Edward Petry, PhD
Vice President
Ethical Leadership Group, A Global Compliance Company
Worcester, MA

Edward S. Petry, PhD, joined Ethical Leadership Group in 2005, after serving nine years as the Executive Director and a member of the Board of Directors of the Ethics and Compliance Officer Association (ECOA). He is also currently the Program Director for the Conference Board’s ethics and compliance conferences and seminars. He has been active in the business ethics field since 1986.

At the ECOA, Ed oversaw the development of the most widely attended conferences and training programs in the business ethics field. He developed partnerships between the ECOA and the World Bank, the U. S. Sentencing Commissions, the Aspen Institute and ethics and compliance organizations in Paris, London, Tokyo and Johannesburg.

Ed also served for three years as a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s Advisory Group and was a member of the Ethics Oversight Committee for the United States Olympic Committee.

Dr. Petry has authored several major surveys including the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s National Survey of Ethics and Compliance in Organizations (1995), Sources and Consequences of Workplace Pressure (1997) and Technology and Ethics in the Workplace (1998). He has edited and/or co-authored six books on business ethics, published dozens of articles, and been a featured speaker at numerous national and international forums including the Conference Board, the Chautauqua Institute and was the 2004 Ben Williams Distinguished Speaker at Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business. He has been quoted or appeared in every major business publication and business media outlet.

Ed received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Pennsylvania State University and has also received degrees in philosophy from the University of Toronto and Trinity College. Prior to becoming the ECOA’s first full-time director, Dr. Petry was a tenured professor of philosophy at Bentley College.