O. C. Ferrell is The James T. Pursell Sr. Eminent Scholar Chair in Ethics and Director of the Center for Ethical Organizational Cultures, Auburn University. He served as the Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Belmont University and University Distinguished Professor of Marketing at the Anderson School of Management at University of New Mexico. He has also taught at University of Wyoming, Colorado State University, University of Memphis, Texas A&M University, Illinois State University and Southern Illinois University. He received his Ph.D. in marketing from Louisiana State University.He is past president of the Academic Council of the American Marketing Association and chaired the American Marketing Association Ethics Committee that developed the AMA Code of Ethics and the AMA Code of Ethics for Marketing on the Internet. He is also a former member of the Academy of Marketing Science Board of Governors and is a Society of Marketing Advances and Southwestern Marketing Association Fellow and an Academy of Marketing Science Distinguished Fellow. He was vice president of publications and is president-elect for the Academy of Marketing Science. He has received numerous awards, including the first recipient of the Marketing Education Innovation Award from the Marketing Management Association, a Lifetime Achievement Award from Macromarketing Society, an Southeast Doctoral Consortium award for service to doctoral students, the Harold Berkman Lifetime Service Award from the Academy of Marketing Science and the Cutco/Vector Distinguished Marketing Educator Award.Dr. Ferrell has co-authored 20 books and more than 100 articles and papers in journals such as Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Research, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science and Journal of Public Policy & Marketing.
John Fraedrich, Ph.D. received his degrees from Brigham Young and Texas A&M University and is the Jannetides Professor of Business Ethics at Southern Illinois University. He has written more than 50 books, articles, and proceedings, mostly related to the application of ethics and values, and has represented academia at the ambassador level in Washington D.C. He is considered one of the top global ethics researchers. Dr. Fraedrich has the distinction of being one of 50 marketing ethics professors selected to participate in the International Consortium on Ethics and Social Responsibility. On a global level, he has helped affect business ethics dialogue as the only ethics professor invited by a former U.S. Secretary of State to participate in an executive seminar on globalization and its implications and challenges for societies, corporate responsibility, and public policy. This seminar included ambassadors and economic ministers from Argentina, Australia, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Germany, the Republic of Georgia, Lesotho, Mexico, Peru, and Poland, as well as Fortune 100 firms such as Raytheon, Lockheed-Martin, and Sumitomo Corporation. Dr. Fraedrich has also taught for the Department of the Army at the General Officer level concerning "The Consequences of Power." His class included 13 Brigadier Generals as well as five-star generals. He is also author of an integrated application-oriented ethics software for academics and Fortune 500 corporations.
Linda Ferrell, Ph.D., is professor and Chair of the Marketing Department at Auburn University. She was Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Business Ethics at Belmont University. Prior to serving at Belmont University she was a professor of marketing and Creative Enterprise Scholar with the University of New Mexico's Anderson School of Management. She co-managed two-$1.25 million grants for business ethics education through the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at the University of New Mexico. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Memphis and an M.B.A. and B.S. in Fashion Merchandising from Illinois State University. She has published in Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, AMS Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, Journal of Business Research, as well as others. She has co- authored numerous books including BUSINESS AND SOCIETY, MANAGEMENT, and INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS. Professionally, Dr. Ferrell served as an advertising account executive with McDonalds' and Pizza Hut's advertising agencies in Houston, Indianapolis and Philadelphia. She was recently honored as the Innovative Marketer of the Year by the Marketing Management Association. Dr. Ferrell is on the Board of Directors of Mannatech in Dallas, a NASDAQ-listed health and wellness company. She serves on the Board of the NASBA, Center for the Public Trust. She serves on the Executive Committee, Board, and Academic Advisory Committee of the Direct Selling Education Foundation. She is on the Cutco/Vector College Advisory Board. She is immediate Past President of the Academy of Marketing Science and Past President of the Marketing Management Association. Dr. Ferrell also serves as an expert witness in ethics and legal disputes.
