Alliance for Ethics and Social Responsibility

Bentley has continually promoted a sense of ethics, civic engagement and social responsibility through teaching, research, and corporate and community relations. These efforts are now being given even stronger emphasis through the Bentley Alliance for Ethics and Social Responsibility (BAESR). A collaborative effort involving an array of campus-based centers and initiatives, BAESR is intended to build on, enhance and extend the work of the Center for Business Ethics, the Bentley Service-Learning Center, the Global CyberLaw Center, the Cronin International Center, the Valente Center for Arts & Sciences, and the Women's Leadership Institute. Key campus-wide initiatives include Bentley’s diversity efforts, Risk Management Research Program, the Graduation Pledge and our Civic Leadership Program, Institutional Review Board (IRB),  Academic Integrity Policy, and the Class Book Program. 

BAESR’s mission is to amplify, enhance and extend the work of these various centers and initiatives, supporting and encouraging greater awareness of, respect for and commitment to ethics, service and social responsibility in our research, curricula and campus culture.

In pursuit of this mission, BAESR:

  • Supports and encourages collaborative and transdisciplinary applied research that has the potential to significantly affect current practice.
  • Influences curriculum development and pedagogical innovations intended to make our students more ethically sensitive and socially aware.
  • Ensures a broader application of these principles and ideals in campus life.
  • Attempts to foster lifelong civic engagement among our students.
  • Seeks to partner with external organizations, academic and professional associations, and corporations in pursuit of these goals.

BAESR Advisory Council:

  • Anthony F. Buono
    Professor of Management and Sociology and BAESR Coordinator
  • Roger Danchise
    Associate Dean and Director, Office of Counseling and Student Development
  • Marianne DelPo Kulow
    Associate Professor of Law and Director, Women's Leadership Institute
  • Gerald Ferrera
    Adamian Professor of Law and Co-director, Global CyberLaw Center
  • Donna Fletcher
    Associate Professor of Finance and Director, Risk Management Research Program
  • Robert Frederick
    Professor of Philosophy and Chair
  • Michael Hoffman
    Executive Director, Center for Business Ethics
  • Steve Lichtenstein
    Professor of Law and Co-director, Global CyberLaw Center
  • Aaron Nurick
    Wilder Professor of Management and Psychology
  • Franklyn Salimbene
    Senior Lecturer in Law and Director, Bentley Service-Learning Center
  • Duncan Spelman
    Associate Professor of Management and Co-director, Bentley Diversity Initiative
  • Coralee Whitcomb
    Senior Lecturer in Computer Information Systems and Academic Integrity Coordinator
  • Shiping Zheng
    Associate Professor and Chair of International Studies          top of page