Phil Cochran
Professor of Management | Kelley School of Business at Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN, UNITED STATES
Corporate leadership expert, specializing in business ethics.
Biography
Philip Cochran joined the Kelley School faculty in January 2003 as the Thomas W. Binford Chair in Corporate Citizenship. He is a professor of management at the Kelley School and a professor of philanthropic studies at IU's Center on Philanthropy.
Cochran has served the Kelley School in a number of roles over the years. He served as the Director of the Randall L. Tobias Center for Leadership Excellence for a number of years. In 2008, he became the Associate Dean for Indianapolis Operations. In this role, he led the Kelley School’s Indianapolis programs.
"I've always been interested in leadership – what it takes to be a leader and how leaders impact and contribute to the success of corporations," says Cochran. "In terms of ethical leadership, my research includes investigating how firms that are more ethical tend also to be somewhat more profitable."
Cochran's research primarily focuses on areas of leadership, corporate strategy, corporate citizenship, business ethics, corporate social responsibility and corporate governance. He is the recipient of the 1994 Howard Chase Award for his contributions to the theoretical framework of issues management and also received the Sumner Marcus Award for his contributions to the Social Issues in Management field in 2002. Cochran was the first president of the International Association for Business and Society and is a past chair of the Social Issues in Management Division of the Academy of Management. He was also one of the first three fellows of the International Association for Business and Society.
Industry Expertise (6)
Writing and Editing
Public Policy
Education/Learning
Research
Corporate Leadership
Program Development
Areas of Expertise (5)
Leadership
Corporate Governance
Business Ethics
Corporate Citizenship
Corporate Social Responsibility
Accomplishments (2)
MBAA Teaching Excellence Award (professional)
Awarded by Indiana University
Howard Chase Award – for contributions to field of Issues Management (professional)
Awarded by Indiana University
Education (4)
University of Washington: Ph.D. 1980
University of Washington: M.A. 1977
University of Washington: MBA 1973
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: BSA 1971
Links (2)
Articles (3)
What Kills a Reputation? A Post-Mortem Analysis of Jekyll-Hyde Business Leaders
Dead Firms: Causes and Effects of Cross-border Corporate Insolvency
2016 Investigate how leaders of illegal organizations build and maintain positive reputations and how the deaths of these firms impact groups of external stakeholders.
Corporate ethics practices in the mid-1990s: an empirical study of the Fortune 1000
Citation Classics from the Journal of Business Ethics
2013 The study examines the following aspects of formalized corporate ethics activity: ethics-oriented policy statements; formalization of management responsibilities for ethics; free-standing ethics offices; ethics and compliance telephone reporting/advice systems; top management and departmental involvement in ethics activities; usage of ethics training and other ethics awareness activities; investigatory functions; and evaluation of ethics program activities.
An overview of empirical research on ethics in entrepreneurial firms within the United States
African Journal of Business Ethics
2009 Scholars recognise that entrepreneurs may encounter different ethical issues and pressures than managers in larger corporations. This has fostered empirical research aimed at assessing ethics in entrepreneurial settings in the United States.