Miguel Alzola

• Bachelors: B.A. summa cum laude, UNICEN (Argentina)
• Masters: M.A., Philosophy (Ethics), University of Buenos Aires
• PhD: Business Ethics, Rutgers University

• Moral and Political Philosophy
• Applied Ethics (business ethics, professional ethics)
• Moral Psychology and Organizational Behavior

• Alzola, M. 2008. “Character and Environment: The Status of Virtues in Organizations.” Journal of Business Ethics. 78:343-357.
• Warren, D. and Alzola, M. “Ensuring Independent Auditors: Increasing the Saliency of the Professional Identity.” Group Decisions and Negotiation (forthcoming).
• Alzola, M. 2007. “Utilitarianism,” in International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies, ed. Stewart Clegg and James R. Bailey (London: Sage Publications).
• Alzola, M. 2005. “Collective Moral Responsibility. The Ontological Status of Organizations and the Limits of the Moral Community.” Revista de Economía y Estadística, 43(1): 7-54.
• Alzola, M. 2008. “When Urgency Matters: On Non-Discretionary Corporate Social Responsibility.” Human System Management (forthcoming).

Professor Alzola specializes in Ethical Theory (particularly Virtue Ethics) and Applied Ethics. His current research focuses on virtue ethics and moral psychology. He is interested in the nature and psychological status of the virtues and the role of character in normative ethics and explanations of behavior in organizations. He is also pursuing research that deals with collective agency and the moral responsibility of groups. Within this field, his topics of research include human rights obligations, corporate political activities, transnational bribery, and corporate and civilian responsibilities in wartime.

He held a Fulbright fellowship in 2004-2006 and doctoral scholarships from the Prudential Foundation and Johnson & Johnson. In 2005, he received the Ethics and Social Responsibility Award from IARSE. He also won the 2005, 2006, and 2007 Society for Business Ethics Founder's Awards. He recently received the Young Scholar in Philosophy Award from the Society for Analytic Philosophy.
Professor Alzola teaches courses in moral and political philosophy, applied ethics, and corporate social responsibility.