Roger Steare

Roger Steare is a leading practitioner in the development and delivery of Leadership, Culture and Ethics programs globally for organizations such as BP, Citigroup, HSBC and PwC. These programs begin with a diagnosis of the organization’s ethical consciousness; engagement with Board and Senior Executives to develop the right “tone from the top”; and then cascade throughout the organization with a series of social learning workshops. Regulators and law enforcement agencies including the FSA, the SFO and the US Department of Justice have endorsed the effectiveness of these highly interactive programs.

Roger is Professor of Organisational Ethics, and Corporate Philosopher in Residence at the Cass Business School in London. There he is conducting extensive research on human character, judgement and behaviour, and has published research based on over 20,000 “Moral DNA” profiles of people in 162 countries. He is a Fellow of the influential cross-party policy think tank, Respublica; a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts; and a Fellow of the Institute of Recruitment Professionals.

Roger is the author of "ethicability®: How to decide what’s right and find the courage to do it" (2006, 2008, 2009); and "How to do what's Right" (2007). He is a recognized media expert on ethics issues, appearing regularly on BBC Newsnight, the BBC World Service, CNBC Europe and in the FT and The Times. Roger was a member of the Expert Drafting Committee for Rights and Humanity, invited by the British Government to prepare recommendations for the G20 London Summit in April 2009.

Roger studied the History of Western Philosophy with the late Lord Conrad Russell, son of the great British philosopher Bertrand Russell. He draws on a wide range of professional experience as a banker, a social worker, an executive coach and CEO of a UK subsidiary of Adecco, the world's largest employment agency.

Roger is married to Jane and lives near Sevenoaks in Kent.