Celia Moore

Celia Moore is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management and Technology at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. Her current research investigates the unanticipated causes and consequences of corruption and unethical behaviour. In particular, she is interested in how organizational contexts affect how we construe, and therefore facilitate, morally problematic behavior. Prior to joining Bocconi, she was a professor at the London Business School for nine years. In 2011 she was a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Business School, and for the 2011-2012 academic year was a Fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University.

She teaches courses in Leadership, Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility in to Masters, MBA, and Executive students. She has consulted with and designed courses for several organizations on integrity in business, including the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (London, UK), the International Anti-Corruption Academy (Vienna, Austria), and the Brookings Institute (Washington, DC).

She is an Academic Fellow of the Ethics and Compliance Initiative, and sits on the UK’s Banking Standards Board Assessment Steering Committee. Her work has been featured in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Fast Company, as well as on NPR, CBC, and the BBC.

Before returning to academia, she spent eight years in human resources consulting and research, five of which were at Catalyst, a New York-headquartered nonprofit that works with business to advance women. While there, she spearheaded Catalyst’s entry into Canada, which opened a Toronto office in 2000. She earned her B.A. in Philosophy from McGill University and holds Master's in Public Administration from Columbia University. Her completed her doctoral work at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.