
David Hagenbuch
Professor of Marketing
Interest and areas of expertise
Marketing ethics, corporate social responsibility, branding, blogging, social media.
Education
- B.S. Marketing (Messiah College)
- MBA Marketing (Temple University)
- DBA (Anderson University)
Classes I teach
- Marketing Principles
- Consumer Behavior
- Marketing Management & Strategy
- Advertising Ethics
Profile
Dr. David Hagenbuch is a professor of marketing at Messiah University, the author of Honorable Influence: A Christian’s Guide to Faithful Marketing and Mindful Marketing: Business Ethics that Stick. He also is the creator of MindfulMarketing.org, a unique paradigm for promoting ethical marketing. Before higher education, he worked as a corporate sales analyst for a national broadcasting company and as a partner in a specialty advertising firm.
His writing has been published in Forbes, Entrepreneur, CommPro, Marketing News, and Business Insider. For more than ten years, he has written a regular marketing ethics blog that now stands at over 300 articles. He has been interviewed by The Boston Globe, U.S. News & World Report, Fast Company, National Public Radio, and The New York Times.
Dr. Hagenbuch has published research studies and other papers in a variety of academic journals, including the Journal of Marketing Education, Services Marketing Quarterly, Christian Scholars Review, Health Marketing Quarterly, and Marketing Education Review. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and on webinars, often on topics involving marketing ethics.
He was the second-ever recipient of the Christian Business Faculty Association’s national teaching award. He regularly leads his classes in experiential learning projects that serve the marketing needs of nonprofit organizations and others, with past clients numbering many dozens.
The Business Task Force of the U.S. Summit & Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy chose his “Service-Learning in Global Marketing” as a Top Ten Best Practice Program. Over five years, students in his Marketing Management & Strategy class participated in the regional marketing plan competition held by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA) and won first place three times.
During his tenure at Messiah University, he also has served in a variety of leadership roles, including board member for the Business Alumni Association, founder of and advisor to the Marketing Club and AMA collegiate chapter, co-chair of the Department of Business, chair of the Community of Educators, and chair of the Ranked Faculty.
Dr. Hagenbuch holds a BS from Messiah University, an MBA from Temple University, and a DBA from Anderson University, all with marketing concentrations. He serves on the board of the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of AMA and as co-chair of the chapter’s collegiate committee.
He enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, and helping marketing professionals at all career stages realize their personal and organizational goals.
Samples of Published Work
- Businesses Shouldn't Profit at Their Customers' Expense, Entrepreneur.com, May 12, 2015
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/245979 - What Listening Says About Your Brand, Entrepreneur.com, April 24, 2015
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/245299 - Beyond Association: How Employees Want to Participate in Their Firms' Corporate Social Performance, Business & Society Review, 120, Spring 2015, pp.83-113
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/basr.12049/abstract - 2 Key Lessons in Brand Building, Entrepreneur.com, March 13, 2015
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/243284 - Why Uber, Like Any Business, Should Not Act First and Ask for Forgiveness Later, Forbes.com, January 26, 2015
http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesleadershipforum/2015/01/26/why-uber-like-any-business-should-not-act-first-and-ask-for-forgiveness-later/ - The 4 Pillars of Ethical Enterprise, Entrepreneur.com, January 16, 2015
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/240035 - What's Your Purpose? 5 Reasons You Need to Set One for Your Business, Entrepreneur.com, November 4, 2014
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/238720 - Understanding Satisfied and Affectively Committed Clients' Lack of Referral Intent, Services Marketing Quarterly, 29, Fall 2008, pp. 24-74
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15332960802125932 - Marketing as a Christian Vocation: Called to Reconciliation, Christian Scholars Review, 48, Fall 2008, pp. 83-96
http://www.csreview.org/XXXVIII1/hagenbuch/