Senior Lecturer

Email: lorraine.sweeney@TUDublin.ie

Tel: 01 220 6352

Qualifications: BSc., MSc., PhD

In my role as senior lecturer I lead a number of modules including Critical and Responsible Management, a module focusing on ethics, responsibility and sustainability in business. I am the PRME lead within the Faculty of business. Following a research scholarship in 2015 which assessed the best practice in teaching ethics and the process of becoming signatories of PRME, I lead the Faculty’s process to becoming a PRME member in 2019 and was responsible for the Faculty’s first Progress Report in 2021. Ethics and social responsibility in business has always been a key area of interest for me, my PhD which I obtained in 2010 was focused on Corporate Social Responsibility and assessing the link between CSR and financial performance.

I also teach a number of Data Analyitcs modules within the Faculty including Analytics and Emerging Technologies on the Executive MBA programme. I enjoy supervising research and supervise capstone projects and undergraduate and postgraduate level. I have supervised 3 PhD’s to completion and I am currently supervising a PhD evaluating the charity sector in Ireland and giving culture in Ireland.

In the News

October 2022: Last week, Dr Lorraine Sweeney and Dr Etain Kidney announced the creation of a PhD research programme with Giving Ireland investigating how nonprofits are impacted by the culture of giving and donating in Ireland. As Ireland experiences significant societal change and the operational environment of nonprofits grows increasingly complex, the programme combines industry with academia to address several of the nonprofit sector's most pressing issues, namely, how to scale giving to be transformative, moving into a digital society sustainably.

https://www.tudublin.ie/explore/news/tu-dublin-and-giving-ireland-announce-research-scholarship-programme-focusing-on-philanthropy.html

Academic Publications 

Journal Publications 

• McQuillan, D., Cooney, T., Nolan, C., Osaghae, O., Sweeney, L., Rashwan, W. (2020). Leading the Way: Investing in Management Development for SME Productivity and Growth: Report by the Expert Group on Future Skills NeedsDublin: Expert Group on Future Skills Needs
• O'Connell, M. & Sweeney, L. (2015). An action plan for implementing the principles for responsible management education in College of Business progamme learning outcomes. DIT Teaching Fellowship Reports 2014-2015.
• Sweeney, L. and Coughlan, J (2008) “Do different industries report Corporate Social Responsibility differently? An investigation through the lens of stakeholder theory” Journal of Marketing Communications 14 (2) 113-124.
• Sweeney, L. (2007) “Corporate Social Responsibility in Ireland: Barriers and opportunities experienced by SMEs when undertaking CSR” Corporate Governance, the International Journal of Business in Society 7 (4), 516-23.

Conference Proceedings/Papers 

• Academy of Management Conference, August 2013
• European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) 5^th Annual Colloquium, September 2006
• Irish Academy of Management Conference, September 2005

Teaching and Supervision  

Teaching: I teach a number of modules in the area of Critical and Responsible Management and Data Analytics and undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Supervision: I supervise research projects and level 8, 9 and 10. I have supervised 3 PhDs to completion and am currently supervising a PhD project on the Irish charity sector.

Research Interests for Potential Research Students

• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Giving culture and Charity
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Sustainability
• Business Ethics

Areas of Professional Expertise

• Business and Leadership
• Analytics
• Problem solving

Committee and Panel Membership

• PRME lead within Faculty of Business