Dr. Bruce Stetar has over 25 years of experience as an educator in three different countries. His disciplines are management and leadership, but he has also taught a range of business and information technology courses in his career. He has been with SNHU for four years as the Sr. Executive Director of Business Programs - and previously as the Associate Vice President of Outcomes and Assessment - at the College of Online and Continuing Education, which has over 70,000 online students. Prior to that he worked with the Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab Emirates for 16 years; where he filled a number of leadership roles ending as the Associate Academic Dean of Business Programs. Prior to entering academics, Dr. Stetar had a successful career in business, working for over fifteen years in the finance and oil industries. Dr. Stetar has also been involved with the Accreditation Council for Business Schools & Programs (ACBSP) since 2007 in a variety of roles including being the Past President for Region 8 and currently as a past member of its Board of Directors, a current member of its Accreditation Governance Board and Past Chair/current member of its Baccalaureate/Graduate Board of Commissioners. He has attended, and presented at, numerous international, national and regional conferences; and his current research is on student core values as motivators.
The 1980s kicked off a period in history that may well be summarized in a single statement: “greed is good,” as stated by the fictional character Gordon Gekko in the movie “Wall Street.” This period saw a “profit is all” mentality that went on for almost 30 years until the 2007–2008 worldwide financial collapse shone … More Business as a Force for Good