Ian MaitlandProfessor

Ian Maitland
CSOM Strategic Mgmt & Org
3-408 CarlSMgmt
321 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN  55455
Phone: 612/624-2091
imaitlan@umn.edu


Education
JD, 2005, (Hons.), Concord University School of Law
PhD, 1979, sociology, Columbia University
ACA, 1970, chartered accountant, England and Wales
BA, 1966, modern languages, Oxford University

Research

Expertise
Morality of markets
Corporate governance
Corporate responsibility
Globalization
Ethics
Trust
Boards of directors
Government industrial policies
Diversity
Gender differences

Current Research
Is homo economicus to blame for corporate wrongdoing?
The ethics of class action employment discrimination lawsuits


Publications

Major Publications

  • "Japans Stakeholder Economy," Ian Maitland and Mitsuhiro Umezu, Journal of Private Enterprise (2006).
  • "The Human Face of Self-Interest," Ian Maitland, Journal of Business Ethics (2002).
  • "Priceless Goods: How Should Life-Saving Drugs be Priced?" Ian Maitland, Business Ethics Quarterly (2002).
  • "Distributive Justice in Firms: Do The Rules of Corporate Governance Matter?" Ian Maitland, Business Ethics Quarterly (2001).
  • "Community Lost?" Ian Maitland, Business Ethics Quarterly (1998).
  • "The Great Non-Debate Over International Sweatshops," Ian Maitland, Ethical Theory and Business, eds. T. Beauchamp and N. Bowie (Prentice-Hall, 2000).
  • "Virtuous Markets: The Markets as School of the Virtues," Ian Maitland, Business Ethics Quarterly (1997).
  • "The Morality of the Corporation," Ian Maitland, Business Ethics Quarterly (1994).
  • "Rights in the Workplace: A Nozickian Argument," Ian Maitland, Journal of Business Ethics (1989).
  • "The Limits of Business Self-Regulation," Ian Maitland, California Management Review (1985).

Books

  • The Causes of Industrial Disorder, Ian Maitland (Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1983).

Instruction

Courses

Summer, 2009
IBUS 6315 Ethical Environment of International Business (Graduate) Sec.  001
Fall, 2009
WMBA 5663 Business Ethics Sec.  001
CMBA 5723 Ethics and Leadership Sec.  001
MBA 6315 The Ethical Environment of Business Sec.  001
Spring, 2010
CHMB 5813 Ethics and Leadership Sec.  001
CHMB 5815 Advanced Management Topics Sec.  001
MBA 6315 The Ethical Environment of Business Sec.  060
MBA 6315 The Ethical Environment of Business Sec.  092
Fall, 2010
CMBA 5723 Ethics and Leadership Sec.  001


Service

Community Relationships

  • Director, Tocqueville Center for the Study of Liberty and Free Institutions, 2005-present
  • Republican candidate for U. S. Congress in Minnesota's 4th Congressional District, 1988, 1990, and 1992
  • Columnist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1993-95
  • Senior Fellow, Center of the American Experiment, 1992-97
  • President, Minnesota Association of Scholars, 1998-99