About Ben Teehankee (brief)

Dr. Benito L. Teehankee
Professor of Strategic Management, Governance, and Ethics

Dr. Ben L. Teehankee is a Full Professor specializing in Strategic Management, Governance, and Ethics at the Department of Management and Organization (which he founded and chaired from 2011-2014) of the Ramon V. del Rosario College of Business, De La Salle University (DLSU).

Key Expertise and Teaching

With over 40 years of teaching experience, his course background is extensive, including:

• Strategic Management

• Corporate Governance and Ethics

• Organizational Behavior and Managing Change

• Total Quality Management (TQM)

• Business Intelligence, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence

• Humanistic Management

• Research Methods and Statistics

• Action Research

His consulting and speaking engagements for numerous private, government, and educational institutions (including RCBC, BDO Unibank, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, and the World Health Organization) focus on corporate governance, leadership, ethics, process improvement, corporate culture, strategic thinking, and information technology applications. 

Leadership and Service

Dr. Teehankee holds significant roles in both national and international organizations:

•  Commission on Higher Education (CHED): Member of the Technical Panel on Business Administration and the Technical Working Group on Institutional Sustainability Assessment. He previously served in various task forces on quality assurance and education frameworks.

•  Analytics and AI Association of the Philippines (AAP): Chairman of the Responsible AI and Analytics Council.

•  Management Association of the Philippines (MAP): Chairman of the Shared Prosperity Committee.

•  International Humanistic Management Association (IHMA): Board Member.

•  United Nations PRME: Member of the Steering Committee for the PRME Chapter ASEAN+ and the i5 Expert Pedagogy Group.

•  Board Service: Serves on the boards of SOS Children Villages Philippines and the Shareholders Association of the Philippines (SharePhil).

Scholarly Contributions and Recognition

Dr. Teehankee is an accomplished author and columnist:

 Publications: His recent works include research on action research for social sustainability, person-centered management in the Filipino context, the dialectic of human-AI engagement, and integrating Catholic Social Teachings into ethical management practice.

 Journalism: Since 1994, he has contributed columns on ethics, governance, management, and leadership to major Philippine newspapers, receiving the Best Business Column award from the Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA) in 2009.

 Awards:

• Outstanding Educator in a Finance-Related Field (Special Award for Corporate Governance Studies) from FINEX and Deloitte (2013).

• DLSU'S Most Cited Scopus Paper in Business and Social Sciences for 2019 and 2020.

• Outstanding Lasallian Partner in Formation (2012) and a DLSAA Lasallian Achievement Awardee (2025).

• Ethics Champion, GCash, 2025

Awards:

He holds a Doctor of Business Administration (with distinction) from DLSU, a Master of Statistics from UP-Diliman, and undergraduate degrees from DLSU in Behavioral Sciences and Business Management.