Tim Fort is an Associate Professor of Business Law and Business Ethics. His work focuses on the legal and ethical frameworks that foster ethical business behavior. He is the former holder of the Bank One Corporation Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the University of Michigan. In 1998, he was named the Outstanding Junior Faculty Member of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business ("ALSB"). The ALSB has awarded him, individually or with co-authors, three Outstanding National Conference Proceeding Paper Awards, six Distinguished National Conference Proceeding Paper Awards, two Ralphe Bunche Awards for best International Paper, a Holmes-Cardozo Award for best overall conference paper, and a Ralph Hoeber Award for Research Excellence.

Oxford University Press published his book, Ethics and Governance: Business as Mediating Institution, in 2001. He currently is co-authoring a book for Cambridge University Press with Professor Cindy Schipani, tentatively entitled “The Role of Business in Fostering Peaceful Societies.”
His work has also appeared in Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, Business & Society, Business & Professional Ethics, Notre Dame Law Review, Journal of Corporation Law, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Cornell International Law Journal, American Business Law Journal, and the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy. He serves on the editorial boards of The Academy of Management Review, Business Ethics Quarterly, and American Business Law Journal.

With Professor Cindy Schipani, he has launched a Corporate Governance and Peace Initiative through the William Davidson Institute. He and Professor Schipani are also co-Directors of the Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility Area of the Davidson Institute. He currently is developing a program in conjunction with the World Bank designed to provide an interactive, Internet-base dialogue and education program concerning the extent to which businesses can contribute to sustainable peace and has offered two programs already with the World Bank on the topic of business and peace.