Antonino
Vaccaro

Professor of Business Ethics and Negotiation Teaching Unit

• Post Doctoral Research Fellowship in Ethics and Technology Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
• Post Doctoral Research Fellowship in Information Ethics, University of Oxford
• Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management, IST, Lisbon
• M.Sc. in Engineering, Politecnico of Milan

CBS - Center for Business in Society

Antonino Vaccaro is Professor in the Business Ethics Department and in the Negotiation Teaching Unit. He is also the academic director of the Center for Business in Society and of the Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship platform. In addition, he serves as the academic director in various IESE Business School’s custom programs for multinational companies and educational institutions.

Professor Vaccaro received a M.Sc. in Engineering (Politecnico of Milan), a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management (IST, Lisbon) and two Post Doctoral Research Fellowships respectively in Ethics and Technology Policy (Carnegie Mellon University) and in Information Ethics (University of Oxford).

His researches have been published in leading peer reviewed scientific journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Research Policy, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Management Studies, Ethics and Information Technology, Journal of Business Ethics, The Information Society, etc.

Professor Vaccaro has conducted consultancy and applied research projects for European governmental institutions, the United Nation (Global Compact) and for multinational companies such as Southern Company (US), Volkswagen Autoeuropa (Portugal, Germany), CNIM (France), Artsana Group (Italy), Alcoa (US), Alcoa Defense (US), REWE (Germany), Zaiput Technologies (US), Tecnoreef (Italy), etc.

He is also a board member of European and North American start-ups and he provides advice in the context of international dispute resolution.

Areas of interest.

• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship
• Compliance and security management

Publications

Journal Articles (refereed)

FIORAVANTE, R., VACCARO, A. (2024). Personalism in generative AI deployment. Deciding ethically when human creative expression is at stake. Humanistic Management Journal. doi:10.1007/s41463-024-00193-9. (Online first) CAPO, F., VACCARO, A., BERRONE, P. (2024). Revitalizing urban places. How prosocial organizations acquire saliency in the eyes of resisting stakeholders. Journal of Business Ethics, 189 (4), 655–675, doi:10.1007/s10551-023-05562-2. CAVOTTA, V., PALAZZO, G., VACCARO, A. (2023). Mobilizing after corporate environmental irresponsibility in a community of place. A Framing microprocess perspective. Journal of Business Ethics, 182 (4), 1155-1169. doi:10.1007/s10551-021-04983-1.

Proceedings

VELMER, S., RAMUS, T., VACCARO, A. (2023). Union with diverging goals. How collaboration unfolds if partners are driven by heterogeneous logics. In Academy of Management (Ed.), Academy of Management Proceedings. VELMER, S., RAMUS, T., VACCARO, A. (2023). Leveraging Ethical Claims for Nonethical Purposes. In Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Ed.), Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings. YAN, B., REUTSKAJA, E., VACCARO, A., FERNANDES, D. (2020). Artificial intelligence and a microperspective of organizational corruption. Annual Meeting Proceedings: Virtual 2020. Academy of Management Proceedings.

Books

VACCARO, A. (2022). Compliance beyond compliance. Managing organizations with integrity. Madrid: McGraw Hill. VACCARO, A. (2020). Lo Spionaggio aziendale. Soveria Mannelli (Italia): Rubbettino Editore. DI TRAPANI, P., VACCARO, A. (2016). Addiopizzo: Leveraging Consumers Responsible Purchase to Fight Mafia. Aravaca: McGraw-Hill Interamericana de España.

Edited books

VACCARO, A., RAMUS, T. (2022). Social innovation and social enterprises. Toward a holistic perspective. Cham: Springer International Publishing. VACCARO, A., SANTANA, A., WOOD, D. (2010). Impact of Network Ethics on Business Practices. Berlin: Springer.

Book Chapters

VACCARO, A., RAMUS, T. (2022). Social innovation and social enterprises. Acknowledging ethical roots to boost positive societal change. In Vaccaro, A.; Ramus, T. (Eds.), Social innovation and social enterprises (pp. 1-13). Cham: Springer International Publishing. VACCARO, A., RAMUS, T. (2022). Select conclusive thoughts and perspectives to guide further research. In Vaccaro, A. ; Ramus, T. (Eds.), Social Innovation and Social Enterprises (pp. 243-250). Cham: Springer International Publishing. VACCARO, A. (2011). Banca Popolare Etica. In Heiko Spitzeck, Michael Pirson and Claus Dierksmeier (Eds.), Banking with Integrity: The Winners of the Financial Crisis? (pp. 36 - 47). Basingstoke [England]: Palgrave Macmillan.

Non-refereed articles

FIORAVANTE, R., VACCARO, A. (2024). La ética en las decisiones empresariales del futuro. Harvard Deusto Business Review (350), pp. 66-70. CALIGIURI, M., VACCARO, A. (2020). Responsabilità e disfattismo, cosa dobbiamo all’Italia. Formiche (162). VACCARO, A. (2018). Can Corporate Social Responsibility Be Bought?. How Multinationals Acquire Social Enterprises. Alumni Magazine (148), pp. 21 - 23.

Studies

SETOLA, R., ASSENZA, G., VACCARO, A. (2021). Complessità, intelligenza artificiale e infrastrutture critiche. Società Italiana di Intelligence. LAS HERAS, M., VACCARO, A., ET AL., KOSZEWSKI, R., ZALCEWICZ, A. (2018). Report on selected solutions of law, business and technologies preventing crimes.

Cases

VACCARO, A., ANTONELLI, G., FIORAVANTE, R. (2025). Dealing with AI. Loneliness, manipulations and suicides. IESE, BE-227-E. VACCARO, A. (2023). A letter to my former professor. IESE, BE-219-E. VACCARO, A. (2022). The Vespa "Special" 50 cc (A). Buyer. IESE, NEG-32-E.

Technical Notes

VACCARO, A., GONZÁLEZ-PERALTA, O. (2025). Who picks up the errors of artificial intelligence? IESE, BEN-167-E. POTITO, G., AZNAR, E., VACCARO, A. (2018). Whistleblowing Systems and Policies. IESE, BEN-139-E. VACCARO, A. (2016). Practical and Ethical Problems in Damage Evaluation and Claim. IESE, BEN-135-E.

Outputs in other media

CALIGIURI, M., VACCARO, A. (2020). Responsabilità e disfattismo, cosa dobbiamo all’Italia. Il commento di Caligiuri e Vaccaro. Formiche. VACCARO, A., CALIGIURI, M. (2020). Here Is Why Covid-Driven Virtual Opportunities In Academia Can Open Up Education. Forbes. VACCARO, A., CALIGIURI, M. (2020). Perché le opportunità virtuali accademiche possono ampliare l’istruzione. Formiche, Roma.