Donaldson, Thomas

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DONALDSON, Thomas

DONALDSON, Thomas. American, b. 1945. Genres: Ethics, Business/Trade/Industry, Essays, Philosophy. Career: Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, assistant professor, 1976-81, associate professor, 1981-84, Henry J. Wirtenberger Professor of Ethics, 1984-88, chair of core curriculum committee for Arts and Sciences, 1980-81, director of Graduate Program in Philosophy, 1982-84; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, C. Stewart Sheppard Visiting Professor of Business Administration, 1988-89, and senior fellow of Olsson Center for Ethics; Georgetown University, Washington, DC, John F. Connelly Professor of Business Ethics, 1990-96, adjunct professor of philosophy, and senior research fellow of Kennedy Institute for Ethics; University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Mark O. Winkelman Professor, 1996-, director of the Wharton Ethics Program. Publications: (ed. with P. Werhane, and contrib.) Ethical Issues in Business: A Philosophical Approach, 1979, 6th ed., 1999; Corporations and Morality, 1982; (ed. and contrib.) Case Studies in Business Ethics, 1984; (ed.) Issues in Moral Philosophy, 1985; Ethics in International Business, 1989; (with T.W. Dunfee) Ethics in Business and Economics, 2 vols., 1998; (with T.W. Dunfee) The Ties that Bind, 1999. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor of articles and reviews to professional journals. Address: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]