Domènec Melé
Department of Business Ethics
University of Navarra
Spain
Biography
Domènec Melé is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Business Ethics at IESE and the holder of the Chair of Business Ethics at IESE. He earned his doctorate in Industrial Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and his Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Navarra. In addition, he holds a degree in chemistry from the Universitat de Barcelona. He was ordained a Catholic priest (Opus Dei) in 1983. Before joining IESE in 1986 he was professor of Chemical Technology at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Over the last 20 years, Prof. Melé has resrached and written extensively on the areas of business ethics, business in society and Catholic Social Thought. His areas of specialization include economic and business ethics, corporate social responsibility, Christian ethics and spirituality in management, philosophy of management and corporate ethics. He has published over 50 scientific chapters and articles in referred journals, including the Journal of Business Ethics, Business Ethics Quarterly, Business Ethics: A European Review, Business and Society Review, and Philosophy of Management. Furthermore, he has authored about 20 case studies (IESE Publishing).
Research Interest
*Business in Society * Ethical Issues in Business * Philosophy of Management * Humanism in Organizational Cultures * Christian Ethics and Spirituality in Management
Publications
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Melé D. Cristianos en la sociedad: introducción a la doctrina social de la Iglesia. Ediciones Rialp; 2012 May 1.
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Melé D. Las cinco mayores compañÃas farmacéuticas: imagen corporativa y crÃticas en responsabilidad social. Occasional paper. IESE Business School. 2006 Mar:1-4.
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Melé D. Corporate social responsibility theories. InThe Oxford handbook of corporate social responsibility 2008.
