Qualifications: BA, MBA, MEd, PhD, DSocSc, DSc, PGCE, FCMA, CGMA, CPFA, MCMI, FHEA
other qualifications and memberships:
Postgraduate Diploma in Business Information Management (CNAA)
Certificate in Counselling (Nottingham University)
Professional Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Aston University)
member of British Psychological Society
member of British Accounting Association
member of European Accounting Association
member of Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolismfounding chair of the Social Responsibility Research Network
member of Global Academy of Business & Economic Research
member of Knowledge Globalization Institute
My business experience consists of 20 years experience of operating as an accountant, systems designer, general manager and consultant in a wide range of organisational settings, involving both public and private sector organisations.
2000 Honorary Council Member, Ansted University, Malaysia
2002 Fellow of North American Academy of Arts & Sciences
2002 Honorary DSocSc, Ansted University, Malaysia
2003 Honorary Dr of Applied Science, Université Francophone Internationale, Belgium
2003 Special advisor to Vice-Rectorate, Université Francophone Internationale, Belgium
2003 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
2004 Ansted University Foundation award
2007 'Highly Recommended Runner-Up’ educator in the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ category EABIS and Aspen Center for Business Education European Faculty Pioneer Awards
2008 Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the World
2008 Listed in Dictionary of International Biography
2009 Listed by American Biographical Institute
2006 (continuing) Visiting Professor, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 Visiting Professor , Suffolk University, USA
2008 Visiting Professor , Zagreb School of Economics & Management, Croatia
2007 Visiting Professor , Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, Portugal
2000 – 2005 External Professor, Ansted University, Malaysia
1999 – 2002 Visiting Professor, Talinn Technical University, Estonia
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 and accountability; interests include:
Governance in the global market
The application of Games Theory to sustainability problems
Factors affecting corporate sustainability
The implications of organizational 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.
2012 – date Advisory Board member, GSE Research Ltd
2011
– date; Member of Scientific Committee, Centre for Competitive Intelligence
and Strategic Management, INPT, Morocco
2011
– date; Partner, Seifi
Crowther Consulting
2010 – date; External examiner, University of Technology, Mauritius
2009 - date: Director, The Durability Institute
2007 – date:
Patron, The Temple Trust (Sri Lanka)
2007 – date:
Partner, The Knowledge Globalization
Institute, USA
2007 - date: Board member, Global Academy of Business & Economic Research
2006 –
10: External examiner, Lincoln University postgraduate programme
2005 – date: Founding chair of the Social
Responsibility Research Network
2005 – 08: External Advisor, Accounting & Finance,
University of the West of England
2004 – 2007: Faculty member and academic advisor, International
Entrepreneurs Association,
Malaysia
2003 – date: Member, Citizen Works Corporate Reform Commission, USA
2003 – date:
Founding board member, Association for Integrity in Accounting
2003 – date: External research professor, Université Francophone
Internationale
2003 – date: Affiliate,
Corporate Citizenship Research Unit, Deakin University
2002 – 2007: Faculty
member, New York College of Advanced Studies
2002 - date: Fellow of North American Academy of Arts & Sciences
2001 – date: Board member, Standing Conference on Organisational
Symbolism (SCOS)
2000 – 05: External examiner, University of the West of England, Undergraduate programme, Management accounting subject area
2000 – date: External professor and council member; Ansted University, Malaysia
2000 – 2003: Assessor for Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in Financial Information for Management
1999 - 2002: External examiner, Postgraduate programmes, School of Finance & Law, Bournemouth University
1999 – 2001: Occasional Lecturer at Nottingham University in Management Accounting
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 - 97: Question writer for University of Cambridge Local Examination Syndicate MENO Thinking Skills Service
1993 - 97: Tutor for Open University MBA courses in Strategic Management and Performance Measurement
Romanian government; Impact of CSR in Romania; 2009-11
Instituto Politecnico da Guarda, Portugal: Lecture visit funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia do Ministério da Ciência e Ensino Superior; 2002 & 2007
UKIERI project formulation grant; 2006
Minimal Budgeting: The Development Control Mechanisms for e-Commerce Businesses; CIMA, 2005-6
Shareholder or Stakeholder Value? The development of indicators for the control and measurement of performance, CIMA, 1998 - 2000
CAL resources in accounting & finance, EQL Ltd, 1998
Developing CDRoms for teaching and training purposes; (funded 60% commercially and 40% internally) 1996-1999
I am founding editor of Social Responsibility Journal
I am editor of a book series on Corporate Social Responsibility published by Ashgate, Aldershot
I am editor of a book series on applied aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility published by Gower, Aldershot
I am editor of a book series on Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility published by Emerald, Bingley
I am editor of Social Responsibility Review
I am on the editorial boards of the following journals:
Accountancy. Business & the Public Interest, UK
Journal of Finance & Management in Public Services, UK
Journal of Accounting Business & Management, Indonesia
African Journal of Risk and Insurance, Nigeria
Issues in Social and Environmental Accounting, Indonesia
International Journal of Accounting & Finance, Canada
The Dearborn Educator, USA
Journal of Knowledge Globalization, USA
International Journal of Management Development, Canada
Malaysian Accounting Review
Global Excellence Review, IndiaCorporate 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
I have edited special issues of journals in a number of
areas
I have organised a number of conferences, themed tracks in
conference and symposia in a variety of areas.
Recent keynotes:
Sebelas
Maret University, Solo, Indonesia; October 2013
2nd
Social Responsibility, Ethics and Sustainable Business, Bournemouth, UK,
September 2013
3rd
Organisational Governance Conference, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark,
August 2013
Charity
in Khazakstan conference; Astana, Khazakstan; May 2013
International Colloquium on Sustainability, Lisbon, April 2012
The
2012 International Conference on Governance and Accountability, Sarawak,
February 2012
2nd
International Conference on Arts, Social Sciences and Technology (ICAST 2012);
Penang; 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:
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 200
Other
invited lectures:
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
2008 – date : Founding Convenor, Centre for Research into Organisational Governance, De Montfort University
2005 – date : Research Convenor, Dept of Accounting & Finance, De Montfort University
2004 - 2006 : Course Director. MA in Corporate Social Responsibility, London Metropolitan University
2003 – 2005 : Founding editor, Research Papers in Corporate Social Responsibility, London Metropolitan University
2000 – 2003 : Founding convenor of Studies in Social Marketing Research Group, University of North London
2000 – 2003 : Founding editor of Studies in Social Marketing Working Paper Series, University of North London
2000 – 2003 : Convenor of Studies in Social Marketing Seminar Program, University of North London
2000 – 2003 : Webmaster and committee member of British Accounting Association Interdisciplinary Perspectives Special Interest Group
1997 – 1998 : Convenor of Finance & Accounting Research Group, Aston University
1997 – 1998 : Convenor of Finance & Accounting Seminar Program, Aston University
1996 – 1999 : Course Director for the MSc in Financial Management and Control, Aston University