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Academic Background

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

Research Specialties

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

Major Works

• Conscience and Corporate Culture, Blackwell Publishers. Released in July, 2006 with 2007 copyright.
• Business Ethics: Policies and Persons with L. L. Nash and H. C. deBettignies, McGraw-Hill Irwin, Revised 4th Edition, 2006.
• “US Citizen Bank: A Case Study” with T. Dean Maines, Business and Professional Ethics Journal, Vol. 23 (1&2), pp. 93-133, Spring-Summer 2004.
• “Ethics or Excellence? Conscience as a Check on the Unbalanced Pursuit of Organizational Goals”, Ivey Business Journal, Vol. 68 (4), pp. 1-8, March-April 2004.
• “Teaching and Learning Ethics by the Case Method,” Blackwell’s Guide to Business Ethics, ed. by N.Bowie, Blackwell Publishers, 2002.
• “Bridging East and West in Management Ethics: Kyosei and The Moral Point of View,” Journal of Human Values, Vol. 2 (2), July- December 1996.
• Can a Corporation Have a Conscience?” with J.B. Matthews, Harvard Business Review, Vol. 60, January-February 1982.

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