Opus College of Business

Dawn Elm

Professor : Ethics and Business Law Department
 

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Academic Background

B.S., chemical engineering, University of Massachusetts
Ph.D., strategic management and organization, University of Minnesota

Research Specialties
  • Business ethics
  • Corporate governance
  • Ethical decision-making
  • Meaningful work
  • Spirituality in the workplace
Current Research
  • Grounded theory development of ethical decision-making in organizations
  • Honesty among entrepreneurs
  • Ethical culture and financial performance
Major Works
  • "The Effect of Context on Moral Intensity of Ethical Issues: Revising Jones' Issue- Contingent Model," with P.C. Kelley, Journal of Business Ethics, (00), pp. 1-16, 2003.
  • "Honesty, Spirituality, and Performance at Work," Workplace, Spirituality and Organizational Performance, ed. by R. Biacalone and C. Jurkiewicz, M.E.Sharp, 2003.
  • "Determinants of Moral Reasoning: Sex Role Orientation, Gender and Academic Factors," with E.J. Kennedy and L. Lawton, Business and Society, Vol. 40 (3), pp. 241-265, 2001.
  • "The Three Faces of Honesty: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis," with J.D. Teplensky, Research in Corporate Social Performance and Policy, Vol. 15, pp. 107-124, 1998.
  • "Empirical Research in Business Ethics: Ethical Decision-Making at the Individual Level of Analysis," 2000 International Association for Business and Society conference Proceedings, Texas Rice University.