My CV

Qualifications: BA, MBA, MEd, PhD, DSocSc, DSc, PGCE, FCMA, 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 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.

Honours and awards

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

Visiting Appointments

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

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:

• 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 regulation of the accounting profession.

• The determination of community identity and implications for organisational or societal inclusion / exclusion.

• The management of change within an organization and implications for organizational culture

• The relationship between financial and economic measures of performance and corporate culture and strategic development.

Other Interests and activities:

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 – 09: 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 – date: 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, USA  

2003 – date: External research professor, Université Francophone Internationale

2003 – date: Affiliate, Corporate Citizenship Research Unit, Deakin University

2002 – date: Faculty member, New York College of Advanced Studies

2002 - date: Fellow of North American Academy of Arts & Sciences

2001 – date: Treasurer & 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

Research Grants

UKIERI project formulation grant; £1500; UKIERI; 2006

Minimal Budgeting: The Development Control Mechanisms for e-Commerce Businesses; £12,500, CIMA, 2005-6 (with Pilkington M & Proops R)

Shareholder or Stakeholder Value? The development of indicators for the control and measurement of performance, £25,000, CIMA, April 1998 - Autumn 2000, (with Davis EW, Cooper SM and Davies ML)

CAL resources in accounting & finance, EQL Ltd, 1998, (with Davies M L)

Developing CDRoms for teaching and training purposes; £60,000 (funded 60% commercially and 40% internally) 1996-1999 (with Davies M L)

Other Activities

Editorships:

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 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

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.

Administration

2004 - 2005 : 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