Richard M. Locke is the Alvin J. Siteman Professor of Entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a professor in the political science department at MIT.

Richard M. Locke is the Alvin J. Siteman Professor of Entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a professor in the political science department at MIT.

Locke has helped spearhead the development of MIT Sloan's Laboratory for Sustainable Business (S-Lab), which investigates sustainable-management issues in the classroom as well as puts students inside companies that are grappling with sustainability challenges on every front. His own current research focuses on improving labor and environmental standards in global supply chains.