Lawrence T. Nichols

Lawrence T. Nichols is a professor of sociology in the Division of Sociology and Anthropology at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. Dr. Nichols is renowned for his scholarly research. He serves as editor of The American Sociologist, a peer-reviewed journal that examines the history, current status, and future prospects of the discipline of sociology. Dr. Nichols also has a great rapport with students.^{[citation needed]} His teaching method makes extensive use of categorization of concepts. He is credited with establishing criminology concentration at West Virginia University. Dr. Nichols was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 21, 1947. He received an AB (1969) and MA (1973) from St. Louis University and a Ph.D. from Boston College in 1985.

One of his particular claims to fame is the postulation, with Anthony F. Buono, of the Stockholder–stakeholder model of corporate social responsibility in the seminal work, "Stockholder and Stakeholder Interpretation of Business' Social Role".

Sources

• Anthony F Buono and Lawrence T Nichols, "Stockholder and Stakeholder Interpretations of Business' Social Role," in Business Ethics, edited by W Michael Hoffman and Jennifer Mills Moore (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1990).
• http://www.as.wvu.edu/soca/faculty/nichols/nichols.htm