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Biography

Dr. James Weber is The Rev. Martin Hehir, C.S.Sp. Endowed Chair in Scholarly Excellence and Managing Editor of Business and Society Review at the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business. In 2024, he retired from his roles as Managing Director, Albert P. Viragh Institute for Ethics in Business and Professor of Business Ethics and Management.

He has developed and taught online and in-person graduate courses in public affairs management, business ethics, organizational ethics, global ethics, and field-based research in business ethics.

Dr. Weber developed the Applied Business Ethics courses in the MBA program and the core Business Ethics course for undergraduate students. He also revised and offered the Global Business, Government and Society course for Management undergraduates. 

He has published numerous manuscripts in various management and business ethics journals, serves on the editorial board of two business ethics journals, and is the co-author of 15th edition of Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy published by Irwin/McGraw-Hill.

In his leisure time, Dr. Weber is an avid Pittsburgh Penguins fan and has been known to proudly sport a playoff beard during the Penguins quest for the Stanley Cup.

Education

  • Ph.D., Business Administration, University of Pittsburgh
  • M.B.A., Saint Louis University

Research Interests

Dr. Weber's research interests include constructing an ethics profile of Millennials, as well as assessing values, moral reasoning, and ethical behavior on the individual level. His research also evaluates ethical and compliance programs, ethical work climate, and ethics audits on the organizational level.

School

Articles in Journals

Weber, J., Town, S., & Nagy, N. (2022). Changes in Business Students' Value Orientation after the COVID-19 Outbreak: An Exploration. Business and Society Review, 127(S1), 253-282.

Weber, J., & Urick, M.J. (2021). Searching for A Stronger Generational Understanding than Just Age: A Multi-Country Analysis of Millennials’ Personal Values and Moral Reasoning. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 21, 110 - 135.

Weber, J., & Diaz, L. I. (2021). Assessing Gender-influenced Group Decision Making in a Course Simulation: Considering Possible Explanations and Pedagogical Implications. Journal of Business Ethics Education, 18, 119-142.

Weber, J., & Siniora, D. N. (2021). Investigating Cognitive Moral Reasoning: The Effect of Dilemma Context and Gender Agreement between the Subject and the Dilemma Actor. Business and Society Review, 126, 455-478.

Weber, J., & Opoku-Dakwa, A. (2021). Ethical Work Climate 2 .0: A Normative Reformulation of Victor and Cullen's 1988 Framework. Journal of Business Ethics, 178(3), 629-646.

Weber, J. (2020). Searching for Meso-level Superordinate Identities: An Assessment of Managerial Value Orientations across Six Industries. Business and Society Review, 125(4), 393-409.

Weber, J., Loewenstein, J., Lewellyn, P., Elm, D. R., & Hill, V. (2019). Toward Discovering a National Identity for Millennials: Examining their Personal Value Orientations for Regional, Institutional, and Demographic Similarities or Variations. Business and Society Review, 124(3), 301-323.

Weber, J., & Warnell, J. M. (2018). The Influence of Institutional Mission on Students' Values: A Comparison among Three Universities. Business & Society Review, 123 (4), 567-600.

Weber, J., & Elm, D. R. (2018). Exploring and Comparing Cognitive Moral Reasoning of Millennials and Across Multiple Generations. Business & Society Review, 123 (3) , 414-457.

Weber, J. (2017). Understanding the Millennials' Integrated Ethical Decision-making Process: Assessing the Relationship between Personal Values and Cognitive Moral Reasoning. Business and Society, 158(8), 1671–1706.

Weber, J. (2017). Discovering the Millennials' Personal Values Orientation: A Comparison to Two Managerial Populations. Journal of Business Ethics, 143(3), 517-529.

Weber, J. & Urick, M. J. (in press, 2017). Examining the Millennials' Ethical Profile: Assessing Demographic Variations in their Personal Value Orientations. Business & Society Review.

Weber, J. (in press, 2016). Does It Matter How One Assesses Moral Reasoning? Differences (Biases) in the Recognition versus Formulation Tasks. Business and Society.

Weber, J. (2015). Identifying and Assessing Managerial Value Orientations: A Cross-Generational Replication Study of Key Organizational Decision-makers' Values. Journal of Business Ethics, 132, 493-504, doi: published online September 28, 2014.

Weber, J. (in press, 2015). Discovering the Millennials' Personal Values Orientation: A Comparison to Two Managerial Populations. Journal of Business Ethics., doi: published online August 6, 2015.

Weber, J. (2014). Investigating and Assessing the Quality of Employee Ethics Training Programs among U.S.-based Global Organizations. Journal of Business Ethics, 129 (1), 27-42, doi: published online March 18, 2014.

Weber, J. & Gladstone, J. (2014). Rethinking the Corporate Financial? Social Performance Relationship: Examining the Complex, Multi-stakeholder Notion of Corporate Social Performance. Business & Society Review, 119 (3), 297-336.

Weber, J. (2013). Advances in Graduate Marketing Curriculum: Paying Attention to Ethical, Social, and Sustainability Issues. Journal of Marketing Education, 35 (2), 85-94.

Collins, D., Weber, J., & Zambrano, R. (2013). Teaching Business Ethics Online: Perspectives on Course Design, Delivery, Student Engagement, and Assessment. Journal of Business Ethics, 125 (3), 513-529.

Weber, J. (2013). The 2012 Organizations and the Natural Environment Division Annual Dissertation Award Competition: Emerging and Exemplary Work in the Field. Business and Society, 52, 677-683.

Weber, J., Green, S., & Gladstone, J. (2013). Responding To the Call: Changes in Graduate Management Curriculum's Attention to Social and Environmental Issues. Teaching Ethics, 13 (2), 137-157.

Weber, J. & Wasieleski, D. M. (2013). Corporate Ethics and Compliance Programs: A Report, Analysis and Critique. Journal of Business Ethics, 112, 609-626.

Green, S. & Weber, J. (2013). An Assessment of the Growth in Coverage of Social and Environmental Issues in Graduate Accounting Courses. Journal of Learning in Higher Education, 9 (1), 117-126.

Weber, J. & Marley, K. (2012). In Search Of Stakeholder Salience: Exploring Corporate Social and Sustainability Reports. Business and Society, 51 (4), 626-649.

Weber, J. & Gerde, V. W. (2011). Organizational Role and Environmental Uncertainty as Influences on Ethical Work Climate in Military Units. Journal of Business Ethics, 100, 595-612.

Books, Monographs, Compilations, Manuals

Weber, J., & Wasieleski, D. (Eds.). (2021). Business and Society 360: Social Entrepreneurship. Emerald Group Publishing.

Wasieleski, D., & Weber, J. (Ed.). (2019). Business and Society 360: Business Ethics.

Weber, J., & Wasieleski, D. M. (2018) Business and Society 360: Corporate Social Responsibility. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing.

Weber, J., & Wasieleski, D. M. (2018). Business and Society 360: Business Ethics.

Weber, J., & Lawrence, A. T. (2017). Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy (15th ed ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Weber, J., & Wasieleski, D. (Ed.). (2017). Business and Society 360: Stakeholder Management Emerald Group Publishing.

Chapters, Cases, Readings, Supplements

Weber, J. (2019). Managing Public Issues and Stakeholder Relations. Business and Society. McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Weber, J. (2019). Corporate Social Responsibility and Citizenship. Business and Society. McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Weber, J. (2019). Ethics and Ethical Reasoning. Business and Society. McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Weber, J. (2019). Organizational Ethics. Business and Society. McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Weber, J. (2019). Business-Government Relations. Business and Society. McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Weber, J. (2019). Influencing the Political Environment. Business and Society. McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Weber, J. (2019). The Role of Technology. Business and Society. McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Weber, J. (2019). Regulating and Managing Technology. Business and Society. McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Weber, J. (2019). Managing the Public and the Corporate Reputation. Business and Society. McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Weber, J., & Wasieleski, D. (2018). Introduction to Corporate Social Responsibility. Business and Society 360: Corporate Social Responsibility (pp. 5). Emerald Group Publishing.

Weber, J. (2015). Managing the Public and Corporate Reputation. In Irwin/McGraw-Hill (ed.), Business and Society, (pp. 417-438).

Weber, J. (2015). Managing and Regulating Technology. In Irwin/McGraw-Hill (Ed.), Business and Society, (pp. 256-276).

Weber, J. (2015). The Role of Technology. In Irwin/McGraw-Hill (Ed.), Business and Society, (pp. 231-255).

Weber, J. (2015). Influencing the Political Environment. In Irwin/McGraw-Hill (Ed.), Business and Society, (pp. 157-179).

Weber, J. (2015). Business-Government Relations. In Irwin/McGraw-Hill (Ed.), Business and Society, (pp. 133-156).

Weber, J. (2015). Organizational Ethics. In Irwin/McGraw-Hill (Ed.), Business and Society, (pp. 113-132).

Weber, J. (2015). Ethics and Ethical Reasoning. In Irwin/McGraw-Hill (Ed.), Business and Society, (pp. 91-112).

Weber, J. (2015). Corporate Social Responsibility and Citizenship. In Irwin/McGraw-Hill (Ed.), Business and Society, (pp. 45-69).

Weber, J. (2015). Managing Public Issues and Stakeholder Relationships. In Irwin/McGraw-Hill (Ed.), Business and Society, (pp. 24-44).

Weber, J. (2014). Ethics of Leadership. Iin Henk ten Have (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics, (p. 7).