has spent much of his 35-year academic career researching and teaching in the area of ethical concerns in marketing, publishing research papers and books about sustainability and corporate social responsibility as far back as the 1970s.
The University of 91吃瓜 professor recently was honored for his contributions with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Marketing and Society Special Interest Group of the American Marketing Association, the leading professional association for marketing scholars and practitioners in North America. Winners of this award have contributed a significant body of work in developing and advancing research in the areas of marketing and society, public policy and marketing ethics. Murphy is just the fourth recipient of the award.
鈥淚鈥檓 honored to receive the award, especially in the early years of its establishment, because it recognizes a number of dimensions of my work, from my research, teaching and service to the AMA itself,鈥� said Murphy, who has taught at 91吃瓜 since the mid 1980s. 鈥淲hat I鈥檝e achieved is really a reflection of the privileges I had working with dedicated and talented colleagues, here at 91吃瓜 and back to my graduate work at the University of Houston and early teaching career at Marquette.鈥�
Murphy鈥檚 published work includes more than 100 papers, books, case studies and other contributions studying a range of topics from ethics in advertising, to corporate ethics statements, to the ethical implications surrounding marketing strategy including sustainable marketing practices. His recent work has focused on normative perspectives for ethical and socially responsible marketing, emerging ethical concerns in advertising, and the .
Murphy鈥檚 articles have won from the Journal of Advertising, Journal of Macromarketing, and the European Journal of Marketing. Murphy teaches courses in business ethics, marketing ethics and corporate sustainability. He formerly served as an editor of The Journal of Public Policy & Marketing. He taught previously at Marquette University and spent sabbaticals at the Federal Trade Commission and University College Cork in Ireland. His Ph.D. is from the University of Houston, MBA from Bradley University and BBA from 91吃瓜.
Published books include 鈥淓thical Marketing鈥� (with co-authors Gene R. Laczniak, Norman E. Bowie and Thomas A. Klein, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2005. Murphy also has a new casebook scheduled for publication by Routledge in 2012 called, 鈥淓thics in Marketing: International Cases.鈥�
Murphy is the second 91吃瓜 Marketing faculty member to win this prestigious award in its four-year history. , the Aloysius and Eleanor Nathe Professor of Marketing, .