Carolina Machado received her Ph.D. degree in management sciences (organizational and policies management area/human resources management) from the University of Minho in 1999, her master's degree in Management (strategic human resource management) from the technical university of Lisbon in 1994, and degree in business administration from University of Minho in 1989. Teaching in human resources management subjects since 1989 at the University of Minho. She is Head of the Human Resources Management Work Group at the School of Economics and Management at University of Minho, Coordinator of Advanced Training Courses at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences, Member of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences ([...].UMinho), University of Minho, as well as Chief Editor of the International Journal of Applied Management Sciences and Engineering (IJAMSE) and Guest Editor of journals. In addition, she has also published both as Editor/Co-Editor and as Author/Co-Author several books, book chapters, and articles in journals and conferences.

Adorno, Ethics, and Business Ethics.- Confucian Diligence A Core Ethical Value that Shapes Business Success in East Asia.- The Ethics of Digital Nudging.- Corporations as communicative moral agents.- Is applying ethics during a transitional period ethical A review on ethical leadership and its influence on employees and the organization Greasing the Wheels of Commerce or Sand in the Machine? The Limits of Traditional Economic Thinking on Bribery in Business and Some Business Ethical Thoughts.- Ethical Leadership its Relationship with Social Responsibility.- Sexual Harassment in an Organizational Context Ethical Decision Making Process.