Mendoza School of Business


Brian Levey

Teaching Professor
Accountancy
 574-631-3560
  229 Mendoza College of Business
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  • Biography
  • Background
  • Publications
  • Presentations
  • Awards
  • Media

Brian Levey joined the Mendoza faculty in 2007 after a twenty year legal career, most recently focused on building corporate ethics and compliance programs. During his time at Mendoza, he has taught the introductory undergraduate Business Law course, as well as several ethics classes in the undergraduate, graduate and executive programs including Foundations of Ethical Behavior, Ethics in Accounting, Ethics in Tax and Ethics in Sports. Levey has served as a faculty fellow for both the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership and the Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning. He is also an affiliated faculty member with the College of Arts & Letters' Sheedy Family Program in Economy, Enterprise, and Society, as well as the Sport, Media & Culture Minor.

Prior to joining the college of business, Levey was Fannie Mae's vice president for ethics. Before that, he was the director of compliance and business ethics with Smiths Group plc, an international engineering company based in the United Kingdom. Previously, Levey was a deputy ethics officer and associate counsel with MCI (formerly WorldCom and now Verizon Business). He has also been in private practice and served as an adjunct professor at George Mason University and The George Washington University.

Education
LLM, The George Washington University
JD, The Catholic University of America
BBA, University of Notre Dame

Areas of Expertise
Corporate Ethics & Compliance Programs
Sports Ethics
Innovative Teaching
Government Contracts

Editorial Boards
Associate Editor
Public Contract Law Journal, American Bar Association
May 1, 1999 - August 31, 2006

"Oh Say Can You Sit? Colin Kaepernick, Freedom of Speech and the Workplace", Journal of Business Law and Ethics Pedagogy, 4, 2023

"2022 Mendoza Ethics Research Roundup", Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership Dispatch, 2022

"Play Ball! (Using Sports to Enhance Organizational Compliance and Ethics Training)", Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership Dispatch, 2022

"Visa and FIFA: Everywhere You Want To Be?", Ethics in Marketing, International Cases and Perspectives (Routledge) , 2, 2017

"Using Film Clips in the Classroom: Something Old, Something New?", Journal of Teaching and Learning with Technology, 2015

"College Sports Then and Now", Executive Program / Sports Management Institute, 2013

"In-Class Polling: Less Teaching, More Learning?", Teaching with Technology Volume 2: The Stories Continue, Learning Technology Consortium, 2, 2011


"Exercising Options Under the Competition in Contracting Act: Something Old, Something New", Defense Contract Litigation Reporter, Shepards/McGraw-Hill , 3, 1990

"Public Procurement: High Stakes Game for U.S. Businesses", (With Joseph Dennin), Europe 1992 Law & Strategy, Leader Publications, 1, 1990

"Filing Bid Protests in Multiple Forums: How Do the Forums Respond?", Defense Contract Litigation Reporter, Shepards/McGraw-Hill, 2, 1990

"Choosing the Most Effective Bid Protest Forum: Strategic Alternatives", (With James Falk, Sr.), Defense Litigation Reporter, Pasha , 2, 1989

"Mission, Values & Ethical Decision Making Workshop", Sports Management Experiential Learning course / Department of Management & Organization / Mendoza College of Business / University of Notre Dame , 2022

"Oh Say Can You Sit? Colin Kaepernick, Freedom of Speech and the Workplace.", 18th Annual Global Business Ethics Teaching Ethics Workshop/Bentley University, 2022

"Celebrating the Kaneb Center 25th Anniversary and the Legacy of John Kaneb", Kaneb Center/University of Notre Dame, 2022

"Business Law, Business Ethics & You", AP Macroeconomics Classes, Investment Club, and Business and Economics Club/Delbarton School, 2021

"Take the Hesburgh Challenge", University of Notre Dame, Zahm House, 2019

"Engaging Students with Technology: So Easy a Lawyer Can Do It!", Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning/University of Notre Dame, 2017

"Embracing Change in Life & Work: Avoiding Complacency", Beta Alpha Psi / Department of Accountancy / Mendoza College of Business / University of Notre Dame, 2017

"WorldCom: What Went Wrong, What Went Right", BDO Alliance Managing Partner Meeting, 2016

"Movie Night: Margin Call Panel Discussion", Ethics Week / Mendoza College of Business / University of Note Dame, 2016

"The Law, South Bend & You", Mendoza College of Business / University of Notre Dame, 2015

"Notre Dame's Core Values?", Rev. James A. Burns, C.S.C., Leadership Program for High-Potential Employees in University Relations / University of Notre Dame, 2015

"Poll Everywhere Student Response System", Kaneb Center / University of Notre Dame , 2014

"College Athletics -- Does The System Need A Timeout?", Notre Dame Alumni Association / University of Notre Dame, 2014

"The Mendoza College of Business -- Ethics Is In Our DNA", Notre Dame Alumni Association / University of Notre Dame, 2014

"Using Film Clips in the Classroom: Something Old, Something New?", 15th Annual Midwest Conference on Scholarship of Teaching & Learning / Indiana University South Bend, 2014

"I Love South Bend (and I want you to love it too)", +ED Talks / Sophomore Class Council / University of Notre Dame, 2014

"Core Values Workshop", Men's Lacrosse Team / University of Notre Dame, 2014

"Greed and Taxes in Business: Panel Discussion", 2013 John A. Berges Lecture in Business Ethics / University of Notre Dame , 2013

"MSAs: The 'M' Stands for Maturity", Best Practices for Recruiting Accounting Students / Department of Accountancy / University of Notre Dame , 2013

"Smart Business – What it takes to be the best in the business world and beyond", Knott Hall / University of Notre Dame , 2012

"Using Film Clips in Business Law: Something Old, Something New?", 2012 Annual Conference / Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 2012

"Ethics Teaching Technique: Poll Everywhere Student Response System", 2nd Connecting Silos Curriculum Conference / Center for Professional Responsibility in Business and Society (CPRBS) and the National Center for Professional and Research Ethics (NCPRE) / University of Illinois, 2012

"Business Ethics", Introduction to Business, BAUG 10000 / Mendoza College of Business / University of Notre Dame, 2012

"Business Ethics", Sophomore Orientation / Mendoza College of Business / University of Notre Dame, 2011

"Slicker than Clickers: Poll Everywhere — A Web and Text-Messaging Student Response System", 2011 Annual Conference / Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 2011

"WorldCom: What Went Wrong, What Went Right", Accounting Fraud Examination Class / E&Y MSA Program / Department of Accountancy / University of Notre Dame , 2011

"Ethics in Accounting -- Accounting as a Calling", Beta Alpha Psi Induction Ceremony / Department of Accountancy / Mendoza College of Business / University of Notre Dame, 2011

"Compliance & Business Ethics: Somebody Is Going To Jail And It's Not Going To Be Me", MBA Orientation / School Of Management / George Mason University, 2004

"WorldCom Responds to Crisis", Ethics Week / Mendoza College of Business / University of Note Dame, 2003

"Ethics: A Middle Manager's View", Cardinal O'Hara Lecture Series on Business Ethics / Mendoza College of Business / University of Notre Dame, 1998

Award
"James Dincolo Outstanding Undergraduate Professor Award", Department of Accountancy, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame, 2021

"James Dincolo Master of Science in Accountancy Outstanding Professor Award", Department of Accountancy, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame, 2015

"Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C. Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching", University of Notre Dame, 2013


WNDU, Interviewed by South Bend NBC affiliate to publicize Ethics Week 2018, available at http://www.wndu.com/content/news/Notre-Dame-think-473842243.html, February 12, 2018


All Else Equal , Interviewed on student-focused podcast to discuss current issues in sports ethics, available at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allelseequal/episodes/Episode-5-The-Ethics-of-College-Football-and-Amateurism-w-Brian-Levey-ejfvs6, September 11, 2020


South Bend Tribune, and affiliated newspapers, News coverage of 2003 Ethics Week presentation: "WorldCom Responds to Crisis", February 12, 2003


Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership, Interviewed in the NDDCEL's quarterly newsletter regarding using sports to learn about business, ethics and life, available at https://ethicalleadership.nd.edu/news/sports-and-ethical-leadership-views-from-the-field/, September 6, 2023


The Athletic, Interviewed in connection with Major League Baseball's reinstatement of former Atlanta Braves general manager John Coppolella in "Ex-Braves GM John Coppolella discusses life on, and after, MLB’s banned list" available at https://theathletic.com/4103420/2023/01/18/braves-john-coppolella-mlb-banned-list/, January 18, 2023