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- In the News
- Research and Insights
The Middle-Class Suburbanites Who Sell Their Blood Plasma to Get By
Rising costs and economic pressure are pushing an increasing number of middle-class Americans to sell blood plasma as a supplemental source of income. Featuring insights from…
March 22, 2026
- News Story
- Research and Insights
The Professor Untangling the Thorny Ethics of Global Blood Plasma Collection
Inside the classroom, professor Peter Jaworski teaches business ethics. Outside of class, he applies ethics to an entirely different world: blood.…
March 5, 2026
- In the News
How Plasma Donations Are Helping to Pay Some Americans’ Bills—and Treat Patients Around the World
There are only five countries that collect enough plasma donations domestically to meet the needs of their own patients: the U.S., Germany, Austria, Hungary, and the Czech…
December 17, 2025
- Research and Insights
Office Hours: Evaluating the True Impact of Seemingly Good Acts
Jason Brennan, Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor, explores the ethical complexities of doing good in Questioning Beneficence: Four Philosophers on Effective…
February 26, 2025
- McDonough News
A Year in Review: Georgetown McDonough’s Top Moments of 2024
As the calendar year comes to a close, Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business is celebrating the successes, milestones, and accomplishments of 2024. We advanced key…
December 20, 2024
- Jesuit Values
- Student Experience
Business as a Force for Good: MBA Students Support Hurricane Helene Victims Through Ethics Project
Marshall Montgomery (MBA’25) has always been driven by a sense of purpose. That mindset is what led him to serve in the U.S. Army for seven years and later attracted him to…
November 4, 2024
- Curriculum
‘Business Ethics in a Box’ Website Provides Free Access to Ethics Teaching Materials
Georgetown McDonough is recognized globally for its commitment and innovative coursework surrounding business ethics. Leveraging expertise from the Georgetown Institute for the…
February 22, 2023
- Curriculum
Making the Case: Promoting Good Work Through The Ethics Project
Jason Brennan, Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor, created the Ethics Project as a way for students to tackle real-world issues. To bring their ideas to life,…
December 12, 2022
- Research and Insights
Office Hours: Jason Brennan on the Ethics of MLK Jr.’s Resistance to Injustice
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.… We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded…
January 14, 2022
- In the News
Affirmative Action, Fairness and America’s Future
An op-ed by Thomas Mulligan, visiting scholar, Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics: "On Election Day, California voters decisively rejected Proposition 16,…
December 5, 2020