1.6 Additional Resources
The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is a global network of communication professionals committed to improving organizational effectiveness through strategic communication. http://www.iabc.com
Explore the Website of the National Communication Association, the largest U.S. organization dedicated to communication. http://www.natcom.org
Read The National Commission on Writing’s findings about the importance of communication skills in business. http://www.writingcommission.org/pr/writing_for_employ.html
The National Association of Colleges and Employers offers news about employment prospects for college graduates. http://www.naceweb.org
Dale Carnegie, author of the classic How to Win Friends and Influence People, may have been one of the greatest communicators of the twentieth-century business world. The Dale Carnegie Institute focuses on giving people in business the opportunity to sharpen their skills and improve their performance in order to build positive, steady, and profitable results. http://www.dalecarnegie.com
Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) provides a wealth of resources for writing projects. http://owl.english.purdue.edu
To communicate ethically, check your facts. FactCheck is a nonpartisan project of the Annenberg Center for Public Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. http://www.factcheck.org
To communicate ethically, check your facts. PolitiFact is a nonpartisan project of the St. Petersburg Times; it won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009. http://www.politifact.com
The Baldrige Program (http://www.nist.gov/baldrige/index.cfm) focuses on excellence in business, including values and ethics. Learn more at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, at http://www.nist.gov/.
From Amazon to Zappos, Santa Clara University offers insightful case studies on business ethics here (http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/cases.cfm?fam=BUSI).
The Illinois Institute of Technology offers a range of resources including case studies on business ethics here (http://guides.library.iit.edu/content.php?pid=106063&sid=2070344).
Communication at Work, Ethical Communication at http://communication.atwork-network.com/2007/08/08/ethical-communication/.
Institute of Company Secretaries India, Business Ethics, at http://www.icsi.in/Study Material Foundation/BMEC.pdf.
Communication Ethics, Communication in the Workplace New Zealand, by Frank Sligo and Ralph Bathurst, at http://www.prismjournal.org/fileadmin/Praxis/Files/Fountaine.pdf.
Excellent resources and case studies at the Center for Ethics, Vanderbilt University at https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/case-studies/.
Learn more about excellence in business programs at The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), The Association of MBAs (AMBA), European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), and/or the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE). (Available at http://www.aacsb.edu/, http://www.mbaworld.com/, http://www.efmd.org/accreditation-main/equis, and http://iacbe.org/.)
Learn more about Six Sigma and how it relates to communication, business, and excellence (available at http://www.isixsigma.com/new-to-six-sigma/getting-started/what-six-sigma/).
US News and World Reports and MoneyCNN on Seven Steps for an Effective LinkedIn.com Profile at http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2013/04/23/7-steps-to-creating-the-best-linkedin-profile.
What is an ePortfolio (http://www.qmu.ac.uk/eportfolio/) as well as resources, tools, and related information from Clemson University, Boston University, Queen Margaret University (UK). (Available at http://www.clemson.edu/academics/programs/eportfolio/, http://www.bu.edu/eportfolio/, http://www.qmu.ac.uk/eportfolio/.)
ePortfolios from Google Apps! (https://sites.google.com/site/eportfolioapps/overview)
ePortfolios from Merlot! (http://eportfolio.merlot.org/)