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G. Richard Shell
Thomas Gerrity Professor; Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics and Management


Education

JD, University of Virginia, 1981; BA, Princeton University, 1971

Recent Consulting

Negotiation and legal strategy advice for a variety of clients, including firms and individuals in the health care industry, financial services, high tech, family businesses, and investment banking; Designed and taught customized seminars in the United States and abroad for General Electric, Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co., Morgan Stanley, Fannie Mae, Citibank, Starwood Capital Group, Christie's, the United Food and Commercial Workers of America, and the World Economic Forum

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards

1999 Book Award for Excellence for Bargaining for Advantage, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution; Junior Faculty Award for Excellence, American Business Law Association, 1989; Undergraduate Division Excellence in Teaching Award, 1990, 1991, 2005, 2006, 2009; Graduate Division Excellence in Teaching Award, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2009; Wharton Executive MBA Program Outstanding Teaching Award 1996; Miller-Sherrerd MBA Core Curriculum Teaching Award, 1996; Executive MBA (WEMBA) Teaching Award for Electives, 1996; WGA Core Curricular Cluster Award, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

Academic Positions Held

Wharton: 1986-present (named Thomas Gerrity Professor, 2001; Chairperson, Legal Studies Department, 1995-2000; Pfizer Foundation Term Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, 1986-91). Previous appointment: Brandeis University. Visiting appointment: Harvard University School of Law; Harvard Program on Negotiation

Other Positions

Associate, Hill & Barlow, Boston, 1982-86; Law Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Boston, 1981-82; Account Executive and Market Researcher, J.R. Taft Corporation, Washington, DC, 1973-76; Social worker and housing relocation counselor, Washington, DC, 1971-73

Publications
G. Richard Shell (2010), The Morality of Bargaining: Identity versus Interests in Negotiations with Evil, Negotiation Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4, 453-81
G. Richard Shell (2007), The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas
G. Richard Shell (2006), Bargaining for Advantage: Negotation Strategies for Reasonable People, 2nd Ed.
G. Richard Shell (2004), Make the Rules or Your Rivals Will
G. Richard Shell (1995), "Trade Legalism and International Relations Theory: An Analysis of the World Trade Organization", Duke Law Journal, Vol. 44, No. 5, 1995.

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In The News
Schools revamp, refocus MBA programs, National Public Radio, 12/27/2010, G. Richard Shell
Cómo cerrar un trato entre vencedores, Las Provincias (Spain), 07/04/2010, G. Richard Shell
The Art Of Haggling, Forbes, 10/08/2009, G. Richard Shell
How to Become a Master Persuader, CBS – Money Watch, 07/07/2009, G. Richard Shell

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Honors And Awards
David W. Hauck Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2009
Class of 1984 award for teacher with highest teaching evaluations in the MBA program, 2009
Center for Public Resources, Institute for Dispute Resolution's Book Award for Excellence for Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People (Penguin), 1999

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Shell G. Richard
G. Richard Shell
643 Jon M. Huntsman Hall
3730 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 898-9525
shellric@wharton.upenn.edu

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Research Interests:
Negotiation, power and influence in organizations; the psychology of success; commercial arbitration; contracts; legal and political aspects of competitive strategy