Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department

The Wharton School

University of Pennsylvania

 

665 Jon M. Huntsman Hall

3730 Walnut Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104-6340

 

215.573.7905 (Office)

215.573.2006 (Fax)

nhsieh@wharton.upenn.edu

Nien-hê Hsieh

Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics and of Philosophy

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

 

Nien-hê Hsieh's research is in ethics and economics.  The focus of his research is the justified exercise of managerial authority.  Within this area, topics of research include authority and work, the provision of assistance by multinational corporations, and incommensurable values and justified choice.  He teaches courses in ethics and corporate responsibility and serves as Director of the Wharton Ethics Program. 

 

 

Education

 

Harvard University

Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Business School (2000-2001)

Ph.D. in Economics (2000)

 

Oxford University

M.Phil. in Politics (1994)

 

Swarthmore College

B.A. in Economics (1992)

 

 

Visiting Positions

 

Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University

Faculty Fellow

 

Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University

Visiting Research Fellow, Social and Political Theory Program

 

Oxford University

Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Politics and International Relations

 

Wellesley College

Visiting Instructor, Department of Political Science