Daniel Isaacs

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Daniel Isaacs

  • Fox School of Business and Management

    • Risk, Actuarial Science, and Legal Studies

      • Associate Professor of Instruction

Biography

Daniel M. Isaacs is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in Legal Studies at the Fox School of Business. He teaches Business Ethics, Corporate Governance, Contracts, Accounting Ethics, and Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business Courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. His research interests focus on normative ethics and law, and questioning the extent to which economics may be properly viewed as a moral theory.

In private practice, Daniel represented financial institutions in contract disputes arising out of loan origination agreements and underlying residential real estate transactions. Daniel’s professional experience also includes a large New York bank, where he served as Counsel, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, where he served as a law clerk. Daniel holds a Bachelor’s degree in Government from Franklin & Marshall College, Master’s degrees in Education and Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.

Research Interests

  • normative legal studies and business ethics.

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

LGLS 1101

Legal Environment of Business

Undergraduate

LGLS 4596

Legal Reasoning in Action

Undergraduate

LGLS 5701

Legal and Ethical Foundations of Business

Graduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Isaacs, D. Supporting Ethical Decisions for Yourself and Your Staff.

  • Isaacs, D.M. (2018). When Government Contractors May or May Not Spend Money On Political Speech. Journal of Business Ethics, 161(1), 91-102. doi: 10.1007/s10551-018-3947-6.

  • Isaacs, D. (2018). Working Together to Build the Best Transit Systems in the World and for the World.

  • Isaacs, D. (2017). Supporting Ethical Decisions for Yourself and Your Staff.

  • Valenza, M. & Isaacs, D. (2017). A Market Approach to Billboard Light. Real Estate Law Journal, 46(1). Thomson Reuters.