J.S. Nelson

Harvard Law School

1563 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

Harvard Business School

Boston, MA 02163

United States

Villanova Law School (on leave 2021-23)

Professor of Law

299 N. Spring Mill Road

Villanova, PA 19085

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Villanova School of Business

Management & Operations (Courtesy Appointment)

800 Lancaster Avenue

Villanova, PA 19085-1678

United States

Institute for Corruption Studies

Stevenson Hall 425

Normal, IL 61790-4200

United States

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Scholarly Papers (25)

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1.

The Criminal Bug: Volkswagen's Middle Management

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 19 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2016
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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Volkswagen, VW, scandal, emissions, defeat device, emissions-control, case study, middle management, management, insulation, entrenchment, coordination, fraud, large-scale wrongdoing, disclosure-based regulation, drive, suppress, dissent, patterns, multinational, cat-and-mouse game, repeat behavior

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The Future of Corporate Criminal Liability: Watching the ESG Space

J.S. Nelson, The Future of Corporate Criminal Liability: Watching the ESG Space
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 31 May 2022
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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Corporate Criminal Liability, ESG, environmental, social, governance, climate change, corporate response, corporate promises, fraud, misrepresentation, prosecution, U.S. law, international law, fundamental rights, international movements

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The Dark Side of Compliance

Cambridge Handbook on Compliance (2021)
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 16 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2022
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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compliance, data, monitoring, culture, norms, wrongdoing, wide-spread, corporate, corporations, board of directors, management, compliance officers, control, methods of control, pressure, incentives, goals

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Cryptocommunity Currencies

J.S. Nelson, Cryptocommunity Currencies, 105 Cornell L. Rev. 909 (2020).
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 11 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2020
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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cryptocurrency, cryptocurrencies, securities, commodities, currencies, regulation, sovereign, community

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Management Culture and Surveillance

43 Seattle U. L. Rev. 2, 631 (2020) (Berle XI symposium on Corporate Culture).
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 06 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2020
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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business ethics, management, surveillance, white collar crime, technology, history, privacy, autonomy, techniques

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'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Corporate Crime

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 08 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2017
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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Volkswagen, VW, multinational, scandal, emissions, defeat device, disclosure-based regulation, emissions-control, case study, middle management, management, insulation, coordination, fraud, large-scale wrongdoing, whistleblower, dissent, cat-and-mouse game, repeat behavior

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Corporate Criminal ESG

Iowa Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 10 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2023
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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ESG, fraud, business, international standards, white collar crime, business regulation, corporate criminal ESG

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The Normalization of Corruption

J.S. Nelson, The Normalization of Corruption, 25 Journal of Management Inquiry 5, 1 (Special Issue on Corruption, Management and Organizations), (2016)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 23 Nov 2016
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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behavioral theory, business and government/political economy, law, corporate social responsibility, ethics, corporate culture

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The Intracorporate Conspiracy Trap

36 Cardozo L. Rev. 3, 969 (2015).
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 10 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2015
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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Paper Dragon Thieves

105 Geo. L.J. 4, 871 (2017)
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 28 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2017
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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The Corporate Conspiracy Vacuum

Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 37, No. 249, 2015
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 29 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2016
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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Disclosure-Driven Crime

UC Davis Law Review, Vol. 52, No. 3, 2019
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 25 Feb 2019
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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Volkswagen, criminal conspiracy, willful blindness, willful blindness instructions, middle management, disclosure, widespread wrongdoing, corporate crime, emissions control, top executives, employee engagement

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The Corporate Shell Game

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 05 Feb 2016
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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Citizens United, corporate law, Hobby Lobby, criminal conspiracy, civil conspiracy, corporate conspiracy, Volkswagen, Libor, financial crisis, DOJ, SEC, securities fraud, securities crime, intracorporate conspiracy, wrongdoing, corporate social responsibility, paper dragon, animation

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Corporate Governance as a Source of Competitive Advantage

J.S. Nelson, Corporate Governance as a Source of Competitive Advantage, in LAW & MANAGEMENT; Forthcoming
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 03 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2023
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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The Conflict of Interest Inherent in a Corporation Paying for its Employee's Counsel: A Better Model for Preventing and Addressing Corporate Crime

Berkeley Business Law Journal, Vol. Network, No. Blog, 2013
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 29 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 05 Nov 2014
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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Protecting Employee Rights and Prosecuting Corporate Crimes: A Proposal for Criminal Cumis Counsel

Berkeley Business Law Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2013
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 29 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 05 Nov 2014
J.S. Nelson and Richard O. Parry
Harvard Law School and California State University, Fullerton
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Law, Management, and Strategy: Collapsing Boundaries and Managing the Interstices

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 23 Aug 2017
Adam J. Sulkowski, Constance E Bagley, J.S. Nelson, Inara Scott, Paul Shrivastava and Sandra Waddock
Babson College, Copenhagen Business School, Harvard Law School, Oregon State University, College of Business, Concordia University, Quebec - John Molson School of Business and Boston College - Carroll School of Management
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law, management, strategy, interstices

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Bringing Ethics Back to Friedman's Call to Purpose for the Next 50 Years

U. Chicago ProMarket, 2020
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 02 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 11 May 2021
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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Milton Friedman, corporate purpose, shareholder primacy, unity, form, history, future

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Federal Courts — Proposed Changes to the Ninth Circuit and the Federal Courts of Appeals — Final Report of the Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals; and S. 253, the Ninth Circuit Reorganization Act

Harvard Law Review, Vol. 113, No. 3, p. 822, 2000
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 10 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 05 Nov 2014
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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Foreword to the 2021 Villanova Law Review Norman J. Shachoy Symposium: Practical Ethics in Corporate Law: The Science, Instruction and “Real-World” Application

J.S. Nelson, Foreword to 2021 Norman J. Shachoy Symposium, 66 Vill. L. Rev. 875 (2022).
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 20 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2022
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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ethics, business ethics, law practice, legal practice, professionalism, clients, employers, partnerships, law firms, behavioral ethics, behavioral science

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The Management Case for Inclusionary Corporate Purpose

The Management Case for Inclusionary Corporate Purpose, COLUM. L. SCH. BLUE SKY, Mar. 16, 2021.
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 14 May 2021
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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management, corporate purpose, shareholder primacy, Milton Friedman, inclusionary corporate purpose, employee engagement, discretionary effort, retention, profits, gains, innovation, motivation

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The Normalization of Corruption and Wells Fargo's 2 Million False Accounts

Management INK (Forthcoming)
Posted: 07 Dec 2016
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School

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behavioral theory, business and government/political economy, law, corporate social responsibility, ethics, corporate culture

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When Criminal Prosecution of a Business and its Employees Creates a Conflict of Interest: Does Independent Counsel Address the Conflict?

Journal of Legal Studies in Business, Forthcoming
Posted: 10 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 05 Nov 2014
J.S. Nelson and Richard O. Parry
Harvard Law School and California State University, Fullerton

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Faulty Liability Frameworks for Organizational Employees

Posted: 10 Sep 2014
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Harvard Law School

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Frustration with the Intracorporate Conspiracy Doctrine Distorts Other Areas of Law

Number of pages: 3 Posted: 21 Mar 2015
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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JPMorgan's Witness and the Holes in Corporate Criminal Law

Number of pages: 2 Posted: 21 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2016
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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Notes on the Origin of 'The Normalization of Corruption'

Management INK, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 19 Dec 2016
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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Law, Business, Government, Politics, Political Economy, Corruption, Ethics, Business, Norms, Social Theory, Courts

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The Ethical Slide, Train Tickets, and Helping the Next Generation of Corporate Leaders to Choose Differently

Number of pages: 2 Posted: 21 Mar 2015
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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The Intracorporate Conspiracy Doctrine and D&O Litigation Incentives

Number of pages: 3 Posted: 21 Mar 2015
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Harvard Law School
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Sex Abuse, Priests, and Corporate Conspiracy

Number of pages: 2 Posted: 21 Mar 2015
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Harvard Law School
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The Intracorporate Conspiracy Doctrine and CEO Turnover

Number of pages: 3 Posted: 21 Mar 2015
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Harvard Law School
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How We Should Have Tried Monsignor Lynn

Number of pages: 2 Posted: 21 Mar 2015
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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Where are the Prosecutions for Corporate Conspiracy?

Number of pages: 2 Posted: 21 Mar 2015
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Harvard Law School
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Fumigating the Criminal Bug: New Research on the Insulation of Volkswagen’s Middle Management

Number of pages: 3 Posted: 21 Dec 2016
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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Corporate Conspiracy Charges for the Financial Crisis

Number of pages: 2 Posted: 21 Mar 2015
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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The Silenced Connecticut Sex-Abuse Case

Number of pages: 2 Posted: 21 Mar 2015
J.S. Nelson
Harvard Law School
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