Richard Coughlan
Senior Associate Dean
Director, Richard S. Reynolds Graduate School of Business, MBA Program
Executive Director of Executive Education
Associate Professor of Management
Profile
Awards
Distinguished Educator Award, University of Richmond, One of six faculty across campus to win top teaching honor.

Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work, Robins School of Business, Annual award to recognize top researcher among approximately 50 faculty.
Presentations
Coughlan S. Richard, Ethical Decision-Making for Leaders in Graduate Management Education, Annual Meeting, Boston, MA

Coughlan S. Richard, Establishing Stronger Connections to Community, Quarterly Meeting, Richmond, VA

Coughlan S. Richard, Ethical Decision-Making for Leaders in Graduate Management Education, Annual Leadership Conference, San Francisco, CA

Coughlan S. Richard, Ethical Dilemmas Among Hospitality Professionals, Quarterly Meeting, Richmond, VA

Coughlan S. Richard, Ethical Decision Making, Quarterly Meeting, Dallas, TX

Coughlan S. Richard, Ethical Decision Making, School of Bank Management, Charlottesville, VA

Coughlan S. Richard, Principle Based Decision Making, Leadership Development Program, Richmond, VA

Coughlan S. Richard, Ethical Decision Making, Quarterly Meeting, Providence, RI

Coughlan S. Richard, Pricniple Based Decision Making, Leadership Academy, Richmond, VA

Coughlan S. Richard, Ethical Decision Making: Building an Ethical Culture, Annual Conference, Richmond, VA

Coughlan S. Richard, Career management options in part-time MBA programs, Annual MBA Leadership Conference, St. Petersburg, FL

Coughlan S. Richard, Beyond Ethics: Accountability, PCMA Annual Meeting, Toronto, ONT

Coughlan S. Richard, Management education as a personal journey to leadership, AOM Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA
Professional Experience
Previous positions include:
National Sales Manager, Pebble Beach Resorts. (November 1990 - June 1993).

Hyatt Hotels. (May 1989 - November 1990).
Institutional Service
Academic Council. (August 17, 2011 - May 7, 2012).

Executive Education Advisory Committee. (August 17, 2011 - May 7, 2012).

Committee Chair, Graduate Council. (August 17, 2011 - May 7, 2012).

International Business Committee. (August 17, 2011 - May 7, 2012).

Committee Member, Academic Council. (August 18, 2010 - May 9, 2011).

Committee Member, Executive Education Advisory Committee. (August 18, 2010 - May 9, 2011).

Committee Chair, Graduate Council. (August 18, 2010 - May 9, 2011).

Committee Member, International Business Committee. (August 18, 2010 - May 9, 2011).

Committee Member, Academic Council. (August 19, 2009 - May 10, 2010).

Committee Member, Executive Education Advisory Committee. (August 19, 2009 - May 10, 2010).

Committee Chair, Graduate Council. (August 19, 2009 - May 10, 2010).

Committee Member, International Business Committee. (August 19, 2009 - May 10, 2010).

Committee Member, Program Assessment Committee. (August 19, 2009 - May 10, 2010).

Committee Chair, Strategic Planning Committee. (August 19, 2009 - May 10, 2010).

Committee Member, Academic Council. (August 19, 2008 - May 11, 2009).

Committee Chair, Curriculum Redesign Committee. (August 19, 2008 - May 11, 2009).

Committee Member, Executive Education Advisory Committee. (August 19, 2008 - May 11, 2009).

Committee Chair, Graduate Council. (August 19, 2008 - May 11, 2009).

Committee Member, International Business Committee. (August 19, 2008 - May 11, 2009).

Committee Member, Queally Hall Steering Committee, Assessment Committee. (August 19, 2008 - May 11, 2009).
Selected Publications
Books

Richard S. Coughlan, Employee Loyalty as Adherence to Shared Moral Values, Icfai Press, 2007

Articles

Richard S. Coughlan, Eric Daniels, Innovation and creativity in the MBA curriculum: A progress report, MBA Innovation, 2008, 14-19

Richard S. Coughlan, Investigating unethical decisions at work: Justification and emotion in dilemma resolution, Journal of Managerial Issues, 2008,348-363

J. Randolph New, Jim Clawson, Joe Ben Hoyle, Richard S. Coughlan, How course portfolios can advance the scholarship and practice of management teaching, Journal of Management Education, 2008, 8-22

Richard S. Coughlan, , Designing the MBA of Tomorrow, Design Management Review, 2007

Richard S. Coughlan, Codes, values and justifications in the ethical decision-making process, Journal of Business Ethics, 2005,45-53

Richard S. Coughlan, Employee loyalty as adherence to shared moral values, Journal of Managerial Issues, 2005, 43-57

Richard S. Coughlan, Hotel managers' preditcitons of satisfaction with unexpected outcomes, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, 2003,254-261


Education
B.S., University of Virginia 1989
Commerce
M.S., University of Arizona 1996
Management
M.B.A., University of Arizona 1997
Ph.D., University of Arizona 1998
Management
Contact Information
136B RSB
(804) 289-8553
(804) 289-8878 (Fax)
Areas of Expertise
Business Ethics
Negotiations
Managerial Decision Making
Hotel Industry
Management Education