University of Scranton professors author ‘Ethics Feature of the Year’

Douglas M. Boyle, DBA ’88, professor and chair of accounting at The University of Scranton, and Daniel P. Haggerty, Ph.D., professor of philosophy at Scranton, are two of the three authors of an article that earned this year’s Curt Verschoor Ethics Feature of the Year Award from the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA).

Their article, “Fraud and the Capital Vices: Pride, Envy and Greed,” was published in the IMA’s flagship publication, Strategic Finance. Their article examines how the vices of pride, envy and greed contribute to fraud risk. It also provides organizations with practical strategies to strengthen ethical culture and prevent fraud by addressing these behavioral drivers.

In addition to serving as professor and chair in the Department of Accounting, Dr. Boyle is the director of the University’s Ph.D. program in accounting. A Certified Public Accountant and Certified Management Accountant, he brings 30-plus years of executive experience, having held positions as CEO, CFO and COO.

He currently serves as board chair for Allied Services Healthcare System and is ranked No. 1 worldwide for publication productivity in top accounting education journals and No. 1 nationally in practice-focused accounting journals. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Scranton, an MBA from Columbia University and a doctorate from Kennesaw State.

Beyond serving as a professor in the Department of Philosophy, Dr. Haggerty directs the University’s Special Jesuit Liberal Arts Honors Program. Dr. Haggerty’s research focuses on moral psychology, ethics and epistemology, examining how virtue, reasoning and emotions influence decision-making and ethical behaviors.

He has published extensively on classical and contemporary philosophy and has received University awards, including Teacher of the Year — from Scranton’s graduating class in 2018 and also from Alpha Sigma Nu in 2011 — and the 2016 Magis Award. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Saint Joseph’s University and a doctorate from Syracuse University.

Dr. Boyle has authored four Verschoor award-winning articles, while Dr. Haggerty has authored two. The article’s third author, Dana R. Hermanson, Ph.D., is an accounting professor at Kennesaw State University.