Academic Profile
a) Academic and Professional Qualifications
BA, MBA, MEd, PhD, PGCE, FCMA, CGMA, CPFA, MCMI, FHEA
Membership of Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CPFA) - 1975
Membership of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants - ACMA 1977; FCMA 1986
MBA, Loughborough University – 1989
Postgraduate Diploma in Business Information Management, CNAA – 1992
BA in psychology, Open University – 1993
Postgraduate Certificate in Counselling, Nottingham University – 1994
PhD - The dialectics of corporate reporting, Aston University – 1999
Postgraduate Certificate in Education, Aston University – 2000
MEd, Open University – 2002
Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) 2012
b) Professional Memberships
Chartered Institute of Management (MCMI) - 1986
Higher Education Academy (Fellow) - 2007
Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism
Social Responsibility Research Network
Global Academy of Business & Economic Research
Knowledge Globalization Institute
Research in Organisational Governance Network
Institute for Engineering Research and Publication (Senior professional member)
c) Honours and awards
2019 Member, Ansted University Board, Malaysia
2018 Member, Romanian Academy of Scientists
2016 Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who
2014 Lifetime Achievement Award from Global Corporate Governance Institute
2014 Listed in 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21stCentury
2010 Listed in Great Minds of the 21stCentury
2009 Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in America
2008 Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the World
2008 Listed in Dictionary of International Biography
2007 'Highly Recommended Runner-Up’ educator in the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ category
EABIS and Aspen Center for Business Education European Faculty Pioneer Awards
2004 Ansted University Foundation award
2003 Honorary Doctor of Science, Université Francophone Internationale, Belgium
2003 Special advisor to Vice-Rectorate, Université Francophone Internationale, Belgium
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Académico de Mérito, Muy Ilustre Academia Mundial de Ciencias Tecnología Educación y Humanidades, Spain
2003 Diplome 'ad Honores', Académie Européenne des Arts, France
2003 Certificate of Registration as International Expert in Social Education, Association
Internationale pour l'Ecole de Promotion Collective, Togo
2002 Fellow of North American Academy of Arts & Sciences
2002 Honorary Doctor of Social Science, Ansted University, Malaysia
2000 Honorary Council Member, Ansted University, Malaysia
d) Working Appointments
1970 – 1994 Working in business as accountant and manager
1994 – date Working in the academic sector as researcher, consultant and professor
My business employment has given me extensive experience in operating as an accountant, general manager and consultant in a wide range of organisational situations. This experience has proved invaluable to my teaching and to my research.
e) Other Activities
2013 – date Founding Board member, Research In Organisational Governance Network
2012 – date Advisory Board member, GSE Research Ltd
2011 – date Member of Scientific Committee, Centre for Competitive Intelligence and
Strategic Management, National Institute of Posts and Telecommunications
(INPT), Morocco
2007 – date Patron, The Temple Trust (Sri Lanka)
2007 – date Partner, The Knowledge Globalization Institute, USA
2006 – date Board member, Global Academy of Business & Economic Research, USA
2005 – date Founding chair of the Social Responsibility Research Network
(www.socialresponsibility.org)
2003 – date Member, Citizen Works Corporate Reform Commission, USA
2003 – date External research professor, Université Francophone Internationale
2003 – date Founding board member, Association for Integrity in Accounting, USA
2002 – date Affiliate, Corporate Citizenship Research Unit, Deakin University, Australia
2009 – 2012 External examiner, University of Mauritius
2009 – 2014 Director, The Durability Institute
2002 – 2010 Board member, Standing Conference on Organisational Symbolism (SCOS),
including spells as Membership Secretary & Treasurer
2006 – 2010 External examiner, Lincoln University postgraduate programme
2005 – 2008 External Advisor, Accounting & Finance, University of the West of England
2004 – 2007 Faculty member and academic advisor, International Entrepreneurs
Association, Malaysia
2002 - 2007 Advisor to Ralph Nader, US Presidential Candidate
2002 – 2007 Faculty member, New York College of Advanced Studies
2000 – 2005 External examiner, University of the West of England, Undergraduate
programme, Management accounting / financial management subject area
2000 – 2003 Assessor for Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in
Financial Information for Management
2000 – 2003 Webmaster and committee member of British Accounting Association
Interdisciplinary Perspectives Special Interest Group
1999 - 2002 External examiner, Postgraduate programmes, School of Finance &
Law, Bournemouth University
1994 – 2001 Examiner for London Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Association of
Accounting Technicians; Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in Management Accounting (at various times)
1994 - 1997 Question writer for University of Cambridge Local Examination
Syndicate MENO Thinking Skills Service
1993 - 1997 Tutor for Open University MBA courses in Strategic Management and
Performance Measurement
g) Visiting appointments
2018 Visiting Professor, Shanghai University, China
2016 Visiting Professor, Shanghai University, China
2014 Visiting Professor, Kaunus University of Technology, Lithuania
2013 Visiting Professor, University of Seville, Spain
2006 – 2013 Visiting Professor, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 Visiting Professor, Suffolk University, USA
2008 – 2009 Visiting Professor, Zagreb School of Economics & Management, Croatia
2007 Visiting Professor, Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, Portugal
2000 – date External Professor, Ansted University, Malaysia
1999 – 2002 Visiting Professor, Talinn Technical University, Estonia
1999 – 2001 Visiting Lecturer, Nottingham University
Research Interests
Research interests are interdisciplinary in the areas of marketing, strategic management, accounting and organisational studies. These can be considered as a concern with corporate social responsibility. Interests include:
• Governance and the management of global markets
• Factors affecting corporate sustainability
• The application of Games Theory to sustainability problems
• The implications of organisational activity upon the wider stakeholder environment
• Accounting for the wider environment and stakeholder influences upon corporate reporting systems. The effect of environmental influences on corporate reporting.
• The relationship between socially responsible behaviour and financial performance.
• Behaviour in the workplace.
• The determination of community identity and implications for organisational or societal inclusion / exclusion.
• The relationship between financial and economic measures of performance and corporate culture and strategic development.
I regularly review papers for a wide variety of journals, books, conferences etc..
Editorships
I am founding editor, and currently editor in chief, of Social Responsibility Journal (founded in 2005).
I am on the editorial boards of the following journals:
Journal of Industrial Engineering and Safety
Accountancy. Business & the Public Interest, UK
Journal of Finance & Management in Public Services, UK
The Dearborn Educator, USA
Journal of Accounting Business & Management, Indonesia
African Journal of Risk and Insurance, Nigeria
International Journal of Social and Environmental Accounting, Indonesia
International Journal of Accounting & Finance, Canada
International Journal of Management Development, Canada
Journal of Knowledge Globalization, USA
Malaysian Accounting Review
Global Excellence Review, India
Corporate Sustainability – An Asia-Pacific Review Journal, Malaysia
European Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, Romania
Journal of Humanities and Public Policy, Brazil
Social Business, UK
Multidisciplinary Journal for Applied Ethics, USA
International Journal of Critical Accounting, USA
Journal of Academic Minds, Malaysia
Sisyphus Journal of Politics, Economics and Management, Turkey
International Journal of Service Management and Sustainability, Malaysia
I have edited special issues of the following journals:
Management Decision;Social responsibility and marketing; Vol 40 No 2, 2002
Managerial Auditing Journal; Electronic auditing and accountability; Vol 18 No 3, 2003
International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance: CSR in Accounting and Finance; Vol 2 No 3, 2010
I am editor of the Emerald books series, Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility since 2010. Also of the Approaches to Global Sustainability, Markets and Governance series with Springer Publishing since 2016.
I have acted as editor for the following book series:
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A book series on Developments in Sustainability Governance and Social Responsibility published by Gower, Aldershot 2007 – 2013
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A SRRNet Book Series on issues in Corporate Behaviour and Sustainability 2008 – date
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SRRNet Discussion Paper Series 2008 – date
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A book series on Applied Research in Corporate Social Responsibility published by Gower, Aldershot 2007 – 2013
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A book series on Corporate Social Responsibility published by Ashgate, Aldershot – 2003-2007
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An MBA textbook series, with an emphasis on corporate social responsibility, published by Butterworth Heinneman – 2004-2006
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General editor of the biannual book Social Responsibility World published by Ansted University Press, Penang – 2002-2005
Conference Organisation
I have organised the following conferences:
Management Accounting Research Group Conference, Aston (sole organiser 1996-1999; joint organiser 2000)
British Accounting Association Interdisciplinary Perspectives Special Interest Group Annual Worksop, Manchester, 2002 (joint organiser)
European Critical Accounting Studies Conference, Leicester, 2002 (joint organiser)
British Accounting Association Accounting Education Special Interest Group Annual Conference, London Metropolitan University, May 2006 (joint organiser)
27thSCOS Annual Conference, Copenhagen & Malmo, July 2009
Organisational Governance conferences:
1stOrganisational Governance Conference: Corporate Governance Crises: Causes, Effects and Solutions De Montfort University, September 2011
2ndOrganisational Governance Conference, Rabat, Morocco, September 2012
3rdOrganisational Governance Conference, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, August 2013
4thOrganisational Governance Conference, Bucharest Academy of Economics & Management, Romania, 2014
Merged with the International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility series thereafter
The International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility series (with colleague from respective host university):
1stCSR conference, London, UK, 2003
2ndCSR conference, Penang, Malaysia, 2004
3rdCSR conference, Udaipur, India, 2005
4thCSR conference, London, UK, 2005
5thCSR conference, Edirne, Turkey, 2006
6thCSR conference, Selangor, Malaysia, 2007
7thCSR conference, Durham, UK, 2008
8thCSR conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 2009
9thCSR conference, Zagreb, Croatia, 2010
10thCSR conference, New Orleans, USA, 2011
11thCSR conference, Lahti, Finland, 2012
12thCSR conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2013
13thCSR conference, Bradford, UK, 2014
14thCSR conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2015
15thCSR conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2016
16thCSR conference, Buxton, UK, 2017
17thCSR conference, Bangalore, India, 2018
18thCSR Conference, Barcelos, Portugal, 2019
I am regularly invited to be a member of the Scientific Committee at conferences.
I have organised the following symposia:
Heresy, deviance, and constructions of organisation; SCOS; Dublin; July 2001 (with colleagues from Tilburg University, Netherlands, Warwick University & Birmingham University)
Doing Time: Mythic stories and dramas as an antidote to speed; SCOS; Budapest; July 2002 (with colleagues from Tilburg University, Netherlands, Warwick University & Leicester University)
Representations of Corporate Social Responsibility; Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, Glamorgan, September 2004 (with colleagues from London Metropolitan)
Responsabilidade Social: responsabilidade de quem?; para el IX Congreso del CLAD, Madrid, November 2004 (with colleagues from Brazil and Spain)
CSR & NGOs; 6thInternational Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 2007 (with colleagues from China, Malaysia & Turkey)
Enterprising Our World: Sustainable Business in Action; Caucus at Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, August 2009 (with colleagues from Canada & Turkey)
Leading CSR: The Challenge of Implementation - Strategy into Practice; 8thInternational Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2009 (with colleagues from Denmark, Romania, Turkey & UK)
Global Perspectives on CSR; 9thInternational Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, Zagreb, Croatia, June 2010 (with colleagues from Croatia, Iran, Mauritius, Norway, & Portugal)
European Approaches to Sustainable Development; World Productivity Congress, Antalya, Turkey, 2010 (with colleagues from Turkey, Spain & France)
CSR and economic recovery; 10thInternational Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, New Orleans, USA, May 2011 (with colleagues from India, Turkey, Uganda & USA)
News International and governance; 1stOrganisational Governance Conference; De Montfort University, UK 2011
Do we need global governance?; 2ndOrganisational Governance Conference; INPT, Rabat, Morocco, September 2012 (with colleagues from Malaysia, Romania, Saudi Arabia)
Recent keynotes
18th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility; Barcelos, Portugal, Septemebrs 2019
International Conference on Engineering & Technology (ICET-19), London, June 2019
17th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility; Bangalore, India, September 2018
16th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, Buxton, UK, August 2017
VIIth GECAMB conference, Cavado, Portugal, November 2016
15th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, Melbourne, Australia, September 2016
2nd International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference, Zagreb, November 2015
5th Organizational Governance Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, September 2015
5th International Women and Business Conference, Belgrade, Serbia, May 2014
PhD Conference in Abuja, Nigeria; January 2014
2nd Social Responsibility, Ethics and Sustainable Business Conference, Bournemouth, UK, September 2013
3rd Organisational Governance Conference, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, August 2013
Charity in Khazakstan conference; Astana, Khazakstan; May 2013
Ethics governance and fraud conference, Bradford, UK, July / August 2012
International Colloquium on Sustainability, Lisbon, Portugal; April 2012
2nd International Conference on Governance and Accountability, Sarawak, Malaysia; February 2012
2nd International Conference on Arts, Social Sciences and Technology (ICAST 2012); Penang, Malaysia; March 2012
3rd International Congress on Intellectual Disability: Advancing in Social Responsibility; University of Jaen, Spain; February 2011
The 2010 International Conference on Governance and Accountability; Indonesia, December 2010
Conference on the Role of HR in Building a Sustainable Organisation; London, December 2010
Empresas, Empresarios e Responsibilidade Social: Os Percursos de Portugal; Lisbon, Portugal; February 2010
Global Economy: challenge, opportunity and recovery; Jakarta, Indonesia, December 2009
International CSR conference, Lahore, Pakistan, November 2008 (by video)
International Conference on Business Governance & Social Responsibility, Paris, May 2008
Knowledge Globalization Conference, Suffolk University, USA, April 2008
Kurukshetra University, India, November 2007
Accessibility in Tourism Development & Corporate Social Responsibility Conference; Open University, UK; October 2007
International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, Trakya University, Turkey, May 2006
International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, Mohal lal Sukhadia University, India, February 2005
International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, Ansted University, Malaysia, November 2004
Conference on Bioengineering problems and perspectives, Yildiz Technical University, Turkey, October 2004
Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility; University of Glamorgan; September 2004
Recent invited speeches
Health & Wellbeing at Work Exhibition, Birmingham, UK; March 2014
Knowledge Brief Seminar, London, November 2013
Corporate Management and Social Responsibility; Moscow City Council; October 2012
Al Akhawayn University, Ifranes, Morocco, September 2012
Malaysian Forum for Business Sustainability; Minority Shareholders Watchdog Group & Perception Management Sdn Bhd; Kuala Lumpur, May 2012
FMM Kedah – symposium for business leaders, Kedah, Malaysia, March 2012
Book launch – Teias e Tramas da Responsabilidade Social O investimento social empresarial na saúde, Alice Costa; Rio de Janeiro, 1/10/11
Workshop on Social Responsibility, Development and Equity in Public Policies; International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, The Netherlands, January 2011
JSD Consulting, Jakarta, Indonesia, December 2010
Yildiz Technical University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Centenary Lecture series; November 2010
Book Launch – Global Money, Branka Mraovic; Zagreb, 17/6/10
Symposium on CSR, Taramanugara University, Indonesia, December 2009
Ethics & Economy conference, Copenhagen, September 2008
CSR & SME project workshops, Tashkent & Samarkand, Uzbekistan, February 2007
Symposium on Business Ethics, Zagreb School of Economics and Management, Croatia, June 2006
Mainstreaming CSR conference, London, Feb 2006
Europe House Zagreb, Croatia, February 2006
Integrales de L’investissement Conference, Rabat, Morocco, December 2005
Instituto Universitario de Estudios Fiscales y Financieros, Universidad de Murcia, Spain, March 2005
St Ethelburga’s Centre for Peace Studies, London, January 2004
Other invited lectures
Shanghai University, China, March 2016
Henley Business School, University of Reading; March 2013
Universiti Teknologi Mara, Kedah Branch, Malaysia, March 2012
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Volta Redonda, Brazil, October 2011
Petrobras Corporate University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 2011
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Nitteroi, Brazil, October 2011
ISEG, Lisbon, Portugal, March 2011
University of Seville, Spain, February 2011
Zagreb School of Economics & Management, June 2010
University of East London, February 2010
Trisakti University, Indonesia, December 2009
Bucharest Academy of Economics and Management, May 2009
Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, Portugal, December 2007
Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi, India, November 2007
University of Essex, February 2008
University of Durham, September 2004
Salamanca University, Spain, July 2003
Polytechnic Institute of Guarda. Portugal, November 2002
Ansted University, Malaysia, October 2002
University of Tilburg, The Netherlands, February 2002
Tallinn Technical University, Estonia, September 2000
Media work
Responsible business in Africa – Radio France International; 9/3/10
Veza DOP-a i opstanka tvrtke; interview in Poslovni Dnevnik, 9/6/10
Appearance on Malaysian TV: http//www.nama.com.my/wmv/20120524_t60btv-bn-0600pm_3.wmv (24/4/12 repeated 3 times)
and related newspaper articles:
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/387516(the Sun Daily)
http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my/nstweb/fullstory/59019(New Sabah Times)
http://www.btimes.com.my/articles/20120523124054/Article/(Business Times)
Radio interview; Malaysia; August 2012
TV interview; Iran; April 2016
TV interview; India; September 2018
Consulting assignments
Advice given to:
2019 South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) (assessment)
2017 Canadian Research Council
2016 South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) (assessment)
2015 Canadian Research Council
2015 South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) (assessment)
2013 South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) (assessment)
2010 DESMI, Republic of Cyprus
2010 Swiss National Science Foundation
2008 Korea Research Foundation
2008 ESRC (UK)
2007 Canadian Research Council