James R. Detert
John L. Colley Professor of Business Administration
Detert’s expertise covers organizational leadership and ethics. His research focuses on workplace courage, why people do or don’t speak up, and ethical decision-making and behavior.
Experts
Gregory B. Fairchild
Isidore Horween Research Professor of Business Administration; Associate Dean for Washington, D.C., Area Initiatives and Academic Director of Public Policy and Entrepreneurship; Dean and CEO of UVA | Northern Virginia
Fairchild is an authority on community and economic development, particularly community development finance. He co-foundee Resilience Education, an organization committed to providing Socratic education to those that might not otherwise afford it.
R. Edward Freeman
Stephen E. Bachand University Professor of Business Administration, Elis and Signe Olsson Professor of Business Administration Distinguished Professor of Business Administration
Freeman is an authority on stakeholder theory, holding that businesses should build their strategy around relationships with key stakeholders. His writing has been cited by countless scholars and business leaders worldwide.
Jared D. Harris
Samuel L. Slover Research Chair and Associate Professor of Business Administration
Harris is an expert in ethics and strategic management, with a focus on corporate governance, business ethics and interorganizational trust. He has written extensively on executive compensation and other governance-related topics.
Lauren Wang Kaufmann
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Kaufmann researches business ethics, including in the areas of social and environmental impact, impact investing and gender. She is also an affiliated faculty member in UVA’s Women, Gender & Sexuality Department.
Ben Leiner
Adjunct Lecturer
Ben Leiner, Adjunct Lecturer at Darden School of Business. Explore his faculty profile, expertise, and academic contributions to business education.
Jeanne M. Liedtka
United Technologies Corporation Professor Emerita of Business Administration
Jeanne M. Liedtka is a design thinking expert and professor emerita specializing in innovation, business growth, and design-led solutions for organizations.
Prem Menghwar
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Menghwar’s research focuses on stakeholder theory and the ways in which various stakeholders create value. His first book, co-authored with stakeholder theory expert Ed Freeman, is the forthcoming “Stakeholder Capitalism: The Definitive Guide.”
Brian Moriarty
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Moriarty is an authority on public trust in business, communicating with stakeholders and business ethics. He was selected one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior by Trust Across America.
Bidhan L. Parmar
Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Shannon G. Smith Bicentennial Professor of Business Administration
Parmar is an authority on how to make good decisions, focusing on how business leaders make decisions in uncertain environments to create value for stakeholders. His work helps executives better handle ambiguity in their decision-making.
