Kristina A. Diekmann

Dr. Kristina A. Diekmann is the Angus T. Shearer Professor of Ethics and Chair of the Department of Management at the David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah. With tenure since 2000, she previously served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame. Her academic foundation includes a Ph.D. and M.S. in Organizational Behavior from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and an A.B. in Psychology from Harvard College. Prior to academia, she worked in investment banking at Merrill Lynch.

Her research examines unethical workplace behavior, observer responses to misconduct, gender dynamics in leadership, negotiation psychology, and ethical decision-making frameworks. She integrates behavioral ethics with social and cognitive psychology to analyze how organizational contexts influence moral judgments and actions.

Recent publications (2018–2025) demonstrate a consistent focus on ethics in organizational settings, with themes including sexual misconduct accountability, gender-based cognitive biases, whistle-blowing mechanisms, moral courage, and restorative justice. Her work employs empirical methodologies to dissect how power structures and social perceptions perpetuate unethical behavior.

Honors:

• Angus T. Shearer Professorship in Ethics (endowed chair recognizing scholarly impact)

She teaches MBA and executive education courses on negotiation, team dynamics, and organizational behavior, extending her expertise through seminars at Kellogg, Notre Dame, and Utah. No information about student advising, grants, or laboratories is provided in the source text.