Degree
1992-2001 – IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL, Ph.D. (Summa cum laude) – University of Navarra – (BARCELONA, SPAIN)
• Dissertation in Business Ethics: Character and Decision-Making—A Freedom-Centric Model of Ethical Decision-Making
1989-1992 – HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, J.D. – Harvard University (CAMBRIDGE, MA)
• Third-year paper topic in Comparative Law: Liberty v. Dignity—A Comparative Inquiry into Law and Ethics in the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany
Selected Activities:
• Harvard Federalist Society, VP of Research
1977-1979 – HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, B.S. – University of California (BERKELEY, CA)
• Dual Emphasis: Finance and Applied Economics
• Honor Roll, all quarters
Selected Activities:
• U.C. Berkeley Registration Fee Committee, Board Member
• La Raza Business Association, President
• Educational Opportunity Program, Peer Advisor
1975-1977 – CITY COLLEGE, A.A (SAN FRANCISCO, CA)
Dean’s Honor List, all semesters
Selected Activities:
• Associated Student Body President
• City College Curriculum Committee, Board Member
• City College Student Review Board, Member
• Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society, President
• Extended Opportunity Programs & Services (EOPS), Peer Advisor
• City College Tutorial Center, Tutor
Non-Degree
1988-1989 – INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF PHILOSOPHY (SCHAAN, LIECHTENSTEIN)
Grundkurs (Foundations) student
• Attended one-year program aimed at providing non-degree students with philosophical grounding
1990 – CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (WASHINGTON, DC)
Thomas J. White Fellow of Jurisprudence (Summer)
• Attended daily lectures and engaged in discussions regarding the philosophy of law for six weeks
• Competitively selected, and paid a stipend
Teaching Experience:
• Business Ethics, Leadership and Organizational Behavior (in business schools)
• Business Organizations, Securities Regulation and Professional Responsibility (in law schools)Research Interests:
• Interdisciplinary topics involving business, ethics and law
• In particular, ethical decision-making, motivation, corporate governance & responsibility, executive compensation and insider trading
1992-Present – IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA (BARCELONA, SPAIN)
Assistant Professor of Business Ethics and of Organizational Behavior (1992-2002; extended leave 2002-2004); Visiting Professor (2004-2010)
Courses Taught:
• Business Ethics
• Ethics, Leadership & Values
• Leading Organizations
Designed this course addressing character in leaders, institutions and functions
• Management Theory
• Organizational Behavior
Programs Taught:
• AMP (Advanced Management Program – Munich, Germany)
• EMBA (Executive MBA – Madrid, Spain)
• GEMBA (Global Executive MBA)
• Residential and distributed (internet) components
Professor in IESE’s inaugural GEMBA module, 2001
• IEE (International Executive Education)
• IFDP (International Faculty Development Program)
• Program for business professors from developing countries
• MBA
• Ph.D.
2006-Present – PETTIT COLLEGE OF LAW, OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY (ADA, OH)
Assistant Professor of Law
Courses Taught:
• Business Associations I
• Unincorporated and closed business associations, e.g., agency, partnerships, LLC’s and closed corporations
• Business Associations II
• State and federal law of public corporations; M & A
• Legal Context of American Business
Designed this course which combines Business Associations, Securities Regulation and comparative business law
• Securities Regulation
Programs Taught:
• J.D.
• LLM (Program in Democratic Governance and the Rule of Law)
Professor in inaugural semester, 2005
2007 – ROSS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (ANN ARBOR, MI)
Adjunct Professor of Executive Education
Course Taught:
• Managing Ethics, Freedom and Values
Program Taught:
• Executive Education
2004-2006 – AVE MARIA SCHOOL OF LAW (ANN ARBOR, MI)
Visiting Associate Professor of Law
Invited, but declined, to join the inaugural faculty, 2000
Courses Taught:
• Business Associations
• Professional Responsibility
• Securities Regulation
Programs Taught:
• J.D.
2004-2006 – IME—INSTITUTE FOR MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT (NEW YORK, NY)
Visiting Professor of Management
Course Taught:
• Media and Entertainment Ethics
• Designed course and developed materials
Program Taught:
• MBA Exchange
Professor in inaugural semester, 2004
2002-2004 – TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT DARTMOUTH (HANOVER, NH)
Visiting Scholar (2002-2003); Visiting Assistant Professor (2003-2004)
Course Co-taught:
• Ethics in Action
Co-developed this interdisciplinary course and taught sessions with functional area professors, e.g., Accounting, Economics, Finance, General Management, Marketing, Real Estate
Program Taught:
• MBA
2003 – STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS (STANFORD, CA)
Visiting Scholar (Summer)
2001 – IEDC—BLED SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT (BLED, SLOVENIA)
Visiting Professor of Management
Course Taught:
• Human Resource Management
• Short module format
Program Taught:
• Executive MBA
1992 – SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL OF LAW (NEW BEDFORD, MA)
Adjunct Professor of Law
Course Co-taught:
• Church-State Relations
Program Taught:
• J.D.