Dr Wim Vandekerckhove

Biography:

Prior to a PhD completed in production, Dr Wim Vandekerckhove was co-ordinator of educational projects on Children's Rights, worked as a sales team leader, co-ordinated a shelter for victims of human trafficking, was manager for two outreach teams, and was policy advisor for the Centre on Cults linked to the Ministry of Justice in Belgium.

Responsibilities within the university:

Teaching and administrative activities

• Course leader for Business Ethics (undergraduate)
• Course leader for Dissertations (undergraduate)
• Course leader for Organisational Behaviour & Leadership (postgraduate)
• Mentor for staff completing a PGCert in Higher Education
• Sustainability champion for Human Resources & Organisational Behaviour
• Editorial board member for The Beagle - student research journal

MPhil/PhD supervision

• Dusan Gruicic (supervisor) - University of Greenwich - Meditation and Stress
• Maria Papanikou (co-supervisor) - University of Greenwich - Airline Pilot Professional Status
• Dirk Jos Leys (co-supervisor) - Ghent University - Is There Business Ethics?

Current research:

Country Report for Belgium on whistleblower protection (commissioned by Transparency International Belgium)

Recipient-Response Patterns in Internal Whistleblowing (collaboration with Public Concern at Work)

Public Attitudes to Whistleblowing (collaboration with Griffith University Australia)

External activities:

• Book Review Editor for Philosophy of Management
• Co-ordinator of the special interest group on Teaching Business Ethics within the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN)
• External examinator at University of Northampton (field of Leadership/HRM)
• Academic member of the Flemish Integrity Network
• Editorial Board Member Estonian Business School Review
• Editorial Board Member Global Business and Management Research: An International Journal
• Editorial Board Member Ethiek & Maatschappij (Ethics & Society)

Peer reviewer for:

• Organisation Studies
• Journal of Business Ethics
• Business Ethics: A European Review
• Journal of Global Ethics
• Estonian Business School Review
• Ethiek & Maatschappij
• M@n@gement
• Ethical Perspectives
• Philosophy of Management
• European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Awards and prizes:

Best Paper Award
Vandekerckhove, W. 'On Organisational Integrity' – Philosophy of Management 2008 Conference, July 11-14, 2008, St. Anne's College, Oxford, UK.

Recent Publications:

Alm, K., Leys, J., Schäfer, H., Scholtens, B., Signori, S., Vandekerckhove, W. (eds) (2011). Responsible Investment in Times of Turmoil. Issues in Business Ethics Series. Dordrecht: Springer.

Bessire, D., Green, M., Vandekerckhove, W. (2008). ‘Accountability discourses in advanced capitalism: who is now accountable to whom?’ Social Responsibility Journal 4(1/2), 198-208.

Commers, M.S.R. and Vandekerckhove, W. (2008). ‘Frugality and the moral economy of late modern capitalism.’ In Bouckaert L, Opdebeeck H. and Zsolnai L. (eds) Spirituality and the Economics of Frugality. London: Peter Lang, 141-168.

Commers, M.S.R., Vandekerckhove, W. and Verlinden, A. (eds) (2008). Ethics in an era of globalization. Aldershot: Ashgate. (Ethics and Global Politics Series).

Herzeel, B. and Vandekerckhove, W. (2008). ‘Ethiek is onze rode draad. Een verkennend onderzoek naar Ethics Officers in Vlaanderen en Brussel.’ Accountancy & Bedrijfskunde 28(6), 21-32.

Langenberg, S. and Vandekerckhove, W. (2012). ‘Can we organize courage? Implications of

Foucault’s parrhesia’, Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and Organization Studies, 17(2), 35-44.

Lewis, D. and Vandekerckhove, W. (2012). ‘The content of whistleblowing procedures: a critical review of recent official guidelines’, Journal of Business Ethics 108(2), 253-564. (ABS 3; impact factor 1.125)

Leys, J. and Vandekerckhove, W. (2012). ‘Dear Sir, we are not an NGO’, Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment 2(2), 152-161.

Lewis, D. and Vandekerckhove, W. (eds) (2011). Whistleblowing and Democratic Values. London: International Whistleblowing Research Network. (e-book)

Leys, J. and Vandekerckhove, W. (2009). 'Information Asymmetries in Socially Responsible Investment.' Philosophica 80, 5-19.

Leys, J., Van Braeckel, D. and Vandekerckhove, W. (2008). ‘A Speech-Act Model for Talking to Management. Building a Framework for Evaluating Communication Within the SRI Engagement Process.’ Journal of Business Ethics 82(1), 77-91. (ABS 3; impact factor 1.125)

Leys, J., Vandekerckhove, W., and Van Liedekerke, L. (2009). ‘A Puzzle in SRI: the Investor and the Judge.’ Journal of Business Ethics 84, 221-235. (ABS 3; impact factor 1.125)

Tsahuridu, E.E. and Vandekerckhove, W. (2010). 'Risky Rescues and Whistleblowing', Journal of Business Ethics 97(3), 365-380. (ABS 3; impact factor 1.125)

Tsahuridu, E.E. and Vandekerckhove, W. (2008). ‘Leaving the Dice Alone: Pointlessness and Helplessness at Wernham-Hogg.' In Wisnewski J.J. (ed) The Office and Philosophy. Oxford: Blackwell, 38-48.

Tsahuridu, E.E. and Vandekerckhove, W. (2008). ‘Whistleblowing and Moral Autonomy in Organisations’ Journal of Business Ethics 82(1), 107-118. (ABS 3; impact factor 1.125)

Vandekerckhove, W. (2011) ‘The Perception of Whistleblowing Worldwide’ In Arszulowicz, M. and Gasparski, W. (eds) Whistleblowing. In Defense of Proper Action. London/New Brunswick, Transaction Publishers, 97-108.

Vandekerckhove, W. (2011) ‘Rewarding the Whistleblower – Disgrace, Recognition or Efficiency?’ In Arszulowicz, M. and Gasparski, W. (eds) Whistleblowing. In Defense of Proper Action. London/New Brunswick, Transaction Publishers, 21-32.

Vandekerckhove, W. (2010). 'Corporate Cosmopolitan Responsibilities.' In Van Hooft S. and Vandekerckhove, W. (eds.) Questioning Cosmopolitanism. Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 199-209.

Vandekerckhove, W. (2010) ‘European whistleblower protection: tiers or tears?’ In D Lewis (ed) A Global Approach to Public Interest Disclosure. Cheltenham/Northampton, Edward Elgar, 15-35.

Vandekerckhove, W. (2010) 'Gezondheidsprojecten tussen paternalisme en medeplichtigheid' in Bleys, R. (ed) Lief en Leed, seks en relaties anders bekeken, Gent, Sensoa, pp.57-62.

Vandekerckhove, W. (2010). 'On Organisational Integrity.' Philosophy of Management 9(1), 123-135. (ABS 1)

Vandekerckhove, W. (2010). ‘Whistleblowing. Perennial Issues And Ethical Risks.’ In Aras, G. and Crowther, D. The Gower Handbook of Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility. Farnham: Gower, 521-538.

Vandekerckhove, W. (2010) ‘Whistleblowing Today: Critical Issues Facing Business Leadership’ In L P Hartman and J DesJardins Business Ethics. Decision Making for Personal Integrity and Social Responsibility (second edition, international student edition). London, McGraw-Hill, 185-191.

Vandekerckhove, W. (2009) “What Managers Do: Comparing Rhenman and Freeman”, Philosophy of Management 8(3), 25-35. (ABS 1)

Vandekerckhove, W. (2008). ‘Protect Your Whistleblowers!’ In Crowther D. and Capaldi N. (eds) Research Companion to Corporate Social Responsibility. Aldershot: Ashgate, 181-199.

Vandekerckhove, W. and Van Hooft, S. (eds) (2010). Questioning Cosmopolitanism. Studies in Global Justice Series. Dordrecht: Springer.