RUTH JEBE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER DANIELS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ETHICS AND LEGAL STUDIES 2101 SOUTH UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD # 691 DENVER, COLORADO 80208 (303) 871-3148 office E-mail: rjebe@du.edu Portfolio: www.portfolio.du.edu/rjebe EDUCATION MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT (2004) Daniels College of Business/University of Denver Denver, Colorado JURIS DOCTORATE (1986) University of Minnesota Law School Minneapolis, Minnesota BACHELOR OF ARTS (1979) Department of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE SENIOR LECTURER Department of Business Ethics and Legal Studies Daniels College of Business/University of Denver Denver, Colorado September 2004 present ADJUNCT FACULTY Department of Business Ethics and Legal Studies Daniels College of Business/University of Denver Denver, Colorado March - June 2004 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE MANAGEMENT
Managed retail businesses ranging from $2.5 to $7 million in annual sales for national retailers Williams-Sonoma and Sur La Table, and for Colorado retailers. January 1995 January 2002 LEGAL Macrides, Zezima & Christiano, Attorneys at Law Stamford, Connecticut Attorney in general practice firm, with focus on litigation practice, transactional real estate and zoning law, and small business advising October 1986 April 1993 SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH WORKS IN PROGRESS From Social License to Operate to Legal License to Operate a survey of legal and market mechanisms used across the globe to foster corporate reporting of extra-financial information JOURNAL ARTICLES Sustainability Reporting and New Governance: South Africa Marks the Path to Improved Corporate Disclosure (forthcoming, Winter 2015, CARDOZO JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW) China s Export Restrictions of Raw Materials and Rare Earths: A New Balance between Free Trade and Environmental Protection? 44 GEORGE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW 579 (2012) (coauthored with Don Mayer and Yong-Shik Lee) The WTO Decision on China s Export Restrictions for Raw Materials 45 BUSINESS LAW REVIEW 47 (SPRING 2012) (co-authored with Don Mayer) BOOK CHAPTERS The Legal and Ethical Environment for Multinational Corporations in GOOD BUSINESS: EXERCISING EFFECTIVE AND ETHICAL LEADERSHIP (Routledge 2010)(co-authored with Don Mayer) CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Assessing the Role of Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation as Environmental Regulation MEETING, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (August 2015)
Corporate Sustainability Reporting and Material Information MEETING, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (August 2015) Corporate Sustainability Reporting: The EU Modernisation Directive and Harmonisation of Reporting Standards within the European Union MEETING, Seattle, Washington (August 2014) Show Me the Way: South Africa s New Governance Approach Charts the Path to Integrated Corporate Reporting MEETING, Boston, Massachusetts (August 2013) From Social License to Operate to Legal License to Operate: A Survey of Corporate Non-Financial Reporting as a Condition of Stock Exchange Listing MEETING, Boston, Massachusetts (August 2013) China s Export Restrictions of Raw Materials and Rare Earths: A New Balance between Free Trade and Environmental Protection? MEETING, Kansas City, Missouri (August 2012) CarrotMobs and Sustainability in Small Business Presented at the ROCKY MOUNTAIN ACADEMY OF LEGAL STUDIES IN BUSINESS REGIONAL MEETING, Vail, Colorado (October 2011) CarrotMobs and Sustainability in Small Business MEETING, New Orleans, Louisiana (August 2011) The U.N. and Business: Beyond the Global Compact Presented at the ROCKY MOUNTAIN ACADEMY OF LEGAL STUDIES IN BUSINESS REGIONAL MEETING, Vail, Colorado (October 2010) Should I Stay or Should I Go?: An Ethical Analysis of Business Involvement in Conflict Zones MEETING, Long Beach, California (August 2008) Business Use of the Concept of Constructive Engagement Presented at the ROCKY MOUNTAIN ACADEMY OF LEGAL STUDIES IN BUSINESS REGIONAL MEETING, Vail, Colorado (October 2008) The Legapaedia Project: Production Co-operative Learning and Commons-based Peer
Presented at the ROCKY MOUNTAIN ACADEMY OF LEGAL STUDIES IN BUSINESS REGIONAL MEETING, Vail, Colorado (September 2006) Don t Bogart that Joint, My Friend: A Cooperative Learning Exercise on Federalism and the Commerce Clause MEETING: CHARLES M. HEWITT MASTER TEACHER COMPETITION, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA (August 2007) TEACHING COURSES TAUGHT UNDERGRADUATE: The Business Environment (BUS 1060) International Business Law (LGST 3700) Business and Sustainability (LGST 3701) GRADUATE: Creating Sustainable Enterprises (BUS 4630) The Essence of Enterprise & Leading at the Edge (BUS 4610/4615) Values in the Global Marketplace (MBA 4250) Leadership, Teams and Values (LGST 4780) Global Enterprise Challenges (BUS 4635) EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY Member, Compass Curriculum Design Committee, Daniels College of Business This committee undertook a major strategic redesign of the graduate curriculum, resulting in institution of the Compass courses as framing devices for the remainder of the curriculum. I participated in the design and subsequent revision of all Compass courses (The Essence of Enterprise, Leading at the Edge, Ethics for the 21 st Century Professional, Creating Sustainable Enterprises, and Global Enterprise Challenges). Materials Developed Ethical Frameworks This article describes major ethical frameworks from Western philosophy and is used in all sections of The Legal Environment of Business (LGST 2000) PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION, LICENSES & MEMBERSHIPS PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION C. Thomas Howard Endowed Teacher Scholar Award for Innovation in Teaching awarded by the Daniels College of Business for excellence in teaching innovation and business relevance, University of Denver, Academic Year 2007-2008
Outstanding Teacher Award Pioneer Ambassadors, University of Denver Alumni Association, University of Denver, Academic Year 2005-2006 Charles M. Hewitt Master Teacher Competition Finalist chosen as Competition finalist by selection panel for presentation at the Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, August 2007 PROFESSIONAL LICENSES ADMITTED TO THE COLORADO BAR - November 1994 ADMITTED TO THE CONNECTICUT BAR - November 1986 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS ACADEMY OF LEGAL STUDIES IN BUSINESS September 2004 present ROCKY MOUNTAIN ACADEMY OF LEGAL STUDIES IN BUSINESS September 2004 present AWARDS & GRANTS Research Grant, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver (2014-2015) Research Grant, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver (2013-2014) Research Grant, Institute for Enterprise Ethics, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver (2011-2012) Cooperative Learning Grant, Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Denver (Autumn 2005 and Autumn 2006) SERVICE AND STEWARDSHIP UNIVERSITY SERVICE Faculty advisor, Net Impact chapter (August 2010 present) Senator, representative for the Daniels College of Business to the University Faculty Senate (September 2009 May 2012) Committee Member, Business Ethics and Legal Studies Assistant Professor Search Committee (September 2010 January 2011) Committee Member, Business Ethics and Legal Studies Clinical Professor Search Committee (May July 2007) Committee Member, Daniels Chair in Business Ethics Search Committee (January June 2007)
Committee Member, Daniels College of Business Graduate Curriculum Committee (January 2006 January 2007) Committee Member, Daniels College of Business Dean Search Committee (March August 2004) DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE Undergraduate Program Liaison to the Department Chair, Department of Business Ethics and Legal Studies (Autumn 2006 - Autumn 2008) Adjunct/New Faculty Mentor, Department of Business Ethics and Legal Studies, advising for departmental adjunct professors and newly appointed faculty, pertaining to course development and pedagogy (September 2004 present) Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Business Ethics and Legal Studies, advising for undergraduate legal studies minors (September 2004-present)