Our undergraduate library subscribes to many interdisciplinary databases that law students may find useful for seminar paper research.  Socrates is a proprietary database which monitors and rates U.S. corporations using social and environmental criteria. Corporate profiles rate the strengths and concerns of these corporations on many issues, such as charitable giving, compensation, corporate governance, clean energy, employee benefits and much more.

Additionally, researchers can search by company name, ticker symbol, issues and involvement. Company statistics shed light on a corporation's diversity, charitable giving , employees and environmental liabilities. Searching by involvement lets researchers view all corporations involved with KLD defined "controversial businesses", such as firearms, gambling and nuclear power.

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