“The area of ethics is thoroughly interdisciplinary. Here at Wharton, we have people approaching ethical topics from different directions — you have people specializing in ethics in marketing, financial institutions, or economics. The subject can relate to any of the traditional silos around which business schools are built.”
Thomas Donaldson
Mark O. Winkelman Professor; Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics
Wharton's PhD program in Ethics and Legal Studies, started in 2003, is the first doctoral program of its kind in the world, built on Wharton's pioneering work in business ethics since the early 1990s. It focuses on ethical and legal norms of conduct in management. Students take core courses in ethics and law in business, plus courses in one additional concentration (e.g., management, finance, marketing, or accounting).
Faculty research concentrates on several broad areas: implications of social contract theory for business ethics; European Union law; ethics and corporate governance; insider trading regulation; international trade regulation under the World Trade Organization; legal regulation of negotiation processes; corporate criminal law; diversity; and e-commerce. The prestigious Zicklin Center for Research in Business Ethics also provides a significant additional resource for PhD students.
Faculty
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Chairperson Thomas W. Dunfee PhD Coordinator Janice R. Bellace Thomas Donaldson Thomas W. Dunfee William S. Laufer Eric W. Orts Arnold J. Rosoff G. Richard Shell Kenneth L. Shropshire |
Associate Professors Nien-hê Hsieh Ann E. Mayer Philip M. Nichols Alan Strudler William C. Tyson
Assistant Professors |
Visit the Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department website for more information.