Rate My Professor Michael Scharff

Scharff's publications include peer-reviewed articles such as "Understanding WorldCom's accounting fraud: Did groupthink play a role?" in the Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies (2005), "WorldCom: A failure of moral and ethical values" in the Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship (2005, July), and a book review of "The ugly duckling goes to work" in the Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship (2006, January). He co-authored the book "Earning a doctorate degree in the 21st century: Challenges and joys" with B. Mujtaba (2007), a chapter "Mentoring and institutional learning" in B. Mujtaba's edited volume (2006), and "Challenges and Joys of Earning a Doctorate Degree: Overcoming the 'ABD' Phenomenon" in the Research in Higher Education Journal (2008). Conference presentations feature "Achieving initial ACBSP Accreditation – Lessons Learned" at the ACBSP Conference (2017), "Cheating in online environments" at the Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management (2011), and workshops on reducing attrition in doctoral programs and ethics in leadership at Academy of Management conferences (2005-2007). Awards include the Fullerton Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence (2007 and 2012), Dissertation of the Year Award (2006), Sam M. Walton Free Enterprise Fellowship (2006-2007), memberships in Delta Mu Delta, Sigma Beta Delta, and Beta Gamma Sigma honor societies, and military honors such as the Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Army Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster, National Defense Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Army Overseas Service Ribbon, Army Parachute Badge, and Honduran Parachute Badge, along with Finance Leadership Award and Finance Hero Award from MCI.