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We are happy to announce that the Opus College of Business at the University of St. Thomas invites applications for the Barbara and David Koch Endowed Chair in Business Ethics to begin Fall, 2015. Please see below for details and application instructions. We look forward to hearing from you.
Katherina Glac, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Ethics and Business Law
University of St. Thomas
1000 LaSalle Avenue, TMH 443
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Tel: 651-962-4283
Position Announcement:
Koch Endowed Chair in Business Ethics
Department of Ethics and Business Law
Opus College of Business, University of St. Thomas
The Opus College of Business at the University of St. Thomas invites applications for the Barbara and David Koch Endowed Chair in Business Ethics to begin Fall, 2015. The mission of the Koch Chair is to institutionalize and advance the role of Business Ethics in the educational programs of the University of St. Thomas through teaching, research, faculty development, and curriculum development. Drawing upon the liberal, professional, and Catholic mission and identity of St. Thomas, the Koch chair plays a leading role in making the ethical aspects of management a distinctive feature of business education at the Opus College of Business.
The Chair holder will be a member of the Ethics and Business Law Department in the Opus College of Business with the largest number of Business Ethics faculty in the world. The Chair has ample financial, human and organizational resources including an annual two course teaching load as well as administrative and research assistance. The Chair serves as the Academic Director for the Center for Ethical Business Cultures, coordinating applied business ethics research, as well as serving as an advisor to other institutional organizations. The Chair will participate in Business Ethics activities that enhance the national and international reputation of the Opus College of Business and the University of St. Thomas on an ongoing basis.
The Chair will be responsible for research through his or her continued scholarship and active participation in community, corporate and professional activities. The Chair will also be responsible for teaching Business Ethics in programs in the Opus College as well as being the liaison for Business Ethics for the rest of the University and the Profession. As part of these responsibilities the Chair will develop curricula, and faculty and professional relationships, that enhance Business Ethics education at the University of St. Thomas.
Founded in 1885 by John Ireland, the archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis, The University of St. Thomas is a Catholic co-educational liberal arts institution. St. Thomas has grown from humble beginnings to become Minnesota's 17th largest nonprofit organization and its largest outside the field of health care. With more than 6,000 undergraduate and 4,300 graduate students, St. Thomas is also the largest private college or university in Minnesota.
St. Thomas seeks to deliver an education of unquestionable excellence, rooted in the Catholic faith tradition, to students from a wide variety of backgrounds. The university distinguishes itself as a liberal arts, comprehensive university that emphasizes a value-centered, career-oriented education-one that sees beyond "career" to "calling"-and as an outstanding teaching university with faculty and staff whose scholarship, service and personal attention to students change lives.
As the largest degree granting college within the university, the Opus College of Business is dedicated to fulfilling the university's mission through undergraduate and graduate business programs that transform the way business is taught and practiced. The Opus College of Business, accredited two years ahead of schedule by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB) in 2010, earned the ranking of 104 nationally by U.S. News and World Report in its first year of eligibility and in 2014 was ranked at 100.
The ideal candidate will be a full professor with a Ph.D. or terminal degree in a relevant field and an outstanding record of scholarship and teaching as well as a demonstrated ability to build relationships with local business and community leaders and other colleagues in the field of business ethics. The candidate should support the missions of the University of St. Thomas and the Opus College of Business. Interested candidates should provide a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and references. Applications will be accepted through November 10, 2015. For further information, please contact Dawn Elm, Search Committee Chair at drelm@stthomas.edu.