Dr. Leeora Black
Director of the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility
Dr. Leeora Black, Director of the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, is a leading authority on corporate responsibility. Her work focuses on building competitive advantage and stakeholder wealth through corporate social responsibility, integrating social responsibility into business operations and strategies, and solving complex CSR issues and problems.
She works with listed companies, government businesses and social sector organisations providing services such as framework and strategy development, stakeholder research and engagement, reporting and executive learning programs.
Her doctoral thesis on corporate social responsiveness pioneered a framework and methodology for developing and assessing management capabilities in the area of CSR.
Leeora is a sought-after speaker and facilitator who has addressed conferences and seminars in Australia, North America, the UK and Europe. She has presented original research papers at The Reputation Institute, the Triple Bottom Line Investing Conference, the International Association of Business and Society and the Academy of Management, the Australia and New Zealand Communications Association, and the International Society of Business, Ethics and Economics, and has published in international journals such as Journal of Corporate Citizenship, Journal of Communication Management and Journal of Public Affairs.