Maria Clara Ames

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Academic work

Academic work

2016 – 2020
PhD in Administration.
Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, UDESC, Brazil.
Thesis: Protecting the lives of babies and pregnant women: shaping the Brazilian agenda and the experience of voluntary organizations in the light of virtue ethics. Date obtained: Sep 25, 2020. 
Advisor: Maurício Custódio Serafim.
Keywords: virtue ethics; phronesis; abortion; pro-life volunteering; agenda formation.
 
2023 – 2024
Master’s Degree in Governance and Culture of Organizations.
Universidad de Navarra, UNAV, Spain.
Final paper:“The Environment, Social, and Governance of Artificial Intelligence: The ESG of AI“
Date obtained: June 18, 2024.
Advisor: Dulce Maria Redín.
Keywords: business ethics; artificial intelligence; Sustainability; AI Ethics; ESG; sustainable AI.
 
2013 – 2015
Master’s in Business Administration.
Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, UDESC, Brazil.
Title: “Moral of the story”: dilemmas, uncertainty and the rationality of economic and social entrepreneurs
Year obtained: 2015.
Advisor: Maurício Custódio Serafim.
Keywords: entrepreneurship; social entrepreneurship; moral dilemmas; moral development; rationality.
 
2005 – 2006
Executive MBA in Financial Business.
Fundação Getúlio Vargas, FGV, Brazil.
Title: “Diagnosis of the Ourocard product at Banco do Brasil’s Industrial Branch”.
 
1999 – 2004
Graduation in Business Administration.
Universidade Comunitária Regional de Chapecó, UNOCHAPECO, Brazil.
Title: “Diagnosis of the Tourism Offer of the Municipality of Chapecó and analysis of its development possibilities”.
Advisors: James Antonio Antonini and Leonardo Secchi.
2022 – 2023
Higher education course in the Philosophy of Leonardo Polo (320 hours).
University of Navarra, UNAV, Spain.
Modality: online. 8 credits. Grade: 9.0 SB (outstanding).
2020 – 2020
Minicourse Politics as a vocation: Max Weber’s contributions to thinking… (Hours: 4h).
Federal University of Santa Catarina, UFSC, Brazil.
2020 – 2020
Webinar People Management, Career and Purpose in Public Administration. (Workload: 4h).
Attorney General’s Office of the State of Bahia, PGE-BA, Brazil.
2017 – 2017
Integral Education for the 21st Century Series – Modules I and II 50 hours (Workload: 50 hours).
SENAI – National Service for Industrial Learning. SENAI-Ilhéus-BA, Brazil (online).
2017 – 2017
MOOC course Profesor 0.0: Teaching a course (Hours: 64 hours).
University of Navarra, UNAV, Spain (online).
2017 – 2017
Moral Luck and Justice (Hours: 20h).
Federal University of Santa Catarina, UFSC, Brazil.
2015 – 2015
TOEFL Test Preparation – English Course (Hours: 30 hours).
Foundation for Research Support and University Extension, FAPEU, Brazil.
2015 – 2015
French. (Workload: 30h).
Foundation for Research Support and University Extension, FAPEU, Brazil.
2014 – 2014
French. (Workload: 30h).
Foundation for Research Support and University Extension, FAPEU, Brazil.
2013 – 2013
Capes Portal Training (Hours: 2 hours).
Santa Catarina State University, UDESC, Brazil.
2006 – 2006
Financial and Credit Analysis (Hours: 40 hours).
Banco do Brasil S.A. PR, BB, Brazil.
2006 – 2006
Consultative sales workshop (Hours: 16 hours).
Banco do Brasil S.A. PR, BB, Brazil.
2003 – 2004
Out corporation course (Hours: 96h).
Out Corporation Language School, OUT CORPORATION, Brazil.
2001 – 2001
High Performance Teams (Hours: 20h).
Proativa Educação Organizacional, PROATIVA, Brazil.
1998 – 2001
English First Proficiency Level (240 hours).
Wizard Brasil, WIZARD, Brazil.

Dec. 2019 – Feb. 2020

Visiting doctoral student. University of Navarra, UNAV, Pamplona, Spain.

Supervisor: Alejo José G. Sison

  • International Society for MacIntyrean Enquiry (ISME – 2023). June 29th to July 1st. Pamplona, Spain. Participant. Paper: “Tradition: where MacIntyre meets Hayek to ground ethical governance”.
  • EnAnpad 2023. Topic leader in Teaching and Research in Administration and Accounting (EPQ). Article approved for presentation.
  • EnAnpad 2022. EPQ theme leader. Teaching Virtues in Postgraduate Administration: Integrating Knowledge, Experiential Experience and Reflection. 2022.
  • ISBEE Bilbao 2022 (Special call on artificial intelligence). Participant. Paper: “Artificial Intelligence in digital marketing: a virtue ethics discussion”.
  • EnAnpad 2021. Theme leader. Paper presentation. VII Meeting of Teaching and Research in Administration and Accounting. Leader of theme 4 and discussant.
  • Semead 2020. USP, São Paulo (online). Paper presentation.
  • XXII SEMEAD 2019. USP, São Paulo. Presentation of two papers.
  • Association for Moral Education Conference. November, 2018, Barcelona, Spain. Atendee, presenting the paper: “Knowing how to care through actual caring: the case of civil society organizations that work in the protection of pregnant women and infants”.
  • Enanpad 2018. Curitiba, PR. Paper presentation.
  • II International Congress on Public Sector Performance. Florianópolis, SC. Paper presentation.
  • Enanpad 2017, São Paulo. Paper presentation.
  • Applied Ethics and Public Policy. 2017. Florianópolis, SC. (listener).
  • III National Meeting of Public Administration – III EBAP. 2016. (listener).
  • L Enanpad 2016. Paper presentation, round table format. Sauípe, Salvador, Bahia.
  • 41st Association for moral education conference – AME 2015. Santos, SP. Presentation of the article “The moral dimension of uncertainty in entrepreneurs’ moral dilemmas.”
  • Lecture Government Relations and Lobbying: differences, realities and perspectives. 2015. Florianópolis, SC. (listener).
  • Seminar to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Alberto Guerreiro Ramos. 2015. Florianópolis, SC. (listener).
  • XXXIX EnAnpad 2015. Belo Horizonte, MG. Paper presentation.
  • International Colloquium on the Epistemology and Sociology of Management Science . 2014. Florianópolis, SC. (listener).
  • Seminar on Epistemology and Methodology in Administration, Brazil and Colombia. 2014. Florianópolis, SC (Listener).
  • XII Organizational Research Seminar Rationality and Development – ORD – UFSC. 2014. Florianópolis, SC. (Listener).
  • EMPRESAR – International Sustainability and Entrepreneurship Forum. 2013. Curitiba, PR (Meeting) (listener).
  • Jacinto, E., Bertoncini, A. L. C., Ames, M. C. F. D. C., & Serafim, M. C. (2023) The challenges of using ChatGPT in teaching and research in Administration: a discussion based on virtue ethics. EnAnpad 2023, September, São Paulo, SP.
  • Carneiro, L. C., Ames, M. C. F. D. C., & Serafim, M. C. Teaching Virtues in Postgraduate Administration: Integrating Knowledge, Experiential Experience and Reflection. In: XLVI ANPAD Meeting – EnANPAD 2022.
  • Ames, M. C. F. D. C., & Serafim, M. C. Moral Virtues and Phronesis of Pro-Life Volunteers: A Multiple Case Study in the Light of Virtue Ethics. In: Enanpad 2021, 2021, online. Proceedings of Enanpad 2021, 2021. p. 1-16.
  • Bertoncini, An. L. C., Zapelini, M. B., & Ames, M. C. F. D. C. Decision and Behavior: Contributions of Behavioral Economics to Public Administration. Proceedings of Bels Seminars 2021, 2021. Available at: https//www.even3.com.br/anais/bels2021/354808-DECISAO-E-COMPORTAMENTO–CONTRIBUICOES-DA-ECONOMIA-COMPORTAMENTAL-PARA-A-ADMINISTRACAO-PUBLICA. https://doi.org/10.29327/142409.354808
  • Ames, M. C. F. D. C. Multiparadigmatic approaches in organizational studies: reviewing ontological assumptions in the light of Alberto Guerreiro Ramos’ Sociological Reduction. In: XXIII SEMEAD 2020, online, p. 1-16.
  • Ames, M. C. F. D. C., & Serafim, M. C. Institutional and Relational Care in Civil Society Organizations for the Protection of Pregnant Women and Babies. In: SEMEAD – Administration Seminar – USP, 2019, São Paulo. XXII SEMEAD – PROCEEDINGS, 2019.
  • Carneiro, L. C. Ames, M. C. F. D. C., & Colonetti, A. C. Organizational Virtues: A Systematic Review of Measurement Instruments. In: XXII SEMEAD 2019, 2019, São Paulo. XXII SEMEAD 2019 – proceedings, 2019.
  • Ames, M. C. F. D. C., & Serafim, M. C. Practical Wisdom: A Systematic Review on Phronesis Education, Teaching and Learning in Management. In: Enanpad 2018, 2018, Curitiba – PR.
  • Ames, M. C. F. D. C., Serafim, M. C., & Martins, F. F. Analysis of the Scales and Measures of Moral Virtues Associated with the Area of Business Administration and Ethics: a Systematic Review. In: Enanpad 2018, 2018, Curitiba PR.
  • Ames, M. C. F. D. C., & Serafim, M. C. Knowing how to care through actual caring: the case of civil society organizations that work in the protection of pregnant women and infants. In: 44th Association for Moral Education Conference, 2018, Barcelona. Ame-Book-abstracts, 2018.
  • Ames, M. C. F. D. C., & Serafim, M. C., Zappellini, M. B., & Colonetti, A. C. Dynamics of the Abortion Policy Agenda in the Federal Senate from 1988 to May 2018. In: INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE (CIDESP), 2018, Florinópolis. Electronic Proceedings.
  • Ames, M. C. F. D. C., Serafim, M. C., & Zappellini, M. B. The Study of Phronesis in Organizations: A Systematic Review. In: XLI Enanpad 2017, 2017, São Paulo.
  • Ames, M. C. F. D. C., Serafim, M. C., Pinheiro, D., & COSTA, A. E. The Methodological Framework of Lawrence Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development in Research on Rationality in Organizations: An Analysis of the Results Obtained with the Use of the Defining Issues Test – 2. In: XL Enanpad 2016, 2016, Sauípe – Ba.
  • Ames, M. C. F. D. C., & Serafim, M. C. Moral dilemmas of economic and social entrepreneurs: the role of the moral dimension of uncertainty. In: ENANPAD 2015, 2015, Belo Horizonte – MG. Proceedings of ENANPAD 2015.
  • Ames, M. C. F. D. C., & Serafim, M. C. The moral dimension of uncertainty in entrepreneurs’ moral dilemmas. In: 41st Association for Moral Education Conference – AME2015, 2015, Santos – SP.
Master’s Degree

1. Ames, Maria Clara Figueiredo Dalla Costa. Participation by Bruna Abreu Vieira. CHARACTERIZATION OF LEADERSHIP PHRONETIC COMPETENCE: CONSTRUCTION AND VALIDATION OF AN IDENTIFICATION AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT. 2024. Dissertation (Master’s in Administration) – Fluminense Federal University.



2. FREITAS, J. S.; CHRISTINO, J. M. M.; ITUASSU, C. T.; AMES, Maria Clara F. D. C.; BRESCIA, D. P. A.. Participation by Davi Pires Andrade Brescia. Managerial Responses and Strategic Dilemmas: capturing decision-making policies and their moral foundations. 2021. Dissertation (Master’s in Business Administration) – Federal University of Minas Gerais.



Doctoral qualifications

1. ITUASSU, C. T.; Ames, Maria Clara Figueiredo Dalla Costa; PEREIRA FILHO, A. D.. Participation by Davi Pires Andrade Brescia. Managing by grace: the contribution of Christian gratitude to corporate sacrificial responsibility (CSaR). 2024. Qualifying exam (Doctorate in Business Administration) – Federal University of Minas Gerais.



2. ZAPPELLINI, MARCELLO BECKERT; MUNOZ, I. F.; CAVALHEIRO, R. A.; AMES, Maria Clara F. D. C.; SERAFIM, MAURICIO C.. Participation by Elize Jacinto. What ethics are we talking about? The debate and challenges of moral reductionism in the age of artificial intelligence. 2023. Qualifying exam (Doctorate in Business Administration) – Santa Catarina State University.



3. ZAPPELLINI, MARCELLO BECKERT; ROCCHI, M.; OLIVEIRA, G. C.; AMES, Maria Clara F. D. C.. Participation in the board of Ana Luize Corrêa Bertoncini. A HUMANIST PROPOSAL FOR DEFINING AND ALLOCATING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN SOCIETY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF VIRTUE ETHICS. 2022. Qualifying exam (Doctorate in Business Administration) – Santa Catarina State University.



Master’s qualifications

1. Ames, Maria Clara Figueiredo Dalla Costa; FREITAS, J. S.; ITUASSU, C.; CHRISTINO, J. Participation in the board of Davi Pires Andrade Brescia. MANAGERIAL RESPONSES TO STRATEGIC DILEMMAS: CAPTURING DECISION POLICIES AND THEIR MORAL FOUNDATIONS. 2020. Qualifying exam (Master’s degree in Business Administration) – Federal University of Minas Gerais.



Awards

2021
Award for best article in the Division of Teaching and Research in Administration and Accounting.
Title of the article: “Moral Virtues and Phronesis of Pro-Life Volunteers: A Multiple Case Study in the Light of Virtue Ethics”.
Anpad International Meeting (EnAnpad, 2021).
2018
Best paper award in the Division of Teaching and Research in Administration and Accounting.
Title of the article: “Practical Wisdom: A Systematic Review of Phronesis Education, Teaching and Learning in Management”
Enanpad 2018, Curitiba, PR.

Bags

2017 – 2019
Scholarship holder of the DS Capes Social Demand Program, Regime: Exclusive dedication.
Information:
Capes social demand scholarship holder. Allows teaching as a substitute professor at a public higher education institution, as set out in the regulations – CAPES Ordinance No. 76, of April 14, 2010, in its article 9, paragraph XI, subparagraph B. With the consent of the supervising professor.

2016 – 2017

Monitoring scholarship holder, Workload: 12, Regime: Exclusive dedication.
Information:
Monitoring scholarship to support undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Administration and Public Administration courses at ESAG/UDESC. Monitoring the subject of General Theory of Public Administration (TGAP), in the second semester of 2016 and first semester of 2017, in the evening. In addition, the teaching internship in postgraduate studies, in the subject of Research in Administration, allows me to help students in the master’s program in Administration. Together with the research group, guidance and monitoring of activities carried out by undergraduate research fellows.
2013 – 2015
CAPES scholarship holder (social demand) for master’s degree, Workload: 20, Regime: Exclusive dedication.

Thesis

Doctorate in Business Administration (Esag/UDESC, Florianópolis, SC). Supervisor: M. C. Serafim.

Title: Protecting the lives of babies and pregnant women: the formation of the Brazilian agenda and the experience of voluntary organizations in the light of virtue ethics. Date obtained: September 25, 2020.

Dissertations

  1. Master’s Degree in Organizational Governance and Culture (Unav, Pamplona, Spain). Title:
    The Environment, Social, and Governance of Artificial Intelligence: The ESG of AI.
    Date obtained: June 18, 2024. Director: D. M. Redín.
  2. Master’s in Business Administration (Esag-UDESC, Florianópolis, Brazil). Title: “Moral of the story”: dilemmas, uncertainty and the rationality of economic and social entrepreneurs. Date obtained: November 30, 2015. Advisor: M. C. Serafim.