David Hess

The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan

Professor of Business Law & Ethics

701 Tappan Street

Ann Arbor, MI MI 48109

United States

http://https://michiganross.umich.edu/faculty-research/faculty/david-hess

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Social Reporting and New Governance Regulation: The Prospects of Achieving Corporate Accountability Through Transparency

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 11 Oct 2005
David Hess
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Social reporting, sustainability reporting, social responsibility, regulation

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The Three Pillars of Corporate Social Reporting as New Governance Regulation: Disclosure, Dialogue and Development

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1112
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 28 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2008
David Hess
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Corporate social responsibility, Global Reporting Initiative, social reporting, sustainability reporting, regulation

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A Business Ethics Perspective on Sarbanes Oxley and the Organizational Sentencing Guidelines

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 105, No. 8, Ross School of Business Paper No. 1053
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 13 Oct 2006
David Hess
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Ethics, Compliance, Corporate Culture, Sarbanes-Oxley

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Corporate Corruption and Reform Undertakings: A New Approach to an Old Problem

Cornell International Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 16 Nov 2007
David Hess and Cristie Ford
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and Peter A. Allard School of Law
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Bribery, Compliance Programs, Corporate Culture, Corruption, Deferred Prosecution Agreements, FCPA, New Governance, Organizational Ethics

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Public Pensions and the Promise of Shareholder Activism for the Next Frontier of Corporate Governance: Sustainable Economic Development

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1080
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 31 May 2007
David Hess
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Public Pensions, Institutional Investors, Shareholder Activism, Social Investing, Sustainability

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Can Corporate Monitorships Improve Corporate Compliance?

Journal of Corporation Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 03 Jan 2009
Cristie Ford and David Hess
Peter A. Allard School of Law and The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Compliance Programs, Corporate Crime, Corporate Culture, Corruption, Deferred Prosecution Agreements, FCPA, Monitors, Organizational Ethics

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Protecting and Politicizing Public Pension Fund Assets: Empirical Evidence on the Effects of Governance Structures and Practices

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 15 Jun 2005
David Hess
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Public Pensions, Governance

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Ethical Infrastructures and Evidence-Based Corporate Compliance and Ethics Programs: Policy Implications from the Empirical Evidence

New York University Journal of Law and Business, Forthcoming, Ross School of Business Paper No. 1293
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 05 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2015
David Hess
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Compliance and Ethics Programs, Corporate Culture, Sentencing Guidelines

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Corruption and the Multinational Corporation

Forthcoming in: Denis G. Arnold, Tom L. Beauchamp and Norman E. Bowie, Ethical Theory and Business, 10th ed. Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 22 Sep 2017
David Hess
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Corruption, Bribery, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics

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Corporate Monitorships and New Governance Regulation: In Theory, in Practice, and in Context

Law and Policy, 2011
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 28 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 04 May 2011
Cristie Ford and David Hess
Peter A. Allard School of Law and The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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new governance, corporations, monitorships, deferred prosecution agreements, securities regulation, corporate criminal law, enforcement, regulatory theory

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The Future of Sustainability Reporting as a Regulatory Mechanism

Forthcoming in D. Cahoy & J. Colburn (eds), Law and the Transition to Business Sustainability. Springer Publishing., Ross School of Business Working Paper No. 1228
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 29 Mar 2014
David Hess
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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corporate social responsibility, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), social reporting, sustainability reporting

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Modern Slavery in Global Supply Chains: Towards a Legislative Solution

Cornell International Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2022
David Hess
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Business and Human Rights, Modern Slavery, Human Rights Due Diligence

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Human Rights and a Corporation's Duty to Combat Corruption

Law, Business and Human Rights: Bridging the Gap (Robert Bird, Dan Cahoy, and Jamie Prenkert, eds). Edward Elgar Publishing, Forthcoming, Ross School of Business Paper No. 1226
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2014
Norman Bishara and David Hess
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Corruption, Human Rights, Corporate Social Responsibility

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Business, Corruption, and Human Rights: Towards a New Responsibility for Corporations to Combat Corruption

Wisconsin Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 02 Oct 2017
David Hess
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Corruption, Bribery, CSR, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business and Human Rights, Human Rights, Political CSR

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Combating Corruption in International Business: The Big Questions

Ohio North University Law Review, Forthcoming, Ross School of Business Paper No. 1286
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 23 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2015
David Hess
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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FCPA, Corruption, Bribery, CSR, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics

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Ethics and Compliance Training

B. Van Rooij and D. Daniel Sokol (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Compliance. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2021 Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 20 Nov 2020
David Hess
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Compliance Training, Ethics Training, Harassment Training, Compliance Programs, Sexual Harassment, Organizational Sentencing Guidelines

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The Management and Oversight of Human Rights Due Diligence

American Business Law Journal 2021
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Nov 2021
David Hess
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Business and Human Rights, Compliance, ESG, Human Rights Due Diligence

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Catalyzing Corporate Commitment to Combating Corruption

Journal of Business Ethics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 05 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2009
David Hess
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Bribery, Corporate Monitors, Corruption, Facilitation Payments, Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives, Private-to-Private Corruption, Sustainability Reporting

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Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act through Corporate Social Responsibility

Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 73, No. 5, 2012
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 22 Feb 2013
David Hess
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Corruption, Bribery, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Transparency, United Nations Global Compact, Global Reporting Initiative

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The Transparency Trap: Non-Financial Disclosure and the Responsibility of Business to Respect Human Rights

American Business Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 03 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2019
David Hess
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Transparency, Business and Human Rights, Sustainability Reporting, Nonfinancial Reporting, Nonfinancial Information, Corporate Social Responsibility

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Chipping Away at Compliance: How Compliance Programs Lose Legitimacy and Its Impact on Unethical Behavior

14 Brook. J. Corp. Fin. & Com. L. (2019)
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 03 Apr 2020
David Hess
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Compliance and Ethics Programs, Corporate Culture, Sentencing Guidelines, Compliance Officers

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Beyond Peace Doves: Respecting Human Rights and Combating Corruption in Mega-Sporting Events

Boston University International Law Journal, Vol. 37, No. 2, 2019
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 02 Nov 2019
David Hess and Norman Bishara
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Business and Human Rights, Business and Peace, Business and Sports, Mega-Sporting Events

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Aligning Business Efforts to Combat Corruption and Respect Human Rights

Forthcoming in Jahid Hosain Bhuiyan & M. Rafiqul Islam (eds.), Business, Human Rights and Sustainable Development
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Aug 2023
David Hess
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Corruption, Bribery, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business and Human Rights, Human Rights, Compliance