Expertise

Regulation (REG)

Education

J. D. from Brigham Young University
B.S in Finance at Brigham Young University

Experience

Professor of Legal and Ethical Studies in Business at Arizona State University
MBA graduate course instructor in business ethics and the legal environment of business

Overview

Marianne Jennings is a legal and ethical studies in business professor in the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, where she also teaches MBA graduate courses in business ethics and the legal environment of business. She has been a Dean’s Council of 100 Distinguished Scholars at ASU since 1995.

Her previous positions include Professor Emeritus of Legal and Ethical Studies in Business at Arizona State University, Faculty director for the MBA Executive Program at Arizona State University, and Director of the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics at Arizona State University. From 2015-2019, she was an affiliated scholar with the Center for the Study of Economic Liberty at Arizona State University. She received her B.S. in Finance and her J.D. from Brigham Young University.

Marianne Jennings is an award-winning author and has published hundreds of articles in academic, professional, and trade journals. Currently, she has six textbooks and monographs in circulation, and her books have been translated into five languages. In 2006, her article, Ethics and Investment Management: True Reform, was selected by the United Kingdom Emerald Management Review from 15,000 articles in 400 journals as one of the top 50 articles in 2005. She’s been published in places such as the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, Washington Post, and the Reader’s Digest.

Highlights

Acknowledgments:Professor of the Year in the College of Business at ASU in 1981, 1987, 2000, and 2010
Recipient of a Burlington Northern teaching excellence award at ASU in 1985
A Top 100 Thought Leader by Trust Across America in 2010
One of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics by Ethisphere in 2012
Arizona Press Club award for her work as a feature columnist in 1994
Her article, Ethics and Investment Management: True Reform, was selected by the United Kingdom Emerald Management Review from 15,000 articles in 400 journals as one of the top 50 articles in 2005
Her book, A Business Tale: A Story of Ethics, Choices, Success, and a Very Large Rabbit, a fable about business ethics, was chosen by Library Journal as its business book of the year in 2004
Her book, Business Strategy for the Political Arena, was selected by Library Journal as one of its recommended books in business/government relations in 1985
Publications:“The ninth edition of her Business Ethics was published in 2017 and its 10th edition will be published in 2022.
Seven Signs of Ethical Collapse is used as an audit tool and a primer on corporate culture.
Previous Positions:Professor Emeritus of Legal and Ethical Studies in Business at Arizona State University
Faculty director for the MBA Executive Program at Arizona State University
Director of the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics at Arizona State University
Served as then-Governor Bruce Babbitt’s appointee to the Arizona Corporation Commission in 1984-85
Appointed by then-Governor Jane Dee Hull to the Arizona Commission on Character in 1999
Served on the board of directors for Arizona Public Service (now Pinnacle West Capital Corporation), the owner of the Palo Verde Nuclear Station, from 1987 through 2000
Affiliated scholar with the Center for the Study of Economic Liberty at Arizona State University
Consultant for law firms, government agencies, businesses and professional groups including AES, AICPA, Allstate, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Boeing, Coca-Cola, Department of Energy, IBM, Institute of Internal Auditors, Mattel, Motorola, Pfizer, Toyota, U.S. Navy, and Veterans Administration.