SFSU Library Guides for Searching International Companies:
Web: http://www.library.sfsu.edu/instruction/guides/BusResInt.16e.html#toc

Regional Databases

Background Notes. Information on geographical entities and international organizations updated periodically.
Web: http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/

BUBL: World Area Studies. Searching by country or region on topics such as news, politics, business, ethnology, etc.
Web: http://bubl.ac.uk/link/five/wor.html

The European Directory. A search engine, which allows browsing by category, country, etc.
Web: http://www3.ukshops.co.uk/

Information Database for the member states of the United Nations.
Web: http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm

World Fact Book by CIA.
Web: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Business and Economics

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
Web: http://www.apecsec.org.sg/
Web: http://www.apec.org/
Web: http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/ea/apec/

Asian Development Bank.
Web: http://www.adb.org/

BRIE Working Pages. From the Berkeley Round Table on International Economy. Covers US, European and Eastern European developments and issues.
Web: http://brie.berkeley.edu/~briewww/

Bureau of Economic Analysis. A page by US department of Commerce.
Web: http://www.bea.doc.gov/

Central and Eastern Europe Information Center (CEEBICnet). A regularly updated page by the US Department of Commerce.
Web: http://www.mac.doc.gov/eebic/ceebic.html

EU Business. A perfect page for people who are interested in doing business in Europe, includes weekly updates and information about current EU legislation.
Web: http://www.eubusiness.com/

Europages: the European Business Directory. Provides overview of current market trends, economic indicators for industries, and a directory of companies and agencies.
Web: http://www.europages.com/

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development of Eastern Europe and Newly Independent States.
Web: http://www.ebrd.com/english/index.htm

Harvard Business Review.
Web: http://www.hbr.org/

Market Access Database. Information on trade policies and barriers of many countries around the world.
Web: http://mkaccdb.eu.int/

Tradeport. Contains information by country.
Web: http://www.tradeport.org/ts/countries/

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
Web: http://www.unescap.org/

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. In English, Russian and French.
Web: http://www.unece.org/

World Bank Group.
Web: http://www.worldbank.org/

Yellow Web Europe.
Web: http://www.yweb.com/

Government and Politics

Council on Foreign Relations
Web: http://www.foreignrelations.org/public/

Foreign Policy in Focus
Web: http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/

Hieros Gamos: Governments of the World.
Web: http://www.hg.org/govt.html

Political Resources on the Net
Web: http://www.agora.stm.it/politic/

Regional Affairs. A page by US Department of State.
Web: http://www.state.gov/www/regions.html

News and Periodicals

Asia and Pacific Studies E-journals.
Web: http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/indologie/AsianE-Journals.html

Asian Business.
Web: http://web3.asia1.com.sg/timesnet/navigatn/text/ab.html

AUS-CSCAP Newsletter. Australia and Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific.
Web: http://aus-cscap.anu.edu.au/

BBC World Service. Available in Russian.
Web: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/

CNN World News.
Web: http://cnn.com/WORLD/

Harvard Business Review.
Web: http://www.hbr.org/

National News Service (NNC).
Web: http://www.nns.ru/

One World News by Country.
Web: http://www.oneworld.org/themes/country/index.html

Washington Post.
Web: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/

Business Ethics and Environment

Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL).
Web: http://sunsite.nus.edu.sg/apcel/

Business Ethics Resources on WWW. Includes links to corporate codes of ethics and much more.
Web: http://www.ethics.ubc.ca/resources/business/

Ethics Resources on the Net. Via De Paul University Institute for Business and Professional Ethics.

Web: http://www.depaul.edu/ethics/resource.html

Ethics Updates. A page designed to provide updates on current literature, both popular and professional, that relates to ethics.

Web: http://ethics.acusd.edu/index.html

Friends of the Earth.
Web: http://www.foe.org/

Green Seal.
Web: http://www.greenseal.org/

Green Net.
Web: http://www.gn.apc.org/

Institute for Ecological Economics.
Web: http://kabir.cbl.cees.edu/miiee/miiee.html

Redefining Progress.
Web: http://www.progress.org/

Rocky Mountain Institute.
Web: http://www.rmi.org/

Human Rights

AAAS Directory of Human Rights Sites on the Net.
Web: http://shr.aaas.org/dhr.htm

Center for Law and Global Justice.
Web: http://www.usfca.edu/law/globaljustice/main.html

Corporate Watch.
Web: http://www.corpwatch.org/

Council of Europe Page.
Web: http://www.coe.fr/

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. A page by US Department of State.
Web: http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/1997_hrp_report/97hrp_report_toc.html

Derechos Human Rights.
Web: http://www.derechos.org/

Human Rights Internet.
Web: http://www.hri.ca/

Human Rights Watch.
Web: http://www.hrw.org/

International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development.
Web: http://www.ichrdd.ca/

National Endowment for Democracy.
Web: http://www.ned.org/

Netherlands Institute of Human Rights. (SIM)
Web: http://www.rgl.ruu.nl/english/sim/

One World Online.
Web: http://www.oneworld.org/

The Center for International Human Rights Law, Inc.
Web: http://www.rightsinternational.org/

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Web: http://www.unhchr.ch/

Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Available in many languages.
Web: http://www.indigo.ie/egt/udhr/udhr.html

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library.
Web: http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/

Grading Criteria BusCom 360

Description of Grading Standards

The A (Outstanding) Report

The controlling idea is clearly defined, insightful and appropriate for audience and purpose. Development is full and clear. Ideas are supported with specific and concrete details. Organization is coherent, logical and smooth. Controlling idea is evident from paragraph to paragraph and within each paragraph. Sentences are constructed correctly, smoothly and with variety. Your "voice", point of view, ideas and attitudes demonstrate concern, and intelligence. Your diction will reflect appropriate and correct word choice with no idiomatic errors. Your report will reflect careful proofreading in order to avoid any spelling, punctuation and idiomatic errors. Only rare and isolated errors will be present.

The B (Extremely Good) Report

The B paper is similar to the A report except that the controlling idea may be less defined and appropriate. The paper may lack the insight and analysis of the A paper. Organization may be clear but predictable. Support for your position or topic will be less extensive and varied than the A paper. The B paper contains only rare or isolated errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling and idiomatic usage.

The C (Sound) Report

A C report adequately fulfills its purpose. It includes a controlling idea and a recognizable organizational structure that is appropriate to the report type. It provides specific examples in support of the main idea. It has only isolated errors in grammar, punctuation and idiomatic usage. It has no more than an average of 4 proofreading errors per page. The sense of audience and purpose is present and the writer shows understanding of the topic. On the other hand, the C report demonstrates a too general analysis, lack of effective transitions between and within paragraphs, and insufficient support. Nevertheless, A "C" is an acceptable grade. It means that you have done all of the preparatory reading, have revised and edited our report and submitted a correctly formatted and typed version for evaluation. It is an honorable grade and is earned through serious effort.

The D (Weak) Report

A D report is seriously weak in at least one of the categories described above. The controlling idea is loosely defined; occasional serious errors in grammar are present; punctuation or idiomatic usage errors exist, and an average of more than four proofreading errors per page are present.

The F (Unacceptable) Essay

The F report has one or more of the following: NO recognizable controlling idea; NO clearly defined or apparent plan of development; disunified or incoherent paragraph structure; vague and non-specific support for controlling idea; inaccurate or inappropriate word choices, frequently awkward sentence structure; frequent errors — major and minor — in grammar, punctuation, idiomatic usage, and spelling.

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