Joanne Bridgett Ciulla Professor, Coston Family Chair in Leadership and Ethics Curriculum Vitae Richmond Research Institute Profile University Communications Experts Guide Profile

One of the founding faculty members of the Jepson School, Joanne B. Ciulla teaches courses on ethics, critical thinking, conflict resolution and leadership in international contexts. She also teaches a new course, Artists and Leaders, which is a collaboration with art historian Dr. Charles Johnson. A demanding and creative teacher, she was honored in 2003 with the Outstanding Faculty Award from The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

Professor Ciulla has held the UNESCO Chair in Leadership Studies at the United Nations International Leadership Academy in Jordan and academic appointments at La Salle University, the Harvard Business School, The Wharton School and Oxford University.

Professor Ciulla’s research interests are leadership ethics, business ethics, international leadership and the philosophy of work. Her books include Ethics, The Heart of Leadership; The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work; and The Ethics of Leadership. The book critics at Amazon.com ranked The Working Life as No. 2 in their list of the 10 best business books of 2000.

She co-authored a business ethics text called Honest Work: A Business Ethics Reader and co-edited a collection of essays called The Quest for Ethical Leaders: Essays in Leadership Ethics. Ciulla is now researching her next book on the origins of ethics and leadership.

She lectures all over the world and presents on a range of topics. Recent presentations included a plenary address and seminar on teaching ethics at the Zayed University Conference on Women as Global Leaders in Dubai and presentations on ethics and leadership in Davos, Dresden, Rome and Sao Paulo.

Dr. Ciulla consults on ethics and leadership programs with universities, businesses and government agencies in the United States and overseas. She has also presented at The World Economic Forum, The Brookings Institution and the Aspen Institute. Ciulla has appeared on numerous TV and radio programs and was featured in Bill Moyers' "World of Ideas II" series.

Courses and Syllabi

• Leadership in International Contexts [Syllabus]
• Ethics and Leadership [Syllabus]
• Critical Thinking in Leadership [Syllabus]
• Leaders and Artists [Syllabus]

 News

• Ciulla receives 2007 Distinguished Educator Award from the University of Richmond

• Ciulla joins Executive Board of the Society for Business Ethics

• Ciulla participates in the World Economic Forum, 2004 and 2005. [Article]

• Named one of the Commonwealth's outstanding faculty members by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, January 2003.
• "Business Ethics After Enron" Panel. [Article]
• The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work, has been named one of the top 10 business books of 2000 by Amazon.com. [Article]

Projects

• Elected to the Executive Committee of the International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics.
• Editor for a series of books called New Horizons of Leadership for Edgar Elgar, Ltd.
• On the editorial boards of The Business Ethics Quarterly, Leadership, Leadership Quarterly, and Encyclopedia of Leadership.

Publications

Books

• Joanne B. Ciulla, Terry L. Price, & Susan E, Murphy, (Eds.) The Quest for Ethical Leaders: Essays on Leadership Ethics, (forthcoming, Edward Elgar, November 2005).
• Joanne B. Ciulla, Clancy Martin & Robert C. Solomon Honest Work: A Business Ethics Reader, (Oxford University Press, 2006).
• The Ethics of Leadership. Wadsworth, 2002.
• The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work. Times Books, 2000. Chinese translation, (Commonwealth Publishing, 2002). Japanese translation, (Shoeisha Publishing, 2004), Korean translation, (Seoul: Dawoo Publishing, 2005).
• The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work. Times Books, 2000.
• Ethics, The Heart of Leadership, editor. Quorum Books, 1998.
• KSLP Ethics and Leadership Working Papers, editor. Kellogg Leadership Studies Project, University of Maryland, 1996.

Recent Articles

• Joanne B. Ciulla, “Ethics and Effectiveness: The Fabric of Leadership.”World Ethics Forum Conference Proceedings, Eds. Charles Stampford and Carmel Connors. Brisbane, Queensland: The Institute for Ethics , Governence, and Law, 2007.
  Ciulla, Joanne B., “Why Work?” Corporate Ethics and Corporate Governance, Eds. W.C. Zimmerli, K. Richter & M. Holzinger. Berlin, Heidelberg & New York: Springer, 2007. 95-112.

• Ciulla, Joanne B. “Ethics and Effectiveness: The Fabric of Leadership.” Applied Ethics in Theory and Practice, Eds. D. Fobelová & R.S. Ukrop. Banska Bystrica, Slovokia, 2007, 21-34.

• Joanne B. Ciulla. “What We Learned Along the Way.” The Quest for a General Theory of Leadership. Eds.  George Goethals and Georgia Sorenson. Cheltenham, UK and Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2006. 221-223.
  The State of Leadership Ethics and the Work that Lies Before Us,” Business Ethics, A European Review (2005).

• “Is Good Leadership Contrary to Human Nature?” In J. Doh & S. Strumpf (Eds.) Handbook on Responsible Leadership and Governance in Global Business. Edward Elgar ,2005.

• “In Praise of Nepotism?” Business Ethics Quarterly, 5.1, 2005, 153-160.
• “What is Good Leadership?” John F. Kennedy School of Government Center for Public Leadership Magazine, 2004.
• “The Biological and Ethical Challenges of Leadership.” Proceedings of the International Leadership Association, (College Park , MD : The James McGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, 2004).
• “Environmental Leadership in Government.” In D. Rejeski, The Environmental Future. Island Press, 2004.
• “Ethics and Leadership Effectiveness.” In J. Antonakis, A. T. Cianciolo, & R. J. Sternberg (Eds.), The Nature of Leadership. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2004: 302-327.
• Preface to Alejo Sison, The Moral Capital of Leaders. Edgar Elgar, 2003.
• “The Ethical Challenges of Non-Profit Leaders.” In R. Riggio, Improving Leadership in Non-Profit Organizations. Erlbaum, 2003.
• R.E. Riggio, J.B. Ciulla, & G. Sorenson, “Leadership Education at the Undergraduate Level: A Liberal Arts Approach to Leadership Development.” In S.E. Murphy & R.E. Riggio, The Future of Leadership Development. Erlbaum, 2003.
• Preface to Verner Peterson, Beyond Rules. Edgar Elgar, 2002.
• “Carving Leaders from the Warped Wood of Humanity.” Canadian Journal of Administrative Science 18.4 (December, 2001): 313-320.
• "Trust and the Future of Leadership." Companion to Business Ethics Blackwell Guide to Philosophy Series. Basil Blackwell, 2001.
• "Business Ethics: A Kantian Perspective." Business Ethics Quarterly 11.1 (2001).
• Guest Editor, Leadership and Organization Development: Special Issue on Ethics and Leadership 21.4 (2000).
• "Bridge Leaders." The Cutting Edge: Leadership 2000, Barbara Kellerman and Larraine R. Matusak, eds. (College Park, MD: The James McGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, 2000).
• "On Getting to the Future First." Business Ethics Quarterly 10.1 (January, 2000).
• "Business Ethics and Work: Questions for the Twenty-First Century." The Companion to Business Ethics, ed. W. Frederick & E. Petry. Basil Blackwell, 1999.
• "The Importance of Leadership in Shaping Business Values" The Journal of Long Range Planning (April, 1999).
• "Information, Trust, and the Ethics of Business Leaders." International Business Ethics: Challenges and Approaches, ed. Georges Enderle. (University of Notre Dame and Hong Kong University Press, April, 1999). Also in Chinmaya Management Review (Bangalore, India) 2.1 (July, 1998).

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