Dr Cristina Neesham - Researcher Profile

Biography

Dr Cristina Neesham (BABuch PhdMelb) is a social philosopher and business ethicist with a strong background in management skills development. She is Editor of the Teaching Business Ethics section of the Journal of Business Ethics and  Founding Chair of the Australasian Business Ethics Network. Cristina's research interests are business ethics education, systemic corporate social responsibility, theories of social value, and philosophies of management and organisation. 

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Research & Supervision Interests

Business ethics

Ethical leadership

Corporate social responsibility

Corporate governance

Philosophy of management

Social philosophy of organisations

Social value measurement and social value creation

Social models and public policy

 

Keywords

business ethics education,systemic corporate social responsibility,corporate governance, business ethics, philosophy of management, social value theory, social model theory, eastern europe european union social policy social welfare social welfare economics, management philosophy human resource management organizational behaviour social environment , management philosophy human resource management organizational behaviour social environment , social philosophy of organisations, corporate social responsibility, corporate governance

Qualifications

PHD IN PHILOSOPHY

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 2005

CERTIFICATE IN WORKPLACE ASSESSMENT & TRAINING

Institution: Chisholm Institute of Tafe

Year awarded: 2003

CERTIFICATE IV IN WORKPLACE RELATIONS

Institution: Department of Employment and Workplace Relat

Year awarded: 2001

CERTIFICATE IV IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Institution: Department of Employment and Workplace Relat

Year awarded: 1999

RSA CERTIFICATE IN TEFL

Institution: Bell School of Languages, Norwich, UK

Year awarded: 1992

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN PHILOLOGY (HONOURS)

Institution: Unversity of Bucharest

Year awarded: 1991

Publications

Books

Neesham, C., 2008, Human and Social Progress: Projects and Perspectives, VDM, Saarbrucken Germany.

Book Chapters

Neesham, C., Dibben, M.R., 2012, The social value of business: Lessons from political economy and process philosophy, in Applied Ethics: Remembering Patrick Primeaux, eds Michael Schwartz and Howard Harris, Emerald Group Publishing, Bingley UK, pp. 63-83.

Journal Articles

Lewis, C., Neesham, C., 2011, Professionalising parliamentarians to promote ethical behaviour, Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics [P], vol 13, issue 1, Charles Sturt University, Australia, pp. 48-65.

Neesham, C., Lewis, C., Holland, P., Donohue, R., Coghill, K., 2010, Educating and training parliamentarians, Australasian Parliamentary Review [P], vol 25, issue 1, Australasian Study of Parliamentary Group, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 41-48.

Neesham, C., Tache, I., 2010, Is there an East-European social model?, International Journal of Social Economics [P], vol 37, issue 5, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 344-360.

Neesham, C., Hartel, C.E.J., Coghill, K.A., Sarros, J.C., 2010, Profit-making vs human value: Philosophy's contribution, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion [P], vol 29, issue 6, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 593-608.

Coghill, K.A., Donohue, R.D., Holland, P.J., Richardson, A., Neesham, C., 2009, Capacity building for new Parliamentarians: Survey of orientation and induction programmes, The Journal of Legislative Studies [P], vol 15, issue 4, Routledge, UK, pp. 521-534.

Tache, I., Neesham, C., 2009, The impact of the Europeanization process on state-industry interaction in Romania, European Research Studies [P], vol 12, issue 1, Prof. E. Thalassinos, Piraeus Greece, pp. 17-36.

Neesham, C., Nicolae, M., Naftanaila, I., 2008, Business leadership in Romania: An overview of research, education and practice, Economie Teoretica si Aplicata (Theoretical and Applied Economics) [P], vol supplement, Asociatia Generala a Economistilor din Romania, Romania, pp. 23-31.

Neesham, C., 2007, The future of an extended European Union - A strategic perspective on Romania's integration, Administratie si Management Public (Administration and Public Management Review) [P], vol 9, Academia de Studii Economice, Romania, pp. 103-111.

Conference Proceedings

Neesham, C., 2009, The profit imperative and good management practice: Re-thinking value inter-relationships, Proceedings of the 23rd ANZAM Conference 2009 - Sustainability Management and Marketing, 01 December 2009 to 04 December 2009, Promaco Conventions Pty Ltd for ANZAM 2009 Conference, Canning Bridge WA Australia, pp. 1-19.

Neesham, C., Hartel, C.E.J., Coghill, K.A., Sarros, J.C., 2006, For-profit activity and human value: are they compatible, and what can business do about it?, Management: Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities: Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, 06 December 2006 to 09 December 2006, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton Qld Australia, pp. 1-18.

Coghill, K.A., Tam, O.K., Ariff, M., Neesham, C., 2005, Rating integrated governance: conceptual issues, Integrated governance: linking up government, business and civil society: Proceedings, 26 October 2005 to 29 October 2005, Monash Governance Research Unit, Monash University, Caulfield Vic Australia, pp. 1-14.

Neesham, C., 2005, The good society: lessons for integrated governance, Integrated Governance: Linking Up Government, Business & Civil Society: Proceedings, 26 October 2005 to 29 October 2005, Monash Governance Research Unit, Monash University, Caulfield Vic Australia, pp. 1-11.

Teaching Commitment

MBA5530 - Critical Thinking for Problem Solving (Monash MBA Program)

MGX5020 - Business Ethics in a Global Environment

MGX5030 - Corporate Social Responsibility

Community Service

Member, Academic Board, Oases Graduate School (2009-ongoing)

 

Activities

Affiliations with schools

From: 15/01/2012
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Member, East Texas CSR Initiative

Authoring reports requested by a government or an industry

From: 11/04/2008
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Coghill, K., Donohue, R., Holland, P. & Neesham, C.
‘International review of orientation, induction and capacity building programmes for parliamentarians’. Research Report submitted to Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva

Departmental committees

From: 01/03/2011 To: 28/02/2013
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Early Career Researchers (ECR) Representative
Department of Management Research Committee, 2011-2013

Editing special issues of journals

Guest Editor
Ethics in Parliaments, Dec 2011
Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics

Editorships of academic journals

From: 01/05/2012
Journal of Business Ethics
Section Editor
Teaching Business Ethics

Education

From: 01/03/0010 To: 14/12/0012
Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
Chief Examiner
Personal Development - Critical Thinking and Communication (GSB9001)

From: 01/03/2009 To: 28/02/2010
Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
Unit Coordinator
Personal Development - Critical Thinking and Communication (GSB9001)

From: 01/03/2011 To: 14/12/2012
Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
Chief Examiner
Managerial Problem Solving and Decision Making (MGX5680)

From: 01/07/2005 To: 01/07/2010
Monash MBA Program
Unit Coordinator
Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Techniques (MBA9053)

From: 01/07/2010
Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
Chief Examiner
Business Ethics in a Global Environment (MGX5020)

From: 05/02/0011
Monash MBA Program
Chief Examiner
Critical Thinking for Problem Solving (MBA5530)

Invitations to meetings, seminars, plenary sessions, or exhibitions

From: 04/12/2012
University of Melbourne Law School
Delivered invited public presentation on ethics and professionalism
for parliamentarians in Integrity in Government Public Search Conference

From: 08/09/2010
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Invited Panel Member, Monash Alumni Network event ‘Ethics for Responsible Management’
with 4 CEOs, Prof Stephen King (Dean) and Dr Wendy Stubbs (School of Geography and Environmental Sciences)

From: 15/02/2012
Monash Malaysia, Sunway Campus, Kuala Lumpur
Conducted invited workshop on critical thinking approaches to assessment design
for teaching staff at Monash Malaysia

From: 15/10/2009
Monash Law Chambers
Invited Panel Member, Public Seminar ‘Stakeholder Theory and Management Education
Implications of the Global Economic Crisis’ (organised by SEIRNET Monash University, RMIT School of Management, and Trinity College at University of Melbourne)

From: 24/09/2012
The University of Melbourne
Neesham, C. ‘John Rawls and the Economics of Fairness’
Invited Lecture, Prof Nilss Olekalns, Head, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne (Public Economics, 4th year, Faculty of Commerce)

Memberships of editorial boards

From: 01/05/2012
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Section Editor, Teaching Business Ethics, Journal of Business Ethics

From: 01/10/2007
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Member, Advisory Board, Journal of Philosophical Economics

From: 15/12/2009
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Member, Editorial Board, Philosophy of Management

Organised major conferences outside the Faculty

From: 12/12/2012 To: 14/12/2012
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Co-organised ABEN Conference
Melbourne

From: 24/09/2012 To: 25/09/2012
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Organised and chaired conference on ‘Business Challenges and Social Responsibilities’
Monash European and EU Centre – University of Adelaide, Prato

Visiting professorships, fellowships, or other appointments

From: 01/09/2006 To: 01/12/2010
The University of Melbourne
Honorary Fellow
Contemporary Europe Research Centre

Grants

Title:

Production of a Handbook titled: Capacity Building for Programme Designers.

Investigators:

Coghill, K, Donohue, R, Holland, P, Neesham, C

Funding:

(2009 - 2013). Inter-Parliamentary Union.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Should Australian Businesses Treat Climate Change As A Strategic Inflection Point.

Supervisors:

Coghill, K (Main), Neesham, C (Associate).