James Post

Professor Emeritus, Markets, Public Policy, and Law

  • BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    Questrom School of Business
    Rafik B. Hariri Building
    595 Commonwealth Avenue
    Boston, MA 02215

James E. Post holds the John F. Smith, Jr. Professorship in Management. He is a member of the Business Policy & Law Department and teaches courses in strategic management, professional ethics and responsibility, and corporate governance. He is the author or co-author of many books, including “Redefining the Corporation,” with L. Preston and S. Sachs, a study of governance and accountability.

    Education
  • PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1976
  • MBA, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1971
  • JD, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, School of Law, 1968
  • BS, St. Bonaventure University, Allegheny, New York, 1965
    Publications
  • Wilson , F., Post, J., Grzywinski, R., Houghton, M. (In Press). "Social Investment and Innovation: The ShoreBank Experience", SRI in the 21st century: Does It Make a Difference to Society, T. Hebb and C. Louche, eds., Greenleaf Publishing
  • Post, J. (In Press). "History of Corporate Social Responsibility", Wiley Encyclopedia of Management , 3 (W)
  • Vachani, S., Post, J. (In Press). "Creating socially responsible value chains: role of companies, governments and NGOs. In Ghauri, P., Elg U. and Hadjikhani, A., editors, Business Society and Politics: Multinationals in Emerging Markets", Emerald Publishers 17-44
  • Post, J. (2013). "100 Years Bold (1913-2013) The Centennial History of Boston University School of Management", Trustees of Boston University and Reedy Press
  • Post, J. (2012). "The United Nations Global Compact: A CSR Milestone", Business & Society , 1 (52), 53-63
  • Carroll , A., Lipartito, K., Post, J., Werhane, P., Goodpaster, K. (2012). "Corporate Responsibility: The American Experience", Cambridge University Press
  • Preston, L., Post, J. (2012). "Private Management & Public Policy - Stanford Business Classic edition", Stanford University Press
  • Post, J. (2012). ""Business, Society and the Environment" Oxford University Handbook of Business and the Natural Environment", Oxford University Press pg. 537-555
  • Wilson, F., Post, J. (2011). "Business models for people, planet, profits: Exploring the phenomenon of social business, a market-based approach to social value creation", Small Business Economics, 3 (40), 715-737
  • Post, J., Preston, L., Sachs, S. (2002). "Redefining the Corporation: Stakeholder Management and Organizational Wealth", Stanford University Press