
Henry Amoroso , J.D.
Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Chair of the Department of Economics and
Legal Studies
Department of Economics and Legal Studies
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Henry Amoroso, J.D.
Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Chair of the Department of Economics and
Legal Studies
Department of Economics and Legal Studies
Prof. Henry J. Amoroso is an Associate Professor in the Department of Legal Studies at Seton Hall University. He is also the inaugural Director of the Micah Institute for Business Ethics and Economic Justice, which seeks to engage and support the development of business school faculty and assist them with incorporating consideration of ethical behaviors and decision making into the curricula of business school courses, all within the context of the Catholic Social Tradition and the Catholic mission of Seton Hall.
Prof. Amoroso teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the legal environment
of business, ethics, and public policy. He has introduced several innovations into
his courses, including establishing “corporate boards” of outside professionals to
evaluate student-client work. In his classes, Prof. Amoroso makes a special effort
to incorporate current issues in order to demonstrate to students the relevance of
their work. For example, in his “Law Ethics and Public Policy” course, exam questions
focused on the ethics of four environmental issues in the context of Hurricane Sandy
and the corresponding Jersey Shore restoration. Prof. Amoroso regularly prepares unique
ethics-oriented case studies for his “Social Responsibility” course, most recently
including the Ford Motor Company, GE, and Campbell Soup.
Prof. Amoroso’s research interests center on the contributions of business experience
to the scholarship and practice of teaching, as well as the incorporation of the Catholic
Social Tradition into business pedagogy. His research—which includes a co-authored
textbook, the Legal Environment of Business—has appeared in outlets such as the Campbell Law Review, the Journal of the Partners in Learning, Business and Public Affairs, the International Journal of Learning and Development, and the Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel.
Education
- J.D., Widener University, The Delaware Law School
- B.S., Villanova University