Francisco-based organization dedicated to promoting corporate accountability worldwide.

Corporate Reform Weekly
http://www.citizenworks.org/news/index.php?id=84
Founded by Ralph Nader, Citizen Works advocates for corporate reform and tracks a wide range of issues in its Corporate Reform Weekly.

Frontline
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/regulation/
This is the companion site to a Frontline program on corporate corruption titled Bigger Than Enron. There are special sections on Questions Investors Need to Ask and Who Dropped the Ball? A Primer on Corporate Watchdogs.

The Good Guys

Business Ethics 2003 Top 100
http://www.business-ethics.com/100best.htm
A list of the top 100 corporate citizens as rated by Business Ethics magazine.

IdealsWork
http://www.idealswork.com/home.asp?from=/index.asp
A web site for consumers that rates brands by a number of social responsibility factors like environmental practices, use of sweatshop labor, treatment of minorities, and animal testing.

Last Update June 2004, courtesy of San Mateo Public Library (rd)