Joe Lawless, M.B.A.

Chief Strategy Officer
Chancellor, Office of the
Email
jlawless@uw.edu
Office
Garretson Woodruff Pratt (GWP) 312F
Phone Number
253-692-5685
Campus Mailbox
358430

About

Degrees

M.B.A.
Business
University of Washington Tacoma
2007

Introduction

Joe Lawless brings over 30 years of experience in leading nonprofit and philanthropic efforts to his work as Chief Strategy Officer at the University of Washington Tacoma. In 2007, Joe came to UW Tacoma to create and lead the Center for Leadership & Social Responsibility, which he did for eleven years. Before coming to UW Tacoma, he was Director of Corporate Partnerships at Tacoma Goodwill after serving as Executive Director of the Mary Bridge Children’s Foundation.

Joe has served on the boards of multiple local not-for-profit organizations, as well as advising organizations on everything from philanthropy planning and board development, to strategic planning and community partnership building. He brings this experience, along with his focus on corporate citizenship and organizational change in the Milgard School of Business MBA to his work on strategy and assessment at UW Tacoma.

Scholarly Interests

  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Corporate Citizenship
  • Board Governance
  • Leadership

Honors and Awards

2014 Distinguished Community Engagement Award - UW Tacoma

Teaching

  • Freshman Leadership Seminar

Affiliations

  • American Leadership Forum
  • Washington Business Week
  • UN PRiME (Principles for Responsible Management Education)
Selected Publications
 

Lawless, Joe, "Microsoft and the Future of AI" (2018). MICCSR Case Studies. 12.

Publication Date: 2018 

Lawless, Joe, "Millennial Workforce at Premera" (2018). MICCSR Case Studies. 13.

Publication Date: 2018 

Lawless, Joe, "Global Diversity & Inclusion at Microsoft" (2017). MICCSR Case Studies. 11.

Publication Date: 2017 

Lawless, Joe, "T-Mobile: Ramping up Impact with WinWin, Tri-Sector Strategies" (2017). MICCSR Case Studies. 10.

Publication Date: 2017 

Lawless, Joe, "2016 CSR Planning at PEMCO Insurance" (2016). MICCSR Case Studies. 8.

Publication Date: 2016 

Lawless, Joe, "2016 Tacoma Eats - Minimum Wage" (2016). MICCSR Case Studies. 9.

Publication Date: 2016 

Lawless, Joe, "Sustainable Innovation at REI" (2015). MICCSR Case Studies. 1.

Publication Date: 2015 

Lawless, Joe, "Investing for Good in a Shared Economy" (2015). MICCSR Case Studies. 6.

Publication Date: 2015 

Lawless, Joe, "Outerwall and Beyond" (2014). MICCSR Case Studies. 2.

Publication Date: 2014 

Lawless, Joe, "Better Living at Walmart?" (2014). MICCSR Case Studies. 7.

Publication Date: 2014 

Lawless, Joe, "Sustainable Fashion at Nordstrom" (2013). MICCSR Case Studies. 3.

Publication Date: 2013 

Lawless, Joe, "Kentucky Fried Transparency" (2013). MICCSR Case Studies. 5.

Publication Date: 2013 

Lawless, J., & Purdy, J.M. (2013). Teaching Responsible Leadership in Theory and Practice. Inspirational Guide for the Implementation of PRME (pp. 29-33). Greenleaf, Sheffield, UK.

Publication Date: 2013 

Lawless, Joe, "Victoria's Little Secret" (2012). MICCSR Case Studies. 4.

Publication Date: 2012 

Purdy, J. M., & Lawless, J. (2012). Building a Culture of Integrity. In C. Wankel, & A. Stachowicz-Stanusch (Eds.) Handbook of Research on Teaching Ethics in Business and Management Education (pp. 427-440). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference. doi:10.4018/978-1-61350-510-6.ch025

Publication Date: 2012 

Jill M. Purdy and Joseph Lawless (2012). Learning about governance through nonprofit board service. Journal of Management Education. 36(1): 33 – 65.

Publication Date: 2012