Biographical Prcis Kevin T. Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

, is respected as a leading world scholar in global economic governance, international business ethics, sustainability and philosophy of law. His research papers have been published in top-tier journals, among them Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, Brooklyn Journal of International Law, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy and Law and Philosophy. Dr. Jackson is the author of three books. His Charting Global Responsibilities: Legal Philosophy and Human Rights (University Press of America, 1994) was presented as a gift to His Holiness the Dalai Lama by the U.S. State Department. The book was praised it for its "fascinating chapters, felicitous expositions and fundamental thinking," noting that "it is critical that [reading] this volume become a high-priority task of avant-garde jurists." Another book, Building Reputational Capital (Oxford University Press, 2004) represents a significant contribution to scholarship on how reputation, as a type of soft power intertwines with political, legal, economic and moral issues particularly in the global public realm and offers strategies for corporations and business people seeking to protect and increase their intangible assets. Dr. Jackson's most recent book, Virtuosity in Business (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012) calls on business leaders and executives to expand their thinking by appreciating the profound relevance to business and economics of areas normally reserved for the liberal arts, such as philosophy and music. Currently the Daniel Janssen Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility at Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management of the Universit Libre de Bruxelles, Dr. Jackson is also a Professor of Law and Ethics at Fordham University Graduate School of Business as well as Academic Director of the international division's Three-Continent Master's in Global Management, and Director of European Initiatives at Fordham London Centre in the United Kingdom. Dr. Jackson also is a senior fellow with the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, New Jersey. Dr. Jackson taught at Georgetown University in 1990 and 1991, at Peking University in 1999 and 2000, and at Princeton University from 2006 through 2008. He has delivered seminars on leadership, sustainability, business ethics, law, corporate governance, and global CSR for organizations and leaders worldwide, and he has been a frequent commentator on the CBS Evening News, CNN, Fox News and National Public Radio. Dr. Jackson is active in classical music and jazz through piano performing, composing and improvising.