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Edward J. Romar, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Management
617-287-7884
edward.romar@umb.edu

 


EducationProfessor Romar
Ph.D., City University of New York
B.A., University of Massachusetts Boston

Areas of Expertise
Business Ethics, Business-to-Business Marketing

Background
Dr. Romar was employed for many years at IBM, where he held more progressively responsible marketing positions. He has also operated a small consulting practice specializing in providing strategy and business development services to small technology companies. He joined the CM faculty in 1995.

Courses Taught
Managerial Ethics, Business Environment and Public Policy, Strategic Management, Managing Organizations and Principles of Marketing, Marketing Management, Business-to-Business E-Commerce

Research Interests
Business ethics, The uses of technology in marketing, The marketing of technology products

Selected Publications
Romar, Edward, “Snapshots of the Future: Darfur, Katrina, and Maple Sugar (Climate Change, The Less Well-Off and Business Ethics),” forthcoming, Journal of Business Ethics.

Romar, Edward, J. (2008), “Noble Markets: The Noble/Slave Ethic in Hayek’s Free Market Capitalism,” Online, forthcoming hard copy, Journal of Business Ethics

Romar, Edward J. and Gavriel Meirovich (2006), “The Difficulty of Implementing TQM in Higher Education Instruction: The Duality of Student/Instructor Roles,” Journal of Quality Assurance in Education, Vol. 14,
No 4.

Romar , Edward J., Managerial Harmony: The Confucian Ethics of Peter F. Drucker, in John C. Wood and Michael C. Wood eds., (2005), Peter F Drucker: Critical Evaluations, Routledge, London , England.

Romar, Edward J. and Gavriel Meirovich (2005), “Confucianism as an Ethical Foundation for Total Quality Management,” Business and Professional Ethics Journal, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Romar, Edward J., "Globalization, Ethics and Opportunism: A Confucian View of Business Relationships," Business Ethics Quarterly, V. 14, N. 4, Fall 2004.

Romar, Edward J., “Virtue is Good Business: Confucianism as a Practical Managerial Ethic,”
Journal of Business Ethics, 38: 19 119-131, 2002.

Honors
Spring 2009, Fulbright Scholar, University of Pannonia, Veszprem, Hungary

Summer 2008, Visiting Professor, International Summer Program, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.


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