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Dr. Meaney is an ethicist, whose work has focused on organizational ethics and corporate
compliance. Before founding ICEG, Dr. Meaney was
Vice President of Programs and Publications at the Midwest Bioethics Center,
Kansas City, MO. He has also served as Director, Center for Ethics in Health
Care, Atlanta, GA.
In February of '08, Dr. Meaney stepped down from the day-to-day operations as Executive Director of ICEG. He currently serves as the Deputy Commissioner of the Office of Compliance for the City of Chicago.
His consulting experience in business ethics and compliance covers a wide array of industries including telecommunications, healthcare, engineering and construction, retail, distributors and manufacturers, government contractors, transportation services, not-for-profits and government agencies.
Dr. Meaney developed e-business compliance programming in a strategic partnership with the Internet Healthcare Coalition. He conducted worldwide ethics and compliance assessments, ethics and corporate social responsibility audits and related program analyses for both U.S. and non-U.S. based organizations facing sanctions under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. He implemented an integrated ethics/compliance and sustainable development program for a multinational engineering and construction company with offices in 50 countries.
Dr. Meaney has developed monitoring procedures for
organizations in various industries. The focus of this work is to identify risks
and vulnerabilities with respect to harmful work conditions and other human
rights violations (within the United States and abroad) in accordance with the
U.S. Department of Labor, United Nations and ILO guidelines and standards.
Dr. Meaney has an extensive history in working with senior
executives and Boards of public companies in the design and implementation of
corporate governance programs as the starting point for the company’s overall
process of ethics, business conduct and compliance.
He has developed and implemented ethics and ethical
awareness training programs for organizations on a worldwide basis, including
the design of interactive technology, desktop learning applications and
train-the-trainer programs.
Dr. Meaney has worked with corporate counsel and ethics officers in the implementation of worldwide ethics programs, including the design of corporate codes of conduct, downstream communications, ethics training and helpline/hotline management.
Dr. Meaney has taught corporate responsibility and business ethics with the Legal Studies Department at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He has held appointments with the Graduate School of Management, Pennsylvania State University; the College of Health Professionals, Thomas Jefferson University; and the School of Nursing, Seton Hall University. He held a joint appointment in applied ethics with the Division of Medical Humanities, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
In 2002, Aspen Publishers released his book on ethical issues in compliance, Guide to Professional Development in Compliance. Kluwer Academic Publishers published his latest work in 2003 on globalization, Capital as Organic Unity.
Dr. Meaney earned his doctoral degree from Marquette University.
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