Shawn Berman

Associate Professor of Business & Society

Anderson School of Management

University of New Mexico

Biography

Shawn L. Berman is an associate professor of management at the University of New Mexico’s Anderson School of Management.  He received his Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the University of Washington.  Shawn has been at the Anderson School of Management for four years.  At Anderson, Shawn is a Bill Daniels Ethics Fellow.

Left: Shawn and Janet in California Right: Shawn and Janet's engagement

Before coming to Anderson he served on the faculties at Boston University and Santa Clara University, where he was a fellow to the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.  He has three main research interests are:  Stakeholder Theory, especially measurement issues; intra- and inter-organizational trust; and issues of corporate governance.  Shawn has also recently become interested in how managerial discretion impacts firm-stakeholder relationships. His work has appeared in The Academy of Management Journal, The Academy of Management Review, Business & Society, Business Ethics Quarterly, Business & Society as well as other outlets. Shawn’s most recent publication, with Robert Phillips, Heather Elms, and Michael Johnson-Cramer on “Stakeholder Theory, Strategy, and Managerial Discretion” appears in the May, 2010 issue of Strategic Organization.  Shawn is on the editorial board of the Business & Society.  Shawn has served as Division Chair for the Social Issues in Management Division of the Academy of Management, having served as program chair and professional development workshop chair. He currently serves as Past-Division Chair. 

Left: Evie with a t-shirt on Right:Googie

Shawn lives in Albuquerque with his wife Janet, their two dogs, Evie and Googie, and their three cats, Homer, Saffron and Snowshoe.

Top Left: Homer Top Right: Saffron Bottom Right: Snowshoe Bottom Left: Evie and Googie