James R. Otteson

James R. Otteson is the John T. Ryan Jr. Professor of Business Ethics and the Rex and Alice A. Martin Faculty Director of the Notre Dame/Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership at the University of Notre Dame. He also serves as the Honors Program Faculty Director in Marketing and is a Faculty Fellow at the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government. His office is located in the Mendoza College of Business.

Education: BA from the Program of Liberal Studies at the University of Notre Dame and PhD in philosophy from the University of Chicago.

Research interests include business ethics, political economy, the history of economic thought, and eighteenth-century moral philosophy. His work bridges philosophical inquiry with practical ethical leadership in business contexts.

No specific grants, advising, or lab affiliations are detailed in the provided text. He is affiliated with the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government (part of the College of Arts and Letters) and the Notre Dame/Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership.