Clinical Professor at the Stern School of Business, New York University.
Alison Taylor is a Clinical Associate Professor at the NYU Stern School of Business, where she focuses on corporate responsibility, organizational behavior, strategy, and business ethics. She previously served as Executive Director of Ethical Systems and has spent more than two decades advising global companies on risk management, anti corruption, sustainability, human rights, political and social risk, and stakeholder engagement.
Her professional background includes senior leadership roles at Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) and Control Risks, along with earlier work at organizations such as Transparency International and PricewaterhouseCoopers, giving her a unique perspective on integrity challenges in complex global environments.
Alison holds advisory positions with leading institutions including KKR, Unilever, and Pictet Group, and is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Good Governance. Her insights are frequently featured in major publications such as Harvard Business Review, Bloomberg, and the Financial Times, reflecting her role as a prominent voice on responsible business practices.
She is the author of Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World (Harvard Business Review Press, 2024), recognized as one of the top business books of 2024 and winner of the Porchlight Award for Best Leadership and Strategy Book of the Year.
Alison holds degrees from Oxford University (BA, Modern History), the University of Chicago (MA, International Relations), and Columbia University (MA, Organizational Psychology).