Eric W. Orts Faculty Profile
Eric W. Orts
Guardsmark Professor; Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics and Management
Director, Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership
JSD, Columbia University, 1994; JD, University of Michigan, 1988; MA, New School for Social Research, 1985; BA, Oberlin College, 1982
Research Areas
Corporate and securities law; corporate governance; environmental law and policy; management, law, and policy
Current Projects
Theories of the business enterprise; climate contracts
Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1991-present (named Guardsmark Professor, 2003). Visiting appointments: University of California, Santa Barbara (Bren School of Environmental Science & Management); University of California, Los Angeles (School of Law); University of Leuven (Law Department); University of Michigan (Law School); New York University (Law School); University of Sydney (Law School); Tsinghua University (School of Economics and Management).
Other Positions
Associate, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, 1988-90; Columbia University, Chemical Bank Fellow in Corporate Social Responsibility, 1990-91
Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Eugene P. Beard Faculty Fellow in Ethics, Center for Ethics and the Professions, Harvard University, 2002-03; Faculty Fellow, Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School, Harvard University, 2002-03; Fulbright Scholar, European Union Affairs Research Program, 1998
Corporate and Public Sector Leadership 2005-2009
Board Chair, French International School of Philadelphia
Representative Publications
(debate with Cary Coglianese)
"Collaborative Environmental Law: Pro and Con," University of Pennsylvania Law Review (PENNumbra)156 (2007).
"Ethics, Risk, Environmental Management, and Corporate Responsibility" Environmental Protection and the Social Responsibility of Firms: Perspectives from Law, Economics, and Business (2005).
"From Corporate Social Responsibility to Global Citizenship" The INSEAD-Wharton Alliance on Globalizing (2004).
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