Business Ethics: A Case Approach

Amanda G. McKendree (Ph.D., Duquesne University, 2009) is the Arthur F. and Mary J. O'Neil Director of the Fanning Center for Business Communication and a teaching professor of management & organization in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame.  Her research examines crisis communication, conflict communication, and the influence of rhetoric on organizational identity. She is published in the SAGE Encyclopedia of Identity, the International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication, Business Communication Quarterly, Teaching Ideas for the Basic Communication Course, Journal of the Association for Communication Administration, and Review of Communication.

Brett Beasley serves as the Writer and Editorial Program Director for Notre Dame Research. In collaboration with partners across campus, he tells the story of the University’s research, scholarship, and creative endeavor. He holds a PhD in English from Loyola University Chicago and an MTS from the University of Notre Dame. He is the co-author (with Kerry Temple) of the book O’Hara’s Heirs: Business Education at Notre Dame, 1921-2021, and his articles have appeared in a wide variety of publications, including the Washington Post, Scientific American, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. Prior to joining Notre Dame Research, he spent six years with the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership.

Joe Holt is the Audrey M. and James E. Jack Teaching Professor of Business Ethics in the Management Department in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame. He received his B.A. from Boston College and spent 12 years as a Jesuit completing graduate studies in Philosophy (Fordham University), Theology (Weston School of Theology), and Biblical Theology (Gregorian University in Rome). Holt taught business ethics at Canisius College, Boston College, and Loyola University Chicago’s Rome Center as a Jesuit. After leaving the Jesuits, he reflected on faith and ethics in the workplace from the trenches, first as a stockbroker and then, after graduating from Harvard Law School, as a corporate attorney specializing in mergers and acquisitions and more in major Chicago law firms. He taught Spirituality of Work in the evening in Loyola University Chicago’s MBA program during his years as a corporate attorney. For two years prior to joining Notre Dame full-time, Holt was a Senior Lecturer in Law and Director of the Clinic on Entrepreneurship at The University of Chicago Law School (the clinic provides free legal assistance to inner-city, low-income entrepreneurs seeking financial self-sufficiency). At the law school, he taught legal issues for startup businesses, negotiations, and legal ethics. Holt currently teaches Foundations of Ethical Business Conduct, Rising Together: Gender Equity in Business, Sustainable Business: Strategies and Solutions, Spirituality of Leadership, Ethics in Finance, and Ethics in the Emerging Markets in the Notre Dame MBA program, Ethics in Nonprofit Organizations and Negotiations in the EMNA program, Ethics in Finance and Negotiations in the MSFR program, Negotiations in the MSA program, and Foundations of Ethical Behavior in the undergraduate program. He also designs and offers talks and workshops in ethics, negotiations, leadership, gender equity, and spirituality for corporations and nonprofit organizations. He has written op-ed pieces for CNBC, The Hill, CNN, Scientific American, Fast Company, Chicago Tribune, Fortune and other media outlets and is a contributing writer at Forbes.

Accountancy Professor Ken Milani’s most recent research and writing have focused on foreign partners and the operating activities of partnerships. Recent articles co-authored by Milani have explored the income tax implications of U.S. real property interests owned by non-resident alien partners, alternative ways of placing property into a partnership, and the advantages of altering a partner’s adjusted basis as an income tax planning tool. Milani teaches required and elective federal income tax courses in the accountancy undergraduate and Master of Science in Accountancy (MSA) programs. Other teaching responsibilities include classes for the Master of Nonprofit Administration Program. Milani, a graduate of Bradley University (B.S. and M.B.A.) and the University of Iowa (Ph.D.) serves as Technical Coordinator of the Tax Assistance Program—a community service effort that provides free income tax preparation service to Michiana residents. He is also a co-contributor to a weekly South Bend Tribune column, Tax Talk, which appears in the newspaper from mid-January to mid-April.

James Scofield O’Rourke, IV is an American rhetorician and professor of management and organization with a global reputation in business education. He has taught for more than 30 years at the University of Notre Dame, pursuing research specialties in crisis management, change communication, reputation management, and business ethics. He is the author of numerous academic texts and professional books, and is author or directing editor of more than 400 business school case studies. Prof. O’Rourke’s education includes a baccalaureate from Notre Dame, a doctorate from Syracuse University, and post-doctoral study at the University of Cambridge in the UK.

Kelly Rubey is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Management & Organization Department of Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame. Kelly primarily teaches experiential service-learning courses in the Meyer Business on the Frontlines Program. A faculty affiliate of the Building Inclusive Growth Lab, the Institute for Race and Resilience, and the Eck Institute for Global Health, Kelly brings a cross-disciplinary approach to addressing societal grand challenges. Prior to joining Notre Dame, Kelly held several roles in the private sector. Most recently, she was a Client Executive at IBM where she led global client teams. Always passionate about business as a force for good, Kelly’s research and teaching interests concentrate on building inclusive communities, particularly for those who have come through the traumas of violence, poverty, and prejudice. She has worked on a variety of project topics including youth empowerment, illicit crop reduction, rural education networks, agricultural market linkages, entrepreneurial ecosystems, and circular economies. 

Jessica McManus Warnell serves as the Rex and Alice A. Martin Faculty Director of the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership, and a Teaching Professor of Management & Organization. Jessica teaches undergraduate and MBA courses in business ethics, sustainability, inclusive leadership, managing early career employees, and business and culture in Japan. Jessica is a past recipient of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (UN PRME) North America Chapter Award for Teaching Excellence. Her current research explores business students’ values orientations, inclusive business and business education, and sustainable businesses and communities, including community and economic recovery in the wake of natural disasters. She served as a visiting teaching and research fellow at Reitaku University near Tokyo, and continues to collaborate with scholars and business executives in Japan. A Faculty Fellow of the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies and of the Pulte Institute for Global Development, and Affiliated Faculty of the Environmental Humanities Initiative, the Gender Studies Program, the Initiative on Race and Resilience, the Environmental Change Initiative (ND-ECI), the Poverty Studies Minor, the Sheedy Program in Economy, Enterprise, and Society, and the Sustainability Minor, Jessica is the author of Engaging Millennials for Ethical Leadership: What Works for Young Professionals and Their Managers, part of the Giving Voice to Values collection on corporate social responsibility.