In a volatile global landscape, how can companies navigate ethical challenges and risks?

On April 25, join the Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation for an engaging discussion of Higher Ground: How Business Can do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World, with author Alison Taylor, Clinical Associate Professor, NYU Stern School of Business.

Moderated by John Paul Rollert, Adjunct Associate Professor of Behavioral Science at Chicago Booth, the conversation will center on corporate values and ethics, and explore how business leaders can set priorities amidst complex social, environmental and political pressures.

This event is co-sponsored by the Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State and Chicago Booth Review. It is in-person only and open to the public.

The first 25 guests to arrive at the event will receive a complimentary copy of the book.

Speakers

Alison Taylor, AM'99

Clinical Associate Professor, NYU Stern School of Business

Alison Taylor is a clinical associate professor at NYU Stern School of Business, and the executive director at Ethical Systems. Her previous work experience includes being a Managing Director at non-profit business network BSR and a Senior Managing Director at Control Risks. She holds advisory roles at KKR, VentureESG, sustainability non-profit BSR, Pictet Group, and Zai Lab, and is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Good Governance. She has expertise in strategy, sustainability, political and social risk, culture and behavior, human rights, ethics and compliance, stakeholder engagement, anti corruption and professional responsibility.

Taylor's book Higher Ground: How Business Can do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World was published by Harvard Business Review Press in February 2024.

She received her Bachelor of Arts in Modern History from Balliol College, Oxford University, her AM in International Relations from the University of Chicago, and MA in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University.

John Paul Rollert

Moderator

Adjunct Associate Professor of Behavioral Science, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

John Paul Rollert's teaching and research focus on the intellectual history of capitalism, the ethics of leadership, and the application of empathy to law, business, and politics. He is also interested in the political economy and moral philosophy of Adam Smith.

Rollert's academic writing has been published by Critical Inquiry, Raritan, The Journal of Law, Culture and the Humanities, Business and Society Review, Common Knowledge, Modernism/modernity, Society, and The Yale Law Journal, and he also has forthcoming work in the Business and Professional Ethics Journal. In addition to his academic work, Rollert frequently writes on business, law, and politics for a variety of popular publications. He writes the In-House Ethicist for the Chicago Booth Review, and his work has been featured in The New Republic, Harper's, Fortune, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, Slate, The Paris Review, and The New York Times. For writing featured in The Atlantic, he was recognized by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in its 2017 “Best in Business” Competition.

A graduate of Harvard College, Rollert earned his JD from Yale Law School and a PhD from The John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. Since 2005, he has taught courses at Harvard in ethics, politics, and leadership.

Finding the Higher Ground: Navigating Business Ethics in a Turbulent World