Staff
W. Michael Hoffman, PhD
Executive Director
Michael Hoffman is CBE’s founding executive director. He has written or edited 16 books on business ethics and is the author of more than 95 articles. He is contacted frequently by news media for analysis and comment in connection with ethical issues of the day. For more than 20 years, he has been consulting on business ethics for universities, government agencies and corporations in many different industries. He was the first executive director and for 10 years the Adviser to the Board of the Ethics and Compliance Officer Association, which he co-founded in 1992. He was the past president of the Society for Business Ethics, which he co-founded in 1980. Hoffman was named Humanist of the Year by the Ethical Society of Boston in 2007 and received the 2009 Award of the Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics.
Mary E. Chiasson
Associate Director
Mary Chiasson joined CBE in September of 1990 and, apart from Hoffman, is the longest serving member of the staff.
As CBE’s administrative head and chief of staff, her areas of responsibility include finance, purchasing, staff recruitment and supervision, academic prize administration, logistic planning and coordination for CBE’s executive education programs and lectureships, symposia and other events. In addition, she serves as liaison with CBE’s advisory board, executive fellows and visiting scholars.
Prior to her current position, Chiasson was CBE’s assistant director and previously its administrative coordinator. Her loyalty, dedication and service to CBE and the Bentley community have been recognized with various awards and honors.
Director of Programs
Bob McNulty joined CBE after many years in both business and academia. The focus of his PhD, which he received from Columbia University, Teachers College, was in the philosophy and psychology of ethics. Earlier, he received his bachelor's degree magna cum laude from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a master of international affairs degree from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He has taught at several universities and has had a distinguished career in international business, specializing in the application of public relations to assist countries in their economic development efforts. He has lived overseas in France, Taiwan, Indonesia and Singapore. McNulty continues to provide educational and consulting services in applied ethics.
Gail Sands
Administrative Assistant
Gail Sands has been CBE’s administrative assistant since 2004.
Her responsibilities include receiving visitors, supervising the work of CBE’s Sullivan Scholars and work-study students, administering CBE’s library, assisting Michael Hoffman, and general administration.
Prior to joining CBE, she worked as an administrative assistant to the Vice President of Marketing at Fleet Bank in Waltham, Mass.
Robert E. Frederick, PhD
Senior Research Scholar, and Editor,
Business and Society Review (The Journal of the Center for Business Ethics)
Judith B. Kamm, DBA
Senior Research Scholar
Mary J. Culnan, PhD
Senior Research Scholar
Sujan Bajracharya
Sujan is a Bentley University graduate student from Nepal who is working on a Master of Science in Information technology degree. His specific area of interest is business analysis.
Sammy Yu
Webmaster
Sammy Yu is a Bentley University senior. Besides being an Accountancy major, he also is adept in website management. We have been very active in updating our website and Sammy has done a great job in the relentless pursuit of keeping out site up-to-date and relevant.
CBE's Sullivan Scholars
One of the great early advocates of business ethics was the human rights leader and campaigner against apartheid, Reverend Leon H. Sullivan. In honor of him, an endowed Sullivan Scholars program was established according to which every year approximately six to eight students from the minority backgrounds and with an interest in business ethics are provided with internships at CBE. In a multitude of ways, our Sullivan Scholars have an essential role in supporting the Center in carrying out is activities throughout the academic year.
Our current Sullivan Scholars are the following:
Laura Cordero, Kyle Dinkjian, Edgar Esquivel, Ka Shun Li, Sze Nga Or, Carla Pierre, and Sammy Yu.
Contact Information
Center for Business Ethics
Adamian Academic Center, Room 108
Bentley University
Waltham, Mass. 02452-4705
Telephone: 781.891.2981
Fax: 781.891.2988
E-mail: cbeinfo@bentley.edu
Internet: www.bentley.edu/cbe
