Welcome to the course guide for MGMT1040. This guide is an introduction to resources of relevance for students in this course, available through York University Libraries.

All the key things you need to know in terms of library concepts, tools and research strategies connected to MGMT 1040 content and assignment expectations, are contained in the powerpoint slides  linked below. To further assist you, however, and for convenience and ease of access, this web page also provides links and descriptions of the key library e-resources that are highlighted in the library sessions offered in support of this course.

Powerpoint slides for session

Library Basics

Library Homepage: The Library’s homepage is your portal to the library catalogue, where you will find our extensive collection of print and electronic materials (Books and eBooks, journals and eJournals, databases, videos, maps, etc.), as well as to information about the libraries, research issues such as citation and finding the materials you need, and practical tasks like booking study rooms.

Bronfman Business Library: The web site of the Bronfman Business Library provides information about services provided at this library as well as tailored guides to the rich and varied collection of the business library.

Undergraduate Library Guide: Includes basic libraries’ information including hours, borrowing/renewing materials, library eResources links and information, how to get help at the Libraries, connecting to eResources from home and more.

Help with Research: Bronfman Business Library’s Help with Research page includes contact information for research help at the library, and access to a variety of research guides that are helpful for conducting business research.

Library Catalogue

The YULibrary Catalogue is a tool you should come to rely on again and again when doing your library research. This is because it allows you to search for all the print and electronic materials owned by the libraries by title, author, keyword, and more. Many of the books relating to the field of Business Ethics are located at the Business Library. There is also a growing collection of relevant e-books. The catalogue can be used, however, to find materials other than books including journal titles (for both print and electronic journals), government information, legal materials, videos, and much more. It also includes reserve materials (short-term loan items) and reference items.

Check out this search tips guide for strategies on how to search the catalogue to best effect.

Finding Journal/Magazine Articles

Key Databases: Finding Articles on a Business Ethics Topic

Journal Articles

Proquest Business Simultaneously search all business & industry periodicals available through Proquest Central, including the ABI/Inform databases, concentrated publications on the pharmaceutical, banking, computing and telecommunications industries and Canadian, Asian and European business news. Includes wide coverage of corporate governance topics. Specific databases included in the Proquest suite of business databases at York University are: ABI Inform Global, ABI/Inform Trade & Industry, CBCA Complete: Business,  Proquest Asian Business, and Proquest European Business.

Business Source Premier Contains full text for over 7,000 business periodicals and other sources, including scholarly journals, trade and general business magazines, monographs, country economic and industry reports, industry yearbooks, and market research reports.

Newspaper Articles

Factiva Features over 25,000 news and business publications from 118 countries in 22 languages, including full-text articles from international newspapers such as The Globe and Mail and continuously updated newswires and general business and industry publications like The Economist, Forbes, Fortune, Time, Newsweek, Finanz & Wirtschaft, Satellite News, BusinessWeek.

Useful Guide: Finding Business Articles

For further tips and strategies, please consult the business library’s finding business articles guide.

Specialized Database: Sustainability Research

Sustainalytics: has environmental, social and corporate governance reports for over 1200 publicly-traded North American companies. For each, you can get a

• full company report
• company rating report, which just gives the ratings in ESG categories, or
• controversy report, which just covers controversies

Sustainalytics makes their ratings and decisions based on public evidence and they give their citations, so you can follow up on issues if you want to.

It’s also possible to do comparative reports and generate spreadsheets that compare company ESG ratings.

Interestingly, Jantzi, the company that makes Sustainalytics, also puts its data to use in an exchange-traded fund for investors: it runs the Jantzi Social Index, “a socially screened, market capitalization-weighted common stock index modeled on the S&P/TSX 60 consist[ing] of 60 Canadian companies that pass a set of broadly based environmental, social, and governance rating criteria.” Track its performance at The Globe and Mail’s web site for investors: iShares Jantzi Social ETF.

Company Filings/Annual Reports

Note that the Investor Relations section of publicly-traded companies’ web sites typically includes filings including annual reports.

Canada

All companies that report to the Canadian Securities Administrator, e.g. those listed on the TSX, must file annual reports, quarterly statements, management discussion and more on SEDAR .

United States

Companies traded on U.S. stock exchanges must file their documents on the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) EDGAR database. Please note annual reports on EDGAR are actually 10-K documents and not the traditional annual report. They contain much more information.

International

If you are looking for annual reports for companies outside of North America, Mergent Web Reports is recommended.

Business Ethics web sites

The Business Ethics subject research guides features a list of recommended web sites.

Introduction to Academic Integrity

Once you have selected relevant business articles for your research, one important final step involves compiling an accurate list of references or citations to incorporate within your essay or project. Referencing the items you used for your research is an important part of academic work, and is paramount to avoiding plagiarism. To learn more about plagiarism and the importance of academic integrity, see the Academic Integrity Tutorial available on the York’s website.

Citation Styles

Note that some style guides are available on the web and the Libraries’ web site offers a guide to these sources, including guides to using APA style. McGill University’s Howard Ross Management Library has created a guide to citing business sources using APA style, which includes e-resources also available to York University students.