Joanne B. Ciulla is Professor of Leadership Ethics and Director of the Institute for Ethical Leadership at Rutgers University Business School. Prior to joining Rutgers, she was one of the founding faculty of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies (University of Richmond). She has had academic appointments at LaSalle University, Harvard Business School, The Wharton School and she held the UNESCO Chair in Leadership Studies at the United Nations International Leadership Academy in Jordan. In addition to these, she also had visiting appointments at Nyenrode University, The University of Melbourne, University of Fort Hare, and Oxford University. A BA, MA, and Ph.D. in philosophy, Prof. Ciulla has written extensively on leadership ethics and business ethics and she is nationally and internationally known for her developing the field of leadership ethics.
Ciulla is the recipient of the Leadership Legacy Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Leadership Associationand the Eminent Scholar Award from the Network of Leadership Scholars at the Academy of Management both are for her scholarly contributions to the field of leadership studies. She has also won the Distinguished Educator Award from the University of Richmond, the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education of Virginia, the Master Teacher in Ethics Award from Brigham Young University and the Society for Business Ethics, and she is a Fulbright Specialist. Prof. Ciulla has served as president of the International Society for Business, Economics, and Ethics and The Society for Business Ethics. She sits on the editorial boards of The Leadership Quarterly, Leadership, Leadership and the Humanities, Business Ethics Quarterly, and she edits the New Horizons in Leadership Studies series (Edward Elgar).