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Partners in Business Ethics Symposium
Panelists & Participants
Michelle Darnell
Dr. Michelle R. Darnell is currently Director of the Tarriff Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility, as well Honor and Integrity Director and Associate Clinical Professor in Management, at Penn State’s Smeal College of Business. Dr. Darnell’s primary focus is on creating and sustaining practical initiatives that actively engage and bring together University stakeholders with the intent of supporting responsible business activity. She holds Bachelor degrees in Philosophy and Biology from the University of San Diego, and earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Purdue University. Dr. Darnell additionally completed an AACSB Post-Doctoral Program at the University of Florida in Management and Marketing.
With more than 20 years of experience working in higher education, Dr. Darnell has extensive experience teaching courses on Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Organizational Behavior, as well as creating and implementing co-curricular experiential learning activities for students to develop ethical leadership skills. In addition to her work at various universities, Dr. Darnell also has worked as an independent consultant for business, government, and educational entities that are looking to resolve ethical issues or provide employee centered workshops on ethical decision making and building ethical organizational cultures.