Alison Taylor

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Clinical Professor, NYU Stern School of Business, lots of other hats, even more opinions. Author of Higher Ground, HBR Press. Winner of the Porchlight award for best leadership and strategy book of 2024.

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I work on challenges at the intersection of corporate integrity, risk and responsibility.

I'm a clinical professor in the Business and Society Program at NYU Stern School of Business. I teach ethics, sustainability, and leadership courses to undergraduate, MBA and EMBA students. I hold senior advisor roles at KKR and Unilever. I am an Ethical Systems collaborator and a Senior Advisor at Enlighten. I’m a LinkedIn Top Voice, a member of the FT Moral Money advisory board, a BCG Brighthouse fellow, a member of the ESCP Business School Sustainability Advisory Council, and a fellow of the Australian Catholic University Governance and Public Affairs Centre.

My first book, Higher Ground: How Business can do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World, published by Harvard Business Review Press, 2024. It was listed as one of the top ten business books of 2024 by the Financial Times and The Globe and Mail, and won the Porchlight Award for best business book of 2024 (leadership and strategy).

I provide confidential advisory support to multinational companies on strategy, sustainability, political and social risk, culture and behavior, human rights, ethics, stakeholder engagement, and anti-corruption. I frequently give keynote talks and run senior workshops and executive training programs on strategies to manage complex political, social and ethical issues.

I’ve written articles in Harvard Business Review, Bloomberg, WSJ, Reuters, Barron's, MIT Sloan, and Forbes, and am quoted in New York Times, Financial Times, Time, Axios, NBC News, Strategy + Business, Foreign Policy, Fortune, The Guardian, and Politico.

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  • NYU Stern School of Business

    NYU Stern School of Business

    5 years 10 months

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      Clinical Associate Professor

      NYU Stern School of Business

      - Present 2 years 11 months

      New York, United States

      I teach a range of courses in the Business and Society program at Stern, including sustainability, professional responsibility and leadership, to undergraduate, MBA and Executive MBA students. The elective classes consider how to drive competitive advantage through sustainability. The required classes cover various dimensions of business and professional ethics and responsibility, using case studies and discussion to explore complex gray areas and navigate the emerging future of capitalism.

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      Adjunct Professor

      NYU Stern School of Business

      - 3 years

      Greater New York City Area

      I teach classes in sustainability, professional responsibility and leadership to Stern MBA, Executive MBA, and undergraduate students.

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    Member of Unilever Sustainability Advisory Council

    Unilever

    - Present 9 months

    https://www.unilever.com/sustainability/responsible-business/our-sustainability-governance/

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    Member of High-Level Sustainability Advisory Council

    ESCP Business School

    - Present 7 months

    Paris, Île-de-France, France

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    Senior Advisor

    Enlighten Advisory

    - Present 1 year 6 months

    New York, United States

  • BSR (Business for Social Responsibility)

    BSR (Business for Social Responsibility)

    10 years 10 months

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      Senior Advisor

      BSR (Business for Social Responsibility)

      - Present 6 years

      I'm a Senior Advisor at BSR, the leading global sustainability business network and consultancy. I work with companies on specific projects, and the BSR team on strategy, business development and training.

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      Managing Director

      BSR (Business for Social Responsibility)

      - 1 year 10 months

      New York, New York

      I led the sustainability management team at BSR, with global responsibility for consulting, research and thought leadership. I also oversaw the supply chain and Futures practices. I provided consulting support to companies on all aspects of sustainability and corporate responsibility strategy, governance and reporting, organizational alignment and change, and stakeholder engagement.

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      Director

      BSR (Business for Social Responsibility)

      - 3 years 1 month

      Greater New York City Area

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    Executive Director

    Ethical Systems

    - 4 years 8 months

    Greater New York City Area

    I'm the Executive Director of Ethical Systems (part of NYU Stern School of Business) which is a collaboration between leading academics working on behavioral science, systems thinking and organizational psychology. Ethical Systems was founded in 2014 by Jonathan Haidt, the Thomas Cooley Professor of Business Ethics at NYU Stern, and well known author. We aim to help companies build more ethical and effective cultures via approaches based on credible research. We are dedicated to driving a more…

    I'm the Executive Director of Ethical Systems (part of NYU Stern School of Business) which is a collaboration between leading academics working on behavioral science, systems thinking and organizational psychology. Ethical Systems was founded in 2014 by Jonathan Haidt, the Thomas Cooley Professor of Business Ethics at NYU Stern, and well known author. We aim to help companies build more ethical and effective cultures via approaches based on credible research. We are dedicated to driving a more holistic and considered approach to the future of corporate integrity, beyond functional silos.

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    Adjunct Professor

    Fordham University School of Law

    - 2 years 6 months

    Greater New York City Area

    My graduate school class, Risk and Responsibility in Organizations, is available to LLM, JD and MSL students at Fordham Law School and MBA students at the Gabelli School of Business. It focuses on complex integrity challenges facing multinational organizations today. The class uses systems thinking and real-life interactive case studies to explore practical challenges in anti-corruption, political risk, human rights, CSR, leadership, and organizational culture and behavior.

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    Senior Managing Director, Americas

    Control Risks

    - 3 years 10 months

    Greater New York City Area

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    Programme Director

    Transparency International

    - 8 months

    London

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    Director, Middle East and Africa, Corporate Investigations

    Control Risks

    - 7 years 6 months

    London and Dubai

  • Analyst

    IHS Global Insight

    - 1 year

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    Consultant, Corporate Strategy

    PricewaterhouseCoopers

    - 2 years 3 months

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Volunteer Experience

  • World Economic Forum Graphic

    Global Future Council on the Future of Good Governance 2023-24

    World Economic Forum

    - 2 years

    Civil Rights and Social Action

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    Advisory Board Member

    VentureESG

    - Present 4 years 2 months

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    Global Future Council on Transparency and Anti-Corruption 2019-2022

    World Economic Forum

    - 3 years 3 months

    The Network of Global Future Councils is an invitation-only community that serves as a brain trust for the World Economic Forum and the world at large. It aims to challenge assumptions and introduce fresh ideas to reshape global systems for the benefit of humanity and the planet. The network provides its members with a platform for multistakeholder collaboration that enables them to identify creative ways their council can contribute to solving shared challenges…

    The Network of Global Future Councils is an invitation-only community that serves as a brain trust for the World Economic Forum and the world at large. It aims to challenge assumptions and introduce fresh ideas to reshape global systems for the benefit of humanity and the planet. The network provides its members with a platform for multistakeholder collaboration that enables them to identify creative ways their council can contribute to solving shared challenges. https://www.weforum.org/communities/global-future-council-on-transparency-and-anti-corruption

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