John C. Knapp, Ph.D. | Director of the Mann Center for Ethics & Leadership
John C. Knapp, Ph.D.
John C. Knapp, Ph.D.
University Professor
Mann Family Professor of Ethics and Leadership
Director, Frances Marlin Mann Center for Ethics and Leadership
[Guest speaker for NFA Nashville Chapter on April 1, 2010]
John Knapp is founding director of the Frances Marlin Mann Center for Ethics and Leadership at Samford University, a leading private institution with academic programs in business, law, education, nursing, pharmacy, divinity, and the arts and sciences. Before joining Samford in 2008, he was a professor at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business, where he established and directed the Center for Ethics and Corporate Responsibility.
Internationally known as a featured speaker and seminar leader for business and professional organizations, Dr. Knapp contributes to public understanding of ethics through frequent interviews with such media as The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Sports Illustrated, Entrepreneur, National Public Radio, Financial Week and Bloomberg News Service. His books include For the Common Good: the Ethics of Leadership in the 21st Century, a collection of essays by internationally recognized thinkers, and Leaders on Ethics: Real-World Perspectives on Today’s Business Challenges. He is chief editor of the new, three-volume set, The Business of Higher Education, an examination of issues facing universities amidst growing pressures to strengthen accountability and efficiency.
As a consultant to leading corporations, professional firms, medical providers and other institutions, he has helped address a wide range of sensitive issues, including product safety, work-force reductions, sexual harassment, racial discrimination, overseas labor policies, environmental impact, worker safety, executive misconduct and workplace violence.
His public service includes an appointment by the Governor of Georgia to develop ethical principles of governance and conduct training programs for leaders of 60 state agencies. He has served as a director and vice chair of Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, and as a board member for such organizations as Alabama Humanities Foundation, Georgia Humanities Council, Society for Human Resource Management/Atlanta, Georgia Committee for Ethical Judicial Campaigns, and Robert J. Rutland Institute for Ethics and Clemson University.
Dr. Knapp earned the Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Wales, United Kingdom, the Master of Arts at Columbia Theological Seminary, and the Bachelor of Science at Georgia State University. He resides in the Birmingham area with his wife Kelly and their five children.
John’s contact information:
jknapp@samford.edu
www.samford.edu/ethics