Brookes Brown

Brookes Brown
  • Visiting Assistant Professor

Contact Information

  • office Address:

    600 Jon M. Huntsman Hall
    3730 Walnut Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19104

Research Interests: Business Ethics, Civic Ethics, Political Engagement, Justice in Exchange

Overview

Brookes is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Wharton, on leave from Clemson University where she serves as an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and the director of the Program in Law, Liberty and Justice. Her recent research focuses on reciprocity and justice in transactions and ethical limitations on commercial markets. More broadly she is interested in the how we structure our conception of the public and private realms, and questions regarding individual civic obligations (must you vote? pay your taxes?)

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Past Courses

  • LGST1000 - Ethics & Social Resp

    This course explores business responsibility from rival theoretical and managerial perspectives. Its focus includes theories of ethics and their application to case studies in business. Topics include moral issues in advertising and sales; hiring and promotion; financial management; corporate pollution; product safety; and decision-making across borders and cultures.

  • LGST2200 - Int'l Business Ethics

    This course is a multidisciplinary, interactive study of business ethics within a global economy. A central aim of the course is to enable students to develop a framework to address ethical challenges as they arise within and across different countries. Alternative theories about acting ethically in global environments are presented, and critical current issues are introduced and analyzed. Examples include bribery, global sourcing, environmental sustainability, social reports, intellectual property, e-commerce, and dealing with conflicting standards and values across cultures. As part of this study, the course considers non-Western ethical traditions and practices as they relate to business.

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