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UPDATES

A research study funded by the WCLE and conducted by a team of scholars with ties to 51茶馆 will soon be published in the聽Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. Entitled 鈥淎 way forward: Cascading ethical and change leadership, values enactment, and group-level effects on commitment in corruption recovery,鈥� it was co-authored by 51茶馆 alum Rick Cotton, 51茶馆 Professor and Robert A. and Evelyn J. Ferris Chair Jean Bartunek, and retired 51茶馆 Professor Bill Stevenson. The co-authors conducted a survey of over 2,000 employees at an insurance company and found that new leadership made a difference in the recovery of the firm following corruption. They report that organization members鈥� perceptions of their leaders鈥� ethical posture was significantly related to perceptions of progress on enacting important values and on their commitment to the organization.

FACULTY GRANT AWARDS

Last spring the Winston Center invited faculty and their departments to apply for grants to fund programs that intersect with the Center鈥檚 focus on leadership and ethics. Fr. James Burns from the Woods College and his team received a grant for their聽Colloquium on Ignatian-based Ethical Leadership, where Chris Lowney was the featured speaker. Mary Cronin (CSOM), Tiziana Dearing (SSW), and Kenneth Himes (STM) received a grant to fund their symposium聽Advancing Social Justice through Ethical Business Leadership for Systemic Social Change聽this spring. Stephanie Berzin (SSW) also received funding for her聽Nonprofit Innovation Leadership Series,which was implemented with the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley.