Gregory Robson

Gregory Robson teaches and writes in business ethics, technology ethics, and Christian ethics and is working on a second edition of Technology Ethics: A Philosophical Introduction and Readings (Routledge, 2023). His latest articles are on social media firms, virtue, justice, and the ethics of profitable business.

Before coming to Notre Dame, he studied economics and organizational development at Vanderbilt, government at Harvard, and philosophy at Duke, the Angelicum (Italy), and the University of Arizona, and worked at Iowa State University and Wake Forest University.

His research appears in journals such as The Journal of Philosophy, Journal of Business Ethics, Economics and Philosophy, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, and Ethics and Information Technology. He recently co-represented the Society for Business Ethics at the APA Central.

Selected Speaking Engagements

"Profitable Business and the Common Good"
Keynote Speaker, Investing for Good Conference, Ave Maria University, March 2025

"Is Belief in God Rational?"
Podcast Interview on Spotlight, February 2025

"Justice, Rectification, and the Common Good: Comments on Daniel Philpott’s Resurrecting Justice"
Business Ethics and Society Program workshop, Notre Dame, February 2025

"Technology in the Meaningful Life: AI, Public Discourse, and the Common Good"
Work and Professional Ethics Research Group, online, November 2024

"Nozick, the State, and God"
Independent Institute, Oakland, CA, November 2024

"Putting AI to Work: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"
Panelist, ASQ Quality Innovation Summit Panel in Milwaukee, online, October 2024

"The Purpose of Christian Political Economy"
Markets and Society Conference, Washington D.C., October 2024

"Navigating Appropriate and Effective Use of AI and Large Language Models for BME Students"
Panelist, online, Iowa State University, September 2024

"The Liberty of Business"
University of Fribourg Research Workshop, Kandersteg, Switzerland, September 2024

"Commercial Society: The Difficulty of Systemic Critique"
Plenary, Institute for the Study of Political Economy, Midwest Institutes Conference at Ball State University, May 2024

"AI and Economic Planning"
Institute for the Study of Political Economy, Midwest Institutes Conference at Ball State University, May 2024

"Business, Political Economy, and God"
Podcast Interview on Spotlight, May 2024

"Planning Future Economies: Can AI Be Trusted?"
Mendoza College of Business, Notre Dame Ethics Week, February 2024