Chris Doran

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• E: c.e.doran@salford.ac.uk
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Chris joined the University of Salford in 2009 principally as a Lecturer in Human Resource Management. He also specialises in the area of Business Ethics. Before his appointment he spent over five years as a HR practitioner and coordinator, covering several management and leadership roles. Recruitment and Selection and Training and Development were the main areas in which he was responsible.

Chris currently delivers a wide range of HR modules as well as Business Ethics modules to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. He is currently completing my PhD, which is a study of the application and development of ethical codes of conduct in small and medium sized organisations. Chris is the chair for the college ethical approval panel for taught courses. He also supervises 15 students a year who are completing their dissertations.

Chris is the module leader for the 3^rd year Business Ethics module on the undergraduate Business and Management Studies course. He also teaches HRM to 3^rd year undergraduate students. In the past few years he has focused on delivering CIPD modules including Resource and Talent Management as well as Learning and Development. Chris teaches elements of other HR modules to students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Main research areas are as follows:

• Ethical Codes of Conduct in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
• Teaching Methodologies, Strategies and Curriculum Design in the Delivery of Undergraduate and Post-Graduate Business Ethics Courses in the United States and the U.K.
• The Impact of Business Ethics on Organisational Development and Performance.
• Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability of Businesses and Universities.
• Organisational Behaviour within the Realms of Business Ethics
• VLEs and their Relationship with the Teaching of Business Ethics.
• The Role of Social Networks in the Recruitment Processes.

• BA (Hons) at Lancaster University and the University of Illinois at Champaign. 2002
• MA at Manchester University 2003
• PG Cert In Higher Education 2008
• Currently Completing PhD.

Doran, C. (2011) 'From Swashbuckling to SMEs - The Development of Codes of Conduct in SMEs', Conference Presentation, SPARC Conference, Salford University, Manchester , UK.

Cooke, G.T., Doran, C.E. and Redfern, D.C. (2009) The Validity of References as an Indicator of Performance, Paper, 5^th performance and reward Conference, New Directions In Performance and Reward, Manchester Metropolitan University 01/04/2009.