Executive Director, Hoffman Center for Business Ethics (EXPIRED)

Bentley University seeks an energetic, innovative, visionary and scholarly academic leader and manager to serve as the Executive Director of the W. Michael Hoffman Center for Business Ethics. The Director will collaborate with Center staff, Bentley faculty, and academic administration to craft and implement the vision for the Hoffman Center as it moves forward, insuring that it remains a leader and center of excellence in the field of business ethics.

The Hoffman Center for Business Ethics has led the field of business ethics for over 40 years and is credited with being a major influence in the development and success of the business ethics movement, both in the United States and around the world. The Center works with industry leaders, academic partners, government agencies, and NGOs to promote research in business ethics and the infusion of ethics into organizational culture and business practice. As a forum for the exchange of ideas on business ethics among various constituencies, the Center promotes ethical business practices through research projects, educational programs, and consultation. The Center is also the home for the academic journal, Business and Society Review, and hosts numerous visiting scholars and executives.

The ideal candidate will possess a doctoral degree in a relevant discipline such as philosophy, one of the social sciences or law and a distinguished record in the field of business ethics appropriate to appointment as a full professor; a record of outstanding leadership and management; an ability to promote and facilitate research, teaching, and program development in the field; a willingness to explore grant opportunities; a desire to promote business ethics not only in the academy, but also with external constituents; a successful record of working collaboratively with faculty, staff, students, and university administration as well as external stakeholders; and a record reflecting integrity and high ethical standards.

Bentley University is one of the nation's leading business schools, dedicated to preparing a new kind of business leader and one with the deep technical skills, the broad global perspective and the high ethical standards required to make a difference in an ever-changing world. To achieve our goal, we infuse our advanced business curriculum with the richness of a liberal arts education. The results are graduates who are making an impact in their chosen fields and turning their passions into success stories. Located 9 miles from Boston in Waltham, MA, Bentley enrolls approximately 4000 full-time undergraduates, 1400 graduate students and 40 doctoral students.