Karen Paul

Professor, Department of International Business

College of Business
Florida International University

Modesto A. Maidique Campus
11200 S.W. 8th St, MANGO 435
Miami, FL 33199

Phone: (305) 348-6881
Email: paulk@fiu.edu

Education

Ph.D. in Sociology
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

Master of Arts in Sociology
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

Areas of Expertise

ESG/CSR
Impact investing
International business

Professional Activities

Karen Paul is a Professor in the Department of International Business of the College of Business at Florida International University. She has been Visiting Professor, Escuela de Graduados en Administración y Dirección de Empresas, Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey (August, 2004 - December, 2004), Monterrey, Mexico.

She was a Fulbright Fellow at the Universidad Catolica Boliviana (August, 2003 - December, 2004), La Paz, Bolivia and Fulbright Research Fellow for Africa, School of Economic & Business Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand (August, 1987 - December, 1988), Johannesburg, South Africa.

She was the Founding Director of the International MBA Program in 1999-2000 and served as Associate Dean, College of Business Administration, Florida International University (1996 - 1999), Miami, Florida. She was a founding Trustee of Domini Social Impact Funds.

She has also held positions as Research Associate, School of Management, Yale University (1992 - 1993), New Haven, Connecticut; Visiting Professor, Smeal College of Business, Penn State University (1990 - 1991), College Park, Pennsylvania; Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston (1990 - 1990), Houston, Texas; Dean's Research Professor, E. Philip Saunders College of Business, Rochester Insitute of Technology (1989 - 1991), Rochester, New York; Shoemaker Scholar, Smeal College of Business, Penn State University (1989 - 1990), College Park, Pennsylvania; Peace Fellow, Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute Radcliffe College, Harvard University (1987 - 1988), Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Other academic positions include Director, Masters of Business Administration Program, E. Philip Saunders College of Business, Rochester Insitute of Technology (1984 - 1986), Rochester, New York; Adjunct Professor, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University (1980 - 1984), Ithaca, New York; and Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, E. Philip Saunders College of Business, Rochester Institute of Technology (1979 - 1991), Rochester, New York.

She has published widely in the areas of business ethics and corporate social responsibility.

Courses Taught

Business Ethics
Business in Europe
Business in Latin America
Business In Society
Colloquium in Managing Organizational Ethics
Crisis Management
Global Management Skills
Global Megatrends, Geopolitics, & Political Econom
International Business
Organization Design and Behavior
Organizational Behavior
Ph.D. Dissertation
Professional Development Seminar I
Special Topics in Management

Publications

Paul K.
(2024).
Why Corporate Social Responsibility Should Be Recognized as an Integral Stream of International Corporate Governance.
Green Finance
, 6(2)
.
Beydoun, A. R.
(2023).

“Risk tolerance, time horizon, and estate intention: just how important are ‘circumstances and associated emotions’?” .
BAU Journal – Society, Culture and Human Behavior
, 4(2)
.
Paul, K.
(2023).

Sustainability as Strategic Differentiator: The Promise and the Problems of Using Chicle vs. Petro-Chemicals in Chewing Gum.
Sustainability
, null(null)
.
Parra C.
(2021).
Corporate social responsibility in international business literature: results from text data mining of the Journal of International Business Studies.
International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility
, 6(1)
.
Kundu, S. K., Elango, B., & Paul, K.
(2020).

Social responsibility skepticism: shareholder and stakeholder perspectives.
Social Responsibility Journal
, 16(4)
.
Paul, K.
(2019).

Justice versus fairness in the family business workplace: A socioemotional wealth approach.
Business Ethics
, null(null)
.
Parra, C. M., Tremblay, M. C., Paul, K., & Castellanos, A. (2017). Exploratory Content Analysis Using Text Data Mining: Corporate Citizenship Reports of Seven U.S. Companies from 2004-2112. Journal of Corporate Citizenship, 2017(66).
Paul, K. (2017). The Effect of Business Cycle, Market Return, and Momentum on Financial Performance of Socially Responsible Investment Funds. Social Responsibility Journal, 13(3).
Parra, C., Tremblay, M., Paul, K., & Castellanos, A. (2016). Exploratory Business Discourse Analysis: Text Data Mining on Corporate Citizenship Reports of Seven American Companies from 2004 – 2012. Journal of Corporate Citizenship.
Paul, K.
(2015).

The Ethics of International Trade: Use of Deviation from Average World Price to Indicate Possible Wrongdoing.
Business Ethics Quarterly
, null(null)
.
Paul, K. (2014). Stakeholder Theory, Meet Communications Theory: Media Systems Dependency and Community Infrastructure Theory, with an Application to California;s Cannabis/Marijuana Industry. Journal of Business Ethics.
Paul, K.
(2014).

The Legitimacy of CSR Actions of Publicly Traded Companies Versus Family-Owned Companies.
Journal of Business Ethics
, null(null)
.
Panwar, R., Paul, K., Nybakk, E., Hansen, E., & Thompson, D. (2013). The Legitimacy of CSR Actions of Publicly Traded Companies versus Family-Owned Companies. Journal of Business Ethics.
Paul, K., & Meyskens, M. (2011). Components of a global mindset: Corporate social responsibility and cross-cultural sensitivity. Journal of International Business and Cultural Studies, 5.
Elango, B., Paul, K., Kundu, S. K., & Paudel, S. K. (2010). Organizational ethics, individual ethics, and ethical intentions in international decision-making. Journal of Business Ethics, 97(4).
Meyskens, M., & Paul, K. (2010). Evolution of corporate social reporting practices in Mexico. Journal of Business Ethics, 91(2).
Paul, K. (2008). Corporate Sustainability, Citizenship, and Social Responsibility Reporting: A Website Study of 100 Model Corporations. Journal of Corporate Citizenship, (32).
Paul, K., Cobas, E., Ceron, R., Frithiof, M., & Guajardo, D. (2006). Corporate Social Reporting in Mexico. Journal of Corporate Citizenship, 22.
Paul, K.
(2005).

A preliminary investigation into the role of positive psychology in consumer sensitivity to corporate social performance.
Journal of Business Ethics
, null(null)
.
Giacalone, R. A., Paul, K., & Jurkiewicz, C. L. (2005). A Preliminary Investigation into the Role of Positive Psychology in Consumer Sensitivity to Corporate Social Performance. Journal of Business Ethics, 58(4).
Paul, K. (2004). Business and Society and Business Ethics Journals: A Citation and Impact Analysis. Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 35(2).
Paul, K.
(2001).

An empirical investigation of the relationship between change in corporate social performance and financial performance: A stakeholder theory perspective.
Journal of Business Ethics
, null(null)
.
Azevedo, A., Von, G., & Paul, K. (2001). Does Ethnic Diversity Equal Cultural Diversity? Journal of Business Ethics, 14(3).
Ruf, B. M., Muralidhar, K., Brown, R. M., Janney, J. J., & Paul, K. (2001). An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship Between Corporate Social and Financial Performance: A Stakeholder Theory Perspective. Journal of Business Ethics, 32(2).
Paul, K. (1999). One of a Kind. Business & Society, 38(1).
Paul, K. (1998). Corporate Social Responsability in Accounting: A Review and Extension. Research on Accounting Ethics, 4.
Paul, K.
(1992).

Applications of corporate social monitoring systems; types, dimensions, and goals.
Journal of Business Ethics
, null(null)
.
Paul, K.
(1984).

Equal Employment Opportunity vs. Seniority Rights: The Emergence of a Changing Social Policy.
Business & Society
, null(null)
.

Books

Paul, K. (2009). Research Monographs.