Ronald D Francis is Professor Emeritus in Ethics and Governance at Victoria University, Melbourne. His experiences in ethics extends over several decades, and includes a period as Chairman of a national ethics committee, and as a member of a psychologists' registration board, as well as ten years on a research ethics committee.

As a consultant, Ronald D Francis has worked with corporations and universities to develop ethics codes and deliver practical business ethics training. A leading expert on the practical applications of ethics, he is the author of numerous chapters, reports, journal articles and 22 books including Ethics for Psychologists, 2e (Wiley Blackwell, 2009) and Ethics and Corporate Governance: An Australian Handbook (University of NSW Press, 2000).