Staff profile

Geoff was Professor of Business Ethics in the Business School from 2004-2020. In his Emeritus position he continues to work on various research projects particularly related to a virtue ethics approach to business organizations. Geoff is a member of the Editorial Boards of Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, and Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility.

Geoff teaches sustainability and ethics to MBA students as well as supervising postgraduate dissertations or equivalent.

In addition to his continuing academic work, Geoff is involved in a number of academic- and business-related activities including:

Chair of the Management Committee of the William Leech Research Fund

Chair of Trustees of the JustMoney movement

Mini Biography

Geoff was Professor of Business Ethics in the Business School from 2004-2020. In his Emeritus position he continues to work on various research projects particularly related to a virtue ethics approach to business organizations.

• corporate social responsibility
• business ethics
• sustainability

Authored book

• Virtue at Work: Ethics for Individuals, Managers, and Organizations
  
  Moore, G. (2017). Virtue at Work: Ethics for Individuals, Managers, and Organizations. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198793441.001.0001

Chapter in book

• Re-imagining the morality of management: a modern virtue ethics approach.
  
  Moore, G. (n.d.). Re-imagining the morality of management: a modern virtue ethics approach. In H. Harris, G. Wijesinghe, & S. McKenzie (Eds.), The heart of the good institution. Virtue ethics as a framework for responsible management. [Contracted by publisher] (4th ed., pp. 483-511). Springer Verlag.
• A MacIntyrean Virtue Ethics Perspective on Humanizing Business
  
  Moore, G. (2022). A MacIntyrean Virtue Ethics Perspective on Humanizing Business. In M. Dion, R. E. Freeman, & S. D. Dmytriyev (Eds.), Humanizing Business (pp. 33-42). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72204-3_3
• CSR and Corporate Character
  
  Moore, G. (2021). CSR and Corporate Character. In T. Maak, N. Pless, M. Orlitzky, & S. Sandhu (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Corporate Social Responsibility (pp. 67-77). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003152651
• Organizations, character, virtue and the role of professional practices
  
  Moore, G. (2018). Organizations, character, virtue and the role of professional practices. In D. Carr (Ed.), Cultivating moral character and virtue in professional practice. (pp. 110-123). Routledge.
• Organizational character and agency
  
  Moore, G. (2017). Organizational character and agency. In A. J. G. Sison, G. R. Beabout, & I. Ferrero (Eds.), Handbook of virtue ethics in business management. (pp. 591-599). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6510-8_32
• Corporate agency, character, purpose and the common good
  
  Moore, G. (2016). Corporate agency, character, purpose and the common good. In K. Akrivou & A. J. G. Sison (Eds.), The challenges of capitalism for virtue ethics and the common good : interdisciplinary perspectives. (pp. 150-165). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784717919.00016
• Local fair trade organizations and institutional logics
  
  McConway, M., & Moore, G. (2015). Local fair trade organizations and institutional logics. In L. T. Raynolds & E. A. Bennett (Eds.), Handbook of research on fair trade. (pp. 247-264). Edward Elgar.
• MacIntyre on virtue and organization, originally in Organization Studies.
  
  Moore, G., & Beadle, R. (2012). MacIntyre on virtue and organization, originally in Organization Studies. In A. Crane & D. Matten (Eds.), New Directions in Business Ethics. (3rd ed., pp. 323-340). Sage publications.

Edited book

• Learning from MacIntyre
  
  Beadle, R., & Moore, G. (Eds.). (2020). Learning from MacIntyre. Wipf and Stock.
• Fairness in International Trade
  
  Moore, G. (Ed.). (2010). Fairness in International Trade. Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8840-6

Journal Article

• Moore, G. (2024). The Serious Business of Jokes: An Interview with Onno Bouwmeester. Philosophy of Management, 23, 191-196. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40926-024-00311-5
• Moore, G. (2022). Virtuous organizations: Desire, consumption and human flourishing in an era of climate change. Frontiers in Sociology, 7, Article 960054. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2022.960054
• From Harmony to Conflict: MacIntyrean Virtue Ethics in a Confucian Tradition
  
  Chu, I., & Moore, G. (2020). From Harmony to Conflict: MacIntyrean Virtue Ethics in a Confucian Tradition. Journal of Business Ethics, 165(2), 221-239. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04305-6
• Moore, G., & Grandy, G. (2017). Bringing morality back in: institutional theory and MacIntyre. Journal of Management Inquiry, 26(2), 146-164. https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492616670754
• MacIntyrean virtue ethics in business : a cross-cultural comparison
  
  Fernando, M., & Moore, G. (2015). MacIntyrean virtue ethics in business : a cross-cultural comparison. Journal of Business Ethics, 132(1), 185-202. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2313-6
• Corporate character, corporate virtues
  
  Moore, G. (2015). Corporate character, corporate virtues. Business Ethics: A European Review, 24(S2), S99-S114. https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12100
• Catholic Social Teaching and the Firm. Crowding in Virtue: a MacIntyrean Approach to Business Ethics
  
  Moore, G., Beadle, R., & Rowlands, A. (2014). Catholic Social Teaching and the Firm. Crowding in Virtue: a MacIntyrean Approach to Business Ethics. American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, 88(4), 779-805. https://doi.org/10.5840/acpq201491830
• Virtue of governance: the governance of virtue
  
  Moore, G. (2012). Virtue of governance: the governance of virtue. Business Ethics Quarterly, 22(2), 293-318. https://doi.org/10.5840/beq201222221
• Virtue in business: Alliance Boots and an Empirical Exploration of MacIntyre’s conceptual framework,
  
  Moore, G. (2012). Virtue in business: Alliance Boots and an Empirical Exploration of MacIntyre’s conceptual framework,. Organization Studies, 33(3), 363-387. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840611435599
• Beadle, R., & Moore, G. (2011). MacIntyre: neo-Aristotelianism and organization theory. Research in the sociology of organizations, 32, 85-121. https://doi.org/10.1108/s0733-558x%282011%290000032006
• Comments on BEQ’s Twentieth Anniversary Forum on New Directions for Business Ethics Research.
  
  Crane, A., Gilbert, D., Goodpaster, K., Miceli, M., Moore, G., Reynolds, S., Schminke, M., Waddock, S., Weaver, G., & Wicks, A. (2011). Comments on BEQ’s Twentieth Anniversary Forum on New Directions for Business Ethics Research. Business Ethics Quarterly, 21(1), 157-187.
• Churches as organisations: towards a virtue ecclesiology for today
  
  Moore, G. (2011). Churches as organisations: towards a virtue ecclesiology for today. International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church, 11(1), 45-65. https://doi.org/10.1080/1474225x.2010.505560
• Player and Referee Roles Held Jointly: the Effect of State Ownership on China’s Regulatory Enforcement against Fraud.
  
  Hou, W., & Moore, G. (2010). Player and Referee Roles Held Jointly: the Effect of State Ownership on China’s Regulatory Enforcement against Fraud. Journal of Business Ethics, 95(2), 317-335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-011-0858-1
• Criteria for Responsible Business Practice in SMEs: An exploratory case of U.K. Fair Trade Organisations
  
  Moore, G., Slack, R., & Gibbon, J. (2009). Criteria for Responsible Business Practice in SMEs: An exploratory case of U.K. Fair Trade Organisations. Journal of Business Ethics, 89(2), 173-188. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-008-9992-9
• Global and contextual values for business in a changing world: Editorial
  
  Moore, G., & Stueckelberger, C. (2009). Global and contextual values for business in a changing world: Editorial. Journal of Business Ethics, 84(Supplement 3), 279-80. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-009-0208-8
• Re-imagining the morality of management: a modern virtue ethics approach
  
  Moore, G. (2008). Re-imagining the morality of management: a modern virtue ethics approach. Business Ethics Quarterly, 18(4), 483-511. https://doi.org/10.5840/beq200818435
• The mainstreaming of Fair Trade: a macromarketing perspective
  
  Moore, G., Gibbon, J., & Slack, R. (2006). The mainstreaming of Fair Trade: a macromarketing perspective. Journal of Strategic Marketing, 14(4), 329-352. https://doi.org/10.1080/09652540600947961
• Moore, G. (2006). Managing ethics in higher education: implementing a code or embedding virtue?. Business ethics (Oxford. Print), 15(4), 407-418. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8608.2006.00462.x
• In search of organizational virtue in business: agents, goods, practices, institutions and environments
  
  Moore, G., & Beadle, R. (2006). In search of organizational virtue in business: agents, goods, practices, institutions and environments. Organization Studies, 27(3), 369-389. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840606062427
• Beadle, R., & Moore, G. (2006). MacIntyre on virtue and organization. Organization Studies, 27(3), 323-340. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840606062425
• Cross-sectional effects in community disclosures
  
  Campbell, D., Moore, G., & Shrives, P. (2006). Cross-sectional effects in community disclosures. Accounting Auditing and Accountability, 19(1), 96-114. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513570610651966
• Moore, G. (2005). Corporate character: modern virtue ethics and the virtuous corporation. Business Ethics Quarterly, 15(4), 659-685. https://doi.org/10.5840/beq200515446
• Humanizing business: a modern virtue ethics approach
  
  Moore, G. (2005). Humanizing business: a modern virtue ethics approach. Business Ethics Quarterly, 15(2), 237-255.
• The Fair Trade movement: parameters, issues and future research
  
  Moore, G. (2004). The Fair Trade movement: parameters, issues and future research. Journal of Business Ethics, 53(1-2), 73-86. https://doi.org/10.1023/b%3Abusi.0000039400.57827.c3
• Regulatory perspectives on business ethics in the curriculum
  
  Moore, G. (2004). Regulatory perspectives on business ethics in the curriculum. Journal of Business Ethics, 54(4), 349-356. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-004-1824-y
• Corporate philanthropy in the U.K. 1985-2000: some empirical findings
  
  Campbell, D., Moore, G., & Metzger, M. (2002). Corporate philanthropy in the U.K. 1985-2000: some empirical findings. Journal of Business Ethics, 39(1-2), 29-41. https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1016371731732
• On the implications of the practice-institution distinction: MacIntyre and the application of modern virtue ethics to business
  
  Moore, G. (2002). On the implications of the practice-institution distinction: MacIntyre and the application of modern virtue ethics to business. Business Ethics Quarterly, 12(1), 19-32. https://doi.org/10.2307/3857646
• Moore, G. (2001). Corporate social and financial performance: an investigation in the UK supermarket industry. Journal of Business Ethics, 34(3/4), 299-315. https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1012537016969