Joan Fontrodona
Department of Business Ethics
University of Navarra
Spain
Biography
Joan Fontrodona Felip is professor and chairman of business ethics and academic director of the IESE Center for Business in Society. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy and an MBA in Management. The Center for Business Ethics (Bentley College), Harvard Business School and Universidad Francisco Marroquín (Guatemala) have all welcomed Prof. Fontrodona as a visiting scholar/fellow. He is the Chairman of Etica, Economía y Dirección (the Spanish branch of the European Business Ethics Network), and member of the executive committee of the Association of Spanish Entities adhering to the United Nations' Global Compact (ASEPAM). He also serves on the academic board of the European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS). He is a member of Forética, as well as associate researcher at the Enterprise and Humanism Institute of the University of Navarra. He also serves on the Commission for Social Responsibility of the Board of Auditors Censors of Catalonia (Colegio de Censores Jurados de Cuentas de Catalunya).
Research Interest
*Corporate social responsibility * Business ethics policies and practices * Anthropological and ethical foundations for management * Ethics in decision-making * Business and society relations
Publications
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Guillén M, Fontrodona J, RodrÃguez-Sedano A. The great forgotten issue: Vindicating ethics in the European Qualifications Framework (EQF). Journal of Business Ethics. 2007 Sep 1:409-23.
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Sison AJ, Fontrodona J. The common good of the firm in the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition. Business Ethics Quarterly. 2012 Apr;22(2):211-46.
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Fontrodona J, Sison AJ. The nature of the firm, agency theory and shareholder theory: A critique from philosophical anthropology. Journal of Business Ethics. 2006 Jun 1;66(1):33-42.