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Welcome to the Teaching Portfolio page!
I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) since August 2021. The Fellowship is awarded to those who are “able to provide evidence of broadly based effectiveness in more substantive teaching and supporting learning roles and can demonstrate a broad understanding of effective approaches to learning and teaching support as a key contribution to high quality student learning” See the Advance HE website for more information.
I received two teaching-related awards: the Irish Academy of Management Business Outstanding Educator Award in 2024, and the DCU President’s Award for Distinctive Approches in Teaching Innovation in 2023. Have a look here to find more details on these recognitions of excellence in teaching.
Teaching Philosophy Statement
During my education journey, great teachers inspired and positively transformed the way I look at the world and, ultimately, helped me become the person I am. As a lecturer, I now feel the responsibility of the many students I meet: they are shaping their ambitions, knowledge, dreams, and relationships. I believe teaching is a human practice that empowers students in becoming independent thinkers. Conscious of my personal and social role as a lecturer, I try to honour it with the highest standards of professionalism and care: students are the centre of this passionate effort. Constantly updated content and mode of delivery, intellectual honesty, concern for students’ intellectual and moral growth, care for their personal and professional excellence, a human and empathic atmosphere in the classroom: these are the ingredients for my teaching philosophy, which keeps flourishing with me lecture after lecture.
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Teaching Business Ethics
Aristotle would say that we do not study ethics to know what the good is, but to become good: teaching business and technology ethics, then, is a semester-long transformational challenge! In a business school, a business and technology ethics course is probably one of the few opportunities for students to engage with a bit of philosophy: I teach this discipline conscious of the fact that this might be the one chance they have to reflect on the deepest meaning of their actions and ther impact on business and society. The aim of teaching business and technology ethics in this way is to equip students with the appropriate tools to analyse business and technology phaenomena, but also to equip them to live an undivided life, realising that they are always the same person, whether the context. Challenge-based learning and case studies help in translating theory into practice, together with lively discussions and rigorously structured content. This is (hopefully!) their intellectual and practical pathway to integrity and excellence in their university life and future business careers.
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Modules taught
| Academic year 2023/2024 | Personal and Ethical Leadership Lecturer; MBA; 2.5 credits. |
| Academic year 2022/2023 | Business and Professional Ethics Module coordinator and lecturer; undergraduate level; 5 credits; 460 students Ethics in One Hour Workshops Postgraduate students Dublin City University Business School, Dublin, Ireland |
| Academic year 2020/2021 | Business and Professional Ethics Module coordinator and lecturer; undergraduate level; 5 credits; 450 students Introduction to Ethics for Business Leaders Future Learn; online; 883 learners enrolled in 2021 Dublin City University Business School, Dublin, Ireland |
| Academic year 2019/2020 | Business and Professional Ethics Module coordinator and lecturer; undergraduate level; 5 credits; 450 students Business 101 Module coordinator and lecturer; undergraduate level; 2.5 credits; 625 students Financial Statements Analysis and Ethics Lecturer; MSc. Finance; 2.5 credits related to ethics in finance Dublin City University Business School, Dublin, Ireland |
| Academic year 2018/2019 | Business and Professional Ethics Lecturer; undergraduate level; 5 credits; 450 students Digital Marketing and eBusiness Management Lecturer; MSc. Digital Marketing; credits related to ethics in digital marketing Dublin City University Business School, Dublin, Ireland |
| Academic year 2017/2018 | Moral Theology of the Marketplace Adjunct faculty; undergraduate level; credits related to business ethics. St. John’s University, Rome Campus, Italy |
| From October 2016 to May 2018 | Ethics, Responsibility & Sustainability Labs for Master Programs Standalone introduction to business ethics lectures and laboratories; Master in Real Estate Finance, Executive Master in Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Administration, Master of Business Administration LUISS Guido Carli, Business School, Rome, Italy |
| From September 2014 to June 2018 | Corporate Social Responsibility Adjunct faculty; graduate level ISSRA, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, Italy |
Marta Rocchi, PhD 