Ethics/Social Responsibility

Bentley's long-standing institutional historical and ongoing commitment to ethics and social responsibility grew out of the interactions of business and the arts and sciences. The program in business ethics originated in the Philosophy Department, which launched the Center for Business Ethics more than a quarter of a century ago.

Ethics and social responsibility have long been embedded in courses across the Bentley curriculum (e.g., internet privacy issues in the Management Department, internet security in CIS, corporate governance in the Accountancy and Finance departments, cyberlaw in the Law Department).

The Alliance for Ethics and Social Reponsibility facilitates the collaboration and coordination of several thriving initiatives from the Center of Business Ethics, founded in 1976 to the Bentley Service-Learning Program, which grew out of the English Department in 1990, to several newer initiatives including the Cronin International Center, the Cyberlaw Center and the Institute for Women in Leadership. Professor of Management Anthony Buono, coordinates this alliance, which informs not only what Bentley teaches, but how it operates as an organization.  

Recent Research and Scholarship

2009

Mohammad J. Abdolmohammadi
Journal Article:
  • Higher Audit Fees: A Cost of Compromised Organizational Legitimacy
Authors:
  • Feldmann, D
  • Read, W.J
  • Abdolmohammadi, M.J
Journal Article:
  • A Test of the Selection-Socialization Theory in Moral Reasoning of CPAs in Industry Practice
Authors:
  • M.J. Abdolmohammadi
  • Donald Ariail
Susan Miller Adams
Journal Article:
  • Are female executives overrepresented in precarious leadership positions?
Authors:
  • Adams, Susan M
  • Gupta, Atul
  • Leeth, John D
Lynn S Arenella
Journal Article:
  • The Best of Both Worlds: Infusing Liberal Learning into a Business Curriculum
Authors:
  • Arenella, Lynn S
  • Davi, Angelique M
  • Veeser, Cyrus R
  • Wiggins III, Roy A
Scott J. Callan
Journal Article:
  • Corporate Financial Performance and Corporate Social Performance: An Update and Reinvestigation
Authors:
  • Scott J. Callan
  • Janet M. Thomas
Book:
  • Economica Ambiental: Aplicações, Politicas, e Teoria (Portuguese translation of our textbook)
Authors:
  • Scott J. Callan
  • Janet M. Thomas
Mary J. Culnan
Journal Article:
  • How Ethics Can Enhance Organizational Privacy: Lessons from the ChoicePoint and TJX Data Breaches
Authors:
  • Culnan, Mary J
  • Williams, Cynthia Clark
Samir Dayal
Book Chapter:
  • Ethical Antihumanism in Frantz Fanon
Authors:
  • Dayal, Samir
Dorothy A Feldmann
Journal Article:
  • Restatements, Audit Fees and the Moderating Effect of CFO Turnover
Authors:
  • Feldmann, Dorothy A
  • Read, William J
  • Abdolmohammadi, Mohammad J
Atul Gupta
Journal Article:
  • Are female executives over-represented in precarious leadership positions?
Authors:
  • Adams, Susan
  • Gupta, Atul
  • Leeth, John
Marianne DelPo Kulow
Other:
  • Make your professional transition happen with development training
Authors:
  • Kulow, Marianne (DelPo)
Other:
  • When a diploma and a job are not enough
Authors:
  • Kulow, Marianne (DelPo)
Charles A. Malgwi
Journal Article:
  • Combating Academic Fraud: Are Students Reticent about Uncovering the Covert?
Authors:
  • Malgwi, Charles A
  • Rakovski, Carter C
Jeffrey Moriarty
Journal Article:
  • Rawls, Self-Respect, and the Opportunity for Meaningful Work
Authors:
  • Jeffrey Moriarty
Journal Article:
  • How Much Compensation Can CEOs Permissibly Accept?
Authors:
  • Jeffrey Moriarty
Anne Warfield Rawls
Journal Article:
  • MITRE Informaiton Assurance Data Standards Study: What Can be Learned and How Enumerations Can be Defended Using Ethnomethodology (EM) and Conversation Analysis (CA)
Authors:
  • Rawls, Anne Warfield
  • Mann, Dave
  • Garcia, Angela
  • David, Gary
  • Burton, Matt
Journal Article:
  • An Essay on Two Conceptions of Social Order: Constitutive Orders of Action, Objects and Identities vs Aggregate Orders of Individual Action
Authors:
  • Rawls, Anne
William Thomas Schiano
Journal Article:
  • The Performer's Reactions to Procedural Injustice: When Prosocial Identity Reduces Prosocial Behavior
Authors:
  • Adam M. Grant
  • Andrew Molinsky
  • Joshua Margolis
  • Melissa Kamin
  • William Schiano
Janet M. Thomas
Journal Article:
  • Corporate Financial Performance and Corporate Social Performance: An Update and Reinvestigation
Authors:
  • Thomas, Janet M
  • Callan, Scott J

2008

Alina M. Chircu
Journal Article:
  • E-Government Evaluation: Towards A Multidimensional Framework
Authors:
  • Chircu, Alina M
Marcia Millon Cornett
Journal Article:
  • Earnings Management, Corporate Governance, and Financial Performance
Authors:
  • Marcia M. Cornett
  • Allan Marcus
  • Hassan Tehranian
Mary J. Culnan
Journal Article:
  • Why IT Executives Should Help Employees Secure Their Home Computers
Authors:
  • Culnan, Mary J
  • Foxman, Ellen R
  • Ray, Amy W
Wiley C Davi
Book Chapter:
  • Feminist Ways of Seeing: Preparing Students for Service-Learning
Authors:
  • Davi, Angelique
  • Dunlap, Michelle
  • Green, Ann
Patricia M. Flynn
Book Chapter:
  • ION: Organizational Networking to Harness Local Power for National Impact
Authors:
  • Adams, Susan
  • Flynn, Patricia
  • Wolfman, Toni
Industry Report:
  • Succession Planning: A Necessity in Troubled Times. The 2008 Census of Women Directors Executive Officers of MA Public Companies
Authors:
  • Adams, Susan
  • Flynn, Toni
  • Wolfman, Toni
K. Richard Garrett
Professional Presentations:
  • THE GOLDEN RULE: The Unrecognized Goldmine.ABSTRACT: The paper argues that philosophers have failed to understand the great riches lying within The Golden Rule
Authors:
  • Richard Garrett
Professional Presentations:
  • ART AN INEXHAUSTIBLE GOLDMINE: Art's Most Crucial Role. ABSTRACT: The paper argues that art has a unique role to play in extending, refining and deepening human empathy which underlies all morality
Authors:
  • Richard Garrett
Girish J. Gulati
Conference Paper:
  • Media Representation of Human Trafficking in Three Liberal Media Systems
Authors:
  • Gulati, Girish J
John O. Hayward
Journal Article:
  • Grokster Unplugged: It's Time to Legalize P2P File Sharing
Authors:
  • John O. Hayward
W. Michael Hoffman
Journal Article:
  • An Investigation of Ethics Officer Independence
Authors:
  • Hoffman, W. Michael
  • Neill, John D
  • Stovall, O. Scott
Journal Article:
  • Mutual Fund Compliance Officer Independence and Corporate Governance
Authors:
  • Hoffman, W. Michael
  • Neill, John D
  • Stovall, O. Scott
Charles A. Malgwi
Journal Article:
  • Behavioral Implications and Evaluation of Academic Fraud Risk Factors
Authors:
  • Charles A. Malgwi
  • Carter Rakovski
Mark R Nixon
Journal Article:
  • A Role for Service-Learning in Tax Education: Teaching Compliance and Controversy Resolution
Authors:
  • Franklyn P. Salimbene
  • John E. Lynch
  • Mark R. Nixon
Karen K Osterheld
Journal Article:
  • Executives' Views of Factors Affecting Governance Change in a Not-For-Profit Setting
Authors:
  • Schwarzkopf, David
  • Osterheld, Karen
  • Levy, Elliott
  • Hall, Gregory
Anne Warfield Rawls
Book:
  • Toward a Sociological Theory of Information
Authors:
  • Garfinkel, Harold
  • Rawls, Anne Warfield, Editor
Journal Article:
  • Harold Garfinkel, Ethnomethodology and Workplace Studies
Authors:
  • Rawls, Anne Warfield
David L Schwarzkopf
Journal Article:
  • Executives' views of factors affecting the pace of governance change: Insights from a not-for-profit setting
Authors:
  • Schwarzkopf, David L
  • Hall, Gregory J
  • Levy, Elliott S
  • Osterheld, Karen K
Husayn Shahrur
Journal Article:
  • Relationship-Specific Investments and Earnings Management: Evidence on Corporate Suppliers and Customers, with Kartik Raman
Authors:
  • Kartik, Raman
  • Shahrur, Husayn
Journal Article:
  • Corporate Leverage and Specialized Investments by Suppliers and Customers
Authors:
  • Kale, Jayant
  • Shahrur, Husayn
Ruth K. Spack
Book:
  • Language Lessons: Stories for Teaching and Learning English
Authors:
  • Spack, Ruth
  • Zamel, Vivian
Marcus Maharg Stewart
Journal Article:
  • Teaching diversity: On the folly of espousing inclusion while practicing exclusion
Authors:
  • Stewart, Marcus M
  • Crary, L. Marcy
  • Kroner Humberd, Beth
Ari Yezegel
Journal Article:
  • Contagion Effect of Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Evidence from Spain
Authors:
  • Virginia Cortijo
  • Ari Yezegel

2007

Susan Miller Adams
Journal Article:
  • Gender differences in CEO compensation: Evidence from the U.S
Authors:
  • Adams, Susan M
  • Gupta, Atul
  • Haughton, Dominique M
  • Leeth, John D
Jean C. Bedard
Journal Article:
  • Audit pricing and internal control disclosures among non-accelerated filers
Authors:
  • Jean Bedard
  • Rani Hoitash
  • Udi Hoitash
Scott J. Callan
Book:
  • Environmental Economics and Management: Theory, Policy and Applications, 4th edition
Authors:
  • Scott J Callan
  • Janet M. Thomas
Wiley C Davi
Journal Article:
  • Exploring Difference in the Service-Learning Classroom: Three Teachers Write about Anger, Sexuality, and Social Justice
Authors:
  • Davi, Angelique
  • Dunlap, Michelle
  • Green, Ann E
Journal Article:
  • White Students' Experiences of Privilege and Socioeconomic Disparities:Toward a Theoretical Model
Authors:
  • Dunlap, Michelle
  • Scoggin, Jennifer
  • Green, Patrick
  • Davi, Angelique
Samir Dayal
Journal Article:
  • Re-Positioning India: Tagore's Passionate Politics of 'Love.'
Authors:
  • Dayal, Samir
Beverley H Earle
Journal Article:
  • The Mirage of Whistleblower Protection under Sarbanes-Oxley: a Proposal for Change
Authors:
  • Earle, Beverley
  • Madek, Gerald A
Dominique M Haughton
Journal Article:
  • Gender differences in CEO compensation: Evidence from the U.S
Authors:
  • Susan Adams
  • Atul Gupta
  • Dominique Haughton
  • John Leeth
Ranjoo Seodu Herr
Journal Article:
  • Liberal Multiculturalism: An Oxymoron?
Authors:
  • Ranjoo Seodu Herr
Elliott Stuart Levy
Journal Article:
  • Academic Dishonesty: Perceptions of Business Students
Authors:
  • Rakovski, Carter
  • Levy, Elliott
Linda McJannet
Book:
  • Management Communication: Principles and Practice, 3rd. Ed
Authors:
  • Hattersely, Michael E
  • McJannet, Linda
Helen Meldrum
Book Chapter:
  • "Mental Health Services" Aspen Press, 1997 Revised 2nd Editon, 2000 and 3rd Edition 2004, major revisons for Jones and Bartlett Press for 4th Edition
Authors:
  • H. Meldrum
  • B. Levin
Jeffrey Moriarty
Journal Article:
  • McMahon on Workplace Democracy
Authors:
  • Jeffrey Moriarty
Anne Warfield Rawls
Book Chapter:
  • Speaking in Tongues: a Dialectic of Faith and Practice
Authors:
  • Wright, Bonnie
  • Rawls, Anne Warfield
David L Schwarzkopf
Journal Article:
  • Investors' attitudes toward source credibility
Authors:
  • Schwarzkopf, David L
Steven J. Weisman
Book:
  • The Truth About Avoiding Scams
Authors:
  • Weisman, Steve
Cynthia Clark Williams
Journal Article:
  • Courting shareholders: The ethical implications of altering ownership structures
Authors:
  • Williams, C.C
  • Ryan, L.V
David J. Yates
Conference Paper:
  • How Open Source Software and Wireless Networks are Transforming Two Cultures: An Investigation in Urban North America and Rural Africa
Authors:
  • David J. Yates
  • Thomas McGonagle
  • Anas Tawileh

2006

Susan Miller Adams
Other:
  • The 2006 Census of Women Directors and Executive Officers of Massachusetts Public Companies
Authors:
  • Adams, Susan M
  • Flynn, Patricia M
  • Wolfman, Toni
Scott J. Callan
Journal Article:
  • Analyzing Demand for Disposal and Recycling Services: A Systems Approach"
Authors:
  • Scott J Callan
  • Janet M Thomas
Laura M. Crary
Professional Presentations:
  • Sustaining a Long-Term Diversity Change Initiative: Lessons from a Business University
Authors:
  • Avery, Earl
  • Crary, Marcy
  • Reid, Barbara Addison
  • Spelman, Duncan
Wiley C Davi
Journal Article:
  • In the Service of Writing and Race
Authors:
  • Davi, Angelique
Dorothy A Feldmann
Journal Article:
  • Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility into the Accounting Curriculum
Authors:
  • Dorothy Feldmann
  • Robert Koulish
  • Karen Osterheld
  • Jay Thibodeau
Mark E Frydenberg
Journal Article:
  • Integrating Liberal Learning Principles into the Information Technology Classroom
Authors:
  • Frydenberg, Mark
  • Davi, Angelique
Juliet F. Gainsborough
Journal Article:
  • Building the Capacity to Act Regionally: Formation of a Regional Transportation Authority in South Florida
Authors:
  • Alpert, Lenore
  • Gainsborough, Juliet F
  • Wallis, Allan
Robert D Galliers
Journal Article:
  • The creation of 'Best Practice' software: myth, reality and ethics
Authors:
  • Wagner, E. L
  • Scott, S. V
  • Galliers, R. D
Ranjoo Seodu Herr
Journal Article:
  • In Defense of Non-liberal Nationalism
Authors:
  • Ranjoo Seodu Herr
Martha A Howe
Journal Article:
  • Playing the Ponies: A $5 Million Embezzlement Case
Authors:
  • Howe, Martha
  • Malgwi, Charles
Elliott Stuart Levy
Journal Article:
  • Academic Dishonesty: A Zero Tolerance Professor and Student Registration Choices
Authors:
  • Levy, Elliott
  • Rakovski, Carter
Charles A. Malgwi
Journal Article:
  • Playing the Ponies: A Five Million Dollar Embezzlement Case
Authors:
  • Martha Howe
  • Charles A. Malgwi
Ivan Marquez
Journal Article:
  • Knowing Self in Power and Truth
Authors:
  • Marquez, Ivan
David L Schwarzkopf
Journal Article:
  • Stakeholder perspectives and business risk perception
Authors:
  • Schwarzkopf, David L
Janet M. Thomas
Journal Article:
  • Analyzing Demand for Disposal and Recycling Services: A Systems Approach
Authors:
  • Thomas, Janet M
  • Callan, Scott J
Steven J. Weisman
Book:
  • Boomer or Bust: Your Financial Guide to Retirement, Health Care, Medicare and Long-Term Care
Authors:
  • Weisman, Steve
Cynthia Clark Williams
Journal Article:
  • Hershey Foods Company: Board of Directors and Stakeholders Conflict Over Sale
Authors:
  • Williams, C.C