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Academic Background

B.A., mathematics, University of Notre Dame
M.A., philosophy, University of Michigan
Ph.D., philosophy, University of Michigan

Research Specialties

• Business ethics
• Corporate governance
• Corporate responsibility
• Global business values

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Major Works

• "Corporate Responsibility and Its Constituents." In Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics, edited by Beauchamp and Brenkert. Oxford University Press, 2009.
• Conscience and Corporate Culture. Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, 2007.
• Goodpaster, Kenneth, L. L. Nash and H. C. deBettignies, Business Ethics: Policies and Persons, Revised 4th Edition. McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2006.
• Goodpaster, Kenneth and T. Dean Maines, "US Citizen Bank: A Case Study," Business and Professional Ethics Journal 23:1/2 (Spring/Summer, 2004): 93-133.
• "Ethics or Excellence? Conscience as a Check on the Unbalanced Pursuit of Organizational Goals," Ivey Business Journal 68: 4 (March/April, 2004): 1-8.
• "Teaching and Learning Ethics by the Case Method." In Blackwell’s Guide to Business Ethics, edited by N.Bowie. Blackwell Publishers, 2002.
• Goodpaster, Kenneth and J.B. Matthews, "Can a Corporation Have a Conscience?" Harvard Business Review 60 (January/February, 1982).
  

 Professional Service

• Executive Editor, Corporate Responsibility: The American Experience, Cambridge University Press, 2012.
   

Significant Scholarly Honors

• The 2005 Green Honors Chair, Texas Christian University, April 2005
• The 2005 Dodd Distinguished Lecturer in Business Ethics, University of Toledo, April 2005
• Aquinas lecturer, St. Louis University, 2003
• Business excellence award for innovation in teaching, University of St. Thomas, 2002
• Paul Harris medal for service to education, Rotary International, 2000