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Dr Michael Marinetto
Reader in Management
- MarinettoM@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29208 75658
- Aberconway Building, Room B41, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
Mike is an academic specializing in the study of business ethics and the role of the public intellectual in the modern university. Latterly he has focused on business (un)ethics, namely, the crime organized economy. Mike is particularly interested in examining the mechanisms that allow criminal organizations to accumulate wealth and exert influence in the legal economy. His research explores how organized crime groups exploit vulnerabilities in legal and regulatory frameworks, and the role of globalization in facilitating transnational criminal activity.
More recently he has considered the role of social scientists in researching wealth and the super-rich.
His academic background includes a Bachelor's degree in sociology, and a PhD in business ethics. He also holds a Docent in Business Administration (eq. of HDR or Habilitation or Higher Doctorate) from the University of Stockholm, where he holds a visiting research/teaching position.
His writings reflect this research focus on business ethics and business (un)ethics. Research has been published in academic journals and presented at national and international conferences. He has also published extensively in news/professional outlets (the Times Higher, the Conversation, Campus Review, the New Statesmen, on various topics of interest from money laundering, and illicit financial flows to the role of the public intellectual in the modern university and the nature of academic life – his articles for the Times Higher can be accessed here or those for the Conversation accessed here.)
Publication
2022
- Dallyn, S. and Marinetto, M. 2022. From resistance and control to normative orders: The Wire’s Cedric Daniels as an ethical bureaucrat. Human Relations 75(3), pp. 560-582. (10.1177/0018726720982040)
2021
- Marinetto, M. 2021. Universities should not swat the public intellectual gadfly. Times Higher Education
2019
- Pandeli, J., Marinetto, M. and Jenkins, J. 2019. Captive in cycles of invisibility? Prisoners' work for the private sector. Work, Employment and Society 33(4), pp. 596-612. (10.1177/0950017018777712)
2018
- Marinetto, M. 2018. Rage against the academic publishing machine does not have to be futile. Times Higher Education
- Marinetto, M. 2018. Fast food research in the era of unplanned obsolescence. Journal of Management Studies 55(6), pp. 1014-1020. (10.1111/joms.12338)
- Marinetto, M. 2018. Video won't kill the lecture. Times Higher Education 2371, pp. 26-26.
- Marinetto, M. 2018. Academic life: don’t paint it black. Times Higher Education, pp. 28-28.
- Marinetto, M. 2018. What Britain's organised criminals think of Brexit. New Statesman 12 Mar
- Marinetto, M. 2018. Universities' targets for research time are way off the mark. Times Higher Education
2017
- Marinetto, M. 2017. How can we tackle the thorny problem of fraudulent research?. The Guardian 2017(13 Mar)
2016
- Marinetto, M. and Cederstrom, C. 2016. How to live less anxiously in academe: 4 steps toward an alternative academic career. The Chronicle of Higher Education 2016(28 Sep)
- Ivanova, M. and Marinetto, M. 2016. Pension funds: How to awaken the sleeping giant of ethical investment. Public Finance Magazine
2015
- Dallyn, S., Marinetto, M. and Cederstrom, C. 2015. The academic as public intellectual: examining public engagement in the professionalised academy. Sociology 49(6), pp. 1031-1046. (10.1177/0038038515586681)
2013
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2013. What are we to do with our 'nice students'? The learning experience within the scholastic apartheid system of the research-led university. Organization 20(4), pp. 615-626. (10.1177/1350508412466390)
- Cederström, C. F. R. and Marinetto, M. J. P. 2013. Corporate social responsibility á la the liberal communist. Organization 20(3), pp. 416-432. (10.1177/1350508413478311)
2012
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2012. Pessimism of the modernist intellect versus optimism of the democratic will: the interpretive school of governance. Comparative European Politics 10, pp. 616-624. (10.1057/cep.2011.32)
2011
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2011. A Lipskian analysis of child protection failures from Victoria Climbié to 'Baby P': a street-level re-evaluation of joined-up governance. Public Administration 89(3), pp. 1164-1181. (10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01939.x)
- Marinetto, M. J. P. and Andrews, R. W. 2011. A nudge and a push and this land is ours: public policy, psycho-economics and behavioural governance. Presented at: 6th Organization Studies Workshop: Bringing Public Organization and Organizing Back In, Paris, France, 25-28 May 2011.
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2011. Case studies of the health policy process: a methodological introduction. In: Exworthy, M. et al. eds. Shaping health policy : case study methods and analysis. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 21-40.
2010
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2010. Rip it up and start again: detoxing academic professionalism for a future public sociology. Presented at: XVII World Congress of Sociology: Future Moves, Gothenburg, Sweden, 11-17 July 2010.
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2010. Democracy, decentralisation, despair: the interpretative school of governance. Presented at: 5th International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis, Grenoble, France, 23-25 June 2010.
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2010. Ethics, philosophy and the employment relationship. In: Blyton, P. R., Heery, E. J. and Turnbull, J. eds. Reassessing the Employment Relationship. Management, Work and Organisations Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 122-146.
2009
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2009. A public intellectual for all seasons: how the modern intellectual engages with the people. Presented at: Representing the People International Conference, University of Reims, France, 6-7 November 2009.
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2009. The re-imagining of the American working class: reading season 2 of The Wire. Presented at: European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR) 5th General Conference, Potsdam, Germany, 10-12 September 2009.
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2009. Public intellectuals in the age of academe: the inside opportunities for outsider specialists. Presented at: 2nd Global Conference on Intellectuals: Knowledge, Power, Ideas,, Budapest, Hungary, 8-10 May 2009. pp. 460-474.
2007
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2007. Social theory, the state and modern society: the state in contemporary social thought. Theorising Society Studies. Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press.
- Entwistle, T. W., Marinetto, M. J. P. and Ashworth, R. E. 2007. Introduction: New Labour, the new public management and changing forms of human resource management [Editorial]. The International Journal of Human Resource Management 18(9), pp. 1569-1574. (10.1080/09585190701570502)
2005
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2005. The Globalization Problematique: A Review Essay [Book Review]. Sociology 39(2), pp. 371-379. (10.1177/0038038505050545)
2004
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2004. Explaining another child protection disaster: the Laming inquiry, street level (in)action and the denial of suffering.. Presented at: British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2004, York, UK, 22-24 March 2004BSA Annual Conference 2004 - Sociological Challenges: Conflict, Anxiety and Discontent. Abstract Book.. York: York University pp. 44.
2003
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2003. Governing beyond the centre: a critique of the Anglo-governance school. Political Studies 51(3), pp. 592-608. (10.1111/1467-9248.00443)
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2003. The governmentality of public administration: Foucault and the public sphere. Public Administration 81(3), pp. 621-649. (10.1111/1467-9299.00364)
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2003. Who wants to be an active citizen? The politics and practice of community involvement. Sociology 37(1), pp. 103-120. (10.1177/0038038503037001390)
2001
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2001. The Settlement and Process of Devolution: Territorial Politics and Governance under the Welsh Assembly. Political Studies 49(2), pp. 306-322. (10.1111/1467-9248.00315)
Articles
- Dallyn, S. and Marinetto, M. 2022. From resistance and control to normative orders: The Wire’s Cedric Daniels as an ethical bureaucrat. Human Relations 75(3), pp. 560-582. (10.1177/0018726720982040)
- Marinetto, M. 2021. Universities should not swat the public intellectual gadfly. Times Higher Education
- Pandeli, J., Marinetto, M. and Jenkins, J. 2019. Captive in cycles of invisibility? Prisoners' work for the private sector. Work, Employment and Society 33(4), pp. 596-612. (10.1177/0950017018777712)
- Marinetto, M. 2018. Rage against the academic publishing machine does not have to be futile. Times Higher Education
- Marinetto, M. 2018. Fast food research in the era of unplanned obsolescence. Journal of Management Studies 55(6), pp. 1014-1020. (10.1111/joms.12338)
- Marinetto, M. 2018. Video won't kill the lecture. Times Higher Education 2371, pp. 26-26.
- Marinetto, M. 2018. Academic life: don’t paint it black. Times Higher Education, pp. 28-28.
- Marinetto, M. 2018. What Britain's organised criminals think of Brexit. New Statesman 12 Mar
- Marinetto, M. 2018. Universities' targets for research time are way off the mark. Times Higher Education
- Marinetto, M. 2017. How can we tackle the thorny problem of fraudulent research?. The Guardian 2017(13 Mar)
- Marinetto, M. and Cederstrom, C. 2016. How to live less anxiously in academe: 4 steps toward an alternative academic career. The Chronicle of Higher Education 2016(28 Sep)
- Ivanova, M. and Marinetto, M. 2016. Pension funds: How to awaken the sleeping giant of ethical investment. Public Finance Magazine
- Dallyn, S., Marinetto, M. and Cederstrom, C. 2015. The academic as public intellectual: examining public engagement in the professionalised academy. Sociology 49(6), pp. 1031-1046. (10.1177/0038038515586681)
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2013. What are we to do with our 'nice students'? The learning experience within the scholastic apartheid system of the research-led university. Organization 20(4), pp. 615-626. (10.1177/1350508412466390)
- Cederström, C. F. R. and Marinetto, M. J. P. 2013. Corporate social responsibility á la the liberal communist. Organization 20(3), pp. 416-432. (10.1177/1350508413478311)
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2012. Pessimism of the modernist intellect versus optimism of the democratic will: the interpretive school of governance. Comparative European Politics 10, pp. 616-624. (10.1057/cep.2011.32)
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2011. A Lipskian analysis of child protection failures from Victoria Climbié to 'Baby P': a street-level re-evaluation of joined-up governance. Public Administration 89(3), pp. 1164-1181. (10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01939.x)
- Entwistle, T. W., Marinetto, M. J. P. and Ashworth, R. E. 2007. Introduction: New Labour, the new public management and changing forms of human resource management [Editorial]. The International Journal of Human Resource Management 18(9), pp. 1569-1574. (10.1080/09585190701570502)
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2005. The Globalization Problematique: A Review Essay [Book Review]. Sociology 39(2), pp. 371-379. (10.1177/0038038505050545)
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2003. Governing beyond the centre: a critique of the Anglo-governance school. Political Studies 51(3), pp. 592-608. (10.1111/1467-9248.00443)
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2003. The governmentality of public administration: Foucault and the public sphere. Public Administration 81(3), pp. 621-649. (10.1111/1467-9299.00364)
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2003. Who wants to be an active citizen? The politics and practice of community involvement. Sociology 37(1), pp. 103-120. (10.1177/0038038503037001390)
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2001. The Settlement and Process of Devolution: Territorial Politics and Governance under the Welsh Assembly. Political Studies 49(2), pp. 306-322. (10.1111/1467-9248.00315)
Book sections
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2011. Case studies of the health policy process: a methodological introduction. In: Exworthy, M. et al. eds. Shaping health policy : case study methods and analysis. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 21-40.
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2010. Ethics, philosophy and the employment relationship. In: Blyton, P. R., Heery, E. J. and Turnbull, J. eds. Reassessing the Employment Relationship. Management, Work and Organisations Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 122-146.
Books
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2007. Social theory, the state and modern society: the state in contemporary social thought. Theorising Society Studies. Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press.
Conferences
- Marinetto, M. J. P. and Andrews, R. W. 2011. A nudge and a push and this land is ours: public policy, psycho-economics and behavioural governance. Presented at: 6th Organization Studies Workshop: Bringing Public Organization and Organizing Back In, Paris, France, 25-28 May 2011.
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2010. Rip it up and start again: detoxing academic professionalism for a future public sociology. Presented at: XVII World Congress of Sociology: Future Moves, Gothenburg, Sweden, 11-17 July 2010.
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2010. Democracy, decentralisation, despair: the interpretative school of governance. Presented at: 5th International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis, Grenoble, France, 23-25 June 2010.
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2009. A public intellectual for all seasons: how the modern intellectual engages with the people. Presented at: Representing the People International Conference, University of Reims, France, 6-7 November 2009.
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2009. The re-imagining of the American working class: reading season 2 of The Wire. Presented at: European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR) 5th General Conference, Potsdam, Germany, 10-12 September 2009.
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2009. Public intellectuals in the age of academe: the inside opportunities for outsider specialists. Presented at: 2nd Global Conference on Intellectuals: Knowledge, Power, Ideas,, Budapest, Hungary, 8-10 May 2009. pp. 460-474.
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2004. Explaining another child protection disaster: the Laming inquiry, street level (in)action and the denial of suffering.. Presented at: British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2004, York, UK, 22-24 March 2004BSA Annual Conference 2004 - Sociological Challenges: Conflict, Anxiety and Discontent. Abstract Book.. York: York University pp. 44.
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2010. Democracy, decentralisation, despair: the interpretative school of governance. Presented at: 5th International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis, Grenoble, France, 23-25 June 2010.
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2009. A public intellectual for all seasons: how the modern intellectual engages with the people. Presented at: Representing the People International Conference, University of Reims, France, 6-7 November 2009.
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2009. The re-imagining of the American working class: reading season 2 of The Wire. Presented at: European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR) 5th General Conference, Potsdam, Germany, 10-12 September 2009.
- Marinetto, M. J. P. 2009. Public intellectuals in the age of academe: the inside opportunities for outsider specialists. Presented at: 2nd Global Conference on Intellectuals: Knowledge, Power, Ideas,, Budapest, Hungary, 8-10 May 2009. pp. 460-474.
Research
Current Research Interests
- Ethics, the crime organised economy, wealth
- Wealth, the super-rich, patrimonial capitalism, Thomas Piketty
- Investigative social science and the investigation of wealth and the wealthy
- Data breaches - the Panama Papers - as social science data
- Public intellectuals, academia and the contemporary university
PhD supervision research interests
- Business ethics/CSR
- Money laundering and crime
- Piketty and Capital in the 21st Century
- Wealth, plutocracy and the super-rich
Teaching
Teaching
- People Behaving Badly (BS3023)
- PhD supervision
Biography
Mike Marinetto is an academic researcher with a keen interest in CSR/ethics, the business of crime/vice and wealth. His academic background includes a Bachelor's degree in the social sciences, and a PhD in CSR/Business Ethics.
His current research focuses on the intersection of business ethics and crime, particularly in relation to the accumulation of wealth through unethical practices.
His research interests revolve around the ethical dilemmas and challenges faced by businesses operating in a global economy. He is especially interested in examining the mechanisms that allow individuals and corporations to accumulate wealth through unethical means, including fraud, corruption, and financial crime. His research explores the ethical implications of such practices and the impact on society and the economy.
Mike's publications reflect a focus on business ethics, crime, and wealth. He has published on topics such as corporate social responsibility, white-collar crime, and ethical leadership. His research has been published in academic journals (inter alia: Public Administration, Human Relations, Sociology, Political Studies, Work, Employment and Society, Journal of Management Studies) and presented at national and international conferences.
Mike is also committed to the public role of the academic and to writing for a general readership. Here he has written the occasional article for journalistic outlets such as the Times Higher Education, the Times Educational Supplement, the Guardian, the New Statesman but also international outlets such as the Campus Review and The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Supervisions
Business ethics
Corporate social responsbility
Crime organised economy
Researching wealth and the super-rich
Cybercrime and the hacking industry
Past projects
- Jenna Pandelli – work and employment in prisons (Passed: no corrections 2016)
- Mila Ivanova – Ethical investment and shareholder activism (Passed minor corrections 2016)
- Rachel Williams – 'Big pharma’ and the commercial marketing anti-depressants’ (Passed minor corrections 2018)
- James Wallace – Wellness in the workplace and the responsibility for healthy workers (Passed: no corrections 2019)
Research themes
Specialisms
- CSR
- Business ethics
- super rich
- Vice studies
