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The following University of California, Davis, faculty members are available to provide commentary on related issues from securities regulation and reputation management to investor reaction and corporate governance.
Corporate crime, business ethics, fraud, bribery, antitrust
Professor Michael Maher of the Graduate School of Management is a recognized expert on managerial accounting and corporate crime including fraud, bribery and antitrust activities. He develops profiles of companies and managers who commit corporate misconduct, and studies and lectures on corporate ethics and the responsibilities of business and auditors to stakeholders. Maher focuses his research on the efficiency of recent developments in managerial accounting, including activity based costing, benchmarking and theory constraints. He has authored more than 10 books on the principles and essentials of managerial accounting and written or edited chapters in more than 20 other publications. Maher has also conducted research on anti-trust issues related to the airline industry, the cost effectiveness of online education and health-care costs. He consults for government and many different industries, including computer software, automobile, defense, health-care and pharmaceutical industries. Contact: Michael Maher, Graduate School of Management, (530) 752-7034, mwmaher@ucdavis.edu.
White-collar crime, corporate ethics, social responsibility
Professor Donald Palmer of the Graduate School of Management focuses his research on corporate governance, the interlocking nature of corporate directorships, and the role of power and politics in executive succession. He is an expert on corporate and white-collar crime, corporate ethics and social responsibility. As a specialist in organizational behavior, Palmer examines basic psychological and social psychological processes shaping human behavior and applies knowledge of these processes to the problem of working with and managing others in organizations. He also has extensive knowledge of mergers and acquisitions, regional economic growth and the health-care industry. Contact: Donald Palmer, Graduate School of Management, (530) 752-8566, dapalmer@ucdavis.edu.
Sustainable business
Richard Dorf is a professor in the Graduate School of Management and a professor emeritus in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He researches and teaches entrepreneurship, technology and innovation management, management of nonprofits, new venture management, venture capital management, and technology policy and technology management. He is also a consultant in engineering project development, commercialization, innovation, management, and new business ventures. He teaches courses on new and small business ventures, and sustainable and responsible business. Dorf has authored more than 30 books including Entrepreneurial Ventures, in which he discusses the essence of entrepreneurial activity and its importance to the life of capitalism and growth. Contact: Richard Dorf, Graduate School of Management, (530) 754-9061, rcdorf@ucdavis.edu.
Business and professional ethics
Jerome Suran, senior lecture emeritus in the Graduate School of Management, is an authority on ethics, technology management, global strategy, budget control models and strategic planning. Suran developed and has taught the school's capstone course on management policy and strategy. He also teaches a course on managing professionals that covers pricing, budgeting and ethics. In addition, he has developed courses in technology management, innovation management, and computers and information systems in business applications. The co-author of two books on transistor circuits, Suran developed and taught courses in microelectronic analog and digital circuits and systems for the College of Engineering. He holds 19 patents and is a registered professional engineer. Before coming to UC Davis, Suran had a 34-year career in industry, including top management positions with General Electric Co. and engineering positions at Motorola Inc. and the J.W. Meaker Co. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Contact: Jerome Suran, Graduate School of Management, (530) 752-7397, jjsuran@ucdavis.edu.
Reputation crises
Kimberly Elsbach, associate professor of management in the Graduate School of Management, focuses her research on the acquisition and maintenance of organizational images, identities and reputations -- especially images of legitimacy, trustworthiness and creativity. Director of executive education, she also teaches and studies negotiation skills in competitive business environments. Her research provides a framework for communicating with shareholders, customers and employees in the immediacy of a reputation crisis and through long-term recovery. Her research on creativity shows how Hollywood movie and television producers judge the creativity of people pitching story ideas. She has studied the impacts of telecommuting and how firms and employees have dealt with the transformation of their workplace from a traditional office to a "hoteling" environment, in which employee have no permanent offices and reserve workspaces on a daily basis. Contact: Kim Elsbach, Graduate School of Management, (530) 752-0910, kdelsbach@ucdavis.edu.
Corporate governance, executive compensation
Professor Thomas Joo of the UC Davis School of Law can comment on how poor corporate governance and executive compensation practices may have contributed to recent corporate scandals. He has written extensively on corporate governance. Joo organized a national symposium on corporate governance in 2001, and the proceedings were recently published in the UC Davis Law Review. Contact: Thomas Joo, School of Law, (530) 754-6089, twjoo@ucdavis.edu.
Securities regulation, corporate law
Professor Robert Hillman of the UC Davis School of Law is a leading expert in corporate and securities law. He is co-author of "Securities Regulation: Cases and Materials," the leading law school text on securities regulation and capital markets. Hillman was also a member of the California State Senate's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Shareholder Litigation. Contact: Robert Hillman, School of Law, (530) 752-8020, rwhillman@ucdavis.edu.
Bankruptcy
Professor Jack Ayer, a former bankruptcy judge, teaches bankruptcy and finance in the UC Davis School of Law. He is author of the "Guide to Finance for Lawyers" (2001), and lead co-author of "Bankruptcy in Practice" (2002). Ayer has lectured widely on issues of business insolvency and on the ethics of lawyers. Before becoming a lawyer, he was a newspaper reporter and a Washington correspondent. Contact: Jack Ayer, School of Law, (530) 752-2755, jdayer@ucdavis.edu.
Media contacts:
- Claudia Morain, UC Davis News Service, (530) 752-9841,
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Last updated June 23, 2004
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