Prabhir Vishnu Poruthiyil

Biography

Dr. Prabhir Vishnu Poruthiyil holds a Ph.D. from the Rotterdam School of Management(RSM), Erasmus University. He secured his M.A. in Public Policy & Management from the Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University.  Vishnu has more than ten years' consulting experiences in corporate, public sector, and civil society organisations of which the large share (8 years) is in the Netherlands. His primary teaching and research focus is business ethics, a field of applied ethics encompassing the range of scholarly attempts to formulate morally-justified roles for business enterprises in meeting the demands of social justice.  His teaching experience in classrooms are spread across continents (India, the Netherlands, and South America) levels (bachelor, master and executive) and types (compact courses over 2 weeks to the conventional modules spread over 3 months). Seeking to tap the transformative potential of art into moral education, Vishnu often uses folk tales, myths, films, dance, and theatre to introduce ethics to students and executives.  Vishnu has published and/or presented papers on related issues in venues specialising in business ethics, development ethics, ageing, organization theory and qualitative research methods. His current research focuses on two areas (1)  political conflicts triggered by human displacement and modifications to the environment caused by large infrastructure projects. and (2) significance of religious ethics on corporate morality and organizational processes.

Research Interest

His teaching experience in classrooms are spread across continents (India, the Netherlands, and South America) levels (bachelor, master and executive) and types (compact courses over 2 weeks to the conventional modules spread over 3 months). Seeking to tap the transformative potential of art into moral education, Vishnu often uses folk tales, myths, films, dance, and theatre to introduce ethics to students and executives.