C. Ken Weidner

C. Ken Weidner is an Associate Professor of Management at Saint Joseph’s University’s Haub School of Business, where he has taught since 2000. His work bridges business ethics, leadership, and organizational development through both pedagogical innovation and empirical research.

• Education: BA in Management (University of Illinois at Springfield, 1987), MBA (University of Illinois at Chicago, 1989), PhD in Management (University of Illinois at Chicago, 1997)

His research focuses on:

• Justice in the workplace (living wage policies in U.S. higher education)
• Behavioral professionalism in leadership
• Power addiction and maladaptive denial among organizational leaders
• Experiential learning methods in business education
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in organizational contexts

Recent publications highlight his work on gender role construction in classrooms (2025), ethics pedagogy using Ignatian frameworks (2023), and workplace justice assessments (2023). He has received multiple awards, including the Journal of Jesuit Business Education Best Paper Award (2023) and the Academy of Management Outstanding Reviewer Award (2004, 2005).

Key grants include international collaborations through the International Association of Jesuit Universities and multiple Faculty Development Fellowships at Saint Joseph’s University.