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Dr Tom Hancocks

Dr Tom Hancocks

  • Position: Lecturer and Consultant in Applied Ethics
  • Areas of expertise: Jurisprudence, political philosophy, business ethics, CSR, applied ethics.
  • Email: T.L.Hancocks@leeds.ac.uk
  • Location: Room 1.05 17 Blenheim Terrace
  • Website: LinkedIn

Profile

My time is divided between teaching, research and ethics consultancy for public and private sector organisations.

Recent consultancy projects include developing data ethics training and consultancy for the University of Leeds ‘Quanticode project’, working with the Chartered Banking Institute and developing training and consultancy for the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.

I mainly teach business ethics, including CSR, sustainability and topics around the ethical and legal obligations of businesses. I also teach in engineering and medical ethics.

Office hours (by appointment) – Tuesday 11-1; Wednesday – 12-1

Responsibilities

  • Teaching
  • Consultancy
  • Research

Research interests

At present, my research is concerned with core problems at the intersection of ethics and the law. This includes issues of procedural justice in law and legal trials, political ethics, political legitimacy and the legitimacy of law-making, the concept of the rule of law and the problem of justifying legal punishment.

I have broader research interests in topics around jurisprudence, political philosophy, democratisation, transitional justice and applied ethics. 

<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

  • PhD (Philosophy) - University of Leeds, 2017
  • MA (Philosophy) - Durham University, 2012
  • BA Hons (Philosophy) - MMU, 2011

Professional memberships

  • Member of Lincoln's Inn

Student education

I teach applied and professional ethics in modules for Business, Dentistry, Chemistry, Environment and Engineering students.

Research groups and institutes

  • Ethics, Culture and Decision-Making
  • Moral Psychology
  • Professional Ethics