John Hollwitz is a University Professor of psychology and rhetoric. Before coming to Fordham, he was the A.F. Jacobson Professor of Communications at Creighton University and dean of arts and sciences at Loyola College in Maryland. He also has been the vice president of academic affairs at Fordham.

Professor Hollwitz's teaching interests include management; experimental/quasi-experimental design; statistics; item response theory; structural equation modeling; team-building, especially in high-pressure teams; life-span career development; religion, and work. His avocations include martial arts, especially classical Tai Chi sword; jazz and blues music.

He is currently working on a book about blues music, and we also discussed this at the end of this interview.

Our interview was focused on the why and how of corporate ethics.

During this interview, we discussed the following topics:

• John's research into structured ethical integrity interview techniques

• The relationship between ethics and capitalism

• Engraining ethics in the mindset of business leaders

• The relationship between ethics and a sense of purpose

• The consequences of a lack of purpose for organizations and their employees

• How organizations can create a sense of purpose for their employees

• John's love for blues music, and a book he is preparing about this topic

• The soul of organizations

John can be reached on hollwitz@fordham.edu