James Brooke Hamilton III, Ph.D.
J. J. Burdin, M.D. and Helen B. Burdin LEQSF Regents' Professor of Professional Ethics
RANK
Assistant Professor
Department of Management & Quantitative Methods
University of Southwestern Louisiana
Lafayette, Louisiana 70504-3570
COLLEGIATE AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Ph.D. Philosophy, Emory University, 1972
M.A. Philosophy, Georgetown University, 1968
B.A. Philosophy, Georgetown University, 1965
M.B.A., University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1990
EDUCATIONAL TRAINING BEYOND LAST EARNED DEGREE
Master Teaching Program, Georgia State University, 1991
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Department of Management & Quantitative Methods, University of Southwestern Louisiana
Assistant Professor, Instructor, 1990 - present.
Department of Philosophy, University of Southwestern Louisiana
Visiting Associate Professor, Summer, 1978, Course in Ancient Philosophy
Department of Philosophy, Tuskegee Institute (University), Tuskegee, Alabama
Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, 1970 - 1977
Responsible for undergraduate courses in History of Philosophy (Ancient & Modern), Ethics,
Medical Ethics, Philosophy of Science, Introduction to Philosophy, Introduction to Humanities,
and Philosophy of Religion.
Continuing Education Programs
Lafayette, Louisiana
Instructor, Catechetical Institute, Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana.:
Recurring 3 year course sequence, 10 hours per year, (1979 - 1986).
Instructor, Pastoral Ministries Program, Diocese of Lafayette: Law, Morality, and Social Justice,
(1984 - 1985).
Instructor for Medical Ethics, Clinical Pastoral Internship Program, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Lafayette, Louisiana.
Two to four hour sessions on: The Medical Model & Pastoral Care, Problem Areas in Medical
Ethics, Death and Dying: the Joan Robinson Story, Models for the Health Care Relationship,
and How Ethical Decisions are Made. (1977 - 1981).
Instructor, Lafayette Catholic Deanery Adult Education Program. Three two-hour sessions on
Moral Growth, (Spring, 1979).
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Head, Department of Philosophy, Tuskegee Institute 1971 - 1976.
Principal Investigator for grant-funded instructional programs totaling over one million dollars in
seven years. Director of three year program grant in "Philosophy, Humanities and Black
Experience," funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. 1974 - 1977.
Directed national conference on Philosophy and Black Experience and W.E.B. DuBois Visiting
Fellows Program.
Director of National Endowment for The Humanities Project Grant in "Philosophy and Black
Experience," 1972 - 1973.
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Vice President for Marketing, Elks Concrete Products, Inc., Lafayette, Louisiana, 1977-1991.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL AND HONOR SOCIETIES
The Academy of Management
American Philosophical Association
Association for Practical & Professional Ethics
Society for Business Ethics
Southern Management Association
Southwest Management Association
Hastings Center for Society, Ethics and the Life Sciences
HONORS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS
Best Paper at Conference: Southeastern Association for Legal Studies in Business. Hoch, D. & Hamilton, J.B. III (1993). Do Shareholder Resolutions Influence Corporate Ethics? (October)
Selected as Most Inspirational Teacher by member of the U.S.L. Lady Cajuns Softball Team.
March, 1994.
Monte M. Lemann Award for Contributions to the Advancement of Merit Public Employment in Louisiana. Louisiana Civil Service League, 1987.
President, Alabama Philosophical Society, 1975 - 1976.
Spronk Memorial Award for Outstanding College Student Council Member, Georgetown University, 1964 - 1965.
American Legion Award, Cathedral High School, 1961.
REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Using Open-Ended Questions on Senior Exit Surveys to Evaluate and Improve Faculty
Performance: Results from a School of Business Administration, Journal on Excellence in
College Teaching, (forthcoming Vol. 8, No. 2, Summer, 1997), Hamilton, J.B. III, Smith, M.,
Heady, R.B., and P.P. Carson.
Professional Standards for Joint Authorship and the Assigning of Credit for Joint Publications,
Professional Ethics, Vol. 5: no. 3 (forthcoming), Greco, A.J., Hamilton, J.B. III and J.R. Tanner.
Ethical Standards for Business Lobbying: Some Practical Suggestions,Business Ethics Quarterly,
Vol. 7: no. 3 (July) 1997, 117-129, Hamilton, J.B. III and D. Hoch.
Ethical Questions Regarding Joint Authorship: Business and Non-Business Faculty Responses to
the Addition of a Non-Contributing Author in Joint Research and Writing Endeavors, Journal of
Education for Business, Vol.72: no. 6 (July/August) 1997, 325-330, Hamilton, J.B. III, Greco,
A., and J. Tanner.
An Essay on When to Fully Disclose in Sales Relationships: Applying Two Practical Guidelines
for Addressing Truth-Telling Problems in Business, The Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 16 No.
5 (April 1997), 545-560, Strutton, D., Hamilton, J.B. III, and J. Lumpkin.
SWIFT, A Software Program for the Analysis of Written Comments, Journal of Education in
Business, Vol 71: no.6 (July/August) 1996, 354-358, Smith, M., Heady, R., Hamilton, J.B. III,
and P.P. Carson.
The Effect of Published Reports of Unethical Conduct on Stock Price, The Journal of Business Ethics, Vol.15 No. 12 (December 1996), pp.1321-1330, 1996, Rao, S. and Hamilton, J.B. III.
Two Practical Guidelines for Truth-Telling in Business, Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 13 No.
11 (November 1994), pp.889-912, Hamilton, J.B. III and Strutton, D.
Do Shareholder Resolutions Influence Corporate Ethics?, Southeastern Journal of Legal Studies in Business, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Spring, 1994), pp.1-18, Hoch, D. & Hamilton, J.B.III.
Manuscripts Under Review:
The Hope and Limits of Legal Optimism, Business Ethics Quarterly, Hoch, D & J.B. Hamilton
III.
BASIC SCHOLARSHIP
Publications (Proceedings) at Academic Meetings
Business and Non-Business Faculty Perceptions of Ethical Considerations in Joint Research and
Writing Endeavors: A Case Study, Proceedings of Southern Management Association,
(November, 1994), pp. 385-387, Greco, A.J., Hamilton, J.B. III, and J. R. Tanner.
SWIFT, A Program for the Analysis of Written Comments: A Description, Empirical
Test, and Offer to Distribute, Proceedings of Southern Management Association,
(November, 1994), pp. 388-390, Smith, M., Heady, R.B., Hamilton, J.B. III, and P.P. Carson.
Criteria for Determining Why Corporate Ethics Codes Succeed or Fail, Special Panel on
Business Ethics, Proceedings of the Southwestern Marketing Association (March, 1993),
Hamilton, J.B. III.
A Philosophical Essay on Truth Telling in the Personal Selling Role, Proceedings of the
Southern Marketing Association, (October, 1992), Hamilton, J.B. III & Strutton, D.
Ethical Training in Selling and Sales Management: A Seven Step Approach, Proceedings, Phi Sigma Epsilon National Conference in Sales & Sales Management, (April, 1992), Rogers, H. P., Underwood, J. H. III, Hamilton, J. B. III. Abstracted in Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, (Summer) 1992.
Presentations at Academic Meetings
Developing a Community Based Program on End of Life Care, Annual Meeting of the
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, Dallas, Texas (March, 1998), Hamilton, J.B.
III.
Translating Traditional Ethical Principles to Build a Work Place Vocabulary, Conference on Ethics in Practice and the Professions sponsored by the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, Missoula, Montana (August 3-7,1997), Hamilton, J.B. III.
Ethical Dialogue as a Restraint on Business Lobbying: A Plausible Proposal? Annual Meeting
of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, Washington, D.C. (March, 1997),
Hamilton, J.B. III and D. Hoch.
The Effect of Law and Public Opinion on Corporate Ethics: An Environmental Example,
Meeting of the Southwest Association of Legal Studies in Business, San Antonio, Texas (March,
1996), Hamilton, J.B. III, and Hoch, D.
Professional Standards for Joint Authorship and the Assigning of Credit for Joint Publications:
An Empirical Search for Consensus Among Business Faculty, 5th Annual Meeting of the
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, St. Louis, Missouri (February, 1996),
Hamilton, J.B. III, Greco, T. and J. Tanner.
Improving the Dialogue Between Theory and Practice in Business Ethics:New Roles for
Academics and their Professional Associations, 4th Annual Meeting of the Association for
Practical and Professional Ethics, Washington, D.C. (March, 1995).
Truth-Telling and Full Disclosure in the Financial Services Professions: From a Five Factor
Analysis to Two Practical Guides for Conduct, National Conference on Ethical Issues in
Finance, University of Florida (January, 1995), Hamilton, J.B. III and Duggar, J.W.
Truth Telling and Full Disclosure, Panel Discussion, Mid-South Marketing Educators'
Conference, (April 1994).
From Snake Bite to Rheumatism: Two Heuristic Principles for Dealing with Honesty in Business.
Louisiana State Philosophy Convention, Louisiana State University, (October, 1992).
Two Practical Guidelines for Truth Telling in Business, 1st Annual Meeting, Association for
Practical & Professional Ethics, Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis (March,
1992).
Perspectives on Designing Your Own Medical Ethics Practicum, Louisiana State Philosophy
Convention, Louisiana State University, (October, 1981).
Dying as an Agent: Conflicts with the Medical Model, Southern Society for Philosophy and
Psychology (April, 1977).
Dying as an Agent: An Appraisal of the Possibilities, Presidential Address to the Alabama
Philosophical Society, Tuskegee Institute (Fall,1976).
Commentary on Robert Neville's 'The Concept of Health,' Conference on the Problems of the
City, University of Alabama in Birmingham (July,1976).
On the Several Logics of Moral Language, Philosophy Department, University of California,
Irvine (Spring, 1973).
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Research Contracts and Grants, University of Southwestern Louisiana: Summer Research Grant (1996)
Tuskegee Institute: Spencer Foundation Grant for Faculty Research, To Observe Primary Care
and Hospital Medicine to Determine the Value of Such Practical Experience for Teaching
Medical Ethics, a practicum spent at University of Alabama's Birmingham Medical Center and
Huntsville Family Practice Residency Program. 1976 - 1977.
APPLIED SCHOLARSHIP
Presentations at Non-Academic Meetings
Panel on Ethical Issues, Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Lafayette XII
Mid-Year Retreat, (January, 1998).
Giving Care at the End of Life: How Can Physicians, Hospitals, and Our Community
Do Better? Inaugural lecture for the J.J.Burdin MD and Helen B. Burdin LEQSF Regents
Professorship in Professional Ethics, sponsored by the Continuing Medical Education Committee
of Acadiana and Lafayette General Medical Center, (October, 1997).
Medical Ethics Decision Making, Certification Program for Medical Group Managers,
(September, 1997).
Current Issues in Medical Ethics, Leadership Lafayette Class of 1997, Greater Lafayette
Chamber of Commerce and University Medical Center (May, 1997).
Ethics for Human Resource Managers, Training and Development Certificate Program,
sponsored by U.S.L. School of Business, (April 1997).
The Use of Advance Directives in Medical Ethics Decision Making, Medical Staff of Doctor's
Hospital of Opelousas, (April, 1997).
Medical Ethics in Hospital Care, Medical Center of Southwest Louisiana Nursing Service,
(February 1997).
Role of the Ethics Committee and Nursing Service in Care at the End of Life, University Medical
Center Nursing Service, (January 1997). Video taped for use in ongoing training program.
Medical Ethics Decision Making, Certification Program for Medical Group Managers,
(September, 1996).
Ethical Issues in Human Resource Development, Training and Development Certificate Program,
sponsored by U.S.L. School of Business, (April and November 1995 and 1996).
Principles for Medical Ethics Decision Making, Hospital Ethics Committee, Opelousas General
Hospital, (October, 1995).
Decisions Near Death: the Importance of Living Wills in Planning Your Future, Rotary Club of
Lafayette, (January, 1995).
Professional Responsibility for Agents & Brokers, Four-hour seminar sponsored by Lafayette
Parish Insurance Exchange and University of Southwestern Louisiana College of Business,
(September, 1994).
Ethics in Hospital Administration, and Decision Making in the Health Care Reform Debate,
Business and Industry Training Seminars for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital administrative staff,
(May and June, 1994).
Decisions Near the End of Life, Lafayette Parish Medical Society, (March, 1994)
Legal Ethics as Ethics: On Being a Good Person as a Lawyer, Criminal Litigation Seminar,
Louisiana Public Defenders Association, (November, 1993).
A Basic Tool Kit for Making Ethical Decisions, American Association of University Women,
Crowley Louisiana Chapter, (January, 1993).
Professional Responsibility for Agents & Brokers, Four hour seminar presentation sponsored by
Lafayette Parish Insurance Exchange and University of Southwestern Louisiana College of
Business, (February, 1992).
Ethics for Profit and Happiness in Your Own Business, Service Corps of Retired Executives
Association's Conference on How to Start Your Own Business, (March, 1992).
Agathos (Kingly') and the Irritating Thing About Being Ethically Correct, Address to Phi Kappa
Phi Annual Initiation, University of Southwestern Louisiana, (April, 1992).
Professional Ethics for Architects, Southwestern Louisiana Chapter, American Institute of
Architects, (October, 1991).
Ethical Decisions in the Workplace, Southwest District of the Louisiana Medical Records
Association, (October, 1991).
Foundations for Contemporary Business Ethics. Address to Faculty Discussion Group,
University of Southwestern Louisiana, (March, 1990).
Perspectives on the Louisiana Natural Death Act, Acadiana Association for Women Attorneys,
(Fall, 1988).
Beyond "Liberal" and "Conservative." The Importance of Ideology in Forging a
Political Consensus. Honors Program, University of Southwestern Louisiana, (February, 1987).
Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Christian Morality, St. Peter and Paul Parish, (March, 1986).
Professional Ethics in Chiropractic Health Care, Chiropractic Association of Louisiana, District
5, (March, 1985).
Sales Incentives or Kickbacks: Where do you draw the line? Breakfast Forum for Business
People, (November, 1984).
Ethical and Biblical Foundations of Christian Morality, Bishop Jeanmard Center Lenten Series,
(March, 1983).
Toward a New Model of the Doctor-Patient Relationship, University of Southwestern Louisiana
Conference for Medical Assistants, (May, 1980).
Contemporary Medical Ethics, Three one-hour presentations, Our Lady of Fatima Parish,
(Spring, 1978).
Sanity and Insanity: Human values in the contemporary world, Our Lady of Fatima Parish
Adult Education Program, (Fall, 1971).
Consulting Activities
Ethics Consultant to Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Internal Medicine and
Family Practice Residency Programs, University Medical Center, Lafayette, Louisiana (1987 -
present).
Chair, University Medical Center Hospital Medical Ethics Committee and Institutional Review
Board (1989 - present).
Ethics Consultant to Medical Center of Southwest Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana. Chair,
Hospital Ethics Committee and Institutional Review Board (1994 - present).
Ethics Consultant to Women's and Children's Hospital, Lafayette, Louisiana Chair, Hospital Ethics Committee and Institutional Review Board (1995 - present).
Management Consultant to Elks Concrete Products, Inc., Lafayette, Louisiana (1991 - present).
Member, National Board of Consultants, the National Endowment for the Humanities
(1977 - 1981).
National Endowment for Humanities Consultant for Humanities Program, Barber-Scotia College
(Fall, 1977).
National Endowment for Humanities Site Visit Team, Spelman College (Spring, 1976).
Visiting Evaluator, Tuskegee Institute Division of Humanities, National Endowment for the
Humanities Development Grant (May, 1978 and April, 1981).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Participation at Meetings and Conferences
Program Chair, Discussant, Society for Business Ethics, session chair (August 1995).
Mid-South Marketing Educators' Conference, Panel Discussion on Truth Telling and Full
Disclosure, (April 1994).
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics:
Reviewer
The Journal of Business Ethics (1996)
Business and its Environment, (2nd Edition), David P. Baron, Prentice Hall, 1995.
The Management Challenge, (3rd Edition), James M. Higgins, Prentice Hall, forthcoming.
Academy of Business Administration, 1994 Global Business Trends Conference (Fall, 1994).
INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Instructional Materials and Manuals
Business Ethics Decision Making, a 51 page set of class notes to aid students in Professional Ethics and Business and Society in using ethical theories to make business decisions. Fall, 1991 with revisions each semester.
Papers Presented at Faculty Workshops
Teaching Excellence Seminar. Organized seminar and presented two of four one-hour sessions for 30 faculty from College of Business, (September, 1992).
Business Ethics Decision Making. Taught four one and a half hour sessions on integrating ethics into business classes for 35 faculty from College of Business, (September, 1991).
Instructional Development Grants
University of Southwestern Louisiana
Faculty Development Grant to bring Dr. Rogene Buchholz, Legendre-Soule, Professor of
Business Ethics, Loyola University for a workshop for College of Business and College of
Engineering faculty on teaching environmental ethics, (February, 1995), Hamilton, J.B. III and
Hoch, M.D.
Faculty Development Grant to bring Dr. Patricia Werhane, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, for workshop on teaching business ethics and a presentation in the Distinguished Speaker Series, (March, 1995), Hamilton, J.B.III and Rogers, H.B.
Faculty Development Grant for workshop by Dr.Harvey Brightman, Georgia State University School of Business, on "Using Group Learning Techniques to Raise the Level of Learning in the Classroom," (March, 1993).
Instructional Development Grant to fund training in the use of advanced authoring systems to write computer based multi-media program for teaching business ethics decision making, (Spring, 1993), Gaudet, C.and Hamilton, J.B.III.
Instructional Improvement Mini-Grant to purchase software for the development of a computer
based multi-media program for teaching business ethics decision making, (Fall, 1991), Hamilton,
J.B.III. and Knouse, S.B.
Tuskegee Institute
"Philosophy, Humanities and the Black Experience," Program Grant funded by the National
Endowment for the Humanities (1974 - 1977).
Pilot Program for teaching interdisciplinary History and Philosophy of Science, funded by the National Science Foundation (1976 - 1977), Rickertsen, B.A. and Hamilton, J.B. III.
"Philosophy and Black Experience," Project Grant funded by the National Endowment for the
Humanities (1972 - 1973).
New Course Development
Philosophy 316, Professional Ethics, offered each semester, Spring 1990 to present.
Management 460, Seminar on International Ethics Codes & Enforcement Mechanisms, Spring
1998
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
A Minute Manager Does Ethics: A Practical Guide to Making Ethical Decisions within the Time Allowed in Business and Professional Life.
An Ethics Vocabulary that Will Work in Business Settings.
The Use of Vignettes in Ethics Research: A Cautionary Note.
"All the other ratings are for grades. Ethics you take pass-fail": Practical Guidelines for Giving
an Integrity' Rating to Employees in a Fortune 500 Company.
INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Departmental Service
Management Department, Student Recruitment and Promotion Committee, Member (1992 - present).
Department Head's Advisory Committee, Member (1995 - present).
Management Faculty Recruiting Committee, Member (1991- 1992)
College Service
Teaching Excellence/Instructional Responsibilities Committee, Chairman (1992 - present).
Developed Peer Evaluation of Instruction Program for College of Business Faculty. Developed Senior Exit Questionnaire Program for Faculty Improvement and Evaluation (1993 - Present).
College Curriculum Committee (1994 - present).
Graduate Studies Committee (1996 - present).
Speakers/Business Executive Committee (1991-92).
Coordinator for business ethics instruction in College of Business. Advise colleagues on material for integrating ethics into business courses and give guest lectures, (1991 - present).
Selection Committee for College Candidate for USL Teaching Award and Teaching Excellence Award for College of Business (Spring 1998).
Campus representative for Arthur Andersen Business Ethics Program, (1992-1996). Attended coordinators workshop, (July 1992).
Presentation to College of Business faculty on using concept maps to raise the level of learning in college classes, (Fall, 1996).
Organized Master Teaching Workshop by Dr. Harvy Brightman & Dr. Yezdi Bhada of Georgia State University for College faculty, (December 15 & 16, 1994).
Introduction of Commencement Speaker, Hon. Mary L. Landrieu, Louisiana State Treasurer, (May, 1994).
Responsible for writing portions of AACSB Self-Study Document. Gave presentation at College of Business accreditation retreat, (1993 - 1994).
Presentation to College of Business faculty on the role of peer evaluation and other outcomes assessment mechanisms in the continuous improvement of teaching, (Fall, 1993).
With Dr. Hudson Rogers, coordinated visit of Dr. Manuel G. Velasquez, Santa Clara University, for a presentation in the Distinguished Speaker Series, an address to business leaders on ethics, a demonstration class, and a faculty workshop on integrating ethics into business classes, (Fall, 1992).
University Service University of Southwestern Louisiana: Institutional Review Board. Member, (1991 - present).
Care at the End of Life: How Can Doctors, Hospitals and Our CommunityDo Better? Presentation to graduate nursing seminar, (February, 1998).
Professional Ethics for Engineers. Presentation to Senior Civil-Engineering Seminar, (November, 1993).
Architectural Ethics from an International Perspective. Presentation to School of Architecture seminar, (October, 1993, April 1995 and 1997).
Ethics Presentation to graduate Human Resources Seminar, (October 1991).
Tuskegee Institute
Affirmative Action Committee, (1973 - 1977).
Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows coordinator, (1974 - 1977).
Economic Development Activities
Ethics for Profit and Happiness in Your Own Business, Service Corps of Retired Executives Association's Conference on How to Start Your Own Business, (March, 1992).
Professional Activities for Community Organizations
Acadiana Area-wide Optimum Care Committee, Founding member and Chair, (1997- present).
Institutional Review Board, Lafayette General Hospital.
Medical ethics member, (1989 - present).
Common Cause/Louisiana. Board Member, (1989 - 1996). State Chairman, (1992 - 1993).
Municipal Government Employees Civil Service Board, City of Lafayette, Louisiana. Chairman, (1981 - 1990).
The Fine Arts Foundation, Board of Directors. Vice-President and Board Member, (1980 - 1984).
The Rotary Club of Lafayette, (1977 - 1990).
Paul Harris Fellow, U.S.L. Scholarship Committee member.
Georgetown University Alumni Admissions Program Interviewer, 1979 - present.
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Married to Susan Sprague Hamilton, two children.
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