AUT - Peter McGhee

Peter McGhee

Senior Lecturer, Centre for Business Interdisciplinary Studies

Phone: + 64 9 921 9999 ext 5865

Email: Peter.mcghee@aut.ac.nz

Qualifications:

Doctor of Philosophy Candidate Auckland University of Technology (PhD Candidate AU)
Masters of Business Studies (MBS Hons)
Masters of Education (MEd (Hons)
Postgraduate Diploma In Professional  Ethics (PGDp in Prof Ethics)
National Diploma in Accounting (NDA)

Memberships and Affiliations:

• Member of the American Academy of Management
• Member of the Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management
• Member of the Australian Association of Applied and Professional Ethics

Teaching Areas:

• Business Ethics 476680
• Business Ethics & Society 476681
• Advanced Ethics 477780

Research areas:

•     Business Ethics
•     Virtue ethics
•     Professional Ethics
•     Religion & Ethics
•     Spirituality in the workplace,
•     Spiritual leadership

Research Summary:

Peter McGhee is a senior lecturer in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies at AUT where he has taught for 10 years. His main disciplinary and research interests are in the areas of philosophy and business (specifically ethics) and organizational behaviour.
He is currently enrolled in a PhD at the University of Auckland in the Department of Management and Employment Relations, Faculty of Commerce exploring the relationship between individual spirituality and ethical behaviour in work-related contexts.

Current Research Projects:

• Virtue ethics & corporate social responsibility (with Patricia Grant)
• Spirituality & corporate social responsibility
• Wisdom in the workplace
• Corporate governance and virtue ethics (with Patricia Grant)

Publications:

Recent Conferences:

Grant, P. & McGhee, P.K. (2010). Organisational Narcissism: a case of failed corporate governance? Paper presented at 17th Annual AAPAE Conference, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia, June 15-17.
McGhee, P.K. & Grant, P. (2010). Phronesis and Spirituality in the Workplace. Paper presented at 1st Annual Wisdom in Management Conference, Australian National University, ACT, Australia, June 7-9.
Grant, P. & McGhee, P.K. (2009). Virtue Ethics: The Missing Piece in Spiritual Leadership Theory. Paper presented at 16th Annual AAPAE Conference, Charles Sturt University, Australia, June 9-11.
McGhee, P. & Grant, P. (2008). Spirituality and Ethics in Workplace: Wishful Thinking or Authentic Reality? Paper presented at 15th annual AAPAE Conference, QUT, Brisbane, Australia, June 10-11.
McGhee, P. (2007). The Supposed Courage of Corporate Whistleblowers. Paper presented at 14th annual AAPAE conference, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia, June 27-29. Published in conference proceedings, ISBN 978-0-9751547-2-4.
Blackburn, M. & McGhee, P. (2006). The Excellent Entrepreneur: Old Virtues for New Ventures? Paper presented at 13th Annual AAPAE conference, UNSW, Sydney, Australia, June 12-14.

Research Articles:

McGhee, P.K. (2008). The Supposed Courage of Corporate Whistleblowers. Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics, 10(1). ISSN: 1328-4576.
Grant, P., & McGhee, P.K. (2008). Spirituality and Ethical Behaviour in the Workplace: Wishful Thinking or Authentic Reality? Electronic Journal of Business & Organization, 13(2), 61-69. ISSN 1239-2685.
Blackburn, M. & McGhee, P. (2007). The Excellent Entrepreneur: Old Virtues for New Ventures? Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics, 9(2) 46-55. ISSN: 1328-4576.
Oliver, G., Kearins, K., & McGhee, P. (2005). "Professional" codes of ethics: A New Zealand study. New Zealand Journal of Applied Business Research, 4(1), 97-116.
McGhee, P.K., & O'Donovan, T. (2004). Experiential Interdisciplinary Learning: The Small Business Experience. New Zealand Journal of Applied Business Research, 3(1), pp. 65-72.
Blackburn, M., & McGhee, P. (2004). Talking virtue: professionalism in business & virtue ethics. Global Virtue Ethics Review, 5(4). ISSN Number 1523-9756. Available at: http://www.spaef.com/GVER_PUB/
McGhee, P.K., & Pajo, K. (2003). The institutionalisation of business ethics: Are New Zealand organisations doing enough? Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, 9(1), pp. 52-65.

Awards:

• Vice Chancellor’s Excellence Award for Distinguished Teaching (2004)
• Business Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (2008)
• Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (2008)