Bentley College

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

2008
John O. Hayward
Journal Article :
Grokster Unplugged: It's Time to Legalize P2P File Sharing
 
Ruth K. Spack
Book :
Language Lessons: Stories for Teaching and Learning English
Authors:
Spack, Ruth; Zamel, Vivian
 
Cynthia Clark Williams
Journal Article :
Toward a taxonomy of corporate disclosures
 
Mengxin Zhao
Journal Article :
Diversification of Chinese Companies - An International Comparison
Authors:
Joseph P.H. Fan; Jun Huang; Felix Oberholzer-Gee; Troy D. Smith; Mengxin Zhao
 
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
 
Angelique M 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:
Davi, Angelique; Dunlap, Michelle; Green, Ann E
 
Book Chapter :
Feminist Ways of Seeing: Preparing Students for Service-Learning
Authors:
Davi, Angelique; Dunlap, Michelle; Green, Ann E
 
Samir Dayal
Journal Article :
Re-Positioning India: Tagore's Passionate Politics of 'Love.'
 
Book Chapter :
Subaltern Envy? Salman Rushdie's The Moor's Last Sigh
 
Beverley H Earle
Journal Article :
The Mirage of Whistleblower Protection under Sarbanes-Oxley: a Proposal for Change
Authors:
Earle, Beverley; Madek, Gerald A
 
James Allan Grubman
Industry Report :
Bridging the Trust Divide: The Financial Advisor-Client Relationship
Authors:
State Street Global Advisors; Knowledge@Wharton
 
Atul Gupta
Journal Article :
Gender differences in CEO compensation: Evidence from the U.S
Authors:
Adams, Susan; Gupta, Atul; Haughton, Dominique; Leeth, John
 
Dominique M Haughton
Journal Article :
Gender differences in CEO compensation: Evidence from the U.S
Authors:
Susan Adams; Atul Gupta; Dominique Haughton; John Leeth
 
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
 
David L Schwarzkopf
Journal Article :
Investors' attitudes toward source credibility
 
Janet M. Thomas
Book :
Environmental Economics and Management: Theory, Policy, and Applications, 4th Edition
Authors:
Thomas, Janet M; Callan, Scott J
 
Steven J. Weisman
Book :
The Truth About Avoiding Scams
 
Cynthia Clark Williams
Journal Article :
Courting shareholders: The ethical implications of altering ownership structures
Authors:
Williams, C.C; Ryan, L.V
 
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
Presentation :
Sustaining a Long-Term Diversity Change Initiative: Lessons from a Business University
Authors:
Avery, Earl; Crary, Marcy; Reid, Barbara Addison; Spelman, Duncan
 
Mary J. Culnan
Journal Article :
A Longitudinal Assessment of Online Privacy Notice Readability
Authors:
Milne, George R; Culnan, Mary J; Greene, Henry
 
Angelique M Davi
Journal Article :
In the Service of Writing and Race
 
Jane Fedorowicz
Industry Report :
The E-Government Collaboration Challenge: Lessons from Five Case Studies
Authors:
Fedorowicz, Jane; Gogan, Janis L; Williams, Christine B
 
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
 
Dominique M Haughton
Journal Article :
Shifts in living standards: the case of Vietnamese households 1992-1998
Authors:
Haughton, Dominique; Loan, Le Thi Thanh
 
Martha A Howe
Journal Article :
Playing the Ponies: A $5 Million Embezzlement Case
Authors:
Howe, Martha; Malgwi, Charles
 
James E Hunton
Presentation :
Are Board Members Always Independent?
 
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
 
Anne Warfield Rawls
Book :
Seeing Sociologically
Authors:
Garfinkel, Harold; Rawls, Anne Warfield, Editor
 
Journal Article :
Accountably Other: Trust, Reciprocity and Exclusion in a Context of Situated Practice
Authors:
Garfinkel, Harold; Rawls, Anne Warfield, Editor
 
David L Schwarzkopf
Journal Article :
Stakeholder perspectives and business risk perception
 
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
 
Joseph W. Weiss
Book :
Business Ethics A Stakeholder and Issues Management Approach., 4rd ed
 
Cynthia Clark Williams
Journal Article :
Hershey Foods Company: Board of Directors and Stakeholders Conflict Over Sale