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Draft:George G. Brenkert

{{Short description|American academic and philosopher}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = George G. Brenkert

| image = George G Brenkert.jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|11|22}}

| citizenship = American

| education = University of Michigan (MA, PhD),

Colgate University (BA)

| occupation = Philosopher, author, scholar

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George Gilbert Brenkert (born November 22, 1942) is a philosopher, author, and scholar of business ethics, social and political philosophy. He is a professor emeritus at Georgetown University in the McDonough School of Business, where he previously served as a professor of business ethics and the director of the Business Ethics Institute.

Early life and education

Brenkert was born on November 22, 1942. He received a bachelor of arts from Colgate University in 1964. Brenkert pursued further studies at the University of Michigan, acquiring a master of arts in 1969 and a PhD in 1971. His doctoral dissertation was titled Wants, Prudence, and Morality.

Career

Brenkert began his teaching career in 1971 as an instructor at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, where he later served as an assistant professor. In 1973, he joined the University of Tennessee’s Department of Philosophy, starting from assistant professor to associate professor and later becoming a professor and department head from 1988 to 1995. In 1997, he joined Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business as a professor of business ethics, serving until his retirement in 2010. During his tenure, he directed the Georgetown Business Ethics Institute, and after his retirement, he became a professor emeritus.

His professional affiliations include serving as an academic fellow at the Ethics Resource Center and as a member of the executive committee for the Society for Business Ethics. He was the president of the Society for Business Ethics in 1999 and was also involved with the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics in the 2000s.{{Cite web |title=Former Officers |url=https://sbeonline.org/about-us/former-officers/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=Society for Business Ethics |language=en-US}}

Brenkert has also served as the president of the Society for Business Ethics and editor-in-chief of Business Ethics Quarterly. {{Cite web |title=Georgetown University Faculty Directory |url=https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014TvfcAAC/george-brenkert |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=gufaculty360.georgetown.edu}}He also directed the Connelly Program in Business Ethics and was a member of the executive committee of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics. In addition, Brenkert co-founded the Capital Area Business Ethics Network and the Transatlantic Business Ethics Conference.

Awards and recognitions

  • Fullbright teaching assistantship to India (1964 – 1965)
  • Fullbright student grant to India (1965 – 1966)
  • Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany (1978 – 1979)
  • Career of Outstanding Service Award by the Society for Business Ethics (2013)
  • Presidential Award for Outstanding Scholarly Research by the Society for Business Ethics (2020) {{Cite web |last=Gtoru |first=Bultema |date=2020-08-19 |title=2020 Presidential Award for Scholarly Achievement: George Brenkert |url=https://sbeonline.org/2020/08/2020-presidential-scholarly-achievement-brenkert/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Society for Business Ethics |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=2020 Annual Conference |url=https://sbeonline.org/conference/2020-annual-conference/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=Society for Business Ethics |language=en-US}}

Selected publications

  • Marx's Ethics of Freedom (1983, Routledge){{Cite book |last=Brenkert |first=George G. |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780203707784/marx-ethics-freedom-george-brenkert |title=Marx's Ethics of Freedom |year=2013 |isbn=9781135025786 |doi=10.4324/9780203707784}}
  • Political Freedom (1991, Routledge){{Cite book |last=Brenkert |first=George G. |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780203004630/political-freedom-george-brenkert |title=Political Freedom |date=2002-01-04 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-203-00463-0 |location=London |doi=10.4324/9780203004630}}
  • Corporate Integrity and Accountability (2004, Sage Publications){{Cite book |last=Brenkert |first=George G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fLR1AwAAQBAJ&dq=Corporate+Integrity+and+Accountability+george+g+brenkert&pg=PP1 |title=Corporate Integrity and Accountability |date=2004-06-30 |publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=978-1-4522-6225-3 |language=en}}
  • Marketing Ethics (2008, Wiley-Blackwell){{Cite book |last=Brenkert |first=George G. |url=https://philpapers.org/rec/BREME/ |title=Marketing Ethics |date=2008 |publisher=Blackwell}}
  • Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics (2010, co-edited with T. Beauchamp, Oxford University Press){{Cite book |last=Brenkert |first=George |date=2012-04-01 |title=The Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-business-ethics-9780199916221?cc=us&lang=en& |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=global.oup.com |publisher=Oup USA |isbn=9780199916221}}

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