Jared D. Harris

Assistant Professor Jared Harris teaches both Ethics and Strategy courses in Darden’s MBA program, and a doctoral seminar on corporate governance and ethics. His research centers on the interplay between ethics and strategy, with a particular focus on the topics of corporate governance, business ethics, and interorganizational trust. His work on corporate financial misrepresentation won the 2007 ‘best dissertation’ award in one division of the Academy of Management (Social Issues in Management) and qualified him as one of six finalists in another division (Business Policy and Strategy).  His work has been published in Organization Science and Business Ethics Quarterly, and has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and The New Yorker, as well as other media outlets in the United States, Canada, Germany, India, Portugal, and the U.K.

Prior to joining the Darden faculty in 2006, Harris taught at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.  Previously, he worked as an Certified Public Accountant and consultant for several leading public accounting firms in Boston and Portland, Oregon, and served as the Chief Financial Officer of a small technology firm in Washington D.C.  A Fellow with the Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics and a Senior Fellow with Darden’s Olsson Center for Applied Ethics, Jared is also a research partner of OCEG (Open Ethics and Compliance Group) and the IMA (Institute of Management Accountants).  He consults with several leading financial services companies on the topics of strategic management, ethics and compliance.