Dr. phil. Christian Erk is lecturer in business ethics at the University of St. Gallen and lecturer in management and ethics at the University of Liechtenstein. He studied business economics and political theory at the University of St. Gallen, the Copenhagen Business School and the London School of Economics. Having completed his PhD in political philosophy at the University of Zurich, he held an assistant professorship for management and ethics at the University of St. Gallen where he also completed his habilitation in the field of business ethics. His publications and research focus on general and applied ethics (esp. business, social and bioethics) as well as management theory.