Ronald Berenbeim graduated from Cornell University in 1966 and received a Keasbey Memorial Scholarship to Balliol College, Oxford where he was awarded a BA in Modern History in 1968. Upon his return to the US, he attended Harvard Law School and obtained his JD in 1971.
While in law school, he took then Dean and later Harvard President Derek Bok’s course on Labor Law and pursued that subject in his first job with the National Labor Relations Board in Seattle, Washington. In 1975 he moved to New York City to become a Business Agent for the Motion Picture and Television Cameramen’s Union. He subsequently joined the Conference Board, an independent economics, public affairs, and management studies research and networking organization for governmental, NGO, and business senior executives.
While at The Conference Board, in 1990, he began his career as an educator, teaching Business Ethics at New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Education before moving to NYU’s Stern School of Business in 1995. At the Stern School, he worked with other faculty members in the design of a required course in Markets Ethics and Law that was subsequently renamed Professional Responsibility
Mr. Berenbeim has also taught Anti-Corruption and Business Ethics courses in Buenos Aires, Lisbon, and Shanghai, and in Paris as a Fulbright Teaching Fellow.
His published works include Fighting Corruption in East Asia (The World Bank, also in Mandarin and Vietnamese), co-author; The SAGE Handbook of Responsible Management Learning and Education, Editor and Contributor; Anti-Corruption: Implementing Curriculum in Management Education (Greenleaf Publishing); and Les Relations des Societies avec les Investissuers (Revue D’Economie Financiere).
Mr. Berenbeim was also a Visiting Fellow, New Zealand Center for Business Ethics and recognized in 2010-11 by Trust Across America as one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior. He currently serves as a Board Member of Children of Vietnam. Upon reflection, he says “if I had known that I could do all of these things, I would have smoked fewer cigars.”
Ronald Berenbeim se graduó de la Universidad de Cornell en 1966 y obtuvo una beca Keasbey Memorial en el Balliol College de Oxford, donde se licenció en Historia Moderna en 1968. A su regreso a los EE.UU., asistió a la Facultad de Derecho de Harvard y obtuvo el título de Doctor en Derecho en 1971.
Mientras estudiaba Derecho, asistió al curso de Derecho Laboral del entonces Decano y posterior Presidente de Harvard, Derek Bok, y se dedicó a esta materia en su primer trabajo en la Junta Nacional de Relaciones Laborales en Seattle, Washington. En 1975 se trasladó a Nueva York para trabajar como agente comercial del Sindicato de Camarógrafos de Cine y Televisión. Posteriormente se incorporó a The Conference Board, una organización independiente de investigación y creación de redes sobre economía, asuntos públicos y estudios de gestión para altos ejecutivos de gobiernos, ONG y empresas.
Durante su estancia en The Conference Board, en 1990, comenzó su carrera como educador, enseñando Ética Empresarial en la Escuela de Educación Continua y Profesional de la Universidad de Nueva York, antes de trasladarse a la Escuela de Negocios Stern de la NYU en 1995. En la Stern School, trabajó con otros miembros del profesorado en el diseño de un curso obligatorio de Ética y Derecho de los Mercados, que posteriormente pasó a llamarse Responsabilidad Profesional.
Berenbeim también ha impartido cursos de Anticorrupción y Ética Empresarial en Buenos Aires, Lisboa y Shanghai, y en París como becario Fulbright.
Entre sus publicaciones figuran Fighting Corruption in East Asia (Banco Mundial, también en mandarín y vietnamita), coautor; The SAGE Handbook of Responsible Management Learning and Education, editor y colaborador; Anti-Corruption: Implementing Curriculum in Management Education (Greenleaf Publishing); y Les Relations des Societies avec les Investissuers (Revue D'Economie Financiere).
El Sr. Berenbeim fue también Visiting Fellow, New Zealand Center for Business Ethics y reconocido en 2010-11 por Trust Across America como uno de los Top 100 Líderes del pensamiento en comportamiento empresarial digno de confianza. Actualmente es miembro del Consejo de Children of Vietnam. Reflexionando, dice «si hubiera sabido que podía hacer todas estas cosas, habría fumado menos puros».