Business Law: Principles for Today''s Commercial Environment

About David TwomeyMarianne JenningsStephanie Greene

Professor Marianne Jennings is an emeritus professor of legal and ethical studies in business from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University (ASU). She was named professor of the year in the College of Business in 1981 1987 2000 and 2010 and was the recipient of a Burlington Northern teaching excellence award in 1985. She served as director of the Joan and David Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics at ASU from 1995-1999. From 2006-2007 she served as the faculty director for the M.B.A. Executive Program. She took emeritus status in 2015 but continues to teach graduate courses in business ethics and ethical culture at ASU and other colleges around the country. She is also an instructor and mentor for Wileys CPAExcel review course. Professor Jennings has authored hundreds of articles in academic professional and trade journals. She was named one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders by Trust Across America in 2010. In 2012 she was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics by Ethisphere magazine. Her columns have been syndicated around the country and her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal the Chicago Tribune the New York Times Washington Post and the Reader's Digest. She has been a commentator on business issues on All Things Considered for National Public Radio. She has appeared on CNBC CBS This Morning the Today Show and CBS Evening News. Professor Jennings earned her undergraduate degree in finance and her J. D. from Brigham Young University. She has done consulting work for law firms government agencies businesses and professional groups including Allstate Amgen AstraZeneca Blue Cross Blue Shield Boeing Bristol-Myers Squibb Coca-Cola Department of Energy Department of Interior Dial Corporation DuPont IBM Institute of Internal Auditors Mattel Motorola Southern California Edison Pfizer and Toyota. Professor Stephanie Greene has been a member of the faculty at the Boston College Carroll School of Management since 1995. She currently serves as professor and chair of the business law department. She has served as editor-in-chief of the American Business Law Journal and the Journal of Legal Studies Education. Professor Greene has published numerous articles on employment law and intellectual property law with recent publications appearing in the American Business Law Journal and the Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. A member of the Massachusetts Bar Professor Greene earned her undergraduate degree in Slavic languages and literature at Princeton University and her J.D. from Boston College Law School. Professor David Twomey has been a member of the business law department in the Carroll School of Management at Boston College since 1968. As department chair for more than a decade and a multi-term chair of the schools Education Policy Committee Professor Twomey has served as a spokesperson for a strong legal and ethical component in both the undergraduate and graduate curriculum. He is the author of 36 editions of textbooks on labor employment and business law topics. His articles have appeared in journals such as Bests Review The American Business Law Journal The Labor Law Journal The Massachusetts Law Quarterly The Florida Bar Journal and The Business Law Review. Professor Twomey has served as arbitrator in more than 2000 labor-management disputes throughout the country. His service includes appointments by Presidents Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush William J. Clinton George W. Bush and Barack Obama to nine Presidential Emergency Boards whose recommendations served as the basis for the resolution of major disputes in the rail and airline industries. After service in the U.S. Marine Corps Professor Twomey graduated from Boston College earned his M.B.A. at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a J.D. degree at Boston College Law School. He is a member of the Massachusetts and Florida Bars and a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators.