Brevard College Professor Invited to Attend Oxford Round Table On Ethics

Brevard College Associate Professor of Business & Organizational Leadership Barbara Boerner will travel to England this month to participate in an upcoming Oxford Round Table on ethics.

Boerner, who has taught at Brevard College since 1998, is one of 30 academic, business and government leaders from around the world who received an invitation to discuss “Ethics: The Convolution of Contemporary Values.” The Round Table will be held March 22-27 at Lincoln College in the University of Oxford. During the Round Table, Boerner will present her paper on “Organizational Responsibility for Ethical Behavior: How a Learning Organization Instills Ethical Culture.” Papers presented at the Round Table may be subsequently submitted for publication in the Forum on Public Policy, a journal of the Oxford Round Table. The Forum is published in both hard copy and online formats. Papers considered for publication in the Forum are evaluated by peer reviewers as to technical and substantive quality and for potential to make a significant contribution to new knowledge in the field.

The Oxford Round Table celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. It was founded as a colloquium for small groups of governmental leaders and academics to engage in discussions of contemporary public policy issues that affect states and nations. Alumni of the Round Table include professors, university presidents and vice-chancellors, lawyers, physicians and ministers of education from many countries and institutions throughout the world.

Round Table participants are selected after a screening process. They can be nominated by previous participants or directors, from recognized presentations and awards from state and national organizations or be a representative of a successful university or school district.

Boerner, who has presented papers at international conferences in Rome, Italy and Athens, Greece, is a Doctor of Business Administration candidate in International Business at Argosy University; and holds a master’s degree in business administration from Loyola University; a master’s degree in education from The American University; and a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro.