Gerald Cavanagh

Gerald Cavanagh is Interim Dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Detroit Mercy.  He also is the Charles T. Fisher III Chair of Business Ethics and Professor of Management. He is the author of more than 40 research articles and five books, the latest, American Business Values: A Global View, 6th ed.

Jerry Cavanagh has lectured and consulted with business firms, governments and universities.  He has lectured and given workshops on business ethics and the role of the business firm throughout the US, as well as in Mexico, Indonesia, Australia and India.  He received the "Most Outstanding Faculty Award" from his colleagues at the University of Detroit Mercy.  Cavanagh holds a B.S. in engineering from Case Western Reserve University, and graduate degrees of Ph.L., M.B.A. and M.Ed. from St. Louis University, S.T.L. from Loyola University of Chicago and D.B.A. in Management from Michigan State University.  He joined the University in 1980.  He is a Catholic priest in the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).

Cavanagh was Academic Vice President and Provost at the University of Detroit Mercy (1989-95), held the Gasson Chair at Boston College and the Dirksen Chair of Business Ethics at Santa Clara University.  He received honorary doctorates from Loyola of Baltimore and Siena Heights University.  He chaired the Social Issues Division of the Academy of Management, and the All-Academy of Management Task Force on Ethics. Cavanagh has served on the board of trustees of Fordham University, Santa Clara University, Xavier University, College of the Holy Cross, Loyola University of New Orleans and the University of Detroit.

Cavanagh has recently written and lectured on: Ethics in the Global Marketplace, Business and Personal Values, Free Enterprise: Strengths and Limitations, and Spirituality for the Manager.  In his free time, he enjoys hiking and backpacking in the National Parks.

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