Staff profile
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Job title: Senior Lecturer
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Dept: Business School
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Tel: 01227 782891
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Campus: Canterbury
Biography
David has an MSc in Behavioural Science and an MBA.
As an audits and surveys consultant at The Industrial Society, David conducted employee opinion surveys, communications audits and investigated workplace behavioural issues such as discrimination, harassment and bullying for both public and private sector organisations. He has appeared on Radio London in a specialist capacity, advising on 'work practices for the nation's bosses'. His client list includes Shell, ICI, Chase/JPMorgan, SOS International, The Church of England, Citizens Advice, plus various government departments, agencies and local councils. David is a member of the Institute of Business Ethics, the British Academy of Management and an Associate of Canterbury Christ Church University.
His role at Canterbury Christ Church includes being Programme Director for the BA (Hons) International Business Management Programme and the Business School Erasmus Co-ordinator. He is a regular visiting lecturer at ISCID, Université du Littoral, France and has lectured in Cross-Cultural Management and International Ethics under the Erasmus scheme at the Hogeschool INHOLLAND University, Amsterdam and the Faculta Di Economia Universita Degli Studi Di Torino, Italy.
David is a Fellow of the Higher Eduaction Academy.
Teaching and Academic Interests
David lectures in the areas of Business Ethics, Cross-Cultural Management and Organisational Behaviour.
His current research interest is on ethical and unethical practices in the workplace. Previous studies have included the quality of working life, employee motivation and satisfaction. This incorporated measurement of mental performance, mood and stress during extended working hours, mapping physiological measurements of stress indicators with psychological self-reports.
Subject Group
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Management Decision Making
Publications, Working Papers and Conference Papers
How Ethical is the Workplace?: some young people's perspectives. Conference presentation, The World Business Ethics Forum, Hong Kong Baptist University, December 11th & 12th 2008. (ISBN:962-85979-4-9)
Unethical Practice in Business: the development of a framework for thematic analysis. Current Issues of Business and Law, 2008 Vol 1, Vilnius ISSN 1822-9530.
Business Ethics – An unfolding challenge for HR. This article opens up a discussion on the growing importance of ethical behaviour in the workplace and the challenges that this poses to HR professionals. A range of ethical principles are discussed and related to HR strategy, policies and practices. Co-written with Dr John Taylor. The article can be found in Croner 1 (1), March 2005, pp6-9. ISSN: 1745-9966.
Turning Refugees into Employees. This report was commissioned by Fair Play London to investigate the barriers to employment faced by women refugees in London. The difficulties encountered in conducting this type of social research are discussed, together with the range of issues faced by women from minority ethnic groups. Co-written with Gill Sargeant & Daphne Damachi. The article can be found at The Industrial Society, London (1999) ISBN 1 85835 933 3
Consultancy Interests
Associate Consultant with John Galt International Ltd.
Recent assignments include:
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Team Building skills workshops, Church of England, Canterbury & Lydd.
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CEMES - Leonardo Da Vinci project, developing a European Certificate in Management. Workshop leader, Berlin.
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Research and development of Knowledge Bank for Citizens Advice: project to establish an effective system for the collection, storage, quality checking and dissemination of examples of Bureaux management good practice.
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Evaluation of an Information Project for a Health Trust: design and implementation of research project to investigate the impact of a public health awareness campaign.