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Denis Collins, PhD
Denis Collins is Professor of Business at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin. He is responsible for Social Responsibility and Business Ethics components in the school’s Business Programs, and a SIFE Sam Walton Fellow. He teaches in the areas of management, leadership, organization behavior, and business ethics. He received a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh in 1990, a Masters of Arts in Philosophy from Bowling Green State University in 1987, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Montclair State College in 1977. He has been on the faculties at University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Bridgeport, the nation’s most international university.
Professor Collins has published numerous books and articles in the areas of social philosophy, participatory management, business ethics, and service learning. His books include Gainsharing and Power (Cornell University Press, 1998), Sustaining the Natural Environment (JAI, 1996), and Ethical Dilemmas in Business (South-Western, 1994). His articles have appeared in many academic journals, including Personnel Psychology and Organization Science.
Denis is currently working on two books. One, the Age of Enron, is about the latest business scandals. A second book, Reflections on a 40-Day Lenten Fast, are reveries about life and death during a very strict 40-Day Lenten fast.
Professor Collins currently serves on the Editorial Board of Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society, Journal of Business Ethics and Journal of Academic Ethics. He has served on the Board of Governance for the Social Issues in Management Division of the Academy of Management and the International Association for Business and Society.
Three times he was voted the outstanding MBA faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Business Week’s survey of alumni and is a recipient of the Lawrence J. Larson Excellence in Teaching Award (University of Wisconsin). In 1996, Professor Collins was a finalist for the Academy of Management’s Distinguished Educator Award.
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