Code of Ethics Data

Notre Dame Ethics Database

• EthicsCodes_SP500_2019.zip
   
• EthicsCodes_SP500_2008.zip
   
• EthicsCodes_SmallFirms_2008.zip

These datasets were used in the following papers:
 

• Commonality in Codes of Ethics, Margaret Forster, Tim Loughran, and Bill McDonald, Journal of Business Ethics, 90, 2009, 129-139.
   
• How Have Corporate Codes of Ethics Responded to an Era of Increased Scrutiny?, Tim Loughran, Bill McDonald, and James Otteson, Journal of Business Ethics, 23, 2023, 1029-1044.