Charlotte Karam
Charlotte M. Karam is a Lebanese-Canadian university professor and scholar-activist known for her work in inclusive human resource systems, business ethics, leadership development, and feminist praxis. She currently holds the Ian Telfer Professorship in Inclusive Human Resource Systems at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa.
She earned a BA in psychology from the American University of Beirut and an MA in applied social psychology from the University of Windsor, where she also completed her PhD in 2008 focusing on business ethics, public policy, and feminist praxis. Her earlier career was at the Olayan School of Business at the American University of Beirut (2008–2021), where she served as department chair, associate dean, and founding director of the Center for Inclusive Business and Leadership for Women. Since 2021, she has been a professor at the University of Ottawa and directed the EMBA program, while maintaining an affiliation with AUB as an adjunct professor and principal investigator of The SAWI Project.
Her research has been funded by organizations such as UN Women, UNDP, the European Commission, and the U.S. State Department’s Middle East Partnership Initiative. She has led projects aimed at increasing women’s contributions to economies in the Middle East and North Africa, including creating sector-based measures for women’s recruitment, retention, and promotion. Karam has received notable recognition, including being named one of Apolitical’s 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy and being featured on the University of Bath Thinklist 30. Her work was honored twice by AACSB International’s Innovations that Inspire (2018, 2022), and she serves as co-editor in chief of the Journal of Business Ethics.
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