Daniel Effron

Professor Daniel A. Effron's research on the psychology of unethical behaviour has appeared in his field's top publications, including Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, Organisational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Journal of Consumer Research. His work has been featured in media outlets such as the Financial Times, BBC News, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and MSNBC. He currently serves as an associate editor at Management Science. Current research projects examine why people tolerate dishonest leaders, share fake news, and keep open secrets.

Named one of the "Best 40 Business Professors Under 40" by Poets & Quants in 2018, he has received teaching awards from the MBA classes of 2015 and 2020, as well as the 2023 Excellence in Teaching award – the highest teaching honour at London Business School. In the classroom and in executive workshops, Professor Effron helps students and clients supercharge employee engagement, lead high-performing teams, influence without authority, harness the power of social networks, and lead more ethically. Corporate clients have included BMW, HSBC, Lloyds of London, KPMG, Porsche Holding, Samsung, and Tata.

He earned a Ph.D. in social psychology from Stanford University, and a B.A. in psychology from Yale University (magna cum laude). Previously, he taught at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and was a fellow of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University.