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Edwin Epstein

Professor Emeritus, Haas Business and Public Policy Group
Professor in the Graduate School, International and Area Studies
1-510-643-0363
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Academic Status: Emeritus, on recall
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Academic Group Homepage: http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/bpp/
Curriculum Vitae (in PDF format, Acrobat Reader required)

Education

BA, Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
LL.B. Law, Yale University
MA, Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

Positions Held

At Haas since 1964
2006 - present, Associate Dean of International Relations, International and Area Studies
2004 - present, Professor in the Graduate School, International and Area Studies
2002 - present, Chair, Peace and Conflict Studies Group Major, International and Area Studies Teaching Program
2002 - present, Director, The Rotary Center for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution
1994 - 2001, Dean, School of Economics and Business Administration, and Earl W. Smith Professor, Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga, CA
1991 - present, Professor Emeritus, Haas School of Business
1989 - 1991, Chair, Political Economy of Industrial Societies Group Major
1986 - 1988, Chair, Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate
1984 - 1986, 1978 - 1982, Chair, Business and Public Policy Group, Walter A. Haas School of Business
1982 - 1984, Chair, Program in Business and Social Policy, Haas School of Business
1980 - 1986, Chair, Advisory Committee, Institute for Governmental Studies
1976 - present, Adjunct Professor of Religion and Society, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA
1973 - 1991, Professor, Haas School of Business
1973 - 1977, Associate Dean, Haas School of Business
1969 - 1973, Associate Professor, Haas School of Business
1969 - 1970, Faculty Coordinator for Minority Affairs, Haas School of Business
1968 - 1969, Founding Director, Office of Urban Programs, Haas School of Business
1967 - 1969, Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business
1964 - 1967, Lecturer, Haas School of Business

External Service and Assignments

Member, Board of Directors, Roots of Peace, 2006 - present
Independent Consultant: Business Ethics/Corporate Governance Issues; Urban Affairs/Intergrou Relations; International Management Education, 1991-present
Member, Board of Directors, AACS The International Association for Management Education 2000-2001
Member, Board of Governors, Western Association of Collegiate Schools of Business, 1998-2001
Member, Board of Advisors, UC Berkeley-St. Petersburg State University (Russia) School of Management Program
Member, Executive Committee, Board of Regents, John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, CA
Editorial Board: California Management Review, The Journal of General Management, Business Ethics Quarterly, Business and Society
Senior Fellow, Center for Ethics and Social Policy, 1986-present

Current Research and Interests

Business Ethics, generally, Jewish Business Ethics, specifically peace and conflict studies related issues.

Selected Papers and Publications

Sources of International and Infrastructure Conflict and Possibilities for Resolution in This Decade (ed), Rotary Foundation, 2006.
Book Review Essay: Business and Society: Tradition and Change, Journal of General Management 30:2 (Winter 2004), pp. 7-13.
Religious Resources for Business Ethics: a Jewish Perspective, Latin American Business Review 4:4 (2003), pp. 111-117.
“Judaism’s Contribution to Contemporary Business Ethics,” Business and Society Society and Economy 25:2 (2003), pp. 249-257
"How to Learn from the Environment about the Environment: A Pre-requisite for Organizational Well-Being," Journal of General Management 29:1 (Autumn 2003), pp. 49-61
"The Field of Business Ethics in the United States: Past, Present, and Future," Journal of General Management 28:2 (Winter 2002), pp. 1-21
"Religion and Business—The Critical Role of Religious Traditions in Management Education," Journal of Business Ethics, 38:1-2 (June, II-III, 2002), pp. 91-96
Review of S. Prakash Sethi and Oliver F. Williams, "Economic Imperatives and Ethical Values in Global Business: The South African Experience and Global Codes Today," Business and Society 40:3 (September 2001), pp. 349-357
"The Jubilee, Wealth and Its Distribution: A Jewish Perspective," Global Focus 13:2 (June 2001), pp. 1-10
"Contemporary Jewish Perspectives on Business Ethics: The Contributions of Meir Tamari and Moses L. Pava-A Review Essay," Business Ethics Quarterly, 10:2 (March 2000), pp. 423-541
"The Continuing Quest for Accountable, Ethical, and Humane Corporate Capitalism: An Enduring Challenge for Social Issues in Management in the New Millennium," Business and Society 38:3 (September 1999), pp. 253-267
"Business Ethics and the Corporate Social Policy Process," Bushindo and Co., 1996, 221 pp. (in Japanese)
"The Corporation in American Politics," Prentice Hall, Inc., 1969, 365 pages.

Honors and Awards

Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary International, 2006
The Berkeley Citation for “Distinguished Achievements, and Notable Service to the University,” 1991
Summer Marcus Distinguished Service Award, Social Issues in Management Division, Academy of Management, 1989, for a career of leadership and service to the Social Issues in Management field
Howard Chase Book Award for a book judged to have a made a “significant and lasting contribution to the study of business and society” (The Corporation in American Politics, Prentice-Hall, 1969), Social Issues in Management Division, Academy of Management, 1989
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship, 1989
Elected Honorary Member, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter of California, University of California, Berkeley 1988
Outstanding Faculty Member Award, Political Economy Students Association, 1987
Elected Honorary Member, Golden Key National Honor Society, Berkeley Chapter, 1987
Inaugural Jayes/Qantas Visiting Lecturer, University of Newcastle, N.S.W. Australia, 1981
Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., 1977-1978
Fellowship, Department of Politics, University of Reading (U.K.), 1971
Academy of Management Award for Authorship of one of the Five Best Books in Management published during 1969, The Corporation in American Politics (1970)

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