Maximilian B. Torres, Jr.

Assistant Professor of Law

Office: Tilton Hall #198
Tel: 419-772-2224
Fax: 419-772-3514
Email: m-torres.1@onu.edu

Biography:

Professor Torres joined the Ohio Northern faculty in August, 2006. Prior to coming to ONU, he taught at Ave Maria and Southern New England law schools, in the business programs at Dartmouth, Stanford, and the Institute for Media and Entertainment, and internationally at University of Navarra (Spain) and Bled School of Management (Slovenia). He spent a number of years working in the investment and securities fields with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith and Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.

Publications:

JOURNAL ARTICLES

HARVARD JOURNAL OF LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY; 28 HJLPP 282 (1991): Commentary on the United States Supreme Court ruling in Employment Division Department of Human Resources v. Smith

BOOK CHAPTERS

DEMOGRAPHIE UND WOHLSTAND. NEUER STELLENWERT FÜR FAMILIE IN WIRTSCHAFT UND GESELLSCHAFT (DEMOGRAPHY AND WELFARE. NEW PRIORITY FOR THE FAMILY IN ECONOMY AND SOCIETY), Leske + Budrich Verlag, Opladen (2003): "Familie, Humankapital und Zukunftsfahigkeit" ("Family, Human Capital and Economic Sustainability"), Ed., Leipert, C., pp. 223- 237.

PARADIGMAS DEL LIDERAZGO: CLAVES DE LA DIRECCION DE PERSONAS (PARADIGMS OF LEADERSHIP: KEYS TO MANAGING PEOPLE), McGraw Hill Interamericana de Espanya (2001): "Liderazgo personal" ("Personal Leadership"), Ch. 8, pp. 115-129. (with Dr. Maria Nuria Chinchilla, University of Navarra—IESE Business School)

RESEARCH PAPERS

IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL, Research Paper No. 358 (1998): "Ethical Decision- Making Models"

IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL, Research Paper No. 349 (1997): "Survey of Theories Employed in Business Ethics"

TECHNICAL NOTES

IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING, FHN-334E (2001): "Motivational Conflicts"

CASE STUDIES

IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING, TD-146E, 150E, 151E, 152E (2002): "Salomon Brothers" (A-D)

IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING, TD-147E, 148E, 149E (2002): "Marshall Bradley at Hoffman Lucas" (A-C) (with Dr. Joseph Harder, University of Virginia—Darden Graduate School of Business)

IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING, FH-665E (1999): "Welcome to E.G. Financial"

IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING, TD-109E (1996): "Henry Ford and the Dodge Brothers"

IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING, TD-110E (1996): "Storm on Wall Street" (C) (with Dr. Domenec Mele, University of Navarra—IESE Business School)

IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING, DP-117E (1996): "John Bak" (Postscript)

NEWSLETTERS

ACTON NEWS AND COMMENTARY, Acton Institute (January 26, 2005): "The Scandal of Anti-truth: The Era of Fraud"

ACTON NEWS AND COMMENTARY, Acton Institute (February 2, 2005): "What Have We Learned?"

BOOK REVIEWS

OP-ED PIECES

MAGAZINES

Presentations:

SPEECHES

SOLO SEMINARS

ASOCIACION PARA LA COOPERACION EDUCATIVA NICARAGUENSE (NICARAGUAN ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATIONAL COOPERATION), Seminar on Ethical Leadership in Business—Managua, Nicaragua (August, 2003): "Surmounting the Era of Fraud"

ASOCIACION PARA LA COOPERACION CULTURAL (ASSOCIATION FOR CULTURAL COOPERATION), Seminar on Ethics in Finance—Panama City, Panama (August, 2003): "Surmounting the Era of Fraud"

EUROPEAN TRAINING CENTER, Beyond Excellence: A Seminar on Leadership and Virtue Ethics—Helsinki, Finland (November, 2001): "Being More, Doing More & Having More: Developing One’s Capacity for Rational Decision-Making"

SEMINARS

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, Western Economic Values and Alternatives Seminar, Department of History—Princeton, New Jersey (April, 1998): "Catholic Attitudes towards Business and the Market Economy as Expressed in the Social Doctrine of the Church"

CONFERENCES

DePAUL UNIVERSITY, The Eighth Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics—Chicago, Illinois (October, 2001): "Character and Decision- Making"

PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE, Work as Key to the Social Question: The Great Social and Economic Transformations and the Subjective Dimension of Work Conference—Rome & Vatican City (September, 2001): "From Personalist Philosophy to Positive Science: A Conceptual Approach to Bridging the Gap between Moral Theory and Management Practice"

IPADE, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Biannual Meeting of Alliance Network Schools (IESE, Spain; IPADE, Mexico; IDE, Ecuador; AESE, Portugal; PAD, Peru; IEEM, Uruguay; IAE, Argentina; INALDE, Columbia; TAYASAL, Guatemala; ISE, Brazil; UAP, Philippines; LBS, Nigeria; ESE, Chile)— Mexico City, Mexico (August, 2001): "Organizational Behavior in Cyberspace: A Report on IESE Business School’s Inaugural Global Executive MBA Distributed Learning Program"

IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL, Ethics in Leadership Colloquium: Facing the Challenges of the 21st Century—Barcelona, Spain (November, 1999): "The Capacity to Lead: Classical Wisdom about Virtues for Tomorrow’s Leader"

IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Biannual Meeting of Alliance Network Schools (See above)—Barcelona, Spain (June, 1999): "A Freedom-Centric Model of Ethical Decision-Making"

EUROPEAN TRAINING CENTER, Conference: Beyond Excellence: Practical Views on the Ethical Dimension of Business—Helsinki, Finland (November, 1998): "Ethical Decision-Making, Virtue and Business Organizations"

EUROPEAN TRAINING CENTER, Conference: Beyond Excellence: Practical Views on the Ethical Dimension of Business—Helsinki, Finland (November, 1998): "Business Activity as Envisioned in the Social Teaching of the Catholic Church"

UNIVERSITY OF PORTO, National Congress of Economics and Management Students—Porto, Portugal (May, 1996): "Business Ethics in Theory and Practice"

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTO, Business Ethics, Legal Ethics and the Family Conference—Porto, Portugal (April, 1994): "Structural Impediments to the Ethical Formation of Management Students"

QUOTATIONS

BALTIMORE SUN (March 8, 2005): "Affairs Are Bad Business—Ethics: Romance Between Workers Can Be Detrimental, Especially When the Boss is Involved," by Blanca Torres, Sun Staff

AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE (March 26, 2004): "24-Year Prison Term for Executive in Fraud Sends Tough Message," by Rob Lever

EDITORIAL POSITIONS

JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS EDUCATION, Editorial Board (2002-present)

HARVARD JOURNAL OF LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY, Contributing Editor (1990-1992)