Jill Brown

Jill Brown

  • Professor, Management
  • Director of the Part-time Executive PhD in Business Program, Bentley University
  • Hieken Professor of Business Ethics,
  • Ph.D. University of Georgia
  • MBA Augusta State University
  • BA Lehigh University

Teaching Interests

Strategic Management, Business & Society, Corporate Governance, Ethics

Research Interests

Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethics, Strategic Leadership, Social Entrepreneurship

Consulting/Practice Interests

Strategic Leadership, Employee Engagement, Ethical Dilemmas in the Workforce

Bio

Jill A. Brown (Ph.D., University of Georgia), is the Hieken Professor of Business Ethics and Professor of management at Bentley University. Her scholarly interests include ethics, corporate social responsibility, social entrepreneurship, corporate governance and strategic leadership. Brown’s work has been published in Organization Science, Journal of Business Ethics (JBE), Business Ethics Quarterly (BEQ) Journal of Management Studies (JMS), Strategic Organization, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice (ET&P), Business & Society (BAS), Corporate Governance: An International Review (CGIR), California Management Review, to name a few. She is past Co-Editor of the Business & Society journal, and a former Associate Editor for JBE and CGIR. She is Past Division Chair of the Social Issues in Management Division (SIM) of the Academy of Management. She is also co-author of the 11th edition of the textbook Business & Society: Ethics, Sustainability and Stakeholder Management with Archie Carroll (2023; Cengage Publishing). Prior to her career in academe, Brown was a commercial banker and consultant.

Professional Memberships

  • Academy of Management 2014 - 2017
  • International Corporate Governance Society 2015 - 2016
  • Society of Business Ethics 2010 - 2015
  • Strategic Management Society 2008 - 2015
  • International Association of Business & Society 2011 - 2014

    • Awards and Honors

  • 2022, Best Reviewer Award, Strategic Management Society
  • 2022, Best Published Paper Award , International Association for Business & Society
  • 2022, Faculty Affairs Grant, Bentley University
  • 2022, Nominated for the Cronin Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising , Bentley University
  • 2020, Best Paper Finalist, Business Ethics Quarterly Journal and the Society of Business Ethics
  • 2019, 2019 Best International Symposium Co-Finalist, Academy of Management
  • 2018, 2018 Speaker of the Year Award, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) Rhode Island Chapter
  • 2017, Top 25 Reviewer, Journal of Business Ethics
  • 2017, Best Reviewer, Strategic Management Society
  • 2017, Best Reviewer Finalist, Business & Society journal
  • 2016, Harold S. Geneen Research Professor of Corporate Governance, Harold S. Geneen Foundation
  • 2016, Best Reviewer Finalist, Business and Society Journal
  • 2015, Best Reviewer Finalist, Business & Society Journal
  • 2015, Best Reviewer Award, Corporate Governance: An International Review Journal
  • 2013, Best Paper Proceedings , Academy of Management
  • 2012, Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management
  • 2010, Robert and Christine Staub Faculty Excellence Award, Robert and Christine Staub
  • 2010, Best Paper Published in 2009, Corporate Governance: An International Review
  • 2009, Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management
  • 2008, Academy of Management "Dark Side" Case Competition Runner-Up, Academy of Management
  • 2008, Axelrod Family Endowed Fellowship, Lehigh University
  • 2008, Academy of Management SIM Division Dissertation Award Runner-Up, Academy of Management
  • 2007, Edward T.Comer Fellowship, University of Georgia
  • 2006, Eldridge Research Award, University of Georgia, Terry College of Business
  • 2006, Murray Scholarship, University of Georgia, Terry College of Business

    • Publications

    Journal Articles

  • Brown, J. A., Spicer , A., Rehbein, K., Higgins, C., de Bakker, F., Bapuji, H. (2022). More Than an Umbrella Construct: We Can (and Should) Do Better with CSR by Theorizing through Context. Business & Society, (61) 8 1965-1976.
  • Brown, J. A., Forster, W., Wicks, A. (2022). The Fork in the Road for Social Enterprises: Leveraging Moral Imagination for Long-Term Stakeholder Support. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, (47) 1 91-112.
  • Brown, J. A., Davis, J., Phillips, R., Waddock, S. (2022). Can shareholder owned corporations maximize profits without harming their stakeholders?. Rutgers Business Review, (7) 2
  • Clark, C., Brown, J. A. (2022). Meet the New Board - Same as the Old Board. Sloan Management Review. (Link)
  • Brown, J. A., de Bakker, F., Bapuji, H., Higgins, C., Rehbein, K., Spicer, A. (2022). Building on its past: The future of business and society scholarship. Business & Society, (61) 1 969-979.
  • Murphy, A. M., Brown, J. A., Ward, A. J. (2021). The Effects of Director Tenure on Monitoring and Advising: New Insights from Behavioral Governance and Learning Theories. Corporate Governance: An International Review, (29) 5 479-495.
  • Bapuji, H., deBakker, F., Brown, J. A., Spicer, A. (2020). Business and society research in times of corona crisis. Business & Society, (59) 6 1067-1078.
  • Winkler, A., Brown, J. A., Finegold, D. (2019). Employees as Conduits for Effective Stakeholder Engagement: An Example from B Corporations. Journal of Business Ethics, (4) 160 913-936.
  • Soundararajan, V., Brown, J. A., Wicks, A. (2019). Can Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives Improve Global Supply Chains? Insights from a Stakeholder Orientation Perspective. Business Ethics Quarterly, (3) 29
  • Brown, J. A., Clark, C., Buono, A. (2018). The UN global compact: Engaging implicit and explicit CSR for global governance. Journal of Business Ethics, (4) 147 721-734.
  • Anderson, A., Brown, J. A., Gupta, P. (2017). Jurisdictional Competition for Corporate Charters and Firm Value: A Reexamination of the Delaware Effect. International Journal of Disclosure and Governance.
  • Brown, J. A., Gianiodis, P., Santoro, M. (2017). Managing co-opetition for shared value in nonprofit/for-profit organizations: Lessons from the U.S. hospital sector. California Management Review, (59) 4 114-139.
  • Brown, J. A., Anderson, A., Salas, J., Ward, A. J. (2017). Do Investors Care about Director Tenure? Insights from Executive Cognition and Social Capital Theories. Organization Science, (28) 3 471-494.
  • Brown, J. A., Butts, M. K., Ward, A. J., Buchholtz, A. K. (2016). Board socio-cognitive decision making and task performance under heightened expectations of accountability. Business & Society.
  • Brown, J. A., Dunn, P., Buchholtz, A. (2016). The Role of Moral Salience in Firm-Stakeholder Repair. Business Ethics Quarterly, (26) 2 181-199.
  • Soundararajan, V., Brown, J. A. (2015). Voluntary Governance Mechanisms in Global Supply Chains: Beyond CSR to a Stakeholder Utility Perspective. Journal of Business Ethics, (134) 1 83-102.
  • Clark, C., Brown, J. A. (2015). Multinational Corporations and Governance Effectiveness: Towards a More Integrative Board. Journal of Business Ethics, (132 ) 3 565-577.
  • Brown, J. A., Gianiodis, P., Santoro, M. (2015). Following Doctors' Orders: Organizational Change as a Response to Human Capital Bargaining Power. Organizational Science, (26) 5 1284-1300.
  • Gianiodis, P., Brown, J. A. (2013). The Protection and Deployment of Financial Innovation. International Journal of Innovation Management, (17) 2 29.
  • Brown, J. A., Forster, W. R. (2013). CSR and Stakeholder Theory: A Tale of Adam Smith. Journal of Business Ethics, (112) 2 301-312.
  • Brown, J. A. (2010). Board and Top Management Changes over the Decades: Responses to Governance and CSR Issues. Center for Ethical Business Cultures Working Paper Series. 72. (Link)
  • Ward, A. J., Brown, J. A., Rodriguez, D. (2009). Governance Bundles, Firm Performance and the Substitutability and Complementarity of Governance Mechanisms. Corporate Governance: An International Review, (17) 5 646-660.
  • Ward, A. J., Brown, J. A., Graffin, S. (2009). Under the Spotlight: Institutional Investors and Firm Responses to the Council of Institutional Investors’ Annual Focus List. Strategic Organization, (7) 107-135.
  • Rutherford, M., Buchholtz, A., Brown, J. A. (2007). Examining Relationships Between Monitoring and Incentives in Corporate Governance. Journal of Management Studies, (44) 3 414-430.
  • Howard, D., Brown, J. A., Ibrahim, N. (2006). Commercial Driver Training, Inc.: A case study. Journal of Applied Case Research, (6) 5 7-20.

    Books

  • Carroll, A., Brown, J. A. (2022). Business & Society: Ethics, Sustainability and Stakeholder Management. 11th Edition 540. Boston, MA : Cengage (Link)
  • Carroll, A., Brown, J. A., Buchholtz, A. K. (2017). Business & Society: Ethics, Sustainability & Stakeholder Management. 10th 740. Cengage

    • Book Chapters

  • Carroll, A., Brown, J. A. (2021). Corporate Social Responsibility: A Chronicle and Review of Concept Development and Refinements In T. Maak, N. Pless, M. Orlitzky, S. Sandhu, (Eds.) Routledge Companion to Responsible Business: Corporate Social Responsibility and Responsible Management. Routledge
  • Carroll, A., Brown, J. A. (2018). Corporate Social Responsibility: A Review of Current Concepts, Research and Issues In J. Weber and D. Wasieleski, (Eds.) Business & Society 360 Volume2 Corporate Social Responsibility. Emerald Group Publishing
  • Brown, J. A. (2018). Corporate Boards and Performance In , (Eds.) Oxford Research Encyclopedia. Oxford: Oxford Research Encyclopedia Forthcoming.
  • Buchholtz, A., Brown, J. A. (2015). Shareholder democracy as a misbegotten metaphor In , (Eds.) Shareholder Empowerment: Promises and Illusions. Palgrave-MacMillan
  • Gianiodis, P., Brown, J. A. (2012). Entrepreneurship Action: University Scientists' Choice to Commericalize their Discoveries. In Advances in Enterpreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth In Andrew C. Corbett and Jerome A.Katz, (Eds.) . 63-88. Emerald Publishing
  • Brown, J. A., Buchholtz, A. (2009). Dark Territory: The Graniteville Chlorine Spill In Emmanuel Raufflet and Albert Mills, (Eds.) . 194-204. Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing Company
  • Brown, J. A. (2009). Global Economic Crises: The Impact of the Current Economic Crises on Business Ethics, Government and Society In , (Eds.) . Cengage Learning Global Economic Watch (Link)
  • Buchholtz, A., Brown, J. A., Shabana, K.M., . (2008). Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility In A. Crane, A. McWilliams, D. Matten, J. Moon, D. Siegel, (Eds.) . 327-345. Oxford: Oxford University Press
  • Brown, J. A., Ward, A. J. (2007). Corporate Governance in the USA. In "Corporate Governance" In Kostyuk, A.N., Braendle, U.C., & Apreda, R., (Eds.) . Virtus Press
  • Brown, J. A., Ward, A., Duane, J. E. (). Data Privacy, Ethics, and Strategic Leadership In Z. Simsek, C. Heavey, B. Fox, (Eds.) Handbook of Research on Strategic Leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Edward Elgar Publishing Forthcoming.
  • Ward, A., Brown, J. A., Murphy Mooney, A. (). The Seasons of a Director's Effectiveness In Richard W LeBlanc, (Eds.) The Handbook of Board Governance. Wiley Forthcoming.
  • Brown, J. A., Anderson, A., Ghaddar, S. (). How Board Structure Affects Board Decision-Making: An Example from Classified Boards In Till Talaulicar, (Eds.) Research Handbook on Corporate Governance and Ethics. Edward Elgar Publishing Forthcoming.

    • Cases

    Brown, J. A., Anderson, A. (2016). The Storm of Governance Reform at the American Red CrossPearson. 15Rodriguez, L., Brown, J. A. (2012). What have you done for me lately? Creating shared value between the state of South Carolina and AmazonSoutheast Case Research Journal, (9) 1Brown, J. A. (2008). Dead Peasant Life Insurance Policies: Smart Business or Poor Ethical Practice?South-Western Publishing . 7Brown, J. A. (2006). "Dean Peasant" Life Insurance Policies: Smart Business or Poor Ethical Practice?Business & Society: Ethics and Stakeholder Management. 6thBrown, J. A. (). Cooker Industries: A Case of Small Business SustainabilityPearson Publishing. 16th Edition Forthcoming.Brown, J. A. (). The COVID-19 Pandemic: Herculean Challenges for Business and CSRPearson Publishing. 16th Edition Forthcoming.Brown, J. A. (). The Storm of Governance Reform at the American Red CrossPearson Publishing, (16th Edition) Forthcoming.

    Conference Proceedings

  • Mahony, D. M.Brown, J. A. (2013). Calibrating Team Confidence: The Effect of Individual Hubris on Founder Team Decision Making Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research: Proceedings of the Babson College Entrepreneurial Research Conference.
  • Brown, J. A.Anderson, A.Salas, J.Ward, A. (2013). Market Reactions to Director Exits: Human Capital versus Entrenchment Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. Forthcoming.
  • Brown, J. A.Buchholtz, A.Stewart, M.Dennis, B. (2012). Board Diversity as a Camouflage Signal Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.
  • Brown, J. A.Anderson, A. (2011). The Storm of Governance Reform at the American Red Cross North American Case Research Association, (North American Case Research Conference)
  • Brown, J. A.Dunn, P.Buchholtz, A. (2011). Rebuilding Bridges in the Firm-Stakeholder Relationship: The Role of Moral Salience IABS, (22nd Annual International Association of Business and Society Conference)
  • Greenbaum, R.Buchholtz, A.Brown, J. A.Stone, T.Folger, R.Carroll, A. (2009). New Perspectives in Business Ethics SMA, (Southern Management Association Conference)
  • Brown, J. A.Buchholtz, A.Anderson, A.Shabana, K., ., ., . (2009). The Shareholder Democracy Paradox: An Empirical Examination Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, (Academy of Management Conference)
  • Brown, J. A.Anderson, A.Buchholtz, A. (2009). Classified Boards: Friend or Foe? IABS, (International Association for Business and Society (IABS) Conference)
  • Dunn, P.Brown, J. A. (2009). The Importance of Competence and Goodwill in Repairing Trust IABS, (International Association for Business and Society (IABS) Conference)
  • Brown, J. A.Buchholtz, A.Ward, A. J. (2008). Scapegoating Under Scrutiny , (International Association for Business and Society (IABS) Conference)
  • Brown, J. A.Buchholtz, A. (2007). The Chlorine Spill of 2005: A Case Study. Academy of Management, (Academy of Management Conference)
  • Brown, J. A. (2006). The Duping of the Shareholder , (Southern Management Association)
  • Brown, J. A.Buchholtz, A. (2006). Corporate Philanthropy Research: A Review of the Past and Recommendations for the Future , (International Association for Business and Society (IABS) Conference)
  • Brown, J. A.Ward, A. J.Barsade, S. (2005). Organizational embarrassment and the reparation of relationships through rebuilding image and identity , (Conference of the Southern Management Association)
  • Brown, J. A.Street, J. (2005). Successes and failures in developing a reputation for innovation , (Conference of the Southern Management Association)

    • Presentations

  • Brown, J. A., Ledley, F. D., Park, j., Husted, B. (2022). “Manuscript Development Workshop” Presented at the IABS Business & Society Manuscript Development Workshop for Special Issue on Public Health Virtual
  • Brown, J. A., Miska, C., Vogtlin, C., Newman, A., de Luque, M. (2022). “Manuscript Development Workshop on Responsible Leadership” Presented at the IABS Business & Society Manuscript Development Workshop for Special Issue on Responsible Management Virtual
  • Brown, J. A. (2022). “Manuscript Development Workshop” Presented at the UN UN Principles for Responsible Management Education Manuscript Development Workshop Virtual
  • Brown, J. A., Ledley, F. D., Montiel, I., Park, J., Husted, B. (2022). “Featured Symposium: Human Health Grand Challenges” Presented at the Academy of Management Annual meeting of the Academy of Management Conference Virtual
  • Brown, J. A., arora, p., Ward, A., Clark, C. (2022). “Director Exits and the Circulation of Power” Presented at the EGOS European Group for Organizational Studies Vienna, Austria
  • Brown, J. A., Scudder-Davis, B. W., Bosse, D., Johnson-Cramer, M., rehbein, k. (2022). “Stakeholder Theory in Context: Opportunities and Challenges for Future Research” Presented at the IABS Annual Meeting of the International Association of Business & Society San Francisco, CA
  • Brown, J. A. (2022). “The Future Direction for Business and Society Scholarship” Presented at the IABS Annual Meeting of the International Association of Business & Society San Francisco, CA
  • Brown, J. A. (2022). “Reviewer in the Rough Workshop for new reviewers” Presented at the IABS International Association for Business & Society San Francisco, CA
  • Brown, J. A. (2022). “A process model of post-formation stage social entrepreneurs and long-term stakeholder support” Presented at the HCBE Hoffman Center for Business Ethics Brownbag Session Bentley Virtual Presentation
  • Brown, J. A. (2022). “Artificial Intelligence and Ethics” Presented at the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners ACFE Ethics Training Boston, MA
  • Varys-Scudder-Davis, B. W., Brown, J. A. (2021). “Blockchain Meta-Organizations: A New Context for Stakeholder Management” Presented at the Academy of Management Academy of Management Conference 2021
  • Brown, J. A. (2021). “CSR and Human Rights Debate” Presented at theAcademy of Management Conference 2021
  • Murphy, A. M., Ward, A., Brown, J. A., Clark, C. (2020). “Board Refreshment” Presented at the Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting of the Strategic Management Society Virtual - London
  • Brown, J. A. (2020). “The Fun and Challenges of Collaborative Teaching and Learning” Presented at the Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting of the Strategic Management Society Virtual - London
  • Brown, J. A. (2020). “Can Shareholder-owned Corporations Maximize Profits without Harming Stakeholders?” Presented at the Rutgers University Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation QUASI Seminar Series Virtual - New Jersey
  • Kurdyukov, R., Brown, J. A., Clark, C. (2020). “Managerial Discretion in Stakeholder Engagement: A Multi-level Story of Opportunities and Challenges” Presented at theAnnual Meeting of the Academy of Management Vancouver, Canada (virtual)
  • Kurdyukov, R., Brown, J. A., Clark, C. (2020). “Managerial Discretion in Stakeholder Engagement: A Meso-level Story of Opportunities and Challenges” Presented at theInternational Association for Business and Society Annual Conference Lisbon, Portugal (virtual)
  • Clark, C., Brown, J. A. (2020). “Board Refreshment as a Structural Elaboration” Presented at the University of Bath CBOS Global Corporate Governance Summit Virtual - London
  • Brown, J. A., Clark, C., Buono, A. F. (2019). “Firm-level Governance and the United Nations Global Compact: Challenges in Managing Co-existing Logics” Presented at the Academy of Management Academy of Management Specialized Conference: Responsible Leadership in Rising Economies Bled, Slovenia
  • Hoffman, A. N., Brown, J. A., Baumann, S., Shrader, C., Tenbrink, C. (2019). “I wish I had known that when I started teaching! Teaching Advice for Junior Faculty” Presented at the SMS Annual Meeting of the Strategic Management Society Minneapolis, MA
  • Clark, C., Brown, J. A. (2019). “Women on Boards: New Insights from Global Research” Presented at the Academy of Management Academy of Management Boston, MA
  • Brown, J. A. (2019). “Centers for Business Ethics and Responsible Leadership” Presented at theAnnual Meeting of the Academy of Management Conference Boston, MA
  • Brown, J. A. (2019). Presented at the D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University Second Annual Boston Corporate Governance Workshop Egen Research Center, Boston
  • Ward, A., Mooney, A., Brown, J. A., Salas, J. (2019). “CEO Turnover and Director Replacements” Presented at the Strategic Management Society Corporate Goverance Group Strategic Management Society Mini-Conference on Corporate Governance Las Vegas, NV
  • Brown, J. A. (2019). “The Context of Organizational/Environmental in CSR and Ethics Research” Presented at the Arizona State University Department of Management Micro-meets-Macro Annual Conference Tempe, Arizona
  • Brown, J. A., Ward, A., Arora, P., Clark, C. (2018). “Aftermath of Failed Coups: The Circulation of Power after Director Resignations” Presented at the Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting of the Strategic Management Society Conference Paris
  • Hoffman, A. N., Brown, J. A., Baumann, S., Shrader, C. B. (2018). “Invited Teaching Panel on Design Thinking” Presented at the SMS Annual Meeting of the Strategic Management Society Paris, France
  • Brown, J. A., Buono, A. F. (2018). “Centers for Business Ethics and Responsible Leadership” Presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management Conference Chicago, Illinois
  • Mooney, A., Brown, J. A., Ward, A. (2018). “Director Tenure and Effectiveness: A Contingency Model” Presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management Conference Chicago, Illinois
  • Ghaddar, S., Brown, J. A., Clark, C. (2018). “Board of Director “Freshness” and CSP: Investigating the Moderating Role of Board Gender Diversity” Presented at theThe Academy of Management Annual Meeting Chicago, Illinois
  • Brown, J. A., Ledley, F. D. (2018). “A Missing (or Misapplied) Metric in Corporate Social REsponsiblity” Presented at the Queen Mary College Special Conference for Journal of Business Research London, England
  • Mullane, K., Stewart, M. M., Furst-Holloway, S., Brown, J. A. (2017). “Ethical Climate and Trust as Determinants of Virtual Team Member Effort” Presented at theAnnual Meeting of the Academy of Management Atlanta, GA
  • Brown, J. A., Clark, C. (2017). “The director selection process: A structural elaboration story” Presented at theInternational Association for Business and Society Amsterdam
  • Ward, A., Brown, J. A., Mooney, A. (2016). “ A model of phases of director effectiveness over time” Presented at theStrategic Management Society Conference Berlin, Germany
  • Soundararajan, V., Brown, J. A., Wicks, A. (2016). “2016. Soundararajan, V., Brown, J. and Wicks, A. An instrumental perspective of value creation through multi-stakeholder initiatives” Presented at theAcademy of Management Conference Anaheim, California
  • Brown, J. A., Forster, W., Wicks, A. (2016). “The social entrepreneur: The importance of moral imagination, microsocial norms and moral legitimacy in managing stakeholder perceptions” Presented at theInternational Association for Business and Society
  • Brown, J. A., Gianiodis, P., Santoro, M. (2016). “Managing co-opetition in nonprofit/for-profit organizations” Presented at theCross Sector Partnerships for Systemic Change Toronto, Canada
  • Brown, J. A., Clark, C., Buono, A. F., Stuart, A. (2015). “The UN Global Compact: Looking for a Balance Between Implicit and Explicit CSR” Presented at theVincentian Business Ethics Conference New York, NY
  • Brown, J. A., Anderson, A., Gupta, P. (2015). “Evidence of directory primacy in corporate governance?” Presented at the AoM 2105 Academy of Management Conference Vancouver Canada
  • Brown, J. A. (2015). “Caucus on Ethics and Self Governance at the Academy” Presented at the AoM Academy of Management Vancouver, Canada
  • Soundararajan, V., Brown, J. A., Wicks, A. (2015). “Value creation for stakeholders and the success of multistakeholder initiatives” Presented at the EGOS European Group for Organizational Studies Conference Athens Greece
  • Brown, J. A., Gianiodis, P. (2015). “When organizational form influences ethics: Intrafirm co-opetition in hybrid organizations” Presented at the SEE 2015 Sustainability Ethics and Entrepreneurship Conference Denver, Colorado
  • Soundararajan, V., Brown, J., Wicks, A. (2015). “A journey into a complex world: An institutional perspective of global supply chains and working conditions in developing countries” Presented at the IABS 2015 International Association of Business and Society Conference Costa Rica
  • Brown, J. A., Clark, C. (2015). “Corporate Director Power” Presented at the IABS International Association of Business & Society Cost Rica
  • Brown, J. A., Anderson, A., Gupta, P. (2014). “State chartering competition: Evidence of director primacy in corporate governance?” Presented at the Strategic Management Society 2014 SMS Conference Madrid
  • Clark, C., Brown, J. A. (2014). “Multinational Corporations and Governance Effectiveness: Towards a More Integrative Board” Presented at the2014 Academy of Management Conference Philadelphia PA
  • Soundararajan, V., Brown, J. A. (2014). “ Voluntary Governance Mechanisms in Global Supply Chains: Beyond CSR to a Stakeholder Utility Perspective” Presented at the2014 Academy of Management Conference Philadelphia PA
  • Brown, J. A., Buchholtz, A. (2014). “Shareholder Empowerment PDW” Presented at the2014 Academy of Management Conference Philadelphia PA
  • Brown, J. A. (2014). “U.S. State Chartering Competition: Evidence of Director Primacy in Corporate Governance?” Presented at the2014 International Association of Business and Society Conference Sydney Australia
  • Clark, C., Brown, J. A. (2013). “Global governance, business ethics and anti-corruption initiatives” Presented at the DePaul Vincentian Business Ethics Conference Chicago, Illinois
  • Brown, J. A., Anderson, A., Ward, A. J., Salas, J. (2013). “Market Reactions to Director Exits: Human Capital versus Entrenchment” Presented at the Academy of Management 2013 Academy of Management Annual Meeting Orlando
  • Brown, J. A., Gianiodis, P., Santoro, M. (2013). “Organizational Change, Stakeholder Power and Intrafirm Co-opetition in Hybrid Nonprofit/For-Profit Hospitals” Presented at the Strategic Management Society Strategic Management Society Glasgow Conference Glasgow, Scotland
  • Mahony, D. M., Brown, J. A. (2013). “Calibrating Team Confidence: The Effect of Individual Hubris on Founding Team Decision Making ” Presented at the Babson College Babson College Entrepreneurial Research Conference Lyon, France
  • Brown, J. A., Ward, A. J., Anderson, A., Salas, J. (2012). “The Sweet Spot of Director Tenure and Executive Compensation” Presented at the SMS 2012 Strategic Management Society Conference Prague, Czech Republic
  • Brown, J. A., Anderson, A., Ward, A. J., Salas, J. (2012). “Human Capital vs. Entrenchment in Director Tenure” Presented at the Wharton 5th Annual Wharton People and Organizations Conference Philadelphia
  • Brown, J. A., Buchholtz, A., Stewart, M. S. (2012). “Board Diversity as a Camouflage Signal” Presented at the AOM Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management Conference Boston, Massachusetts
  • Brown, J. A. (2012). “US Corporate Boards and CSR Over the Decades” Presented at the IABS International Association of Business and Society Conference Asheville, North Carolina
  • Brown, J. A., Forster, W. R. (2012). “Moral Legitimacy and Social Entrepreneurship” Presented at theSustainability, Ethics, and Entrepreneurship Conference Denver, CO
  • Brown, J. A., Gianiodis, P. (2011). “The Conundrum of Ethics in Intrafirm Co-opetition” Presented at the St. Johns University St. Johns Vincentian Business Ethics Conference New York, NY
  • Brown, J. A., Anderson, A. (2011). “The Storm of Governance Reform at the American Red Cross” Presented at the North American Case Research Association North American Case Research Conference San Antonio, TX
  • Brown, J. A., Santoro, M. (2011). “Sibling Rivalry: New Organizational Forms” Presented at the Wharton Managing People and Organizations Conference Philadelphia, PA
  • Brown, J. A., Buchholtz, A., Butts, M., Ward, A. J. (2011). “Board Responses to Increased Monitoring Roles Following Regulatory Change” Presented at theAcademy of Management Annual Meetings San Antonio, TX
  • Brown, J. A., Gianiodis, P., Santoro, M. (2011). “Human Capital Bargaining Power in the Health Care Sector” Presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management San Antonio, Texas
  • Brown, J. A., Dunn, P., Buchholtz, A. (2011). “The Role of Moral Salience in Firm-Stakeholder Relationships” Presented at theInternational Association of Business and Society Conference Bath, England
  • Brown, J. A., Santoro, M., Gianiodis, P. (2011). “Sibling Rivalry: The Development of New Organizational Forms and Intrafirm Co-opetition at Multiunit Organizations” Presented at the Strategic Management Society Strategic Management Society Human Capital Conference Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
  • Brown, J. A., Forster, W. R. (2010). “CSR and Stakeholder Theory: A Tale of Adam Smith” Presented at the Institute for Business and Professional Ethics Vincentian Business Ethics Conference Chicago, Illinois
  • Brown, J. A., Ward, A. J., Anderson, A., Salas, J. (2010). “Human capital vs. Entrenchment: Market Reactions to Director Resignations and Deaths” Presented at the Strategic Management Society Strategic Management Society Conference Rome Italy
  • Brown, J. A., Dunn, P., Buchholtz, A. (2010). “Repairing Firm-Stakeholder Relationships: Finding the Balance between Competence and Goodwill” Presented at the Academy of Management Academy of Management Conference Montreal, Canada
  • Shabana, K., Brown, J. A., Buchholtz, A. (2010). “The Effects of Strategic Leadership and Corporate Governance on Corporate Social Reporting” Presented at the IABS International Association for Business and Society (IABS) Conference Banff, Canada
  • Greenbaum, R., Buchholtz, A., Brown, J. A., Stone, T., Folger, R., Carroll, A. (2009). “New Perspectives in Business Ethics” Presented at the SMA Southern Management Association Conference Asheville, North Carolina
  • Gianiodis, P., Brown, J. A. (2009). “A Meso Level Theory of Faculty Entrepreneurial Pursuits” Presented at the Academy of Management Academy of Management Conference Chicago, Illinois
  • Brown, J. A., Buchholtz, A., Anderson, A. (2009). “The Shareholder Democracy Paradox: An Empirical Examination” Presented at the Academey of Management Academy of Management Conference Chicago, Illinois
  • Brown, J. A., Gioniodis, P., Santoro, M. (2009). “Sibling rivalry: Structural change, intra-firm adaption, and co-opetition” Presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management – Business Policy and Strategy Division Chicago, IL
  • Dunn, P., Brown, J. A. (2009). “The Importance of Competence and Goodwill in Repairing Trust” Presented at the IABS International Association for Business and Society (IABS) Conference Steamboat Springs, Colorado
  • Ward, A. J., Brown, J. A., Butts, M. (2008). “Institutionalization in Context: Corporate governance changes and board responses” Presented at the Academy of Management Academy of Management annual meetings Anaheim, CA
  • Gianiodis, P., Brown, J. A. (2008). “Protecting and leveraging (in)imitable resources” Presented at theAcademy of Management Conference Anaheim, California
  • Brown, J. A., Gianiodis, P., Santoro, M. (2008). “Sibling Rivalry: Non-profit Hospitals Competing With Their Own For-Profit Subsidiaries” Presented at theAtlanta Competitive Advantage Conference Atlanta, Georgia
  • Brown, J. A., Buchholtz, A., Ward, A. J. (2008). “Scapegoating Under Scrutiny” Presented at theInternational Association for Business and Society (IABS) Conference Tempere, Finland
  • Brown, J. A., Buchholtz, A., Ward, A. J. (2007). “The price of accountability in corporate governance” Presented at theInternational Association for Business and Society (IABS) Conference Florence, Italy
  • Brown, J. A. (2006). “The Duping of the Shareholder” Presented at theSouthern Management Association Orlando, Florida
  • Brown, J. A. (2006). “The Changing Nature of Corporate Boards: Unexpected Responses to Reforms” Presented at theAcademy of Management Conference Atlanta, Georgia
  • Buchholtz, A., Brown, J. A., Shabana, K. (2006). “The Mixed Message in Shareholder Voice” Presented at theAcademy of Management Conference Atlanta, Georgia
  • Brown, J. A., Buchholtz, A. (2006). “Corporate Philanthropy Research: A Review of the Past and Recommendations for the Future” Presented at theIABS Conference Merida, Mexico
  • Brown, J. A., Ward, A. J., Barsade, S. (2005). “Organizational embarrassment and the reparation of relationships through rebuilding image and identity” Presented at theConference of the Southern Management Association Charleston, SC
  • Brown, J. A., Street, J. (2005). “Successes and failures in developing a reputation for innovation” Presented at theSMA Charleston, SC
  • Buchholtz, A., Brown, J. A. (2005). “An integrative theory of executive corruption: Implications for corporate governance” Presented at theAcademy of Management National Conference Honolulu, HI
  • Dennis, B., Brown, J. A., Buchholtz, A. (2005). “Board member diversity and effective diversity management: An examination of discrimination lawsuits” Presented at theAcademy of Management National Conference Honolulu, HI

    • Service

    Department Service

  • Task Force Member for Racial Justice Task Force Management Department Subcommittee 2020 - Present
  • Mentor (Student) for Ph.D Advisor 2018 - Present
  • Committee Chair for Search Committee for Tenure Track Strategy Position 2019 - 2019
  • Committee Member for Dissertation Committee 2018 - 2019
  • Course Coordinator for GB410 2017 - 2018
  • Coordinator for Ph.D Selection Committee 2016 - 2017
  • Committee Member for Dissertation Committee 2014 - 2017
  • Committee Member for Search Committee for Strategy Professor 2016 - 2016
  • Committee Member for Succession Planning Committee 2014 - 2015

    • University Service

  • Committee Member for PhD Council 2022 - Present
  • Committee Member for President's Strategic Positioning and Partnering Committee 2021 - Present
  • Committee Chair for Faculty Affairs Committee 2021 - Present
  • Committee Member for Bentley University Racial Justice Committee 2020 - Present
  • Committee Member for Hoffman Center for Business Ethics Faculty Advisory Council 2016 - Present
  • Committee Member for Center for Integration of Science and Industry 2016 - Present
  • Executive Committee Member for Bentley Health Thought Leadership Network 2016 - Present
  • Reviewer for Hoffman Center for Business Ethics Paper Competition 2014 - Present
  • Faculty Development Workshop Participant and Organizer for Hoffman Center for Business Ethics 2016 - 2022
  • Committee Member for Dean Search Committee 2021 - 2021
  • Committee Member for Graduate Council 2018 - 2019
  • Committee Member for Graduate Curriculum 2018 - 2019
  • Director for MBA Program 2018 - 2019
  • Committee Member for Teaching and Scholarly Activities Committee 2017 - 2018
  • Committee Member for Delongchamp Family Fund Committee 2015 - 2018
  • Committee Member for Curriculum Review Committee 2015 - 2016
  • Committee Member for Faculty Advisory Board 2015 - 2016
  • Committee Member for 2015 Bentley University Research Colloquium Steering Committee and Track Chair 2015 - 2015
  • Presenter for 2014 Bentley Research Symposium 2014 - 2014
  • Mentor (Faculty) for ALANA Luncheon 2014 - 2014
  • Guest Speaker for Bentley Center for Business Ethics 2014 - 2014
  • Ethics Case Competition Reviewer for Bentley Center for Business Ethics 2014 - 2014
  • Guest Speaker for Bentley Honors Program 2014 - 2014
  • Case Author and Competition Judge for Bentley Business Bowl Case Review 2014 - 2014
  • Presenter for 2013 Bentley Research Symposium 2013 - 2013
  • Student Organization Advisor for Lehigh University Women in Business 2011 - 2013
  • Committee Member for Lehigh University College Policy Committee 2012 - 2013
  • Committee Member for Lehigh University Nominations Committee 2012 - 2013
  • Instructor and Coordinator of Singapore Trip for Lehigh University CBE Global Pilot Program 2009 - 2013
  • Graduation/Diploma Reader for Lehigh University Commencement 2008 - 2013
  • Committee Member for Search Committee for CBE Program Director First Year Advising 2011 - 2011
  • Committee Member for CBE Core Curriculum Committee 2008 - 2010
  • Committee Member for MBA Core Curriculum Committee 2009 - 2010
  • Committee Member for Research Seminar Committee 2009 - 2010
  • Committee Member for Search Committee for Singleton Chair 2008 - 2009

    • Professional Service

  • Editor, Journal for Business & Society Journal 2019 - Present
  • Editor (Associate), Journal for Corporate Governance: An International Review 2015 - Present
  • Editorial Review Board Member for Business & Society 2015 - Present
  • Representative at Large for International Association of Business and Society 2014 - Present
  • Editorial Review Board Member for Corporate Governance: An International Review 2013 - Present
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer for Strategic Management Journal 2012 - Present
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer for Academy of Management Journal 2011 - Present
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper for Academy of Management Business Policy Division 2007 - Present
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper for Academy of Management Social Issues Division 2006 - Present
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer for Business and Society 2006 - Present
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Management Studies 2006 - Present
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper for Strategic Management Society 2004 - Present
  • Officer, President/Elect/Past for Academy of Management SIM Division 2016 - 2021
  • Editor (Associate), Journal for Journal of Business Ethics 2017 - 2020
  • Officer, Other Officer for Strategic Management Society 2018 - 2020
  • Editor (Associate), Journal for Journal of Business Ethics 2017 - 2019
  • Editor (Associate), Journal for Business & Society Journal 2016 - 2019
  • Conference/Workshop Track Chair for International Corporate Govenrance Society 2015 - 2017
  • Representative at Large for Academy of Management SIM Division 2014 - 2015
  • Officer, Secretary for International Association of Business & Society 2011 - 2014
  • Conference/Workshop Organizer for Academy of Management SIM Division 2010 - 2013
  • Committee Chair for Academy of Management SIM Division Curriculum Committee 2009 - 2011
  • Committee Member for International Association of Business & Society 2009 - 2011
  • Committee Member for Academy of Management Social Division Book Award Committee 2007 - 2008