Professor Norman (Ph.D. London School of Economics, 1988) arrived at Duke in 2007, and divides his time between Philosophy and the Kenan Institute for Ethics. He previously held Chairs in Business Ethics at the Université de Montréal and the University of British Columbia, and before that taught at the University of Ottawa and the University of Western Ontario. He has held visiting appointments in six countries, and been published in 10 languages. He has taught mainly in philosophy departments, but also in an MBA program, and a political science department. He plays blues guitar with more enthusiasm than technique, feeling most at home in some of the more obscure corners of the Bob Dylan songbook.
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- Specialties:
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Political Philosophy
Ethics
- Research Interests: Business Ethics, Political Philosophy
- Professor Norman (Ph.D. London School of Economics, 1988) arrived at Duke in 2007. He divides his time between Philosophy and the Kenan Institute for Ethics. He previously held Chairs in Business Ethics at the Université de Montréal and the University of British Columbia, and before that taught at the University of Ottawa and the University of Western Ontario. He has held visiting appointments in six countries and been published in 10 languages. He has taught mainly in philosophy departments, but also in an MBA program, and a political science department. He plays blues guitar with more enthusiasm than technique, feeling most at home in some of the more obscure corners of the Bob Dylan songbook.
Most of Norman's recent research falls under two broad headings:
Business Ethics, including critical evaluations of stakeholder theory, corporate citizenship, corporate social responsibility, the so-called "triple bottom line", and conflicts of interest. He is currently co-editing a special issue of Business Ethics Quarterly on the implications for business ethics of recent developments in the theory of the firm.
Political Philosophy, where he has published extensively on nationalism, citizenship, constitutionalism, federalism, secession, and multiculturalism.
Selected Recent Publications (5 books, 65+ articles):
SELECTED BOOKS- Negotiating Nationalism: Nation-building, Federalism, and Secession in the Multinational State, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. xxi + 250.
- D. Karmis and W. Norman (eds), Theories of Federalism, New York: Palgrave-Macmillan Publishing, 2005, pp. xiv + 325.
- W. Kymlicka and W. Norman (eds), Citizenship in Diverse Societies, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, pp. xii + 444.
SELECTED ARTICLES- Pierre-Yves Néron and W. Norman, "Corporations as Citizens: Political not Metaphorical, A Reply to Critics," Business Ethics Quarterly, January 2008.
- Pierre-Yves Néron and W. Norman, "Citizenship Inc.: Do we really want businesses to be good corporate citizens?," Business Ethics Quarterly, January 2008.
- J. Heath and W. Norman, "Stakeholder Theory, Corporate Governance and Public Management: what can the history of state-run enterprises teach us in the post-Enron era?," Journal of Business Ethics 53, 2004: 247-265.
- W. Norman and C. MacDonald, "Getting to the Bottom of Triple Bottom Line," Business Ethics Quarterly 14/2, 2003: 243-262.