John W. Dienhart
The Frank Shrontz Chair for Professional Ethics, Seattle University
Director, Northwest Ethics Network
Director, Albers Business Ethics Initiative
Invited Fellow, Ethics Resource Center
206-296-5714
dienharj@seattleu.edu
John Dienhart is the Frank Shrontz Chair for Professional Ethics and Professor of Management at Seattle University. He is the Director of the Northwest Ethics Network, an independent group of ethics and compliance officers from the business, nonprofit, and governmental sectors; Director of the Albers Business Ethics Initiative, a five year program to promote ethics in organizations; and an Invited Fellow of the Ethics Resource Center in Washington, D.C. He consults with and does ethics training for Bonneville Power Administration, Costco, Holland America Line, Microsoft, Premera, Russell Investment Group, Washington Mutual, and Weyerhaeuser.
Prof. Dienhart has a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Illinois at Urbana. He is a past President of the Society for Business Ethics. The Society is an international group of philosophers, economists, legal theorists, and business people devoted to the study and communication of business ethics and its role in leadership. He has worked in the area of business ethics since 1980.
His comments on business ethics have appeared in newspapers across the country, including the New York Times, The Washington Post, the LA Times, the Puget Sound Business Journal, the Seattle Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle, the Seattle PI.
Prof. Dienhart has published four books, several articles, and made many presentations on ethics and leadership in business. His latest article, “The Ethical Commitment to Compliance: Building Value-Based Cultures” is in the California Management Review (Winter 2008). It is co-authored with Tom Tyler of New York University and Terry Thomas, Vice-President of Ethics and Business Conduct at Premera. His current research focuses on the intersection of ethical decision making, leadership, CSR, and sustainability.
Some Members of the ERC Fellows Program Include:
Mirijam Bakker AEGON Insurance Group |
Anne Harris General Dynamics |
Steve Prosser Starbucks Coffee Company |
Marty Barrington Altria |
Maria Hermida Citigroup, Inc. |
Kathryn Reimann Citigroup, Inc. |
Gwyn Blanton Deloitte & Touche USA LLP |
Gary Hill Wal-Mart |
Paul L. Robert, Esq. United Technologies Corporation |
Terri Bourne Shell Oil Company |
Jon Hoak Hewlett Packard |
Scott Roney Archer Daniels Midland |
George Brenkert Georgetown University |
W. Michael Hoffman, Ph.D. Center for Business Ethics |
Alfred Rosa General Electric |
Earnie Broughton USAA |
Jeffrey Hoops Ernst & Young, LLP |
Charles Ruthford The Boeing Company |
Jude Curtis PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP |
Kim Ingham Merck & Co., Inc. |
Timothy Schultz Raytheon Company |
Robert Cusick U.S. Office of Government Ethics |
Stephen I. Kasloff, Esq. Guardsmark, LLC |
Bill Senhauser Fannie Mae |
Erica Desrosiers PepsiCo, Inc. |
Barbara Kuryk BP |
Debra Shapiro Robert H. Smith School of Business, U. of Maryland |
John Dienhart Seattle University |
Trevor Langsdale American Express |
Leonard Shen American Express |
Kelly Dolson Ernst & Young, LLP |
William Lenox SEC |
Margaret Sperry Massachusetts Mutual Life |
Alice Eldridge Lockheed Martin Corporation |
Melinda Loftin U.S. Dept of the Interior |
Allen Stewart Duke Energy |
Patricia J. Ellis Raytheon Company |
Elizabeth Lyle Merck & Co., Inc. |
Philip Tenney Lockheed Martin Corporation |
John Esquivel Shell Oil Company |
Thomas McCormick Dow Chemical Company |
Nancy Thomas-Moore Weyerhaeuser |
Sandra Evers-Manly Northrop Grumman |
Claudia Minor Marathon Oil Corporation |
Linda K. Trevino, Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University |
Paul Fiorelli Xavier University |
Maureen Mohlenkamp Deloitte & Touche USA LLP |
Tom Tyler New York University |
Patricia Ford The Boeing Company |
Julie Murray Wal-Mart |
Jacqueline Wagner PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP |
Matthew Frank Fannie Mae |
Kenneth Myer General Electric |
Jeanne Young Hewlett Packard |
Joseph Gangloff U.S. Office of Government Ethics |
Caitlin O'Brien Veterans Health Administration |
Susan Zohn Ernst & Young, LLP |
Patrick Gnazzo CA |
Matthew Pachman Freddie Mac |
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Larry Goldberg U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services |
Barbara Petitti General Dynamics |
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Barbara Hannigan Public Company Accounting Oversight Board |
Sam Piazza Hewlett Packard |
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