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 Contact:
Email: cording@rice.edu
Office
Room 346
Mailstop: 531
Phone: 713-348-4284 |
Teaching Areas:
Business Ethics, Strategy Affiliations:
Member
Academy of Management - Business Policy & Strategy Division
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Academy of Management - Social Issues in Management Division
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International Association of Business and Society
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Society for Business Ethics
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Strategic Management Society
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Grants:
Organizational Integrity & Acquisition Performance The Olson Center for Ethics, University of Virginia
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| Education:
| B.B.A. (1983) Temple University, Philadelphia | | M.B.A. (1989) The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | | Ph.D. (2004) Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia |
Bio Statement:
Dr. Cording joined the faculty at the Jones School in July 2003. She received her Ph.D. in Management from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia. She earned an M.B.A. at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where she was a fellow in the Wharton Executive MBA Program. Margaret earned a B.B.A. in finance and economics at Temple University.
Her research explores the linkages between strategy and business ethics, management of the post-acquisition integration process, and the measurement of firm performance.
Prior to pursuing her Ph.D., Margaret was a Managing Director at The Chase Manhattan Bank (now JP Morgan Chase) where she was responsible for managing the Foreign Exchange Sales business. During her 14 year tenure at Chase, Margaret was also responsible for the development and management of a program to improve the strategic relevance, risk-adjusted economic performance, productivity and efficiency of a diverse set of businesses, including capital markets globally and wholesale banking activities in Europe and Asia.
Research Statement:
* Publications:
Journal Articles
| Cording, Margaret, Petra Christmann, David R. King. 2007. "Linking Acquisition Integration and Performance in Horizontal Acquisitions: The Mediating Role of Intermediate Goals." Forthcoming in the Academy of Management Journal
| Schuler, Douglas A. and Cording, Margaret P. 2005. "A Corporate Social Performance - Corporate Financial Performance Behavioral Model for Consumers." Academy of Management Review
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Books
| Donaldson, T., P. H. Werhane, and M. P. Cording (eds.). 2002. Ethical Issues in Business: A Philosophical Approach. Prentice-Hall
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Book Chapters
| Cording, Margaret, Freeman, R. Edward, Martin, K., Parmar, B., Werhane, P.H.. 2007. "Leading Through Values and Ethical Principles." Inspiring Leaders London Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, plc
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Research in Progress:
Cording, Margaret, Douglas A. Schuler and Petra Christmann."Fair Trade: Integrating Ethics and Economics."
| Cording, Margaret P., and D. Brent Smith."Justice by Proxy: The Impact of Value Consistent with Customers on Employee Behavior."
| Cording, Margaret, Christmann, Petra and Weigelt, Carmen."Measuring an Elusive Construct Called Acquisition Performance: A methodological comparison."
| Cording, Margaret and D. Brent Smith."Organizational Support to Employees and Acquisition Performance."
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