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ALIZA D. RACELIS

Curriculum Vitae

 

Brief CV (for introductions):

Aliza Racelis received her PhD in Business Administration (University of the Philippines Diliman) in April 2010. She is a Management Accounting and Business Ethics professor at the University of the Philippines Business School.  Her current research interests are in the areas of Business Ethics, Corporate Governance, Virtue Theory, Social Responsibility, Transcendental Leadership, and Sustainability. In 2018, she was granted a Fulbright scholarship to do research and teaching in the U.S. during the Fall Term. 

Publications:

Racelis, A.D. (2024). Transcendental Leadership as Exemplar for Educational Leadership. Amity International Journal of Teacher Education, 10(1).

Racelis, A.D. (2024, forthcoming). Ethical leadership, sustainable governance, and the prevention of fraud, in M. Dion, H.Y. Somé, N. Boubakri, & O. Guedhami [Eds.]. Corporate Governance, Organizational Ethics, and Prevention Strategies Against Financial Crime. Switzerland: Springer Nature. Forthcoming.

Racelis, A.D.; Teehankee, B.; & Bulaong, O. (2024, forthcoming). Global Survey of Business Ethics: Philippines Report. Asian Journal of Business Ethics. Forthcoming. 

Racelis, A.D. (2022). The Educational Philosophy of the Spanish Philosopher Leonardo Polo: Implications for Teachers’ Self-Reflection and Classroom Management. Journal of Polian Studies, 5(1): 187-197. 

Racelis, A.D. & Aguiling, M.A.H. (2021). Virtuous Leadership for the New Normal: Identifying Leadership Values in a Philippine Leadership Program. Philippine Academy of Management E-journal, 4(1): 23-34. 

Racelis, A.D. (2020). Theorizing Corporate Governance after the Financial Crisis: Towards Ethical and Relational Governance Theories, in Shen Wei [Ed.]. Financial Crises: Types, Causes and Consequences. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Racelis, A.D. (2019). Chapter 3 “Stakeholder Theory and Corporate Governance", In Emerlinda Roman, Roy Ybañez, & Ben Paul Gutierrez [Eds.] Readings in Corporate Governance. UP Business Research Foundation, Inc. and Development Center for Finance, Inc., pp. 49-72.

Racelis, A.D. (2018). Library Services for the Poor: Theoretical Framework for Library Social Responsibility. Pedagogical Research, Vol 3, No 2, Article 6.

Racelis, A.D., Hühn, M.P., & Meyer, M. (2018). Virtues and the Common Good in Leadership, in Sison, A.J.G., Ferrero, I., & Guitián, G. [Eds.]. Business Ethics: A Virtue Ethics and Common Good Approach. London: Routledge.

Racelis, A.D. (2018). Climate Change Challenges and Issues: Exploring South Korean Businesses’ Response, Proceedings of the 5th Philippine Korean Studies Symposium (5PKSS). https://uplinguistics.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/5pkss-final.pdf

Racelis, A.D. (2017). Notions of Gratuitousness and Self-gift in Leonardo Polo. Amity Journal of Training & Development, 2(2).

Racelis, A.D. (2017). Faith-Based Socially Responsible Enterprises: Selected Philippine Cases, Journal of Management for Global Sustainability, Vol 5, Issue 2, pp 113-142.

Racelis, A.D. (2017). Exploring leader motives and motivations: towards the creation of a transcendental leadership scale, The Sankalpa: International Journal of Management Decisions, Vol 3, Issues 1 & 2, pp 1-22.

Racelis, A.D. (2017). Business Ethics and Social Responsibility. Quezon City: Rex Publishing.

Racelis, A.D. (2015). "Integrating Ethics in Finance and Accounting Courses Using Ethical Banks as Vignette," International Journal of Business Ethics in Developing Economies, 4(1), June 2015.

Racelis, A.D. (2014). Examining the Global Financial Crisis from a Virtue Theory Lens. Asia Pacific Social Science Review (a Scopus journal). 14(2), 23-38.

Racelis, A.D. (2014). The leader as friend: Implications of Leonardo Polo’s Friendship in Aristotle for humanisticcorporate governance. Journal of Polian Studies, 1, 63-93.

Racelis, A.D. (2014). Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Asia: A Proposed Theoretical Framework Based on Literature Review. Journal of Management for Global Sustainability. Vol. 2, No. 1.

Racelis, A.D. (2014). The Role of Virtues in Business and Management. In Ganesh, Vani and Panchanatham (Eds.), Connoisseur Strategies for Global Business Management. (pp. 33-37). Bangalore, India: Archers and Elevators Publishing House:

http://youniv.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/role-of-virtues/

Racelis, A.D. (2013), Corporate Governance and Director Independence: Evidence from the Philippines. International Journal of Exclusive Management Research. 3(10):

http://ijemr.in/Corporate%20Governance%20and%20Director%20Independence%20Evidence%20from%20the%20Philippines.pdf

Racelis, A.D. (2013). Developing a Virtue Ethics Scale: Exploratory Survey of Philippine Managers. Asian Journal of Business and Accounting. 6(1).

http://ajba.um.edu.my/filebank/published_article/4788/2.pdf

"Ethics and Governance Issues in Sustainability in Asia: Literature Review and Research Proposals", SYNERGEIA, University of Asia and the Pacific. 2012. Available on this link:

http://uap.asia/crc/index.php/2013/07/synergeia-2012-now-online/

"THE INFLUENCE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF PHILIPPINE BANKS," Social Science Diliman, December 2010. Vol.6, No. 2, pp. 29-49. Please click here:

"Relationship between Strategic Orientation and Organizational Performance: An Exploratory Study of Philippine Companies," Philippine Management Review, 2006. College of Business Administration, University of the Philippines.  pp. 70-80. 

http://www.upd.edu.ph/~cba/PMR/2006_4_racelis.pdf

"An Exploratory Study of Organizational Culture in Philippine Firms," Philippine Management Review, 2005. College of Business Administration, University of the Philippines. Vol. 12. pp. 72-86.

"Relationship between Employee Perceptions of Corporate Ethics and Organizational Culture: An Exploratory Study," Asia Pacific Management Review (Taiwan), June 2010:

(for full paper: on left hand side, click "Current Issue", click "PDF" on my paper, a dialogue box will appear, just click the link on the PDF file)

"Capital Structure and Systematic Risk in the Philippine Setting," Revista de Estadística, Econometría, y Finanzas Aplicadas (México), (Journal of Statistics, Econometrics & Applied Finance), Vol. 5, No. 6. January-June 2007. pp. 1-16.

"Relationship between Corporate Governance and Financial Performance: An Exploratory Study of Philippine Companies," Revista de Estadística, Econometría, y Finanzas Aplicadas (México), (Journal of Statistics, Econometrics & Applied Finance), forthcoming.

This paper has also been presented at the International Journal of Arts & Sciences (IJAS) Conferences, held at Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts last June 22-25, 2009.

National and International Conferences:

Racelis, A.D. (2022). Exploring Compassionate Capitalism in the Case of Philippine Corporations. 10th National Business and Management Conference. Nov. 25-26, 2022. DLSU.

Racelis, A.D. (2022). Towards the Development of a Personal Sustainability Scale. PLAI 2nd National Research Conference. October 11, 2022. 

Racelis, A.D. (2022). Offering Transformational Leadership Modules in Leadership Courses: Importance of Inspirational Content During the Pandemic. S4SES 1st International Conference on Education. August 24-25, 2022 (Virtual Conference).

Racelis, A.D. (2021). The Vocation of the Business Leader in Solidarity Economy Initiatives. 28th International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference. October 21-23, 2021 (Virtual Conference). DePaul University Chicago.

Racelis, A.D. (2020). Towards a more humanistic labor relations management in the Philippines and Asia. 10th Asian Regional Congress of the International Labour and Employment Relations Association (10th ILERA). December 3-4, 2020. UP SOLAIR.

Racelis, A.D. & Aguiling, A.H. (2020). Virtuous Leadership for the New Normal: Identifying Leader Virtues in a Philippine Leadership Program. 8th National Business and Management Conference. November 27-28, 2020. DLSU.

Racelis, A.D. (2020). Comparative US-ASEAN Entrepreneurship Ethics Study: An Exploratory Literature Review. 5th Asia Future Conference (AFC5). January 9-12, 2020, Manila/Laguna.

Racelis, A.D. (2019). The Role of Organizational Culture in Moral Education: Exploring the Business Dimension. Asia Pacific Network of Moral Education Conference. June 26-30, 2019, Bali, Indonesia.

Racelis, A.D. (2019). The Role of Transcendental Leadership in Educational Management. The Future of Education Conference 2019. January 21-22, 2019. SMX Convention Center, Manila.

Racelis, A.D. (2018). Exploring the Benefits of Mentoring: The Case of a Philippine NGO. 1st International Mentoring Conference. July 19-21, 2018. University of Asia & the Pacific.

Racelis, A.D. (2018). Benefits of values education and mentoring: The case of a Philippine NGO. Action Research Action Learning (ARAL) Conference 2018. May 24-26, 2018. De la Salle University, Manila. 

Racelis, A.D. (2018). In Search of Effective Entrepreneurship Education: The Philippine Case. 1st NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH. February 2018. Colegio de San Juan de Letran.

Racelis, A.D. (2017). Entrepreneurship Education Via Distance Mode: Learning from the Top Asian Institutions. 5th National Conference on Open and Distance eLearning (NCODeL). November 22-23, 2017. Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria.

Racelis, A.D. (2017). Climate Change Challenges and Issues: Exploring South Korean Businesses’ Response. 5th Philippine Korean Studies Symposium (5PKSS). November 9-10, 2017. NISMED Hostel, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.

Racelis, A.D. (2017). Accountability and ethics in public sector governance: Learning from the best universities in ASEAN, NCPAG 65th Anniversary International Conference, August 22-25, 2017. Marco Polo Hotel, Ortigas.

Racelis, A.D. & Tanael, J.S. (2017). Innovations in Responsible Management Education: A Review of Success Stories Towards a Proposed Theoretical Framework. International Conference on Open and Innovative Education (ICOIE 2017). 12-14 July 2017. Hong Kong SAR.

Racelis, A.D. (2017). The Role of Reflective Management Courses in Business Ethics Programs: Proposals for ASEAN Academic Institutions. Managing and Teaching Business Ethics: Global Trends and Challenges. 4-7 June 2017. Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines. 

Racelis, A.D. (2017). Water Resources Management byBusiness Organizations: Towards a Theoretical Framework for StakeholderAnalysis and Engagement. Sekiguchi Global Research Association (SGRA) 23rd Sustainable Shared Growth Seminar. 7 May 2017. Manila, Philippines.

Racelis, A.D. (2017). "From Governance to Sustainability: Towards a Comprehensive Sustainability Ratings Framework for Asia," Forthcoming. 2nd American Academic Research Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Sciences. New York, USA. April 28-30, 2017.

Racelis, A.D. (2017). International Relations in Businessand Management Programs: History, Cases, and Challenges in the Philippines. Philippine International Studies Organization (PhISO) Conference. 8-10 March 2017. Far Eastern University, Manila.

Racelis, A.D. (2017). Water Resources Management by Business Organizations: Towards a Theoretical Framework for Stakeholder Analysis and Engagement. International Conference on Integrated Natural Resources and Environment Management. 21-23 February 2017. Manila, Philippines.

Racelis, A.D. (2016). Notions of Gratuitousness andSelf-gift in Leonardo Polo: Implications for Inclusiveness and Cultural Development. The Language, Culture & Politics Colloquium 2016. University of Asia & the Pacific, Pasig City, Philippines, December 7, 2016. 

Racelis, A.D. (2016). Library Services for the Poor: TheoreticalFramework for Library Social Responsibility. Philippine Librarians Association Inc. (PLAI) Congress 2016. Davao City, Philippines, Nov. 22-25, 2016. 

Racelis, A.D. (2016). Climate Change Challenges andIssues: Exploring South Korean Businesses’ Response. The Korean Studies Association of Southeast Asia 7th Biennial Conference on Korean Studies. Novotel, Cubao, Quezon City, Sept. 28-30, 2016. 

Racelis, A.D. (2016). The Educational Philosophyof the Spanish Philosopher Leonardo Polo: Implications for Teachers’Self Reflection and Classroom Management.9th International Conference on Teacher Education (ICTED). University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Sept. 1-3, 2016. 

Racelis, A.D. (2016). Climate Change Challenges andIssues: Exploring South Korean Businesses’ Response. 5th Philippine Korean Studies Symposium (PKSS). Microtel Technohub, Quezon City, July 20-22, 2016. 

Racelis, A.D. (2016). Relationship between Corporate Governance and Stock Price Information: Exploratory Study of Selected Philippine Listed Firms. International Conference on Business and Management 2016 (ICBM 2016).  13 to 15 July, 2016, University of Philippines, Quezon City.

Racelis, A.D. (2016). The Transcendental LeadershipTheoretical Model: Investigation Into Transcendent Motives Based On ResponsesBy Management Students In An Undergraduate Class. International Research Exchange and Faculty Development Conference (IREFDC) 2016. College of St Benilde, Manila, April 21-22, 2016.

"Discourse on the New Climate Economy: Exploring Businesses’ Response in ASEAN," 

Universal Academic Cluster International Spring Conference. April 6-8, 2016. Kyoto, Japan.

"Conceptions of Environment & Coexistence According to the Spanish Philosopher Leonardo Polo: Implications for Sustainability Education," Sekiguchi Global Research Association (SGRA) 20th Sustainable Shared Growth Seminar. Feb. 10, 2016. Ateneo de Manila University campus, Quezon City.

"Spirituality and Global Citizenship in Management Programs: Comparing Curricula Among ASEAN Business Schools," Comparative Education Society of Asia (CESA) International Conference 2016. Jan. 28-29, De La Salle University, Manila.

International Research Conference on Higher Education (IRCHE 2015). Materials and Resources on Poverty and Development: Improving the Delivery of Business Ethics Courses. December 2-5, 2015, Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Olongapo City.

National Conference on Research in Teacher Education (NCRTE). Delivered the following paper:“Exploratory Comparison of Business Ethics Curricula in Selected ASEAN Universities: Implications for Teacher Education”. College of Education, U.P. Diliman, October 22-24, 2015. Link to conference is HERE.

BSP-UP Professorial Chair lectures 2015. Delivered the following paper: The Leader as Friend: Implications of Polo’s Friendship in Aristotle for Humanistic Corporate Governance. Journal of Polian Studies. (12/2014 issue). Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Malate, Manila. October 19, 2015.

Racelis, A.D. (2015). Creative Faith-Based Online Writing: Towards a Theoretical Framework for Success. 6th Poetica e Cristianesimo Convegno Internazionale, April 27-28, 2015. Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, Italy.

Racelis, A.D. (2015). Relationship between Leadership and Spirituality: The Case of Asia. Spirituality and Creativity in Management World Congress, ESADE, April 23-25, 2015. Barcelona, Spain.

Racelis, A.D. (2015). Faith-Based Social Enterprise: Selected Philippine Cases. 4th Colloquium on Christian Humanism in Business and Economics, IESE Barcelona. April 20-21, 2015. Barcelona, Spain.

Racelis, A.D. (2015). Generating SocialEnterprise Projects in an Undergraduate Business Ethics Class. 9th International Conference on Catholic Social Thought. Feb. 26-28, 2015. Manila, Philippines.

Racelis, Aliza and Refran, Roel (2015). Quality of CSR Reports: Exploratory Investigation of Philippine Listed Firms. IJAS Conference Singapore 2015. Jan. 12-15, 2015. Singapore.

Racelis, A.D. (2014), "The leader as friend: Implications of Leonardo Polo’s Friendship in Aristotle for humanistic corporate governance". Paper read at the International Conference “Spirits in Time: Person, Action, and Culture in Leonardo Polo's Ethics”, IESE Business School, Madrid, Spain. September 29, 2014.

Academy of Management meeting 2014, Professional Development Workshop (PDW) titled "Naming creates awareness and intention: How to develop the sustainability mindfulness in action", with LEAP team headed by Prof. Isabel Rimanoczy, August 1, 2014. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. http://leapintosustainability.org/

"Integrating Ethics in Finance and Accounting Courses Using Ethical Banks as Vignette," 18th International Symposium on Business, Ethics, and Society. IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain. June 30-July 1, 2014.

VIDEO of the conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HUActfkSeA

“Exploring the Contribution of Virtue Ethics to the Financial Crisis Discourse,” Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)-UP Professorial Chair Lecture 2014, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Malate, Manila. May 14, 2014.

http://youniv.wordpress.com/category/bsp-up-professorial-chair-lecture-2014/

"Technology and Environmental Sustainability in Asia: Proposals for Empirical Research," 35th Annual Humanities and Technology Association Conference, St. Thomas University, Miami Gardens, Florida, USA. Nov. 7-9, 2013.

"Ecological Ethics: Inclusive Wealth Index and Beyond", Sekiguchi Global Research Association - Manila Seminars #16, U.P. College of Engineering. 23 August 2013. 

http://www.aisf.or.jp/sgra-in-english/seminar16/RacelisPRES.pdf

"Ethical Issues in Manufacturing Labor: Research Proposals for the Philippines", Sekiguchi Global Research Association - Manila Seminars #15, U.P. School of Labor and Industrial Relations. 8 February 2013. 

http://www.aisf.or.jp/sgra-in-english/seminar15/SGRAS15AlizaRacelis.pdf

"Developing a Virtue Ethics Scale: Exploratory Study Among Philippine Managers," 15th Asia Pacific Management Conference, Tainan, TAIWAN. 2 December 2011.

https://sites.google.com/site/alizaracelis/15thasiapacificmanagementconference

"Virtue Ethics as Corporate Governance Mechanism", presented on January 5, 2011, at the International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD), Orlando, Florida:

"Relationship between Corporate Governance and Financial Performance: An Exploratory Study of Philippine Companies" , presented on June 22, 2009 at the International Journal of Arts & Sciences (IJAS) Conference at Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts.

"Corporate Ethical Culture: An Exploratory Descriptive Survey of Philippine Companies" presented at the 8th International Conference on Philippine Studies (8th ICOPHIL) last   July 25th, 2008, at the Philippine Social Science Center (PSSC), on Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City.  For details, click here: ICOPHIL

(For a working paper version of the Paper, click here: Corporate Ethics)

"Influence of Human Resources Management on Firm Performance: Exploratory Study of Philippine Banks" presented at the 9th Faculty-Student National Conference on Statistical Sciences, 6 October 2008, UP Diliman campus.  Click here: Stat Conference

“Towards a Humanitarian Corporate Culture: Content Analysis of Annual Reports of Philippine Television Networks”, submitted to Humanitarian Media Foundation [HMF] (http://www.humanitarianmedia.org) for possible presentation during the International Conference.

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Editorial Board memberships:

Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Journal of Polian Studies. Leonardo Polo Institute of Philosophy. (from August 2014).

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Management for Global Sustainability. International Association of Jesuit Business Schools. (from 2017)

Member, Virtue Ethics in Business Research Group, University of Navarra.