At least seven different institutions and individuals from three continents have nominated Stronghurst native Timothy L. Fort for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in showing how ethical business behavior can positively contribute to peace.
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At least seven different institutions and individuals from three continents have nominated Stronghurst native Timothy L. Fort for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in showing how ethical business behavior can positively contribute to peace.
In addition to his scholarship, Fort has led a task force for the U.S. Institute of Peace, created a program for the U.S. State Department, as well as partnered with non-governmental organizations such as the Oslo-based Business for Peace Foundation, the International Institute of Peace Through Tourism, and the Peace Through Commerce organization.
“I don’t think I have a ghost of a chance of actually receiving the Nobel Peace Prize,” said Fort. “Last year’s winner is sitting in an Iranian prison being lashed for speaking out on women’s rights. I’m proud of the work we’ve done showing how certain kinds of business can promote peace, but I am not in that echelon. I’m grateful and honored – and frankly overwhelmed – just to be thought of.”
Tim holds the Eveleigh Professorship in Business Ethics at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, where he built and leads the largest business ethics faculty in the world, and is also an Affiliated Scholar and Adjunct Faculty at the Kroc Institute of International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Fort received the 2022 Distinguished Career Faculty Award from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business.
He has written one hundred articles/book reviews/book chapters along with twelve books; he has edited an additional twenty-five books.
Two of his books on business and peace (from Stanford University Press and from Cambridge University Press) have won a Best Book Award from the Academy of Management for Social Issues.
He is currently working on a book with Kristin Hahn, Executive Producer of Apple TV’s The Morning Show and co-owner (with Jennifer Aniston) of Echo Films on how shared cultural experiences (music, sports, meals, movies….even our pets) can provide common ground and harmony for people who otherwise disagree with each other on social and political issues.