Max Torres
Senior Lecturer of Managing People in Organizations and Business Ethics at IESE Business School
Associate Professor at The Catholic University of America
Schools
- IESE Business School
Links
Biography
IESE Business School
Areas of Interest
- Ethical decision-making
- Leadership and motivation
- Corporate governance
- Organizational pathology
Max Torres joined IESE?s faculty in 1992 and currently holds visiting appointments in two departments, Business Ethics and Managing People in Organizations. Formerly a member of the permanent faculty, he returned to his native United States of America in 2002. He teaches courses in business ethics, organizational behavior and leadership in various IESE programs, and has taught corporate law, business associations, and securities regulation in the US since 2004. He is currently the founding director of the Three-Dimensional Leadership Institute in Ann Arbor, MI.
His research centers on the relationships among decision-making, personal character and organizational culture and is multi-disciplinary in scope, spanning business, ethics and law. In aims to identify, model and harnesses the intangible human phenomena underlying measurable results in organizations. His most recent publication, "Getting Business Off Steroids" (2009) was the opening chapter of Doing Well And Good: The Human Face of the New Capitalism (Information Age Publishing, Ethics in Practice Series). He has won numerous awards, and was recipient of the 2003 Novak Award from Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty in Grand Rapids, MI. He serves on the executive board of the Journal of Markets and Morality and the editorial board of the Journal of Business Ethics Education. His opinions on the financial crisis of ''08 can be heard on Ave Maria Radio, WDEO in Ann Arbor, MI, and found in the podcast archives of "Kresta in the Afternoon."
In addition to IESE, Prof. Torres has held academic appointments at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth in Hanover, NH; IMEI -Institute for Media and Entertainment in New York, NY; Ave Maria School of Law in Ann Arbor, MI; and Ohio Northern University''s Pettit College of Law in Ada, OH. He has taught in executive education programs at the University of Michigan''s Ross School of Business in Ann Arbor, MI; been a Visiting Scholar at the Stanford Graduate School of Management, Stanford University; taught at IEDC-Bled School of Management in Bled, Slovenia; and taught at the Southern New England School of Law in New Bedford, MA.
Before joining IESE, Prof. Torres worked in the financial services industry, first as a registered representative with Dean Witter Reynolds and then with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, both in San Francisco, CA. He later served as Executive VP of Investments at the D/A Financial Group in Orinda, CA, and was Principle of Max Torres Co. in Walnut Creek, CA.
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Dr. Max Torres joined Catholic University's faculty in 2014. His teaching and research center on the relationships adhering between managerial decision-making, personal character and organizational culture. It aims to identify, model, and harness the intangible human phenomena underlying tangible, measurable results in organizations. He has won numerous awards, including the 2003 Novak Award from the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty in Grand Rapids, MI. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Business Ethics Education, His opinions on the spiritual dimension of business concerning matters of finance and work can be found in the podcast archives of "Kresta in the Afternoon" at Ave Maria Radio, WDEO in Ann Arbor, MI, and “The Catholic Cave” on Catholic Radio in Indianapolis, IN.
In addition to Catholic University, Dr. Torres has held academic appointments at the IESE Business School, University of Navarra in Barcelona, Spain; the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth in Hanover, NH; IME – The Institute for Media and Entertainment in New York, NY; Ave Maria School of Law in Ann Arbor, MI; Ohio Northern University's Pettit College of Law in Ada, OH; and INIDEM – The Institute of Law and Business in Panama City, Panama. He has taught in executive education programs at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business in Ann Arbor, MI; CEIBS - The China Europe International Business School in Shanghai, China; and IEDC- The Bled School of Management in Bled, Slovenia. He has been a Visiting Scholar at the Stanford Graduate School of Management, Stanford University.
Before beginning a second career in academe, Dr. Torres worked in the financial services industry as a registered representative at Dean Witter Reynolds, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, both in San Francisco, CA. He served as the Executive VP of Investments at the D/A Financial Group in Orinda, CA, and was Principle of Max Torres Co. in Walnut Creek, CA.
Dr. Torres holds a Ph.D. from the University of Navarra (IESE Business School) in Barcelona, Spain; a J.D. from Harvard University (Harvard Law School), a B.S from the University of California at Berkeley (pre-Haas School of Business) and an A.A. from the City College of San Francisco.
Academic Area
- Strategy, Management, and Operations
Expertise
- Ethical decision-making in organizations
- Positive models of ethical decision-making
- Catholic Social Doctrine
- Virtue ethics in business
- Leadership and motivation
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) IESE Business School (1992 — 2001)
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) Harvard Law School (1989 — 1992)
- Bachelor’s Degree University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (1977 — 1979)
- Associate’s Degree City College of San Francisco (1975 — 1979)
Companies
- Centesimus Annus Della Ratta Family Endowed Professor The Catholic University of America, Busch School of Business and Economics (2014)
- Centesimus Annus Della Ratta Family Endowed Professor The Catholic University of America (2014)
- Professor of Business Law Ethics INIDEM Business Law School - Instituto Internacional de Derecho y Empresa (2011)
- Visiting Professor IESE Business School (1992)
- Visiting Professor of Business Ethics China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) (2013 — 2013)
- Assistant Professor of Law Ohio Northern University (2006 — 2010)
- Adjunct Professor of Executive Education Michigan Ross School of Business Executive Education (2007 — 2007)
- Visiting Professor of Management Institute for Media and Entertainment (2004 — 2006)
- Visiting Associate Professor Ave Maria School of Law (2004 — 2006)
Videos
2018 Dignity of Work Conference - Max Torres
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