Business Ethics

Alan Strudler

Alan Strudler
Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics and of Philosophy
strudler (at) wharton.upenn.edu
J.D., Ph.D. University of Arizona
Office Location: 
663 JMHH
Research Interests: 
  • Ethics
  • Corporate responsibility
    • Selected Publications: 

    “The Moral Problem in Insider Trading,” in Beauchamp and Brenkert (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics (in press).

    "Confucian Skepticism About Workplace Rights," Business Ethics Quarterly (2008).

    "The Numbers Problem," Philosophy & Public Affairs (2006).(with D. Wasserman and N. Hsieh)

    "Deception Unraveled," Journal of Philosophy (2005).

    "Can a Nonconsequentialist Count Lives?" Philosophy & Public Affairs (2003). (with D. Wasserman)

    "Moral Principle in the Law of Insider Trading," University of Texas Law Review 78 (1999). (wtih E. Orts)

    Nien-hê Hsieh

    Nien-hê Hsieh
    Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics and of Philosophy
    nhsieh (at) wharton.upenn.edu
    Phone: 
    (215) 573-7905
    Ph.D. Harvard
    Office Location: 
    665 Huntsman Hall
    Research Interests: 
  • ethics
  • distributive justice
  • managerial authority
  • corporate social responsibility
  • theories of value and choice

    • Nien-hê Hsieh work focuses on the justified exercise of managerial authority. Within this area, topics of research include authority and work, the provision of assistance by multinational corporations, and incommensurable values and justified choice. He teaches courses in ethics and corporate responsibility and serves as Book Notes Editor for the Business Ethics Quarterly, the journal of the Society for Business Ethics. For 2007-2008, he will be a Faculty Fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University.

    Selected Publications: 

    “Justice in Production.” The Journal of Political Philosophy (forthcoming).

    “Maximization, Incomparability, and Managerial Choice.” Business Ethics Quarterly (forthcoming).

    “Is Incomparability a Problem for Anyone?" Economics and Philosophy 23.1: 65-80 (2007). (with Alan Strudler and David Wasserman)

    “The Numbers Problem.” Philosophy and Public Affairs 34.4: 352-372 (2006).

    Waheed Hussain

    Waheed Hussain
    Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics and of Philosophy
    whussain (at) wharton.upenn.edu
    Ph.D. Harvard
    Office Location: 
    667 Huntsman Hall
    Research Interests: 
  • Social and Political philosophy
  • moral philosophy
  • normative issues in economic life
  • Hegel and Marx

    • Thomas Donaldson

    Thomas Donaldson
    Mark O. Winkelman Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics and of Philosophy
    Ph.D. University of Kansas
    Appointments: 

    Mark O. Winkelman Professor Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics

    Research Interests: 
  • business ethics
  • leadership
  • risk management
  • corporate compliance
    • Selected Publications: 

    Ties that Bind: A Social Contract Approach to Business Ethics. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Business School Press, 1999.

    “Dangerous Currents.” Directors & Boards, Winter 2004.

    "Defining the Value of Doing Good Business." Financial Times sec. Mastering Management: Corporate Governance, (June 2 2005).

    (with L. Preston)
    "The Stakeholder Theory of the Corporation: Concepts, Evidence, Implication." Academy of Management Review (January 1995).

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