
John Hasnas
Executive Director
John Hasnas is the executive director of the Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics, professor of business at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, and professor of law (by courtesy) at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches courses in ethics and law. Hasnas has held previous appointments as associate professor of law at George Mason University School of Law, visiting associate professor of law at Duke University School of Law and the Washington College of Law at American University, and Law and Humanities Fellow at Temple University School of Law. Also, he has been a visiting scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics in Washington, D.C. and at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center in Bowling Green, Ohio. He received his B.A. in philosophy from Lafayette College, his J.D. and Ph.D. in legal philosophy from Duke University, and his LL.M. in legal education from Temple Law School. His scholarship concerns ethics, criminal law, and jurisprudence.
With GISME, John manages the annual ethics symposium and the occasional law symposia. He is also a lecturer for GISME’s annual Workshop on Teaching Professional Business Ethics.
Work History
Alma Mater
Books


Business Ethics for Better Behavior
Publications
Common Law Liberalism: A New Theory of the Libertarian Society (Oxford University Press, 2024)

Business Ethics for Better Behavior

The Real Danger of the Responsibility Surplus

Should Corporations Have the Right to Vote? A Paradox in the Theory of Corporate Moral Agency

Reflections on Prince, Public Welfare Offenses, American Cyanamid, and the Wisdom of the Common Law
