Paul Fiorelli, J.D., M.B.A., C.C.E.P.

Professor Paul Fiorelli is the Director of the Cintas Institute for Business Ethics at Xavier University.  He was also selected to become part of an Ad Hoc Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Commission, which reviewed Chapter 8 of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines regarding organizations.  The Ad Hoc Advisory Group reported its recommendations to the United States Sentencing Commission on October 7, 2003. After minor revisions, these recommendations were sent to Congress on May 1, 2004 and became law on November 1, 2004.

Each year the Supreme Court, through the Supreme Court Fellows Commission, selects four individuals to come to Washington, D.C., and work in different branches of the judiciary.  Paul Fiorelli was selected as one of the 1998-1999 Supreme Court Fellows and was assigned to the United States Sentencing Commission.  During his fellowship year he researched and lectured on compliance and ethics issues, employee confidentiality questions, and how internal auditors can play a major role in compliance programs.  He also received the “Thomas Clark Fellow Award” from Chief Justice William Rehnquist, and the 2007 International Compliance Award from the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics.  In May of 2000 he was selected as a Senior Fellow for the Ethics Resource Center’s (now the Ethics and Compliance Initiative) Fellow’s Program.

Professor Fiorelli received both his law and M.B.A. degrees in 1981, has taught at Xavier University since 1983 and has been a tenured, Full Professor since 1994.  He has also has taught a course on Ethics and Compliance at the CY Cergy Paris University, since 2014.  At Xavier, he has received numerous teaching awards.  He actively consults on areas of ethics, compliance, corporate culture, integrity and whistleblowers and has written a book entitled, “The Value of Values: Leading with Purpose”.