ALISON
TAYLOR

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Alison
Taylor

NY Times
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Alison is a Clinical Associate Professor at NYU Stern School of Business and former Executive Director of Ethical Systems. She has spent the past two decades consulting with multinational companies on risk, anti-corruption, sustainability, human rights, culture and behavior, stakeholder engagement, ESG, and ethics and compliance.

Current commitments include being a senior advisor at sustainability nonprofit BSR and CEO advisory firm Enlighten, a member of the Board at Venture ESG, a collaborator at Ethical Systems and a sustainability adviser at Unilever, KKR and Pictet Group. Her first book, Higher Ground, has been featured on the Financial Times' list of the best business books of 2024, and won a Porchlight Award for the best leadership and strategy book of 2024.

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NEW BOOK: HIGHER GROUND

ALISON
TAYLOR

Alison is a Clinical Associate Professor at NYU Stern School of Business and former Executive Director of Ethical Systems. She has spent the past two decades consulting with multinational companies on risk, anti-corruption, sustainability, human rights, culture and behavior, stakeholder engagement, ESG, and ethics and compliance. Current commitments include being a senior advisor at sustainability nonprofit BSR and CEO advisory firm Enlighten, a member of the Board at Venture ESG, a collaborator at Ethical Systems and a sustainability adviser at Unilever, KKR and Pictet Group. Her first book, Higher Ground, has been featured on the Financial Times' list of the best business books of 2024, and won a Porchlight Award for the best leadership and strategy book of 2024.

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PART I

A Turbulent, Transparent World

Chapter 1. Why Running a Business Got So Complicated  
Chapter 2. How 'Responsible Business' Became a Tangle of Traps

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PART I

Business Doing the Right Thing

Chapter 3. Building Stakeholder Trust  
Chapter 4. Setting Social and Environmental Priorities 
Chapter 5. Tackling Corruption (For Real)
Chapter 6. rounding Values in How You Impact Human Beings
Chapter 7. Getting Serious About Corporate Political Responsibility  
Chapter 8. Being Transparent Without Making Everything Worse

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A Turbulent, Transparent World

Chapter 01. Why Riunning a Business Got So Complicated

Chapter 02. How 'Responsible Business Became a Tangle of Traps

Chapter 5. Tackling Corruption

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Chapter 6. Grounding Values in How You Impact Human Beings

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Chapter 7. Getting Serious About Corporate Political Responsibility

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Chapter 8. Getting Serious About Corporate Political Responsibility

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PART II

Business Doing the Right Thing

Chapter 03. Building Stakeholder Trust

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Chapter 04. Setting Social and Enveronmental Priorities

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Chapter 05. Tackling Corruption

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Chapter 06. Grounding Values in How You Impact Human Beings

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Chapter 07. Getting Serious About Corporate Political Responsibility

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Chapter 08. Getting Serious About Corporate Political Responsibility

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PART III

Business Doing the Right Thing

Chapter 8. Getting Serious About Corporate Political Responsibility

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Chapter 09. Rethinking Ethical Culture

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Chapter 10. Leading in the 21st Century

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Chapter 11. Designing Rules for Humans

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Chapter 12. Speaking up in the Era of Activism

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Conclusion: Purpose Starts with Impact

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PART III

Leading and Shaping the Future

Building Stakeholder Trust  •  Setting Social and Environmental Priorities  •  Tackling Corruption (For Real)  •  Grounding Values in How You Impact Human Beings  •  Getting Serious About Corporate Political Responsibility  •  Being Transparent Without Making Everything Worse

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