Through research and teaching, we are committed to developing responsible leaders and informing ethical business practices.

As a member of PRME—the Principles of Responsible Management Education initiative of the United Nations and business higher education institutions—the College of Business serves societal needs by developing responsible leaders and informing responsible management practices. Transformative faculty research tackles issues related to diversity, ethics, integrity, social welfare, sustainability, and societal issues.

Scholarship published by faculty at the College of Business have appeared in many top peer-reviewed journals, including: Journal of Business Ethics; The International Journal of Logistics Management; Journal of Business Research; Issues in Accounting Education; International Journal of Production Economics; Body Image; Gender, Work, & Organization; Decision Support Systems; Academy of Management Discoveries; Psychology & Sexuality; Transportation Part D: Transportation and Environment; Sex Roles; and Supply Chain Management, among many others.

Featured Faculty Researchers

• Christy Ashley, Associate Professor of Marketing with Jonathan Ross Gilbert, Ph.D. Student - Featured Research
  Access Granted? An Examination of Financial Capability, Trait Hope, Perceived Access, and Food Insecurity in Distressed Census Tracts
• Cynthia Blanthorne, Professor of Accounting - Featured Research
  The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program: A review of the literature and analysis of VITA in accounting education in the US (with Stu Westin)
• Douglas Creed, Professor of Management - Featured Research
  Inhabited Ecosystems: Propelling Transformative Social Change Between and Through Organizations
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• Maling Ebrahimpour, Professor of Supply Chain Management - Dean and Alfred J. Verrecchia – Hasbro Inc. Leadership Chair in Business
  Featured Research
  The SA8000 social certification standard: Literature review and theory-based research agenda
• Seray Ergene, Assistant Professor of Management - Featured Research
  (Un)Sustainability and Organization Studies: Towards a Radical Engagement
  Ecologies of sustainable concerns: Organization theorizing for the Anthropocene
• Mallory Flowers, Assistant Professor of Management - Featured Research
  Do Pilot and Demonstration Projects Work? Evidence from a Green Building Program
  In the LEED: Racing to the Top in Environmental Self‐Regulation
• Mehdi T. Hossain, Assistant Professor of Marketing - Featured Research
  Differential effects of pay-it-forward and direct-reciprocity on prosocial behavior
• Gilberto Marquez Illescas, Assistant Professor of Accounting - Featured Research
  Denial of corruption: Voluntary disclosure of bribery information
  Hear me write: does CEO narcissism affect disclosure?
  Experts or rivals: Mimicry and voluntary disclosure
• Koray Özpolat, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management - Featured Research
  Getting the Most Out of Third-party Trust Seals: An Empirical Analysis
• Sean Rogers, Associate Professor of HR & Labor Relations - Featured Research
  No room at the inn: Disability access in the new sharing economy
• Dara Schniederjans, Associate Professor, Supply Chain Management - Featured Research
  Intention and willingness to pay for green freight transportation: An empirical examination
  Humanitarian Supply Chain use of Cloud Computingw/ Koray Ozpolat & Yuwen Chen
• Kevin Sample, Assistant Professor of Marketing - Featured Research
  Adapting traditional livelihood practices in the face of environmental disruptions in subsistence communities
• Jessica Strübel, Assistant Professor of TMD - Featured Research
  Love me Tinder: body image and psychosocial functioning among men and women
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• Anis Triki, Assistant Professor of Accounting - Featured Research
  Machiavellianism, Moral Orientation, Social Desirability Response Bias, and Anti-intellectualism: A Profile of Canadian Accountants
• Xiaowei Xu, Assistant Professor of Finance - Featured Research
  MBA CEOs, Short-term Management and Performance
• Mehmet Yalcin, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management - Featured Research
  Interactions in sustainable supply chain management and corporate social responsibility: A framework review with Douglas N. Hales