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Is Big Tech too big? Focus should be on consumers, not firm size, expert says

The House Judiciary Committee said Big Tech companies have abused their monopoly power, but James Otteson, the John T. Ryan Jr. Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business takes a different view.

Shannon Roddel

Walmart’s decision to close on Thanksgiving, give bonuses will pay off and catch on, expert says

James Otteson, professor of business ethics at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, believes Walmart’s decision will pay off and that other companies will follow its lead.

Shannon Roddel

The Technology 202: IBM and Notre Dame team up on new tech ethics lab

The University of Notre Dame unveiled a new Tech Ethics Lab with the backing of IBM, which will conduct research on some of the most pressing dilemmas confronting the field.

Washington Post

How to prioritize ethical leadership amid the pandemic

Three insights that approach crises as opportunities for ethical leadership, not opportunism. As COVID-19 crept toward Chattanooga, Tennessee, Matt Colvin and his brother Noah saw a business opportunity. They drove […]

Brett Beasley and Christopher Adkins

2019’s best books for ethical leaders

The Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership offers a list of the best new books on the topic of ethics that bridge the worlds of business and academia.

Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership

Yes, ethics can be taught.

A new study by accountancy professor Zachary Kowaleski provides an evidence-based answer to a question that is both a timely—and timeless—question, as illustrated by NBC’s hit TV show The Good Place.

Brett Beasley

Lily Tomlin joins PETA campaign aimed at FCA over Iditarod dog race

Management & Organization associate teaching professor Joseph Holt was interviewed in a USA Today article about PETA's protests to Chrysler over a dealership's sponsorship of the Iditarod race. Holt said, "I do believe it's reasonable for PETA to pressure the parent company. Members of the public often don't make the fine distinction the law makes between acts of the franchisee and acts of the franchisor."

USA Today

Resoundingly Human – Ethics in analytics and data science

Associate teaching professor of Information, Technology, Analytics and Operations Scott Nestler was interviewed for an episode of the INFORMS podcast "Resoundingly Human," where he speaks to ethics in analytics and data science.

INFORMS podcast

Google It: Bringing Big Data To The Classroom

With sleek glasses, dark shoulder-length hair and a charming demeanor, Kevin Hartman looks and acts the part of an innovative practitioner in the world of business analytics and big data. While his job centers around numbers and data, he sees his work as an art form just as much as it is a science. This perspective has also helped him become a relatable and impactful Notre Dame professor.

Andrew Mentock

Papa John’s Board kept calm and carried on

Assistant professor of management Timothy Hubbard is quoted in a Directors & Boards article about embattled founder John Schnatter alleged plans to leave Papa John's chain's board. “As we’ve seen time and again, companies that have these ‘crises of CEOs’ are finding it harder to recover,” said Hubbard.

Directors & Boards