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Thomas Donaldson
Mark O. Winkelman Professor; Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics; Director, Zicklin Center for Research in Business Ethics


Education

PhD, University of Kansas, 1976; BS, University of Kansas, 1967

Recent Consulting

Ethics, leadership, and corporate governance: Walmart; Goldman Sachs; BP; and KPMG.

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards

Outstanding Teacher of the Year award in both 2005 and 1998 and the Excellence in Teaching Award for 2007, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999 , and 1998); Outstanding Teacher of the Year, Georgetown University; Distinguished Researcher of the Year, Georgetown University; Named most influential “thought leader” in Ethisphere Magazine’s 2009 ranking of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics

Academic Positions Held

Wharton: 1996-present (named Mark O. Winkelman Professor, 1996). Previous appointments: Georgetown University; University of Virginia; Loyola University of Chicago

Professional Leadership 2005-2009

Associate Editor, Academy of Management Review, 2003-2007; Chair, Social Issues in Management Division of the Academy of Management, 2008; Director, Wharton PhD Program in Ethics and Legal Studies, 2002-2008

Corporate and Public Sector Leadership 2007-2011

Appointed member of the National Adjudicatory Council of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA, formerly the NASD). Trustee, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs; Chair, FTSE4Good US Committee

Publications
Thomas Donaldson (2006), Defining the value of doing good business, Financial Times, September, 2006.
Thomas Donaldson (2004), Dangerous Currents, Directors & Boards
Thomas Donaldson (2001), Ethical Wealth of Nations, Journal of Business Ethics, 31 (1):25-36, May 2001.
Thomas Donaldson (2000), Adding Corporate Ethics to the Bottom Line, Financial Times, November 9, 2000, Financial Times Mastering Management Series: , 6-7. London.
Thomas Donaldson (2000), Can Global Companies Conform to Code, Adapted from Human Rights Dialogue

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In The News
A University President’s Outside Board Membership, New York Times, 07/13/2010, Thomas Donaldson

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Knowledge@Wharton
Getting Grain to the Poor: India Grapples with Problems of Plenty, 01/12/2011, Thomas Donaldson
Corporate Fraud on Trial: What Have We Learned?, 02/23/2005, Thomas Donaldson
Venture Philanthropy: Is It a New Model or Just a Fad?, 05/19/2003, Thomas Donaldson

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Honors And Awards
Excellence in Teaching, MBA Core Award, 2010
Aspen Institute Center for Business Education, 2009
David W. Hauck Award for Outstanding Teaching, Wharton School, 2002
Award for Outstanding Book, SIM Division of the Academy of Management (Given for Ethics in International Business, Oxford University Press), 1998

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Thomas Donaldson
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Research Interests:
Business ethics; leadership; corporate governance; corporate compliance