Business Ethics and Society Fellows

The BESP Fellows Colloquium is a one-and-a-half credit undergraduate course sponsored by Mendoza’s Business Ethics and Society Program (BESP). The course is open only to 2024–’25 BESP Fellows, who will meet weekly to discuss readings, engage with invited speakers, and form a community of Notre Dame business students interested in exploring the nature of honorable business and their personal commitments to creating value both for themselves and for others.

"The colloquium has been a great opportunity for me to connect with a small group of really dedicated, intelligent students and faculty to discuss the nature of honorable business. Being in the colloquium has helped challenge and change my view of what a business professional should be and the program is really true to the Mendoza College of Business's goal to "Grow the Good in Business."

Tommy Tight '26

Colloquium Speakers

Fall 2024

• Meghan Sullivan | Wilsey Family College Professor of Philosophy & Director, Notre Dame Ethics Initiative

• Frederick Nwanganga | Associate Teaching Professor; IT, Analytics, and Operations

• Tim Weninger | Frank M. Freimann Collegiate Professor of Engineering

• John Sikorski | Assistant Teaching Professor, Business Ethics and Society

• Melissa Moschella | Professor of the Practice, Philosophy

• David Cloutier | Professor of Theology; Concurrent Professor, Business Ethics & Society Program

Spring 2025

• Martijn Cremers | Martin J. Gillen Dean & Bernard J. Hank Professor of Finance

• Daniel Philpott | Professor of Political Science

• James Otteson | John T. Ryan Jr. Professor of Business Ethics; Faculty Director of the Business Honors Program

• Nicholas Berente | Professor & Senior Associate Dean for Academic Programs, IT Analytics & Operations

• Luke Reilander | Assistant United States Attorney and Adjunct Professor, Notre Dame Law School

• Clemens Sedmak | Professor of Social Ethics; Director, Nanovic Institute for European Studies