REF 338 Lea vol.1   
        Leading American Businesses : profiles of major American companies and the people who make
        them important, by Taryn Benbow-Pfalzgraf, 2002.    &

REF 338.7 Lan 
        Landmarks in Modern American Business, 1897-2000, 3 volumes. &

University of Massachusetts-Amherst Library website with links to a wide variety of good business site http://www.massbedrock.org/catalog/index.html 8

United States Small Business Administration site  http://www.sba.gov/ 8

Entrepreneur.com a commercial site with info on startups http://www.entrepreneur.com/ 8

A newsletter issue describing the role schools can play in a community’s economic development  http://www.sedl.org/prep/benefits2/issue1/  8

A thought-provoking report on electronic commerce  http://www.tuac.org/statemen/communiq/eleccom.htm 8

ETHICS & BUSINESS

Ref 170 Tak     
        Taking sides : clashing views on controversial issues in business ethics and society, 1990.    &

174 Bus   
        Business ethics,1996.    &

174 Cal 
        The Cheating Culture : why more Americans are doing wrong & getting ahead, by David Callahan, 2004. &

174 Eth   
        Ethics, 1995.    &

Wikipedia's entry for "business ethics" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_ethics 8

Article from "The Economist" on business and ethics http://www.mindfully.org/Industry/Business-Ethics-Oxymoron.htm 8

Speech by an economics and business professor on the ethics of globalization http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=2876 8

PLANS & PRESENTATIONS

650.1 Fer   
        Information management.  Joe Mackall, 1998.    &

650.1 Fer
        Communication skills.   Richard Worth 1998.    &

650.1 Hel  
        Communicate clearly.  Robert Heller 1998.    &

650.1 Hin  
        Making presentations.  Tim Hindle 1998.    &

How to plan a business, from the Small Business Administration of the United States. http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html 8

Business plan outline http://www.bizoffice.com/library/files/check.txt 8

How to write a business plan, includes an example  http://www.bizoffice.com/library/files/bus_plan.txt 8

bPlans.com commercial site with sample business plans http://www.bplans.com/sp/ 8

STARTING UP A BUSINESS

REF 658 Fal 
        How to set up your own small business, 2 volumes, by Max Fallek, 1995. &

658 Les
        Start your own business : the only start-up book you'll ever need, 2001.  & 

658.1 Kus   
        No experience necessary : a young person's guide to starting a business, Jennifer Kushell,  1997.  & 

658.1 Mar   
        The entrepreneur's guide to starting and running a business.  Steve Mariotti 1996.    &

658.1 Str  
        The business start-up kit,  Steven D. Strauss  2003.    &  

Open Directory's webpage for starting up a business http://dmoz.org/Business/Small_Business/Start_Up/ 8

FRANCHISES:  Managing the Golden Arches

338.7 Gou 
VGM's Business Portraits: McDonalds, by William Gould, 1996. &

394.1 Sch 
Fast Food Nation: the dark side of the all-American meal, by Eric Schlosser, 2001. &

AV 778.59 Sim 
Production Notes:  fast food for thought (a video about how TV advertisements are made using a fast food ad as an example)

Website for an organization critical of McDonald’s business practices, includes reports on working for McDonalds, statistics, law suits and more  http://www.mcspotlight.org 8

McDonald’s website, with information about working for the company  http://www.mcdonalds.com 8

McDonald’s site with information about its franchises http://www.mcdonalds.com/corp/franchise/faqs.html 8

“A QUESTION”  is a feature of library pathfinders and web-pages at Mount Si High School. They are readings recommended to support critical reflection on the subjects we are studying by asking challenging questions. 

A QUESTION

The future poses many challenges, especially in regard to our economic dependency on fossil fuels.  The business community must play a role in retooling our energy and transportation infrastructures to prepare for the day when fossil fuels are no longer feasible economically or environmentally.  How would your new business contribute to the tremendous amount of work needed in the task of converting our wasteful, polluting lifestyle into a thrifty, healthy and sustainable one?

363.7 Gri
       The Hole in the Sky: man's threat to the ozone layer, by John Gribbon, 1988. &

363.7 Naa
       Design for a Livable Planet: how you can help clean up the environment, by Jon Naar, 1990. &

363.73 Dol
        Our Poisoned Sky, by Edward F. Dolan, 1991. &

The website of Culture Change, a nonprofit organization, raises important issues about the future of our culture which businesses will need to address  http://www.culturechange.org/index.html 8