Prof. Jay Hyuk Rhee has taught at Korea University Business School since September 2001. He earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree from the same school and obtained a Ph.D. in business administration from the Ohio State University before serving as a professor at San Jose State University.

At Korea University, Prof. Rhee is a member of the ESG Committee, the head of the ESG Research Institute, a member of Korea University Hospital’s ESG Committee and Diversity Committee, the head of the Social Enterprise Center, and a member of the Institute of Hispanic Studies.

Externally, he served as a member of the Responsible Investment Subcommittee of the National Pension Service’s Trustee Responsibility Committee, a member of the Corporate Governance Committee of the Korea Institute of Corporate Governance and Sustainability, and the president of the Korean Society of Strategic Management.

Currently, he is the president of the International ESG Association, the chair of the ESG Committee of Teachers’ Pension, a member of the Deliberation and Adjustment Committee of the Win-win Cooperation Fund for Farming and Fisheries Communities, an advisor to the Korea Listed Companies Association, the moderator of LG’s ESG Expert Advisory Group, a member of Samsung Seoul Hospital’s ESG Committee, a member of the ESG Committee of the Korean Southern Power Corporation, a member of Kangwon Land’s ESG Committee, a member of KOTRA’s Deliberation Committee for Global CSR Prorgrams, a member of the Operation Committee of the Institute for Sustainable Economy and Society, the chair of the Sustainability Subcommittee of the Industrial Policy Research Working Group, and the vice president of the Korean Academic Society of Business Administration

Prof. Rhee is actively involved in research, book writing, and projects in many areas of interest including environmental, social, and governance (ESG), corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainable development goals (SDGs), business strategies, and global strategies.

He has had his papers published in a number of journals such as the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS), a renowned international academic journal in the field of global business. His books and other publications include Stakeholder-Oriented Business: ESG Management in the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism; Social Values, ESG Management, and Global Strategies; Raising Corporate Sustainability: from CSR to SDG; The Role of Corporate Sustainability in Asia Development: A Case Study Handbook; Green Leadership in China: Management Strategies from China’s Most Responsible Companies; China Marketing of Hyundai Motor and Kia; and The Current State and Implications of the Business Education Environment.

Prof. Rhee analyzed the CSR rankings of Chinese businesses and multinational companies doing business in China, the results of which were published in the business magazine Fortune China. He also developed K-ESG, a set of guidelines for investigating the sustainability management of Korean companies, which he uses to conduct relevant assessment.