Faculty & Research

Christopher M. Michaelson

Associate Professor: Ethics and Business Law Department
 

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Academic Background
B.A., philosophy, Northwestern University
M.A., philosophy, University of Minnesota
Ph.D., philosophy, University of Minnesota

 

Research Specialties

  • Meaningful work
  • Aesthetics and ethics
  • Emerging risks

Selected Works

  • "Reading Leaders' Minds: In Search of the Canon of 21st Century Global Capitalism," Asian Journal of Business Ethics 1:1 (2012).
  • "Cantor Fitzgerald and September 11" (teaching case), Journal of Business Ethics Education (2012).
  • “Mann Meets Humanity in Davos,” The Huffington Post (2012). Online at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-michaelson-phd/davos-2012_b_1245312.html.
  • "The Importance of Meaningful Work," MIT Sloan Management Review 51:2 (2010).
  • “Revisiting the Global Business Ethics Question,” Business Ethics Quarterly 20:2 (2010).
  • “Work and the Most Terrible Life,” Journal of Business Ethics (2008).
  •  “Meaningful Motivation for Work Motivation Theory,” Academy of Management Review 30:2 (2005).

Professional History

  • New York University Stern School of Business, business and society program faculty, 2005-present.
  • Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, visiting faculty, 2002-2005.
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, advisory, 1998-present.