Responsible Business Resource Guide

Articles & Databases 

• Mergent Market Atlas [Trial ends 06/30/2025] - search for and review ESG Rating Reports - Environmental, Social and Governance report measuring a company’s exposure to, and management of, ESG issues. Data includes business description, ICB classification information, ESG rating, rating history, pillar scores, country and industry averages, and their exposure.

Search strategy: incorporate keywords relating to corporate responsibility in addition to the company or industry name you are researching.

Starting point keyword searches may include:

• "business ethics"
• "corporate social responsibility"
• "social responsibility in business"
• "business conduct"
• "business practices"
• "corporate governance"
• sustainability

Books at the CSUMB Library

Books on responsible business topics can be found through OneSearch.

Try a simple search: (putting the terms in quotes prompts the system to look for exact phrases) 

• "social responsibility"
• "corporate social responsibility"
• "business ethics"
• "board governance"
• "social reporting"
• plus others such as sustainability, accountability, transparency, disclosure

Run your search, then refine your results as needed using the filters on the left side of the page. 

Some responsible business books in our collection:

Journals

A brief list of high use responsible business journals.

To check for a journal title not on this list, please use the library's List of Journal Titles.

Books At Other Libraries

CSUMB students, faculty and staff may use CSU+ Resource Sharing (a service integrated into OneSearch) for ordering books, articles and media held at other CSUs as well as borrow books found using MOBAC regional catalogs.

Websites

Links out to company profiles and rankings resources, standards search tools, and responsible business and sustainability reporting frameworks, principles, and guidelines. Also visit CSUMB Library's guide to Evaluating Websites & Internet Resources.

More Suggested Keywords

Try these keywords when searching for information about your topic:

• Auditing 
• "Business ethics" 
• "Business regulation"
• "Circular economy"
• "Corporate culture" 
• "Corporate governance" 
• Corporations -- Corrupt practices
• "Credit ratings" 
• CSR or "Corporate social responsiblity"
• "Discrimination in employment"
• "Employee rights"
• ESG or "Environmental social and governance factors"
• Finance -- Moral and ethical aspects
• Fraud
• Globalization -- Social aspects
• "Labor laws"
• "Labor unions"
• Leadership -- Moral and ethical aspects
• "Social responsibility"
• SRI or "Socially responsible investing"
• "Work environment"
• "Workplace protections"