Awards and Honors
Summer Grant, Bentley University (also received 2009 - 2017)Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award, Bentley UniversityDean's Fund for International Travel, Bentley University (also received 2010, 2011, and 2014)Best Conference Paper, Society for Business EthicsBest Reviewer Award, Business Ethics QuarterlyBest Reviewer Award, Society for Business EthicsLouis O. Kelso Fellowship, Rutgers University/Employee Ownership FoundationBest Paper Finalist, Society for Business EthicsOutstanding Young Scholar Award, Bowling Green State UniversityYoung Scholar Award, Cornell University, Program on Ethics and Public LifeScholarly Contributions and Creative Productions
Journal Articles
Srivastava, A., Marabelli, M., Moriarty, J. (2025). The Present and Future of AI: Ethical Issues and Research Opportunities. Communication of the Association for Information Systems Moriarty, J. (2025). Against the Sale of Homeopathy (and Other Ineffective Medicines). Journal of Business Ethics, (198) 1 143-153. (Link)Moriarty, J. (2025). Deserving the Option to Give. Ratio, (38) 1 41-47. (Link)Moriarty, J. (2023). On The Ethics of Selling Psychic Services. Public Affairs Quarterly, (37) 4 331-351. Aylesworth, A. B., Beneke, C. J., Betts, R., Carter, N. C., Dove, S., Moriarty, J. (2022). 7 Hard-Earned Lessons From a Curriculum Makeover. Chronicle of Higher Education Moriarty, J. (2021). Why Online Personalized Pricing is Unfair. Ethics and Information Technology, (23) 3 495-503. (Link)Moriarty, J. (2020). On the Origin, Content, and Relevance of the Market Failures Approach. Journal of Business Ethics, (165) 1 113-124. Moriarty, J. (2020). What's in a Wage? A New Approach to the Justification of Pay. Business Ethics Quarterly, (30) 1 119-137. Moriarty, J., Hussain, W. (2018). Accountable to Whom? Rethinking the Role of Corporations in Political CSR. Journal of Business Ethics, (149) 3 519-534. Moriarty, J. (2018). Against Pay Secrecy. Journal of Applied Philosophy, (35) 4 689-704. Moriarty, J. (2018). Risky Pay and the Financial Crisis: Who's Responsible?. Midwest Studies in Philosophy, (42) 1 156-173. Moriarty, J. (2017). Wanted: Positive Arguments for Markets. Journal of Value Inquiry, (51) 4 641-645. Moriarty, J. (2016). Is 'Equal Pay for Equal Work' Merely a Principle of Nondiscrimination?. Economics and Philosophy, (32) 3 435-461. Moriarty, J. (2016). The Demands of Stakeholder Theory for Corporate Governance. Business Ethics Journal Review, (4) 8 47-52. Moriarty, J. (2014). The Connection between Stakeholder Theory and Stakeholder Democracy: An Excavation and Defense. Business & Society, (53) 6 820-852. Moriarty, J., Hussain, W. (2014). Corporations, the Democratic Deficit, and Voting. Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy, (12) special issue 429-450. Moriarty, J. (2014). Compensation Ethics and Organizational Commitment. Business Ethics Quarterly, (24) 1 31-53. Moriarty, J. (2013). Smilansky, Arneson, and the Asymmetry of Desert. Philosophical Studies, (162) 3 537-545. Moriarty, J. (2012). Justice in Compensation: A Defense. Business Ethics: A European Review, (21) 1 64-76. Moriarty, J. (2011). The Sky's the Limit: A Reply to Kolb. Business Ethics Quarterly, (21) 4 686-691. Moriarty, J. (2011). Does Distributive Justice Pay? Sternberg’s Compensation Ethics. International Journal of Applied Philosophy, (25) 1 33-48. Moriarty, J. (2011). The sky's the limit: A reply to kolb. Business Ethics Quarterly, (21) Issue 4Moriarty, J., Heath, J., Norman, W. (2010). Business Ethics and (or as) Political Philosophy. Business Ethics Quarterly, (20) 3 427-452. Moriarty, J. (2010). Participation in the Workplace: Are Employees Special?. Journal of Business Ethics, (92) 3 373-384. Heath, J., Moriarty, J., Norman, W. (2010). Business ethics and (Or As) political philosophy. Cambridge University Press, (20) Issue 3 (Link)Moriarty, J. (2009). Rawls, Self-Respect, and the Opportunity for Meaningful Work. Social Theory and Practice, (35) 3 441-459. Moriarty, J. (2009). How Much Compensation Can CEOs Permissibly Accept?. Business Ethics Quarterly, (19) 2 235-250. Moriarty, J. (2009). Teaching and Learning Guide for Business Ethics: An Overview. Philosophy Compass, (4) 1 4-Jan. Moriarty, J. (2008). Business Ethics: An Overview. Philosophy Compass, (3) 5 956-972. Moriarty, J. (2007). McMahon on Workplace Democracy. Journal of Business Ethics, (71) 4 339-345. Moriarty, J. (2006). Ross on Desert and Punishment. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, (87) 2 231-244. Moriarty, J. (2005). On the Relevance of Political Philosophy to Business Ethics. Business Ethics Quarterly, (15) 3 453-471. Moriarty, J. (2005). The Epistemological Argument Against Desert. Utilitas, (17) 2 205-221. Moriarty, J. (2005). Do CEOs Get Paid Too Much?. Business Ethics Quarterly, (15) 2 257-281. Moriarty, J. (2003). Against the Asymmetry of Desert. Nous, (37) 3 518-536. Moriarty, J. (2002). Desert and Distributive Justice in A Theory of Justice. Journal of Social Philosophy, (33) 1 131-143. Books
Moriarty, J. (10/1/21). Business Ethics: A Contemporary Introduction New York, NY: RoutledgeBook Chapters
Moriarty, J. (6/30/23). Executive Compensation Encyclopedia of Leadership Studies. SageMoriarty, J. Business Ethics Oxford Bibliographies in Philosophy. (Link)Moriarty, J. (12/31/18). Compensation Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society, 2nd edition. SageMoriarty, J. (12/31/18). Desert-based Justice The Oxford Handbook of Distributive Justice. New York, NY: Oxford University PressMoriarty, J. (12/31/18). Divestment Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society, 2nd edition. SageMoriarty, J. (12/31/18). Employee Ethics and Rights Routledge Companion to Business Ethics. New York, NY: RoutledgeMoriarty, J. (12/31/18). Evil, Problem of Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society, 2nd edition. SageMoriarty, J. (12/31/18). Incentive Compensation Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society, 2nd edition. SageMoriarty, J. (12/31/18). Unconscionability of Contracts Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society, 2nd edition. SageMoriarty, J. (12/31/16). Business Ethics The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (Link)Moriarty, J. (10/31/08). Deserving Jobs, Deserving Wages Normative Theory and Business Ethics. Lanham, MD: Rowman & LittlefieldMoriarty, J. (12/31/07). Desert Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. Thousand Oaks, CA: SageMoriarty, J. (12/31/07). Self-Respect Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. Thousand Oaks, CA: SageOther Scholarly Work
Moriarty, J. (2021). Why We Should be Leery of Companies Entering Political Fray. The Hill (Link).Moriarty, J. (2021). Why Overcoming the Taboo of Sharing Salaries is Critical to Reaching Equal Pay. Fast Company (Link).Moriarty, J. (2019). The Potential Downside to Amazon's Recent Charitable Endeavor. The Hill (Link).Presentations
Moriarty, J. (2025). “Emotional Appeals in Advertising: Not as Bad as Most Philosophers Think” Presented at the Atlantic Region Philosophers' Association Annual Conference Fredericton, New Brunswick Moriarty, J. (2024). “When is Nepotism Permissible?” Presented at the Fairfield University Waide Center for Applied EthicsMoriarty, J. (2024). “When is Nepotism Permissible?” Presented at the Society for Business Ethics Annual ConferenceMoriarty, J. (2024). “Reimagining Business & Society: Transforming Business Education Together” Presented at the Utah State University Undergraduate Consortium Reimagining Business & Society Utah State Moriarty, J. (2024). “On Some Implications of the Market Failures Approach” Presented at the Saint Joseph's University Symposium on Heath's Morality, Competition, and the FirmLeBlanc, J., Moriarty, J., Xia, L., Sanderson, K. (2024). “Force for Good Survey Data Session” Presented at the Bentley University Bentley's Annual Learning and Teaching Colloquium Waltham, MA Moriarty, J. (2023). “The Ethics of Selling Ineffective Medicines” Presented at the International Association of Business and Society Annual Conference Bath, England Moriarty, J. (2023). “Teaching Business Ethics: Goals and Obstacles” Presented at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Lubar College of Business Milwaukee, Wisconsin Moriarty, J. (2023). “On the Ethics of Selling Psychic Services” Presented at the New Orleans Invitational Seminar in Ethics New Orleans, LA Moriarty, J. (2023). “On the Ethics of Selling Psychic Services” Presented at the Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business Pittsburgh, PA Moriarty, J. (2022). “On the Ethics of Selling Psychic Services” Presented at the Oxford University Center for Corporate Reputation Oxford, UK Moriarty, J. (2022). “Corporate Social Responsibility at War - What Should Companies do in Russia?” Presented at the Stockholm School of Economics Public Discussion Riga, Latvia Moriarty, J. (2020). “Personalizing Prices in E-Commerce: The Ethics of a (Kind of) New Pricing Practice” Presented at the Minnesota State University, Mankato Annual Lecture in Business EthicsMoriarty, J. (2020). “Personalizing Prices in E-Commerce: The Ethics of a (Kind of) New Pricing Practice” Presented at the Oxford University Centre for Corporate ReputationMoriarty, J. (2020). “The Ethics of Online Personalized Pricing” Presented at the Utrecht University Ethics and Economics WorkshopMoriarty, J. (2020). “Rawls, Justice, and Property-Owning Democracy: Some Thoughts on Institutions” Presented at the Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations New Brunswick, NJ Moriarty, J. (2018). “On the Origin, Content, and Relevance of the Market Failures Approach” Presented at the Queen's University Department of Philosophy Kingston, ON Moriarty, J. (2018). “On the Practical (Ir)Relevance of the Market Failures Approach” Presented at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School Philadelphia, PA Moriarty, J. (2018). “On the Practical (Ir)Relevance of the Market Failures Approach” Presented at the Northeastern University Philosophy Department Boston, MA Moriarty, J. (2018). “Strategic Choices in Business: What Can We Learn from the Philosophy of Sport?” Presented at the Technical University of Dortmund Corporations as Political and Social Actors Dortmund, Germany Moriarty, J. (2017). “The Ethics of Executive Compensation” Presented at the University of Zurich Department of Economics Zurich, Switzerland Moriarty, J. (2017). “Risky Pay and the Financial Crisis: Who's Responsible?” Presented at the International Association of Business and Society Annual Meeting Amsterdam, Netherlands Moriarty, J. (2017). “Risky Pay and the Financial Crisis: Who's Responsible?” Presented at the Stockholm School of Economics Department of Business and Management Riga, Latvia Moriarty, J. (2017). “Against Pay Secrecy” Presented at the Georgetown University Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics Washington DC Moriarty, J. (2016). “Publishing and Reviewing in Business Ethics” Presented at the Transatlantic Doctoral Academy on Business, Economics, and Ethics Annual Meeting Boston, MA Moriarty, J. (2016). “Against Pay Secrecy” Presented at the University of New Orleans Philosophy Department New Orleans, LA Moriarty, J. (2016). “Against Pay Secrecy” Presented at the Society for Business Ethics Annual Meeting Anaheim, CA Moriarty, J. (2016). “Against Pay Secrecy” Presented at the Rutgers Business School Management and Global Business Department Newark, NJ Moriarty, J. (2016). “Against Pay Secrecy” Presented at the Ryerson University Ted Rogers School of Business Toronto, ON Moriarty, J. (2015). “Comments on Sher's "Doing Justice to Desert"” Presented at the 3rd Annual Workshop for Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy Syracuse, NY Moriarty, J. (2015). “Culture and Moral Responsibility: Comments on the Financial Crisis” Presented at the Society for Business Ethics Annual Meeting Vancouver, BC Moriarty, J. (2015). “Democracy and Meritocracy: Comments on Kim” Presented at the Society for Business Ethics Annual Meeting Vancouver, BC Moriarty, J. (2015). “Is 'Equal Pay for Equal Work' Merely a Principle of Nondiscrimination?” Presented at the University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business Vancouver, BC Moriarty, J. (2014). “Is 'Equal Pay for Equal Work' Merely a Principle of Nondiscrimination?” Presented at the Suffolk University Boston, MA Moriarty, J. (2014). “Self-Respect and Safety Nets” Presented at the University of Bologna Conference on Dignity, Respect, and Self-Respect: Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary Perspectives Bologna, Italy Moriarty, J. (2014). “A Question about Ethics in Wages: God vs. Aristotle” Presented at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro Greensboro, NC Moriarty, J. (2014). “Comments on May's "Rights, Wrongs, and Demands."” Presented at the New Orleans Invitational Seminar in Ethics New Orleans, LA Moriarty, J., Hussain, W. (2013). “Democracy, Accountability, and the New Corporate Political Activity” Presented at the Georgetown University Ethics of Lobbying Symposium Washington, DC Moriarty, J., Hussain, W. (2013). “Democratic Legitimacy and Corporate Involvement in the Public Sphere” Presented at the Copenhagen Business School Workshop on Managing Political CSR Copenhagen, Denmark Moriarty, J. (2013). “Comments on Brake's 'Rebuilding and Restoration after Disaster: A Case for Disaster Rights'” Presented at the New Orleans Invitational Seminar in Ethics New Orleans, LA Moriarty, J. (2013). “Elements of Business Ethics” Presented at the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Quarterly Meeting Boston, MA Moriarty, J. (2013). Presented at the James A. and Linda R. Mitchell/The American College Forum on Ethical Leadership Palm Beach, FL Moriarty, J. (2013). “Compensation Ethics, Organizational Attachment, and Reasonable Expectations” Presented at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School Philadelphia, PA Moriarty, J. (2012). “Compensation Ethics, Organizational Attachment, and Reasonable Expectations” Presented at the Georgetown University Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics Washington, DC Moriarty, J. (2012). “Compensation Ethics, Organizational Attachment, and Reasonable Expectations” Presented at the Universit√© Catholique de Louvain Bernheim Workshop Brussels, Belgium Moriarty, J. (2012). “Ameliorating the Pitchfork Problem by Sharing the Wealth” Presented at the Society for Business Ethics Annual Meeting Boston, MA Moriarty, J. (2012). “The Common Good: What It Is, and What, if Anything, Firms Should Have to Do with It"” Presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting Boston, MA Moriarty, J. (2012). Presented at the Liberty Fund Seminar on the Liberty and Responsibility in the Thought of Frederic Bastiat La Jolla, CA Moriarty, J., Hussain, W. (2011). “Democratic Legitimacy and Corporate Involvement in the Public Sphere” Presented at the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Annual Meeting Washington, DC Moriarty, J., Hussain, W. (2011). “A New Path to Corporate Democracy? The Case of Corporate Legitimacy” Presented at the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management Workshop on Business Ethics Brussels, Belgium Moriarty, J. (2011). “Comments on Audi's 'Religion in the Workplace: Rights, Liberties, and Managerial Policies'” Presented at the Society for Business Ethics Annual Meeting San Antonio, TX Moriarty, J. (2011). “Philosophical Aspects of Shared Capitalism” Presented at the Foundation for Enterprise Development Beyster Fellowship Symposium La Jolla, CA Moriarty, J. (2011). “On Desert's Role in Theories of Distributive and Retributive Justice” Presented at the New Orleans Invitational Seminar in Ethics New Orleans, LA Moriarty, J. (2011). “Normative Stakeholder Theory, Corporate Governance, and Broad-Based Workplace Democracy” Presented at the Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations Piscataway, NJ Moriarty, J. (2010). “Why Normative Stakeholder Theorists Should Support Stakeholder Democracy” Presented at the University of Minho Workshop on Workplace Democracy Braga, Portugal Moriarty, J. (2010). “Ethics in Compensation: Why Not?” Presented at the Society for Business Ethics Annual Meeting Montreal, Canada Moriarty, J. (2010). “Normative Stakeholder Theory, Corporate Governance, and Broad-Based Workplace Democracy” Presented at the Foundation for Enterprise Development Beyster Fellowship Symposium La Jolla, CA Moriarty, J. (2010). “Comments on Wall's 'Rawlsian Justice and Economic Efficiency'” Presented at the New Orleans Invitational Seminar in Ethics New Orleans, LA Moriarty, J. (2009). “Participation in the Workplace: Are Employees Special?” Presented at the Society for Business Ethics Annual Meeting Chicago, IL Moriarty, J. (2009). “How Much Compensation Can CEOs Permissibly Accept?” Presented at the University of Maryland Smith School of Business College Park, MD Moriarty, J. (2008). “How Much Compensation Can CEOs Permissibly Accept?” Presented at the New York University Stern School of Business New York, NY Moriarty, J. (2008). “Participation in the Workplace: Are Employees Special?” Presented at the Universite Catholique de Louvain Chaire Hoover Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Moriarty, J. (2008). “A Puzzle About Executive Compensation” Presented at the Society for Business Ethics Annual Meeting Anaheim, CA Moriarty, J. (2007). “How Much Compensation Can CEOs Permissibly Accept?” Presented at the University of Zurich Center for Ethics Zurich, Switzerland Moriarty, J. (2007). “How (and How Not) to Justify a Desert-Claim” Presented at the Cornell University Program on Ethics & Public Life Ithaca, NY Moriarty, J. (2007). “Rawls, Self-Respect, and the Living Wage” Presented at the Cornell University Program on Ethics & Public Life Ithaca, NY Moriarty, J. (2006). “Rawls, Self-Respect, and the Living Wage” Presented at the Society for Business Ethics Annual Meeting Atlanta, GA Moriarty, J. (2005). “Rawls, Self-Respect, and the Living Wage” Presented at the University of Redlands Banta Center for Business, Ethics, and Society Redlands, CA Moriarty, J. (2005). “McMahon on Economic Democracy” Presented at the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA Moriarty, J. (2005). “The Epistemological Argument Against Desert” Presented at the Bowling Green State University Philosophy Department Bowling Green, OH Moriarty, J. (2005). “The Epistemological Argument Against Desert” Presented at the University of Utah Philosophy Department Salt Lake City, UT Moriarty, J. (2004). “How to (Try to) Justify CEO Pay” Presented at the Leeds School of Business (Colorado) Japha Symposium on Business and Professional Ethics Boulder, CO Moriarty, J. (2004). “Rawls, Self-Respect, and the Living Wage” Presented at the University of California, Irvine Southern California Philosophy Conference Irvine, CA Moriarty, J. (2004). “The Epistemological Argument Against Desert” Presented at the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA Moriarty, J. (2004). “Do CEOs Get Paid Too Much?” Presented at the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Washington, DC Moriarty, J. (2003). “Sidgwick, Rawls, and the Epistemological Argument Against Desert” Presented at the Society for Value Inquiry 31st Annual Conference Grand Forks, ND Reviews
Moriarty, J. (2018). Wealth, Commerce and Philosophy: Foundational Thinkers and Business Ethics. (Link)Moriarty, J. (2015). Public Capitalism: The Political Authority of Corporate Executives. , (124) 3 422-425. Moriarty, J. (2005). Liberty, Desert, and the Market. , (15) 4 734-735. Service
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Editorial Review Board Member for Philosophy and Public Affairs 10/1/24 - PresentCo-Editor-in-Chief for Business Ethics Quarterly 2025-08-01 - PresentEditorial Review Board Member for Ethics and Information Technology - PresentReviewer for Philosophers' Imprint 2024-03-01 - 2024-03-31Editor, Journal for Business and Society Review 9/1/19 - 1/31/20Committee Member for Business Ethics Quarterly Best Paper - 6/30/19Committee Chair for Society for Business Ethics, Best Paper - 6/30/19Editor (Associate), Journal for Business and Society Review 1/1/17 - 1/31/22Editor (Associate), Journal for Business Ethics Quarterly 10/1/14 - PresentBoard of Directors for Society for Business Ethics 8/1/15 - 12/31/20Associate Editor for Sage Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society, 2nd edition 1/1/15 - 1/31/17Committee Member for Business Ethics Quarterly Best Paper - 8/31/15Committee Member for Society for Business Ethics Best Dissertation 3/1/14 - 8/31/17Editorial Review Board Member for Business Ethics Journal Review 1/1/13 - PresentCommittee Member for American Philosophical Association, Non-Academic Careers 7/1/11 - 7/31/12Committee Member for Society for Business Ethics, Best Paper - 7/31/11Editorial Review Board Member for Business Ethics Quarterly 7/1/08 - 10/31/14Conference/Workshop Organizer for Society for Business Ethics 8/1/08 - 8/31/14Service: University
Committee Chair for Promotion and Tenure Committee - PresentCommittee Member for A&S Dean Search Committee 11/1/24 - PresentCommittee Member for Promotion & Tenure 7/1/24 - PresentCommittee Member for Gallup-Bentley Business in Society 1/1/22 - PresentUniversity Senate for Senate Planning Committee 7/1/22 - 7/31/23University Senate for Senator 1/1/22 - 7/31/23Committee Chair for Curriculum Reform 5.0 5/1/21 - 5/31/22Committee Member for NECHE Accreditation 10/1/20 - 10/31/21Executive Director for Hoffman Center for Business Ethics 7/1/20 - PresentCommittee Member for PhD Council 7/1/19 - 7/31/20Interim Director for Hoffman Center for Business Ethics 1/1/19 - 6/30/20Committee Chair for Arts & Sciences Dean Search Committee 12/1/17 - 3/31/18Committee Member for Retirement Investment Planning Committee 2/1/15 - 2/28/21Committee Member for Promotion & Tenure 7/1/15 - 7/31/16Committee Chair for Philosophy Department Search Committee 1/1/14 - 12/31/15Department Chair for Bentley University 7/1/13 - 6/30/20Coordinator for Liberal Studies Major (Ethics and Social Responsibility Concentration) 7/1/13 - 6/30/19Committee Member for Hoffman Business Ethics Prize 3/1/11 - PresentTask Force Chair for Business Studies Major 3/1/11 - 5/31/11Committee Member for Faculty Evaluation Procedures Committee 6/1/10 - 6/30/13
