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Adam Sulkowski

  • Professor
Academic Division: Accounting & Law
Adam's +50 publications on business, law, and sustainability are available through the links below. He advises through MIT Enterprise Forum CEE and elsewhere, and has initiated sustainability reporting for organizations. He has visited +115 countries. Resulting insights have been published or cited in the following: - USA Today (from Iraqi Kurdistan on the ISIS front in 2016) - Medium plus HuffPost, Inc. magazine, MSN, The Times of India, Science Daily, and Cities Today, among others news sources. Adam invites you to connect on Twitter (@adam_sulkowski) and Linked In. His CV and personal blog are available at www.adamsulkowski.com and he blogs for Babson Blogs.

Academic Degrees

  • JD, Boston College Law School
  • MBA, Boston College, Carroll School of Management
  • BA, College of William & Mary

Academic Interest / Expertise

Business Law; Sustainability; Sustainable Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Corporate Social Responsibility; Environmental Entrepreneurship; Global Environmental Issues; Socially Responsible Investing

Awards & Honors

  • 2019 — Faculty Mentor Recognition, Academy of Legal Studies in Business
  • 2018 — Facutly Mentor Recognition, Academy of Legal Studies in Business
  • 2018 — Nancy Kubasek Best Environmental Sustainability Paper Award, Academy of Legal Studies in Business
  • 2018 — Outstanding Proceedings Award, Academy of Legal Studies in Business
  • 2017 — Virginia Maurer Outstanding Ethics Paper Award Finalist, Academy of Legal Studies in Business
  • 2017 — USASBE case writing award, U.S. Associtation for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
  • 2016 — Faculty Mentor Recognition, Academy of Legal Studies in Business
  • 2016 — Outstanding International Case Writing Award, Academy of Legal Studies in Business
  • 2014 — Fulbright Scholar,
  • 2013 — Green Campus Faculty Award,
  • 2013 — MBA Association Teaching Excellence Award,
  • 2012 — Thomas Higginson Teaching Award,
  • 2011 — Distinguished Proceedings Award, Academy of Legal Studies in Business annual conference
  • 2011 — Master Teacher Symposium Presenter, Academy of Legal Studies in Business annual conference
  • 2008 — Advisor of the Year Award, Net Impact chapter at UMass Dartmouth
  • 2008 — Grant Recipient from the Government of Canada,
  • 2008 — Holmes-Cardozo Distinguished Paper Award, Academy of Legal Studies in Business annual conference
  • 2007 — Charlton College of Business Research Fellowship,
  • 2007 — Provost’s Best Practices Award,
  • 2007 — UMass Dartmouth Center for Teaching Excellence Partnership Award,
  • 2006 — Best Presentation Award, Pacific Southwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business annual conference
  • 2006 — Charlton College of Business Research Fellowship,

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Sulkowski, A.J., Jebe, R. (2022). Evolving ESG Reporting Governance, Regime Theory, and Proactive Law: Predictions and Strategies. American Business Law Journal.
  • Sulkowski, A.J. (2022). Indigenous Shared Governance, International Law, Mixed Use, and Preserving Rainforest During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  • Sulkowski, A.J. (in press). Indigenous Governance, International Law, and Preserving Rainforest During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Transdisciplinary Research Review. Arizona Journal of Environmental Law & Policy.
  • Trautman, L., Seaborn, P., Sulkowski, A.J., Mayer, D., Luttrell III, R.T. (2021). Cannabis at the Crossroads: A Transdisciplinary Analysis and Policy Prescription. Oklahoma City University Law Review.
  • Trautman, L., Seaborn, P., Sulkowski, A.J., Mayer, D., Luttrell, R.T. (2021). Cannabis At The Crossroads: Regulation, A Transdisciplinary Analysis and Policy Prescription. Oklahoma City University Law Review.
  • Fariello, G., Jemielniak, D., Sulkowski, A.J. (2021). Does Godwin’s law (rule of Nazi analogies) apply in observable reality? An empirical study of selected words in 199 million Reddit posts. New Media & Society.
  • Sulkowski, A.J., Kowalczyk, W., Ahrendsen, B., Kowalski, R., Majewski, E., , . (2021). Enhancing sustainability education through experiential learning of sustainability reporting. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. link
  • Sulkowski, A.J., Kowalczyk, W., Ahrendsen, B.L., Kowalski, R., Majewski, E. (2021). Enhancing sustainability education through experiential learning of sustainability reporting, International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. Vol: 21, Issue: 6. link
  • Sulkowski, A.J., Blanch-Hartigan, D., Goldberg, C., Verbos, A., Bu, M., Balarezo, R. (2021). Systems Theory, Surveillance Capitalism, and Law: Native Wisdom and Feedback Loops to Boost the Constructive Use of Big Data. Colorado Technology Law Journal.
  • Bagley, C., Sulkowski, A.J., Sandler Nelson, J., Waddock, S., Shrivastava, P. (2020). A Path to Developing More Insightful Business School Graduates: A Systems-Based, Experiential Approach to Integrating Law, Strategy, and Sustainability. Academy of Management Learning & Education. link
  • Sulkowski, A.J. (2020). The Tao of DAO: Hardcoding Business Ethics on Blockchain. Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal. link
  • Sulkowski, A.J. (2019). Industry 4.0 Era Technology (AI, Big Data, Blockchain, DAO): Why the Law Needs New Memes. Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy Online.
  • Heminway, J.M., Sulkowski, A.J. (2019). Blockchains, Corporate Governance, and the Lawyer's Role. The Wayne Law Review.
  • Sulkowski, A.J. (2019). Blockchain, Business Supply Chains, Sustainability, and Law: The Future of Governance, Legal Frameworks, and Lawyers?. Delaware Journal of Corporate Law.
  • Mayer, D., Sulkowski, A.J. (2019). The U.S. Constitution's Emoluments Clauses: How History, Behavioral Psychology, and the Framers' Understanding of the Corruption All Require an End to President Trump's Conflicts of Interest. British Journal of American Legal Studies.
  • Sulkowski, A.J., Edwards, M., Freeman, R.E. (2018). Shake Your Stakeholder: Firm Initiated Interactions to Create Shared Sustainable Value. Organization & Environment. link
  • Sulkowski, A.J. (2017). Rodolfo's Casa Caribe in Cuba: Business, Ethical & Legal Challenges of Investing in a Start-Up in Havana. Journal of Legal Studies Education.
  • Alexander, M., Sulkowski, A.J., Wiggins, W. (2016). Sustainability & Tax Policy: Fixing a Patchwork of Policies with a Coherent Federal Framework. Virginia Environmental Law Journal.
  • Berger-Walliser, G., Sulkowski, A.J., Shrivastava, P. (2016). Using Proactive Legal Strategies for Corporate Environmental Sustainability. Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law.
  • Sulkowski, A.J. (2016). City Sustainability Reporting: An Emerging & Desirable Legal Necessity. Pace Environmental Law Review. Vol: 33, Issue: 2, Page: 278-299. Pace University School of Law.
  • Sulkowski, A.J., Waddock, S. (2016). Midas, Cassandra and the Buddha: Curing Delusional Growth Myopia by Focusing on Thriving. Journal of Corporate Citizenship, The. Vol: 2016, Issue: 61, Page: 15-43. Greenleaf Publishing.
  • Sulkowski, A.J., White, D.S. (2016). A happiness Kuznets curve? Using model-based cluster analysis to group countries based on happiness, development, income, and carbon emissions. Environment, Development and Sustainability. Vol: 18, Issue: 4, Page: 1095-1111. Springer Netherlands.
  • Sulkowski, A.J., Waddock, S. (2013). Beyond Sustainability Reporting: Integrated Reporting is Practiced, Required and More Would Be Better. The University of Saint Thomas Law Journal. Vol: 10, Issue: 4, Page: 1060-1085. University of St. Thomas School of Law.
  • Hughey, C.J., Sulkowski, A.J. (2012). More disclosure= better CSR reputation? An examination of CSR reputation leaders and laggards in the global oil & gas industry. Journal of Academy of Business and Economics. Vol: 12, Issue: 2, Page: 24-34. International Academy of Business and Economics.

Books

  • Sulkowski, A.J. (2023). Extreme Entrepreneurship Field Guide and How to Get an "A" in Business Law: Extreme Entrepreneurship Book Series.
  • Sulkowski, A.J. (2021). Extreme Entrepreneurship Volume One: Inspiring Life and Business Lessons from Entrepreneurs and Startups Around the World: Extreme Entrepreneurship Book Series. Van Rye Publishing.
  • Sulkowski, A.J. (2016). Warsaw, Poland & City Sustainability Reporting : Climate Change and Cities: Second Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network.

Cases and Teaching Notes

  • Sulkowski, A.J. (2022). Iwokrama in Guyana, South America, and Indigenous Shared Governance of Rainforest During a Pandemic: Use It or Lose It? .

Book Chapters

  • Sulkowski, A.J. (2017). University Experiential Learning Partnerships as Living Laboratories for Sustainability: Handbook of Sustainability in Management Education: In Search of a Multidisciplinary, Innovative and Integrated Approach. Page: 433-454.

Conference Proceedings

  • Sulkowski, A.J. (2019). Hardcoding Ethics: The Tao of DAO for Any Business. Academy of Legal Studies in Business.
  • Sulkowski, A.J. (2018). Blockchain, Law, and Improving Business Supply Chains: The Need for Governance and Legal Frameworks To Achieve Sustainability: Academy of Legal Studies in Business Proceedings. link
  • Sulkowski, A.J., Donaldson, T., Bagley, C., Edwards, M., Sandler Nelson, J., Useem, M., Snapp, M. (2018). Tom Dunfee Memorial Symposium on Law at AOM: Legal Lacunae & Governance Solutions Related to Human Well-Being An All Academy Panel Symposium: Academy of Management Proceedings. link
  • Sulkowski, A.J., Bagley, C., Sandler Nelson, J., Waddock, S., Shrivastava, P., Scott, I. (2017). Law, Management, and Strategy: Collapsing Boundaries and Managing the Interstices: Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol: 2017, Issue: 1. Academy of Management.
  • Sulkowski, A.J., Randolph, A.F., Luippold, B.L., Bailey, J. (2017). The Rail Trail Flatbread Company Case. United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE).
  • Edwards, M., Sulkowski, A.J. (2014). Shaking Stakeholders to Leverage a Firm's Unique Capacity in Issue Networks.
  • Sulkowski, A.J. (2014). Sustainability Reporting by Cities: As a Securities Law Exemption Erodes, A Nascent Obligation May Be Arising.
  • Potvin, K., Tailor, A., Sulkowski, A.J. (2013). Regulatory/Political Climate, Education, Income, Sustainability & Headquarter Locations: What Connection Exists, How to Interpret It & Next Steps For Business Law Scholarship: Academy of Legal Studies in Business.

Other

  • Sulkowski, A.J., MacLeod Heminway, J. (2019). Blockchain in Corporate Governance: Implications for Attorneys. Columbia Law School.

Presentations

  • The Impact of Directors, Executives, and Employees: Gender Diversity across Levels and Corporate Environmental Performance Villanueva, O. Crocker, A. Feinstein, S. Sulkowski, A. Twentieth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability, University of Aveiro - Aveiro, Portugal (2024)
  • Research: How Do We Build on Our Legacy? Nersessian, D. Matsuno, K. Greenberg, D. Levinson, J. Sulkowski, A. Spinelli, S. Babson College Research Day, Wellesley, MA (2022)
  • Publishing books and outside of academic journals Sulkowski, A. Academy of Legal Studies in Business, online (2021)
  • Indigenous Shared Governance, International Law, and Preserving Rainforest in a Pandemic Sulkowski, A. Academy of Legal Studies in Business, online (2020)
  • COVID-19, Collaborative Society, & Thick Big Data Jemielniak, D. Sulkowski, A. Faculty Research Seminar, Online (2020)
  • Industry 4.0 Era Technology (AI, Big Data, Blockchain, DO): Why the Law Needs New Memes Sulkowski, A. 2020 Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy Symposium, Lawrence, Kansas (2020)
  • Cannabis at the Crossroads: A Transdisciplinary Analysis and Policy Prescription Trautman, L. Sulkowski, A. Luttrell, R. Legal, Ethical, and Compliance Issues in Emerging Markets: Cannabis in the States, Oklahoma City, OK (2020)
  • Hardcoding Ethics: The Tao of DAO for Any Business Sulkowski, A. Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada (2019)
  • Lessons Learned from Other Disciplines in Crafting a Law Elective for MBA Students Sulkowski, A. Summit on the Academic Profession of Business Law, University of Connecticut (2019)
  • Leveraging Law and Strategy for Business Law Growth and Engagement Bagley, C. Sulkowski, A. Alon-Beck, A. Madden, T. Summit on the Academic Profession of Business Law, University of Connecticut (2019)
  • Blockchain & Organizational Law & Disclosure Sulkowski, A. MacLeod Heminway, J. Bayern, S. The Emerging Blockchain and the Law, Detroit, MI (2019)
  • Blockchain, Law, and Improving Business Supply Chains: The Need for Governance and Legal Frameworks To Achieve Sustainability Sulkowski, A. Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon (2018)
  • Gleanings from the Tom Dunfee Memorial Symposium on Law & Strategy Sulkowski, A. Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon (2018)
  • Measurement Matters Sulkowski, A. University of Connecticut , Connecticut (2018)
  • Blockchain, Supply Chain, Law, and Getting to Net Zero Harm Sulkowski, A. Sustainability Ethics Entrepreneurship , Washington, DC (2018)
  • Emoluments and Implications from Confluct of Interest Laws and Private Sector Fiduciary Duty Mayer, D. Sulkowski, A. Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Savannah, Georgia (2017)
  • Gleanings from a Symposium on Law, Management, and Strategy, and Lessons about Successful Interdisciplinary Cooperation Sulkowski, A. Bagley, C. Sandler Nelson, J. Scott, I. Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Savannah, Georgia (2017)
  • Teaching Future Entrepreneurs the Importance of Law Forsythe, L. Sulkowski, A. Bagley, C. Hollis, L. Orozco, D. Sprague, R. Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Savannah, Georgia (2017)
  • Law, Management, and Strategy: Collapsing Boundaries and Managing the Interstices Sulkowski, A. Bagley, C. Sandler Nelson, J. Waddock, S. Shrivastava, P. Scott, I. Academy of Management, Atlanta, Georgia (2017)
  • The Rail Trail Co. Sulkowski, A. Randolph, A. Luippold, B. Bailey, J. United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Philadelphia, PA (2017)
  • Climate Change and Environmental Abuse: Time to Rethink Refugee Status Sulkowski, A. Academy of Legal Studies in Business, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2016)
  • Rodolfo’s Casa Caribe in Cuba: Business and Legal Challenges of Investing in a Start-up in Havana Sulkowski, A. Academy of Legal Studies in Business, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2016)
  • Sustainability & Tax Policy: Fixing a Patchwork of Policies with a Coherent Federal Framework , . Sulkowski, A. North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association, Bentley University, Waltham, MA (2016)
  • PDW on sustainability in management education Sulkowski, A. Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2015, Vancouver, BC (2015)
  • Leveraging Stakeholder Networks for Sustainable Consumption Edwards, M. Sulkowski, A. Academy of Management Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA (2014)
  • Emitting Happiness? Using Model-Based Cluster Analysis to Group Countries By Wealth, Development, Carbon Emissions, and Happiness Sulkowski, A. White, D. European Academy of Management Annual Conference, Valencia, Spain (2014)
  • Stakeholder Interactions and the Firm’s Unique Capacity in Issue Networks Sulkowski, A. Edwards, M. International Association for Business and Society Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia (2014)
  • Legal and Ethical Implications of ESG Reporting Sulkowski, A. Bentley Global Business Ethics Symposium: The Challenges and Opportunities of Integrated Reporting, Waltham, MA (2014)
  • Beyond Sustainability Reporting Sulkowski, A. Waddock, S. Law and History of Corporate Social Responsibility Conference, Minneapolis, MN (2013)
  • Relationships Between Regulatory and Legal Environment, CSR, and Financial Performance Sulkowski, A. North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association Annual Conference, Boston, MA (2013)
  • Management Matters Sulkowski, A. Warsaw Dialogue on Scaling-Up Local and Subnational Climate Action, 19th UN Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Warsaw, Poland (2013)
  • Sustainability Reporting in Action. The Concept of Sustainability as a Way to Manage a Crisis Sulkowski, A. Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland (2013)
  • Capitalism in Crisis and Other Conundrums: Tackling the Big Questions Sulkowski, A. All Academy Theme Professional Development Workshop, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2013)
  • Towards and Economics of Justice, Sustainability, and Economic Thrivability Sulkowski, A. All Academy Theme Symposium, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2013)
  • Measuring, Managing & Reporting on Sustainable Performance Sulkowski, A. Verdexchange, Los Angeles, CA (2013)
  • Sustainability Reporting: Moving from Mainstream to Mandate Sulkowski, A. Ling, L. North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association Annual Conference, Chestnut Hill, MA (2012)
  • Sustainable Business Ideas in Action: How to Survive and Thrive Now Sulkowski, A. Royal Bank of Scotland Global Operations Hub, Warsaw, Poland (2012)
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Professional Services

  • Officer, President/Elect/Past Tom Dunfee Memorial Symposium on Law & Strategy (2016 - Present)
  • Accounting Oversight Board Member & Scholarship Selection Committee Harvard Club of Poland (2017 - 2021)
  • Officer, President/Elect/Past Strategy & Interdisciplinary Section of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (2018 - 2020)
  • Officer, President/Elect/Past North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association (2017 - 2018)
  • Chairperson Academy of Legal Studies in Business - student research paper competition (2017 - 2017)
  • Co-President Academy of Legal Studies in Business Environmental Law & Sustainability Section (2017 - 2017)
  • Chairperson North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association (2016 - 2017)

Department & College Wide Services

  • Babson Faculty Research Fund (Fall 2021 - Present)
  • Social Media & Academic Freedom Events (SMAFE) Committee (Fall 2020 - Present)
  • Faculty Adviser, Law Society (Fall 2016 - Present)
  • Babson Faculty Research Fund (Fall 2021 - Spring 2023)
  • Graduate Academic Policy Committee (Fall 2019 - Spring 2020)
  • Advisory Committee on College Priorities (Spring 2018 - Spring 2020)
  • Babson Iranian Interest Group (Fall 2017 - Spring 2019)
  • Course coordinator (Fall 2016 - 2018)
  • Observed new faculty members (Fall 2017 - Spring 2018)