Prior to joining Scheller College, Salbu served as Associate Dean for Graduate Programs at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas. He joined that school in 1990 and was named its Bobbie and Coulter R. Sublett Centennial Endowed Professor in 2000. While there, he served as Director of the McCombs School Business Ethics Program, Editor-in-Chief of the American Business Law Journal, and Editorial Board member of Business Ethics Quarterly.

Salbu has published extensively in the areas of business ethics and law. His articles have appeared or are forthcoming in such journals as theAmerican Business Law Journal, Business Ethics Quarterly, Business and Society Review, Boston University Law Review, Case Western Reserve Law Review, Chicago Journal of International Law, Columbia Business Law Review, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Cornell International Law Journal, Florida Law Review, Georgetown Journal of Law and Policy in International Business, Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, Harvard Journal on Legislation, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Hastings Law Journal, Indiana Health Law Review, Indiana Law Journal, Journal of Business Ethics, Michigan Journal of International Law, Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy, Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Rutgers Law Review, Securities Law Review, Tulane Law Review, University of Chicago Business Law Review, University of Illinois Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Business Law, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Washington Law Review, Washington University Law Quarterly, Washington and Lee Law Review, William & Mary Business Law Review, Yale Journal on Regulation, andYale Journal of International Law.

Salbu has served as Visiting Professor at several US business schools, including the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan, and Indiana University. He has also taught extensively at international business schools and law schools, including London Business School, Rotterdam School of Management, the University of Edinburgh (joint business law program with the University of Texas), ITESM in Mexico City (joint EMBA program with the University of Texas), the University of Melbourne Law School (as honorary senior fellow), Copenhagen Business School, INCAE in Costa Rica, Helsinki School of Economics, IE Business School in Madrid, and the Melbourne Business School (as the inaugural Gourlay Visiting Endowed Professor of Business Ethics). In addition, Salbu has acted as a business consultant since the 1980s, working with many clients in a variety of areas, including business ethics, strategy, regulatory issues, medical ethics, and FDA regulatory policy.

A native of New York, Salbu holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Hofstra University, a master's degree in liberal studies from Dartmouth College, a law degree from the College of William and Mary, and master's and doctoral degrees from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (organization and strategy).