Ethics
Ethics analyzes concepts of right and wrong behavior for individuals and organizations. Although an ancient field, ethics is an active research discipline today.
Research and study at the Tepper School include business and professional ethics, cross-cultural ethics, corporate social responsibility, ethics and leadership, and behavioral ethics in organizations.
Faculty Research Spotlight
In our Academic Minds video series, our faculty share insights from their research on wide-ranging business topics.
AI Should Not Simply Mimic Human Behavior
Tae Wan Kim, Associate Professor of Business Ethics,
Ethics Faculty in the News
Mass. Bill Allows Inmates To Swap Organs for Less Prison Time. Ethics Experts Say It’s Exploitative.
Microsoft Is Beating Google at Its Own Game, featuring Derek Leben, Associate Teaching Professor of Business Ethics
Colleges Impose COVID Testing Fees of Up to $1,500 for Unvaccinated Students, featuring Tae Wan Kim, Associate Professor of Business Ethics.
Is It Time for an Algorithm Bill of Rights? These Analysts Think So, featuring Tae Wan Kim, Associate Professor of Business Ethics.
AI Magazine
Truly Autonomous Machines Are Ethical [pdf], coauthored by Tae Wan Kim, Associate Professor of Business Ethics and John Hooker, Professor of Business Ethics and Social Responsibility.
Recent Faculty Publications
- “Difficult Conversations: Navigating the Tension Between Honesty and Benevolence” by Levine, E., Roberts, A., Cohen, T. (2020) Current Opinion in Psychology
- “The Ethics of Contentious Hard Forks in Blockchain Networks With Fixed Features” by Kim, W. T., Zetlin-Jones, A., (2019) Frontiers
- “Ethical Implications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution for Business and Society” by Hooker, J. N., & Kim, T. W. (2019) Emerald Insight
- “Good Explanation for Algorithmic Transparency” by Lu, J., Lee, D.K., Kim, T.W., Danks, D. (2020) AIES '20: Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society
- “Truly Autonomous Machines Are Ethical” by Hooker, J. N., & Kim, T. W. (2019) AI Magazine