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Jang Singh CV

Jang Singh, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Management
jang@uwindsor.ca
 

Education 

  • Ph.D.  University of Toronto, 1983.
  • M.B.A.  University of Windsor, Canada, 1987.
  • M.A.  University of Toronto, 1980.
  • M.A.  University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN USA, 1979.
  • B.A.  University of Toronto, 1978.

Employment Experience 

  • Professor, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor (July, 1996 - Present)
  • Senior University of Windsor Research Leadership Chair in Business, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor (May, 2011 - June, 2016)
  • Associate Dean, Strategic Initiatives, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor (July, 2007 - June, 2010)
  • Associate Professor, University of Windsor (July, 1989 - June, 1996)
  • Assistant Professor, University of Windsor (July, 1986 - June, 1989)
  • Sessional Instructor, University of Windsor (September, 1985 - April, 1986)
  • Labour Market Research Officer, Employment Canada (February, 1985 - April, 1985)
  • Career Access Program Officer, Employment Canada (June, 1984 - July, 1984)
  • Operations Support Clerk, Employment Canada (February, 1984 - June, 1984)
  • Manager, Canada Employment Centre (January, 1983 - January, 1984)
  • Research Assistant, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (January, 1981 - January, 1982)
  • Administrative Assistant, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (January, 1980 - June, 1982)
  • Teacher, Ministry of Education, Guyana (January, 1973 - January, 1974), Guyana.

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Books 

  • Singh, J. (2024).  Sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals in Cultural Clusters: A comparative analysis of concepts, influences and attainability Springer Link. ISBN: 978-3-031-70617-2.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70618-9.

  • Singh, J. (2021). Sustainability: The Influence of Leadership and Culture.  FriesenPress, ISBN: 9781039106635.  https://barnesandnoble.com/w/sustainability-jang-b-singh/1140361599.
  • Singh, J., & Griffin, R. (1999).  Management (Canadian Edition). Toronto, Canada:  Houghton Mifflin.  
  • Carasco, E., & Singh, J. (1994).  The Law of Education in Ontario. ON, Canada:  Carswell.  

Chapters 

  • Carasco, E., & Singh, J. (2013). Human Rights in the Value Chain. In A. Lindreen, S. Sen, F. Maon, J. Vanhamme (Ed.), Sustainable Value Chain Management: Analyzing, Designing, Implementing and Monitoring for Social and Environmental Responsibility. Gower Publishing. 
  • Singh, J., & Carasco, E. (2009). Ethics Conventions and Globalization in Business Ethics: through time and across contexts. In G. Wood and G. Svensson (Eds.), Business Ethics: through Time and across Contexts. Studentlitteratur. 
  • Singh, J., & Carasco, E. (2009). The Evolution of Global Ethics Conventions. In G. Wood and G. Svensson (Eds.), Global Marketing: Think Globally and Act Locally. Studentlitteratur. 
  • Carasco, E., & Singh, J. (2005). Business Ethics, Economic Development and Protection of the Environment in the New World Order. In Poff, W. and Waluchow, W. (Eds.), Business Ethics in Canada - 4th Canadian Edition. Canada: Prentice Hall. 
  • Singh, J., & Lakhan, C. (2000). Business Ethics and the International Trade in Hazardous Wastes. In Tittle, P. (Ed.), Ethical Issues in Management (pp. 399-411). Broadview. 
  • Singh, J., & Carasco, E. (1999). Business Ethics, Economic Development and Protection of the Environment in the New World Order. In Poff & Waluchow (Eds.), Business Ethics in Canada (pp. 362-373). Prentice Hall. 
  • Singh, J., & Lakhan, C. (1997). Business Ethics and the International Trade in Hazardous Wastes. In Beauchamp, T.; Bowie, N. (Ed.), Ethical Theory and Business (Fifth Ed.) (pp. 399-411). Prentice Hall. 
  • Singh, J., & Lakhan, C. (1997). Business Ethics and the International Trade in Hazardous Wastes. In Adams, D. and Maine, E. (Eds.), Business Ethics for the 21st Century. Canada: McGraw-Hill. 

Articles 

  • Singh, J., Wood, G., Callaghan, M., Svensson, G., & Andersson, S. (2018).  Operationalizing business ethics in organizations: The view of executives in Australia, Canada and Sweden.   European Business Review, 30 (4), 494-510, http://doi.org/10.1108/EBR-05-2017-0101.
  • Singh, J. (2015).  Changes in the contents of corporate codes of ethics: An institutional interpretation.   European Business Review, 27 (4), 369-388, http://doi.org/10.1108/EBR-11-2014-0078.
  • Hutchinson, D., Singh, J., Svensson, G., & Mysen, T. (2013).  Towards a model of conscientious corporate brands: A Canadian study.   Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, The, 28 (8), 687-695, http://doi.org/10.1108/JBIM-05-2012-0085.
  • Hutchinson, D., Singh, J., Svensson, G., & Mysen, T. (2012).  Properties of quality constructs in Canadian business relationships.   International Journal of Business Excellence, 5 (4), 429-443, http://doi.org/10.1504/IJBEX.2012.047908.
  • Hutchinson, D., Singh, J., Svensson, G., & Mysen, T. (2012).  Inter-relationships among focal dimensions in relationship quality: A quantitative and exploratory approach.   International Journal of Procurement Management, 5 (2), 229-252, http://doi.org/10.1504/IJPM.2012.045651.
  • Hutchinson, D., Singh, J., & Walker, K. (2012).  An assessment of the early stages of a sustainable business model in the Canadian fast food industry.   European Business Review, 24 (6), 519-531, http://doi.org/10.1108/09555341211270537.
  • Callaghan, M., Wood, G., Payan, J. M., Singh, J., & Svensson, G. (2012).  Code of ethics quality: An international comparison of corporate staff support and regulation in Australia, Canada and the United States.   Business Ethics: A European Review, 21 (1), 15-30, http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8608.2011.01637.x.
  • Hutchinson, D., Singh, J., Svensson, G., & Mysen, T. (2011).  Antecedents and postcedents of satisfaction in business relationships in Canada.   International Journal of Logistics Economics and Globalisation, 3 (4), 189-209, http://doi.org/10.1504/IJLEG.2011.044960.
  • Svensson, G., Wood, G., Singh, J., Payan, J., & Callaghan, J. (2011).  The embededness of codes of ethics in organizations in Australia, Canada and the United States.   Business Ethics: A European Review, 20 (4), 405-417, http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8608.2011.01623.x.
  • Singh, J., Svensson, G., Wood, G., & Callaghan, M. (2011).  A longitudinal and cross-cultural study of the contents of codes of ethics of Australian, Canadian and Swedish corporations.   Business Ethics: A European Review, 20 (1), 103-119, http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8608.2010.01612.x.
  • Singh, J. (2011).  Changes and trends in Canadian corporate ethics programs.   Business and Society Review, 116 (2), 257-276, http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8594.2011.00385.x.
  • Singh, J. (2011).  Determinants of the effectiveness of corporate codes of ethics: an empirical study.   Journal of Business Ethics, 101 (3), 385-395, http://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-010-0727-3.
  • Carasco, E., & Singh, J. (2010).  Towards holding transnational corporations responsible for human rights.   European Business Review, 22 (4), 432-445, http://doi.org/10.1108/09555341011056195.
  • Svensson, G., Wood, G., Singh, J., Carasco, E., & Callaghan, M. (2009).  Ethical structures and processes of corporations operating in Australia, Canada and Sweden: A longitudinal and cross-cultural study.   Journal of Business Ethics, 86 (4), 485-506, http://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-008-9860-7.
  • Svensson, G., Wood, G., Singh, J., & Callaghan, M. (2009).  Implementation, communication and benefits of corporate codes of ethics: An International and Longitudinal Approach for Australia, Canada and Sweden.   Business Ethics: A European Review, 18 (4), 389-407, http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8608.2009.01571.x.
  • Svensson, G., Wood, G., Singh, J., & Callaghan, M. (2009).  A cross-cultural construct of the ethos of corporate codes of ethics: Australia, Canada and Sweden.   Business Ethics: A European Review, 18 (3), 253-267, http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8608.2009.01561.x.
  • Singh, J., & Carasco, E. (2008).  Human rights in global business ethics codes.   Business and Society Review, 113 (3), 347-375, http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8594.2008.00324.x.
  • Singh, J. (2006).  A comparison of the contents of the codes of ethics of Canada's largest corporations in 1992 and 2003.   Journal of Business Ethics, 64 (1), 17-29, http://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-005-2408-1.
  • Singh, J. (2006).  Ethics programs in Canada's largest corporations.   Business and Society Review, 111 (2), 119-137, http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8594.2006.00264.x.
  • Singh, J., Carasco, E., Svensson, G., Wood, G., & Callaghan, M. (2005).  A comparative study of the contents of corporate codes of ethics in Australia, Canada and Sweden.   Journal of World Business (Columbia), 40 (1), 91-109, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2004.10.007.
  • Wood, G., Svensson, G., Singh, J., Carasco, E., & Callaghan, M. (2005).  Implementing the ethos of corporate codes of ethics: Australia, Canada and Sweden.   Business Ethics: A European Review, 13 (4), 389-403, http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8608.2004.00378.x.
  • Carasco, E., & Singh, J. (2003).  The content and focus of the codes of ethics of the world's largest transnational corporations.   Business and Society Review, 108 (2003), 71-94, http://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8594.00007.
  • Singh, J., & Carasco, E. (1996).  Business ethics, economic development and protection of the environment in the new world order.   Journal of Business Ethics, 15, 297-307.
  • Singh, J., & Lefebvre, M. (1996).  A comparison of the contents and foci of Canadian and American corporate codes of ethics.   International Journal of Management, 13, 156-171.
  • Singh, J., & Punnett, B. J. (1994).  Choosing a site for international business/management research: The West Indies.   International Studies of Management & Organization, 24 (1,2), 165-189.
  • Singh, J., & Punnett, B. J. (1994).  The relative influence of economic development and anglo heritage on expressed values: Empirical evidence for a Caribbean country.   International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 18 (1), 99-115.
  • Singh, J., & Lefebvre, M. (1992).  The content and focus of Canadian corporate codes of ethics.   Journal of Business Ethics, 11, 799-808.
  • Singh, J., & Carasco, E. (1991).  The United Nations code of conduct on transnational corporations: divergent approaches and common interests.   Transition (Journal of the Institute of Development Studies; University of Guyana), 18, 62-72.
  • Singh, J. (1990).  Entrepreneurship education as a catalyst of development in the third world.   Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 7 (4), 56-63.
  • Singh, J. (1990).  Ethics in the business school curriculum: a challenge for the 1990's.   Journal of Education for Business, 65 (8), 368-374.
  • Singh, J., Lakhan, V. C., & Lakhan, S. (1990).  The use of Canadian aid to sustain Guyana's administrative dictatorship.   Caribbean Studies, 23 (3-4), 69-84.
  • Singh, J., & Lakhan, C. (1989).  Business ethics and the international trade in hazardous wastes.   Journal of Business Ethics, 8, 889-899.
  • Singh, J. (1989).  The teaching of ethics in Canadian schools of management and administrative studies.   Journal of Business Ethics, 8, 51-56.
  • Singh, J., Andiappan, P., & Crestohl, M. (1989).  Race discrimination in employment in Canada: Court cases and remedies.   Relations Industrielles, 44 (4), 827-848.
  • Singh, J. (1988).  Business activity and the environment; the case of GUYSUCO and thallium sulphate.   Journal of Business Ethics, 7, 397-400.
  • Singh, J., & Crocker, O. (1988).  Operative and espoused personnel selection criteria of managers.   Relations Industrielles, 43 (1), 167-182.
  • Singh, J., & Punnett, B. J. (1987).  Research in a tropical paradise? The case for increased management research in the West Indies.   Caribbean Finance and Management, 3 (2), 17-26.
  • Singh, J. (1987).  Just Rewards: The case for ethical reform in Canada [Olive, D.) - Book Review.   Journal of Business Ethics, 10, 395-396.
  • Singh, J. (1984).  Education and development: Operative and espoused views of the school's role in Guyana.   Journal of Canadian and International Education, 13 (2), 9-21.

Proceedings / Presentations 

  • Svensson, G., Wood, G., Singh, J., Payan, A., & Callaghan, M. (2009).  Corporate Codes of Ethics in Australia, Canada and the USA: measurement and structural properties of a cross-cultural model.   ANZMAC - Australia and New Zealand Marketing Academy.
  • Svensson, G., Wood, G., Singh, J., & Callaghan, M. (2008, January). The ethos of corporate codes of ethics.  Academy of Marketing Science Cultural Perspectives in Marketing conference, New Orleans.
  • Svensson, G., Wood, G., Singh, J., & Callaghan, M. (2008).  Codes of Ethics Artefacts in Australia, Canada and Sweden: A Longitudinal Study.  In Robinson, Leroy (Ed.)   Proceedings of the 2008 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual conference, Vancouver, XXX1, Springer International Publishing, 262-266.
  • Svensson, G., Wood, G., Singh, J., & Callaghan, M. (2007).  A Construct of the Cross-Cultural Ethos of Corporate Codes of Ethics: Australia, Canada and Sweden.  In Thyne, M., Deans, K., Gnoth, J., Dunedin, J. (Ed.)   ANZMAC 2007 conference Proceedings, Australia and New Zealand Marketing Academy (ANZMAC).
  • Singh, J., King, N., Lan, G., & McMahon, S. (2001).  Windsor Group Therapy Project: A Case Study of Board Governance in the Lifespan of an Agency.   Global Business Trends: Contemporary Readings, Academy of Business Administration, 156-165.
  • Singh, J., Lan, G., McMahon, S., & King, N. (2000).  Windsor Group Therapy Project: a case study of Board Governance in the lifespan of an agency.   Academy of Business Administration 2000 conference.
  • Singh, J. (1991).  The Relative Influence of Economic Development and Anglo Heritage on Expressed Values: Empirical Evidence from a Caribbean Country.   Eastern Academy of Management 1991 conference.
  • Singh, J., & Carasco, E. F. (1988).  The United Nations Code of Conduct on Transnational Corporations: Come Unresolved Issues.   Administrative Sciences Association of Canada - International Business Division, 1-9.
  • Singh, J. (1988).  The Teaching of Ethics in Canadian Schools of Management and Administrative Studies.   Administrative Sciences Association of Canada - Management Education and Development Division, 92-102.

Grants (Competitive; Funded only) 

  • 2010: Singh, J. The Contents and Ethos of Canadian Corporate Codes of Ethics ($3,000), Odette School of Business Research and Teaching Innovation Fund (RTIF) grant.
  • 2009: Singh, J. & Hutchinson, D., Perceived Trust Between Vendor-Supplier in top 500 Organizations in Canada/Europe ($5,543), Odette School of Business Research and Teaching Innovation Fund (RTIF) grant.
  • 2009: Singh, J. & Hutchinson, D., Supplier-Distributor Trust Research Study ($2,000), Odette School of Business Research and Teaching Innovation Fund (RTIF) grant.
  • 2006: Singh, J. The formulation, contents and… ($5,000), SSHRC 4A (University of Windsor).  
  • 1983: Singh, J. A Study of the Labour Market in Windsor and Surrounding Communities ($80,000), Employment and Immigration Canada.

Research Reports 

  • 1984: Singh, J., A Study of the Labour Market in Windsor and Surrounding Communities, submitted to Canada Employment Centre.
  • 1983: Singh, J., Further Notes on Conducting Social Science Research in Developing Countries, submitted to Social Sciences in Canada.

Service - Professional 

Board Member: Journal Editorial Review Board

  • 2018:  European Business Review