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ACSEAR provides an opportunity for individuals researching and working in the field of social and environmental accounting in both public and private sectors, to come together to exchange ideas and discuss current research in the field. The theme for the conference this year is ‘Partnerships’, reflecting the belief amongst our community that achieving progress requires partnerships of all types – between academics of different disciplines, between industry and academia, between government and stakeholders, and of course between members and professional bodies.
The keynote speakers for the conference are Charles de Villiers from Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand on the topic Theorising the interactions among legitimacy accountability and pro-activity in the social sphere; Helen Tregidga from Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand talking about Corporate chameleons greenwashing and counter narratives”; Markus J. Milne from the School of Business and Law at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand on the topic of Crass empiricism and the social construction of corporate environmental performance and Lee D. Parker from the School of Accounting, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia who will address to issue of Accounting for CSR: Revisiting the agenda.
ACSEAR received 60 abstract submissions. After the double-blind peer review process 21 academic research papers, have been accepted for publication in these conference proceedings. These papers represent research from around the world, including Australia, Brazil, China, Fiji, Iran, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, UK and the USA.
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About the author
Dr John Dumay is Associate Professor in Accounting at Macquarie University, Sydney. Originally a consultant he joined academia after completing his award winning PhD in 2008. John’s research specialties are intellectual capital, knowledge management, non-financial reporting, management control, research methodologies and academic writing. John has published over 30 peer reviewed articles in leading academic journals. He is also on the Editorial Board of Advice for the Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management; Meditari Accountancy Research; Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, and is the Australasian Editor of the Journal of Intellectual Capital.
Dr James Hazelton joined Macquarie University in 2001. Prior to his academic career, James was with PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he worked in audit and risk management consulting in Sydney, London and New York. James specialises in sustainability and business ethics and has consulted, researched and taught extensively in these areas. He led a team engaged by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology to analyse the benefits of adopting national water accounting standards and was part of a team engaged by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage to develop energy efficiency training for the accounting profession. Other research interests include the ethics of corporate political donations and incorporating contemporary ethical models into the accounting curriculum.
