David Hess

Everett E Berg Professor of Business Administration
Professor of Business Law, Chair of Business Law Department

Education
PHD University of Pennsylvania 2003
MA University of Pennsylvania 2000
JD University of Iowa 1995
BA Grinnell College 1992
Biography

David Hess is the Everett E. Berg Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Business Law at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He is also a Research Member of the European Corporate Goverance Institute (ECGI). Professor Hess is the Law, Public Policy, and Business Ethics Section Editor for the Journal of Business Ethics, and he serves on the editorial boards of the American Business Law Journal, Business Ethics Quarterly, and the Business and Human Rights Journal. Professor Hess is currently co-President of the Global Business and Human Rights Scholars Association, and he served as the Reporter for the American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Standards on corporate monitors. He is the author of the 2024 book Advanced Introduction to Corporate Compliance.

Professor Hess has taught a variety of courses on business law, business ethics, business and human rights, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, and negotiations. Professor Hess’s research focuses primarily on the role of the law in ensuring corporate accountability. His publications in this area have analyzed the use of non-financial reporting by corporations; efforts to combat corruption in international business; the link between corruption and business and human rights; human rights due diligence; modern slavery in global supply chains; the use of corporate monitors in criminal settlements; and the role of compliance and ethics programs in creating more ethical corporate cultures. This research has been published in leading law, ethics, and management journals, and has been recognized with national awards, such as the Faculty Pioneer Award from The Aspen Institute.

Latest Faculty News & Research
Business, Human Rights and Sustainable Development edited by
Published Date
2025
Authors
David Hess
Source
Leiden, Netherlands: Brill
Pages
455-478
Aligning Business Efforts to Combat Corruption and Respect Human Rights
Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan and M Rafiqul Islam
Sustainable Capitalism
Published Date
2024
Authors
Hess, D.
Source
University of Utah
Capitalism and Respecting Human Rights
Scott, I.
Advanced Introduction to Corporate Compliance.
Published Date
10/2024
Authors
David Hess
Source
Edward Elgar Publishing
978-1035314713
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION STANDARDS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE: MONITORS AND MONITORING
Published Date
2020
Authors
Goldstock. R. (Chair) & Hess, D. (Reporter).
Source
Chicago, IL: American Bar Association Publishing
978-64105-505-5
Fighting Forced Labor: A Business and Human Rights-Based Proposal to Reform the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act.
Published Date
03/2024
Authors
David Hess
Source
Arizona Law Review
Volume
66
Issue
1
Pages
39-91
Business Versus Ethics?
Published Date
2022
Authors
Dacin, T., Harrison, J. S., Hess, D., & Roloff, J
Source
Journal of Business Ethics
Volume
180
Pages
863-877
The Challenge of Modern Slavery in Global Supply Chains
Published Date
2022
Authors
Hess, D.
Source
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
Volume
23
Pages
35-42.
Modern Slavery in Global Supply Chains: Towards a Legislative Solution
Published Date
2021
Authors
Hess, D.
Source
Cornell International Law Journal
Volume
54
Issue
2
Pages
245-289
The Management and Oversight of Human Rights Due Diligence
Published Date
2021
Authors
Hess, D.
Source
American Business Law Journal
Volume
58
Issue
4
Pages
751-798
Chipping Away at Compliance: How Compliance Programs Lose Legitimacy and its Impact on Unethical Behavior
Published Date
2020
Authors
Hess, D.
Source
Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law
Volume
14
Issue
1
Pages
5-25
Beyond Peace Doves: Respecting Human Rights and Combating Corruption in Mega-Sporting Events
Published Date
2019
Authors
Hess, D.; and Bishara, N.
Source
Boston University International Law Journal
Volume
37
Issue
2
Pages
245-79
Book Review: Research Handbook on Corporate Crime and Financial Misdealing
Published Date
2019
Authors
David Hess
Source
Business Ethics Quarterly
Volume
29
Issue
1
Pages
151-54
The Transparency Trap: Non-Financial Disclosure and the Responsibility of Business to Respect Human Rights
Published Date
2019
Authors
Hess, D.
Source
American Business Law Journal
Volume
56
Issue
1
Pages
5-53