Denis Collins (business ethicist)

Denis Collins

Born Denis Collins
12 January 1956 (1956-01-12) (age 56)
Bronx, New York
Residence Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Citizenship American
Fields Business ethics
Leadership
Service learning
Social responsibility
Participatory management
Institutions Edgewood College
University of Bridgeport
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Alma mater University of Pittsburgh
Known for Optimal Ethics System Model

Denis Collins (born January 12, 1956)[1] is an American business ethicist and tenured professor of business at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin.[2] He is an expert in the areas of business ethics, leadership, and service-learning, and is considered a leader among business ethics teachers.

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Biography

Denis Collins was born in the Bronx and raised in Carlstadt, New Jersey. He received a B.S. in business administration from Montclair State University in 1977, an M.A. in philosophy from Bowling Green State University in 1987, and a Ph.D. in business environment and public policy from the University of Pittsburgh in 1990. He chose to specialize in the emerging field of business ethics, teaching it at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Bridgeport, and Edgewood College.[1] He won several awards for his teaching innovations, and developed curriculum featuring his Optimal Ethics System Model.

He is a terminal cancer survivor, husband and father.[3]

Optimal Ethics System Model

Collins' Optimal Ethics System Model is a compilation of best practices for achieving a morally healthy organization (i.e. preventing unethical or illegal behavior). They typically take the form of step-by-step instructions, like recipes. Collins offers empirical evidence that sustained financial success requires implementation of this model.[3][4][5]

The Optimal Ethics System Model offers best practices in five categories:

  1. Hiring practices
    1. Procedures for recruiting individuals who demonstrate and sustain ethical behavior over time
  2. Orientation practices
    1. Procedures for orienting new employees to a code of ethics and conduct
    2. Procedures for orienting new employees to an ethical decision-making framework
  3. Training practices
    1. Procedures for teaching ethics
  4. Operating practices
    1. Procedures for nurturing respect for employee and customer diversity
    2. Systems for reporting ethical misbehavior
    3. Procedures for ethical leadership and management (rewarding ethical behavior)
    4. Procedures for engaging and empowering employees to achieve superior performance
    5. Procedures for managing interaction with the natural environment
    6. Procedures for conducting meaningful community outreach
  5. Evaluation practices
    1. Procedures for continually improving best practices

Books

Collins has authored or edited many articles and essays on the topics of business ethics, social responsibility, participatory management, and service learning.[1] He has also authored, co-authored, and co-edited several books:

Board Service

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c Collins, Denis (November 2011). "Full Vitae". Edgewood College. http://dcollins.faculty.edgewood.edu/full_vitae.htm. Retrieved 26 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "Meet Your Faculty". Edgewood College. http://www.edgewood.edu/academics/graduate/mba/faculty.aspx. Retrieved 26 November 2011. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Collins, Denis (September 27, 2011). Business Ethics: How to Design and Manage Ethical Organizations. Hoboken, New Jersey, USA: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0470639948. 
  4. ^ a b Collins, Denis (May 4, 2009). Essentials of Business Ethics: Creating an Organization of High Integrity and Superior Performance. Hoboken, New Jersey, USA: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0470442562. 
  5. ^ a b Collins, Denis (May 24, 2006). Behaving Badly: Ethical Lessons from Enron. Indianapolis, Indiana, USA: Dog Ear Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1598581607. 
  6. ^ Collins, Denis (March 1998). Gainsharing and Power: Lessons from Six Scanlon Plans. Ithaca, New York, USA: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0801434907. 
  7. ^ Collins, Denis; Starik, Mark; Post, James E., eds (June 1995). Sustaining the Natural Environment: Empirical Studies on the Interface Between Nature and Organizations. Greenwich, Connecticut, USA: JAI Press. ISBN 978-1559389457. 
  8. ^ Collins, Denis; O'Rourke, Thomas (May 1994). Ethical Dilemmas in Business. Stamford, Connecticut, USA: Thomson Learning. ISBN 978-0538835121. 
  9. ^ Kolb, Robert W., ed (October 19, 2007). Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. Thousand Oaks, CA, USA: SAGE Publications, Inc.. ISBN 9781412916523. 
  10. ^ "Journal of Business Ethics: Editorial Board". Springer. http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/applied+ethics/journal/10551?detailsPage=editorialBoard. Retrieved 26 November 2011. 
  11. ^ "Journal of Academic Ethics: Editorial Board". Springer. http://www.springer.com/education+%26+language/journal/10805?detailsPage=editorialBoard. Retrieved 26 November 2011. 
  12. ^ "Organization & Environment: Editorial Board". SAGE Publications. http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?ct_p=boards&prodId=Journal200856#tabview=boards. 
  13. ^ "Board Members". International Association for Business and Society. http://www.iabs.net/AboutUs/BoardMembers.aspx. 
  14. ^ "About SIM". Academy of Management. http://sim.aomonline.org/general.htm. 
  15. ^ "November 2011 Alumni Newsletter". Edgewood College. http://www.edgewood.edu/alumni/newsletter/default.aspx. 

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