Ethical Issues in AI

Study Leader Bio

January 2025

John Hooker is University Professor of Operations Research and

T. Jerome Holleran Professor of Business Ethics and Social

Responsibility, Emeritus, at Carnegie Mellon University. He has

published 200+ articles, 11 books, and 6 edited volumes in optimization, constraint programming, AI, formal logic, business

ethics, ethics of AI, cross-cultural management, philosophy, and

music theory. He has taught courses in these fields for over 30

years at CMU and elsewhere, including several Osher courses.

His recent research is focused on the integration of optimization and AI, deontological ethics, and the mathematical analysis of distributive justice. He has been recognized with several research awards, as well as an Award for Sustained Teaching Excellence and the Gerald Thompson Excellence in the Classroom Award at CMU.