Denis Collins, Ph.D.
Academic Degrees and Specialties
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1990; Business Environment & Public Policy
MA, Bowling Green State University, 1987; Philosophy
BS, Montclair State
College, 1977; Business Administration
Areas of Specialization
Professor Denis Collins is an Associate Professor
of Business at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin and is responsible for
Social Responsibility and Business Ethics components in the school’s Business
Programs. He teaches in the areas of management, business policy and strategy,
leadership, organization behavior, and business ethics.
Teaching Experience
Management, Organizational Behavior,
Leadership, Business Ethics, Business & Society, and Political, Ethical and
Legal Environments of Business, and International
Business Strategy/Policy, to MBAs, Executive MBAs and Undergraduates.
Teaching
Awards:
·
Finalist,
Academy of Management’s Distinguished Educator Award, 1996.
·
Lawrence
J. Larson Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994.
·
Voted
Most Outstanding MBA faculty member at University of Wisconsin-Madison in three
consecutive Business
Week alumni surveys (The Best B
Schools, 1993, 1995 and 1997).
Professional
Service:
·
Board of
Governance, Social Issues in Management Division, Academy of Management
·
Board of
Directors, International Association for Business and Society
·
The
Invisible College, a national organization of Service Learning Educators
Publications
Books
and Monographs:
Denis Collins (2006) Behaving Badly: Ethical Lessons From ENRON.
Indianapolis, Indiana. Dog Ear Publishing.
Denis Collins (2003) The 1990-1992 University of Bridgeport Faculty Strike:
The Longest Faculty Strike in Higher Education History and the First to Employ
Permanent Replacement Faculty, a special issue of Journal of Academic
Ethics, 1(2).
Denis Collins (1998) Gainsharing and
Power: Employee Reactions, Organizational Outcomes,
and Lessons Learned from Six Case Studies,
Cornell University Press.
Denis Collins (1996) Understanding and
Changing Business and Society Relationships: An
Annotated
Bibliography of the 1990-1995 International Association for Business and
Society
Annual Proceedings,
a special issue of Business & Society,
35(3).
Denis Collins (1996) Community Involvement
and Service Learning Student Projects, a special
issue of Journal
of Business Ethics, 15(1).
Denis Collins
& Mark Starik (1995) Sustaining the
Natural Environment, JAI Press.
Denis Collins & Thomas O’Rourke (1994) Ethical
Dilemmas in Business, South-Western.
Peer-Reviewed
Scholarly Articles: More than 15 articles in Personnel
Psychology, Organization Science, Environmental
Ethics, Journal of Labor Research,
Journal of Applied Behavioral Science,
Business & Society, Journal
of Business Ethics, among others.
Scholarly Articles (Not Peer Reviewed):
Over 15.
Conference
Papers Presented:
Over 20.
Invited Speeches and
Presentations: Over 100.
Editorial
Board:
·
Teaching
Business Ethics
·
Journal
of Academic Ethics
·
Organization
& Environment
Goals/Teaching Philosophy
My primary goal as a
teacher is to help you become more thoughtful and informed citizens who can use
what you learn in college to benefit yourselves, organizations, and society. I
want you to gain critical thinking skills and become better managers and
communicators. As a result, I create exams, assignments, and activities
that (1) test your knowledge of the material, (2) ask you to apply the theory or
concept to specific situations, and (3) ask you to integrate ideas so that
critical thinking skills are developed.
I want
my courses to be an exciting class. My definition of “exciting” is one where
motivated students read the assignment, do their homework, make logical
arguments, integrate course concepts into their discussions, and have something
interesting to say.
E-mail Address and Telephone number
(608) 663-2878 (office) dcollins@edgewood.edu