Simon is a lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organisation Studies at the School of Business & Management. His research interests are focused on organisational sustainability and ethics and he is particularly interested in these issues within alternative organisational forms, including small businesses and academia. He is also broadly interested in values, moral motivation and how social actors navigate practical moral issues, as well as the application of theory from the Pragmatist movement to issues of ethics.

Simon teaches across a range of responsible business and ethics modules at undergraduate and postgraduate level in the School of Business and Management. This teaching encompasses topics including the UN Sustainable Development Goals, normative ethical theory, Corporate Social Responsibility, stakeholder management and alternative forms of responsible organisation.

Simon is also Deputy Director for the interdisciplinary Masters in Sustainability & Management taught across the Schools of Geography and Management.