The role of virtue in management is my main interest. I retired in late 2014 and retain an adjunct appointment. Teaching corporate and professional ethics remains a passion. I was the general secretary of ISBEE 2016-2022 and president of the Australian Assn for Professional & Applied Ethics 2006-2008. Before joining the university I worked in sugar manufacture, rural industries, petroleum, corporate strategy and human resource management, holding senior positions in Australia and overseas. For ten years I was a principal in an Adelaide-based consulting practice working in the field of corporate strategy and corporate finance.
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About me
The role of virtue in management is my main interest. I retired in late 2014 and retain an adjunct appointment. Teaching corporate and professional ethics remains a passion. I was the general secretary of ISBEE 2016-2022 and president of the Australian Assn for Professional & Applied Ethics 2006-2008. Before joining the university I worked in sugar manufacture, rural industries, petroleum, corporate strategy and human resource management, holding senior positions in Australia and overseas. For ten years I was a principal in an Adelaide-based consulting practice working in the field of corporate strategy and corporate finance.
I have a non-UniSA website at https://sites.google.com/view/howard-harris/home and a personal email mengtzu21@gmail.com
About me
International Society of Business, Economics and Ethics ISBEE, Secretary since 2016. Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics; President 2006-8, National committee from 1998 to 2014.Co-editor, Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations ISSN 1529-2096. Member of the Editorial board Business and Professional Ethics Journal Member Editorial Panel Australian Journal of Liturgy. Fellow, Institution of Chemical Engineers; Chartered Engineer (UK) TAFE SA Higher Education Academic Board, Standing Proxy Member 2009-2013 Member of the Board of Pedare Christian College, 2001-2010; chairman 2004-2009. Member of the Council of Governors, Walford Anglican School for Girls Inc, 1988-2000. Australian Academy of Liturgy, Member from 2016.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Master of Theology Charles Sturt University
Bachelor of Engineering The University of Adelaide
Certificate of University Studies University of the South Pacific
Associate Diploma of Theology Australian College of Theology
Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers Institute of Chemical Engineers
Chartered Engineer The Engineering Council
Corporate ethics, particularly the value of ethical culture and practice as a competitive benefit for an organisation, and the factors which can influence individuals in their response to situations where it may be difficult to act according to one's own (or one's corporate) code of conduct. Courage and love as management virtues. Teaching business ethics.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Competitive grants: Directly responsible for UniSA participation in CRC for Integrated Engineering Asset Management, 2002. CIEAM Toolbox project, 2003/6, grant $298,220; Strategic Directions project, 2004/5 $14,500.EU projects: Harmony and Symphony. $71,000 from Innovation Access Program for Symphony. ARC Linkage grant with Prof Lee Luong and A/Prof Chris Provis. Industry partner: Clipsal. $1.33 million grant from the Innovation Access program for Smartlink, together with matching cash and in-kind support from industry, governments and universities, 2000/3.
Driverless cars: Presentations at ABEN 2017, SBE 2018, and elsewhere. Focus on ethical issues other than the 'who to kill' algorithm.
Liturgy, ritual and reconciliation: Paper in Australian J Liturgy; presentation at Episcopal Historians conf New Haven CT 2018 (with Bishop Chris McLeod)
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2018 |
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| 2018 |
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| 2017 |
6
2
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| 2016 |
1
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| 2013 |
4
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2018 |
Schwartz, M, Harris, H & Comer, DR 2018, Visual ethics, Emerald, UK. |
| 2013 |
Schwartz, M & Harris, H 2013, Moral saints and moral exemplars, Emerald Group, UK. |
| 2012 |
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2020 |
Open access
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| 2019 |
Open access
1
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| 2018 |
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| 2018 |
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| 2018 |
1
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| 2018 |
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| 2016 |
1
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| 2014 |
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| 2013 |
4
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| 2013 |
1
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| 2012 |
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
Open access
4
3
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| 2024 |
Open access
1
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| 2024 |
Open access
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| 2022 |
Open access
2
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| 2021 |
1
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| 2020 |
Open access
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| 2020 |
Open access
7
6
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| 2020 |
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| 2018 |
Open access
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| 2018 |
13
1
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| 2017 |
6
2
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| 2017 |
Open access
2
|
| 2017 |
35
24
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| 2016 |
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| 2015 |
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| 2014 |
3
2
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| 2014 |
4
|
| 2012 |
1
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| 2011 |
Open access
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| 2011 |
7
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| 2010 |
2
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| 2010 |
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| 2009 |
Open access
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| 2009 |
5
4
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| 2008 |
Harris, H 2008, 'The human face of business networks and alliances', vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 5-15. |
| 2008 |
31
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| 2008 |
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| 2008 |
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| 2008 |
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2016 |
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| 2013 |
Open access
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| 2012 |
Open access
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| 2012 |
Open access
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| 2011 |
Open access
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| 2011 |
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| 2008 |
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| 2008 |
Open access
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Encyclopædia entries:
Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society, Sage. Chernobyl, Networking, Northwest Passage
Encyclopedia of Business & Prof’l Ethics, Springer. Ethics of meaningful work, Human dignity & Business ethics
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management, OUP. Organizational Happiness.
Research
Corporate ethics, particularly the value of ethical culture and practice as a competitive benefit for an organisation, and the factors which can influence individuals in their response to situations where it may be difficult to act according to one's own (or one's corporate) code of conduct. Courage and love as management virtues. Teaching business ethics.
ISBEE general secretary from 2016, International Society of Business Economics and Ethics.
Visiting scholar, University of Cambridge, 2011, 2007
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Aalborg University | DENMARK |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Organisation | GERMANY |
| Hofstra University | UNITED STATES |
| Northcentral University | UNITED STATES |
| Private Individual | UNITED KINGDOM |
| RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Cambridge | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Westminster | UNITED KINGDOM |
External engagement & recognition
Business and society, Corporate and professional ethics, Education for practicing managers and professionals, social media and narrative. I taught in the course Practical Ethics for International Development at RMIT University's School of Global, Urban and Social Studies in 2015/16 and in 2018.
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| An inquiry into the longevity of large enterprises: a multiple longitudinal case study of firms from the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index | Completed |
| Corporate social responsibility, employee engagement and the effect on employee dignity | Completed |
| Globalisation and ethical decision-making in small and medium enterprises - an Australian study | Completed |
| Indigenous enterprises and entrepreneurship in remote Anangu communities | Completed |
| Tension management for integrative outcomes in corporate sustainability: a multiple instrumental case study of the Australian forestry and wood products industry | Completed |
| Wind farms in South Australia: a multi-level case analysis of stakeholder responses to planning policy changes | Completed |
