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Eastern University Business

JoAnn Flett, M.B.A.JoAnn Flett, M.B.A.

JoAnn Flett is a Lecturer in Management and Director of the Business Internship Program. Ms. Flett joined Eastern University faculty in 2009. She teaches courses in Business Ethics, Social Entrepreneurship, International Business, and administers the Business Internship Program for undergraduate business students.

A native of Trinidad and Tobago, Ms. Flett has over 20 years of accounting and finance experience in industries that include: education, government, retirement communities, and commercial real estate. She has held senior accounting and management positions for several organizations including: Delaware County Community College, Dunwoody Village, Pura Vida Coffee, Agent General for Queensland (London, U.K.), Bettinger Mifflin Rich C.P.A. Group, and Spieker Properties.

Her main research objective is to examine the role of business in society. She is interested in business as a dominant social institution of influence and power in our world. Therefore, business that combines social mission and market activities to bring about societal change for ‘people at the base of the pyramid’ (BoP) is a form of business to explore. The fact that the BoP population is mostly to be found in developing countries only resonates with her Caribbean identity. Thanks to the fields of Social Entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business as Mission, Business Ethics and Micro Finance there is now a whole body of research exploring how business can be used to address societal problems.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

JOANN FLETT, M.B.A.
LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS INTERNSHIPS
PHONE: 610-341-1373
FAX: 610-341-1466
EMAIL: JFLETT@EASTERN.EDU

EDUCATION

  • M.B.A Eastern University
  • M.A. coursework in Theological Studies Fuller Theological Seminary    
  • Bachelor of Biblical Studies Prairie College, Canada    

RESEARCH INTEREST AND SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • The Role of Business in Society – Doctoral research proposal, University of Otago, NZ, 2011.
  • Why Business Matters to God: And What Still Needs To Be Fixed, by Jeff Van Duzer. (Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2010), reviewed in Cultural Encounters (7:1), Winter 2011.
  • Enough: The True Measures of Money, Success and Life, by John C. Bogle. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2009), reviewed in Ethix, Issue 63:Jan/Feb, 2009.
  • New Venture Business Plan “ValuesFirst Ethics Consulting, LLP”, M.B.A. thesis, 2006.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND SERVICE

  • Delta Mu Delta International Business Honor Society
  • William Goodenough College – London, England
  • Center for Integrity in Business – Seattle, WA
  • Chester Country Economic Development Council Workforce Partners – Exton, PA
  • Main Line Chamber of Commerce – St. David’s, PA