Dr Helen Mussell

Overview

Helen is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Organizational Studies in the Management, Employment, and Organization section, and the Director of Online Learning for Cardiff Business School. Prior to joining Cardiff, Helen was Director of the Master's in Sustainability Leadership at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge.

Helen completed her BA (Hons) in Women’s Studies at Lancaster University, and holds an MPhil and PhD in Gender Studies from the University of Cambridge, where she was Cambridge Political Economy Society Trust Scholar (2012-2016).

She is an Honorary Research Associate at the Centre for Business Research, Judge Business School, Cambridge University, and an alumna of Newnham College, Cambridge. Her recent publication 'Theorising the Fiduciary: Ontology and Ethics' in Journal of Business Ethics (2023) was awarded the Gavin C Reid Best Paper prize 2022 by the Centre for Business Research, Judge Business School.

Her highly interdisciplinary work focuses on organizational ethics, including fiduciary duty, trust, and power in organizations. Helen is published in philosophy (ethics, epistemology, and ontology), heterodox economics, business and feminist ethics, and social psychology. She is published in leading journals including Business Ethics Quarterly and Journal of Business Ethics. Prior to her academic career, Helen worked in industry, in sectors including media, publishing, and consultancy, where she engaged with organizational culture issues regarding gender, leadership, and management in the workplace.

Helen also acts as a Specialist Advisor with Principia Advisory supporting executive leadership teams and Boards on ethical practice, focussing on the ethical implications of fiduciary duties, including issues relating to interpretations of responsibilities of trusteeships from an ethical perspective.