Alison Taylor

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About Alison Taylor

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. Find me on Substack! 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.