Philip M. Nichols Faculty Profile

Philip M. Nichols
Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics

JD, Duke University, 1988; LLM, Duke University, 1988; AB, Harvard University, 1982

Research Areas
International trade and investment; emerging economies

Current Projects
Developing materials for the use of corporate codes in controlling corruption; developing business-lead initiatives to combat corruption.

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1992-present. Visiting Appointment: National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 

Other Positions
Judicial Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1988-89

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Fulbright Fellowship; Excellence in Teaching Award (Undergraduate Division), 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,2000, 2001; David W. Hauck Award for Outstanding Teaching, 1996; Lindback Award, 2000; Rappaport Core Teaching Award 2004.

Professional Leadership 2003-2007
Co-Chair, International Economic Law Group; Articles Editor, American Business Law Journal

Corporate and Public Sector Leadership 2003-2007
Co-Chair, United Nations Committee on Electronic Commerce and Trade Facilitation Law Group (Geneve, Switzerland)

Representative Publications
“Corruption as an Assurance Problem.” American University International Law Review 19.1307 (2004).

(with George J. Siedel and Matthew Kasdin)
“Corruption as a Pan-Cultural Phenomenon: An Empirical Study In Countries at Opposite Ends of the Former Soviet Empire.” Texas Journal of International Law 39.215 (2004).

"The Fit Between Changes to the Global Corruption Regime and Indigenous Perceptions of Corruption in Kazakhstan." University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law and Economics 22.863 (2001).