Faculty & Research

Katherina Glac

Assistant Professor: Ethics and Business Law Department
 

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Academic Background
B.A., business administration, Friedrich Alexander University, Nuremberg, Germany
M.B.A., international management, Friedrich Alexander University, Nuremberg, Germany
Ph.D., business ethics and law, University of Pennsylvania

Research Specialties
  • Socially responsible investing
  • Corporate social responsibility
  • Corporate political activity
  • Ethical decision making
  • Business ethics
Current Research
  • Investor decision making behind socially responsible investing
  • Fiduciary responsibility of managers and financial intermediaries
  • Autonomy in the marketplace
  • Integration of normative and empirical research
Major Works
  • Glac, K. and C. Michaelson, "What is a good answer to an ethical question?" Journal of Business Ethics Education 9 (2012).
  • Glac, K., D. O. Vang, and J. Skirry, "What is so morbid about viaticals?" Business & Professional Ethics Journal 31:3–4 (2012): 453–473.
  • Glac, K., D. Warren, and C. Chen, "Conflict in Roles: Lying to the Ingroup Versus the Outgroup in Negotiations," Business and Society, Published online before print March 28, 2012, doi: 10.1177/0007650312439843.
  • "The impact and source of mental frames in socially responsible investing," Journal of Behavioral Finance 13:3 (2012): 184-198.
  • "The Influence of Shareholders on Corporate Social Responsibility," History of Corporate Social Responsibility Program, Working Paper #2, CEBC, http://www.cebcglobal.org/uploaded_files/pdf/HCRP_Glac_InfluenceOfShareholders.pdf
  • Glac, K and T. Kim "The “I” in ISCT: Normative and Empirical Facets of Integration," Journal of Business Ethics 88:4 (2009): 693-705.
  • Van der Voort, J., K. Glac, and L. Meijs, “’Managing’ Corporate Community Involvement," Journal of Business Ethics 90 (2009): 311-329.
  • “Understanding socially responsible investing: The effect of decision frames and trade-off options," Journal of Business Ethics 87 (2009): 41-55.
  • "Understanding Socially Responsible Investing: The Effect of Decision Frames and Trade-off Options," Journal of Business Ethics 52:1 (2008): 11-25.
  • Glac, Katherina and J. Cantwell, "TNCs, Locational Clustering and the Process of Economic Development." In Transnational Corporations and Economic Development: From Internationalisation to Globalisation, edited by L. Cuyvers and F. De Beule. London: Palgrave, Macmillan, 2006.