Governance, Sustainability and Ethics

    The research completed under this theme deepens our understanding of good organisational governance, it provides practical insights about social, environmental and financial sustainability, and it consistently applies an ethical lens to contemporary organisational challenges including the influence of emerging technologies and the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals to 2030.

    Convener: Subba Reddy Yarram

  • Staff
  • Publications
  • Postgraduate Students
  • Projects

Our staff

Aaron Driver
Dr Aaron Driver
Lecturer - UNE Business School
+61 2 6773 3550
  • Expertise: Marketing, Communications, Narrative, Behaviour Change, Persuasion
Alison Sheridan
Emeritus Professor Alison Sheridan
Professor in Management - UNE Business School
+61 2 6773 2367
  • Expertise: Business Management, Human Resource Management, Organisation Management
Ashfaq Khan
Dr Ashfaq Ahmad Khan
Senior Lecturer in Financial Accounting - UNE Business School
+61 2 6773 2711
  • Expertise: Management Accounting, Organisational Change, Institutional Theory , Poverty and SMEs
Bee Moss
Dr Supawadee (Bee) Moss
Lecturer in Auditing and Accounting - UNE Business School
+61 2 6773 4003
Brian Dollery
Emeritus Professor Brian Dollery
Professor - UNE Business School
+61 2 6773 2500
  • Expertise: Public and Health Care Administration, Policy Studies, Local Government
Gabriel Donleavy
Professor Gabriel Donleavy
Deputy Head of School - UNE Business School
+61 6773 4523
  • Expertise: Accounting, Business Ethics
Josie Fisher
Adjunct Associate Professor Josie Fisher
Associate Professor - UNE Business School
+61 2 6773 3706
  • Expertise: Business Management, Organisation Management, Philosophy
Omar Al Farooque
Associate Professor Omar Al Farooque
Associate Professor of Financial Accounting - UNE Business School
+61 2 6773 3920
  • Expertise: Accounting and Auditing, Banking and Finance, Investment and Securities
Peter McClenaghan
Dr Peter McClenaghan
Adjunct - UNE Business School
+61 2 6773 2688
  • Expertise: Business Management, Human Resource Management, Organisation Management
Simon Burgess
Dr Simon Burgess
Senior Lecturer - UNE Business School
+61 +61 2 6773 3945
  • Expertise: Business ethics, Organisational leadership
Subba Reddy Yarram
Dr Subba Reddy Yarram
Associate Professor - UNE Business School
+61 2 6773 2965
  • Expertise: Banking and Finance, Investment and Securities, Corporate Finance
Sujana Adapa
Professor Sujana Adapa
Professor and Head of School - UNE Business School
+61 2 6773 2915
Theresa Smith-Ruig
Dr Theresa Smith-Ruig
Senior Lecturer - UNE Business School
+61 2 6773 3917
  • Expertise: Human Resource Management, Leadership, Diversity Management
Tony Ramsay
Dr Tony Ramsay
Lecturer - UNE Business School
+61 2 6773 3521
  • Expertise: International political economy, labour market economics, employment output, socialised investment

Publications

2019 - 2018
  • Fonseka, M. Trian, Gao-Liang and Farooque, O. A.. (2019) Impact of Environmental Information Disclosure and Real Estate Segments on Cost of Debt: Evidence from the Chinese Real Estate Industry.  Economics of Transition and Institutional Change https://doi.org/10.1111/ecot.12238 - A
  • Mollah, S., Farooque, O. A., Mobarak, A., & Molyneux, P. (2019). Bank Corporate Governance and Future Earnings Predictability. Journal of Financial Services Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10693-019-00307-7 - A
  • Farooque, O. A., Buachoom, W., & Hoang, N. (2019). Interactive Effects of Executive Compensation, Firm Performance and Corporate Governance: Evidence from an Asian Market. Asia Pacific Journal of Management. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-018-09640-2 -
  • Farooque, O.A. and Khandaker, S. (2019). National Governance and Foreign Direct Investment Interactions: International Evidence, International Journal of Public Policy - B
  • Dalton, V. and Cooksey, R. (2019). "Becoming a Sustaining Organisation: The Case of Greening the Wharf at Sydney Theatre Company and Its Impacts." - BC
  • Adapa, S. (2018). Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility or Responsible Performance of Sporting Organisations in Australia. International Journal of Sports Management and Marketing, 18, 83-104. - B
  • Ahmad, S., Kaleem, A., & Fazal-e-Hasan, S.M. (2018). How Ethical Leadership Stimulates Academics' Retention in Universities: The Mediating Role of Job-related Affective Well-being. International Journal of Educational Management. - B
  • Donleavy, G. & Chen, K.C. (2018). Recent trends in East and West University Governance: Two kinds of hollowness, in G. Redding, A. Drew & S. Crump (eds.), The Handbook of Comparative Higher Education Systems and University Management. - BC
2017 - 2013
  • Chowdhury. A., Mollah, S., & Farooque, O. A. (2017). Insider Trading, Discretionary Accrual and Information Asymmetry. The British Accounting Review, DOI: 10.1016/ j.bar.2017.08.005. - A
  • Katmon, N., Mohamad, Z. Z., Norwani, N. M., & Farooque, O. A. (2017). Comprehensive Board Diversity and Quality of Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure: Evidence from an Emerging Market. Journal of Business Ethics. - A
  • Yarram, S. R. & Rice, J., (2017). Executive compensation among Australian mining and non-mining firms: Risk taking, long and short-term incentives, Economic Modelling, 64, pp. 211-220. – A
  • Hossain, M., Farooque, O. A., Momin, M. & Obaed, A., (2017). Women in the Boardroom and their Impact on Climate Change Related Disclosure, Social Responsibility Journal, DOI: 10.1108/SRJ-11-2016-0208.  - B
  • Sun, L. & Farooque, O. A., (2017). An Exploratory Analysis of Earnings Management Practices in Australia and New Zealand, International Journal of Accounting and Information Management. - B
  • Suyono, E. & Farooque, O. A., (2017). Do Governance Mechanisms Deter Earnings Management and Promote CSR? Insights from Indonesia, Accounting Research Journal. - B
  • Adapa, S., & Sheridan, A. (2017). Inclusive Leadership Negotiating Gendered Spaces. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, eBook. - EB
  • Adapa, S., & Sheridan, A. (2017). Small and Medium-Sized Accounting Firms in India: Inclusive or Exclusive Leadership? In S. Adapa & A. Sheridan (Eds.), Inclusive Leadership Negotiating Gendered Spaces (pp. 67-92). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, eBook. - BC
  • Rindfleish, J. (2017). Promoting Healthy Leader-Follower Dynamics to Enhance Workplace Equality. In S. Adapa & A. Sheridan (Eds.), Inclusive Leadership Negotiating Gendered Spaces (pp. 179-202). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, eBook. - BC
  • Smith-Ruig, T. (2017). Champions for Charities: Exploring Inclusive Leadership in the Non-profit Sector in Australia. In S. Adapa & A. Sheridan (Eds.), Inclusive Leadership Negotiating Gendered Spaces (pp. 21-42). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, eBook. - BC
  • Mollah, S., Hassan, M. K., Farooque, O. A. & Mobarek, A., (2016). Corporate Governance, Risk-taking and Firm Performance of Islamic Banks, Journal of Financial Services Research. - A
  • Farooque, O. A. & Ahulu, H., (2016). Determinants of Social and Economic Reportings: Evidence from Australia, UK and South African Multinational Enterprises, International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, 25(2), pp.177-200. - B
  • Farooque, O. A., (2016). Sustainable Financial Reporting Practice in Australian Companies - Does Quality Matter? The Journal of Developing Areas, 50(6), pp.175-189, DOI: 10.1353/jda.2016.0138. - B
  • Yarram, S. R. (2015). Corporate governance ratings and the dividend payout decisions of Australian corporate firms. International Journal of Managerial Finance, 11(2), pp. 162-178. - A
  • Yarram, S. R. & Dollery, B., (2014). Corporate governance and financial policies: Influence of board characteristics on the dividend policy of Australian firms, Managerial Finance. - B
  • Yarram, S.R., (2014). Factors influencing on-market share repurchase decisions in Australia, Studies in Economics and Finance, 31(3). - B
  • Yarram, S. R., (2013). Ownership and Financial Leverage: Australian Evidence. The Asia Pacific Journal of Economics & Business, 17(1/2), pp. 13-23. - B
  • Farooque, O.A. & Yarram, S.R., (2013). Evidence on two-way relationships between foreign direct investment inflows and country-level individual governance indicators, The Singapore Economic Review, 58(2), pp. 1350013-3 - 1350013-26. - B

Name

Degree

Country

Project title

Abdeleh Al-Amoush

PhD

Jordan

What are the Factors for the Acceptance of Digital Learning Management Systems.

Abdullah Sunauten H Alharbi

PhD

Saudi Arabia

Corporate governance and financial policies of family businesses listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange

Bader Sunaytan H Alharbi

PhD

Saudi Arabia

The effect of corporate governance on the capital structure, risk taking and financial performance of companies: Evidence from GCC countries

Hani Albogami

PhD

Saudi Arabia

The effect of internal and external audit mechanisms on earnings quality: Evidence from Saudi Arabia

Ian Wiltshire

PDIP

Australia

Distributed Denial of Services in Australian Organisations

Kay Hempsall

PhD

Australia

Investigating Leadership Development In Higher Education

Maram (Mary) Ahmed A Alhawsawi

PhD

Saudi Arabia

Bridging the educational gap in the Saudi accounting education system

Maria Saupin

PhD

Australia

CSR Reporting in SMEs

Maria Zito

PhD

Australia

A universal accounting language for accounting and reporting the pollution of the atmosphere: Monitoring corporate environmental behaviour

Muteb Almihbash

PhD

Saudi Arabia

Agency Costs, Ownership Structure and Dividend Policy in Saudi Listed Firms: A Simultaneous Equations Approach

Nuttee Jarulerdanan

MPhil

Australia

The Prevalence and usage of Information Technology in Australia

Osama Hamad M Alowaimer

PhD

Saudi Arabia

Undergraduate accounting curriculum in Saudi Arabia: Redesigning content

Peter Musinguzi

PhD

Uganda

Social Enterprises and sustainable rural development: their performance, sustainability and impacts on beneficiaries’ livelihoods

Robert Beutel

PDIP

Australia

Systems Thinking in Understanding the Dissemination of Fake News

Yeo Woon (Nicole) Koo

PhD

Korea

MPA graduate perceptions of the expectations-performance gap in accounting higher education and the workplace

Project title

Participants

Funding agency

Student retention and learning analytics: a snapshot of current Australian practices and a framework for advancement. 2014-15.

Josie Fisher

Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching - Cat 1

Developing the enterprising skills of University students in a virtual space. 2015-16.

Bernice Kotey, Sujana Adapa

Office for Learning and Teaching Extension Grant

Corporate Social Responsibility Communication Strategies in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in the Asia-Pacific Region.

A/Prof Sujana Adapa & Dr Jennifer Rindfleish

Other Public Sector and R & D Income

Working for our future: Modernising workplace relations.. 2016-17.

Sujana Adapa, Alison Sheridan, John Rice

Small Enterprise Association of Australia & New Zealand

Supporting Institutional Blended Learning Adoption within the German Hochschulsector through systematic Organisational Design; the example of the Technische Hochschule Nuernberg. 2017-18.

Leopold Bayerlein

State of Bavaria Education Administration

Embeding sustainability in management education.

Bayerlein, L., Perkiss, S., Dean, B. A., Anastasiadis, S.

UNE

Smooth operators? Income smoothing in Thai listed companies.

Bee & Jonathan Moss

UNEBS

The association between ownership structure and tax planning/tax avoidance.

Bee Moss

UNEBS

Effects of the Big 4 National and City-Level Industry Expertise on Earnings Management in the United Kingdom.

Khairul Ayuni Mohd-Kharuddin, Ilias G. Basioudis and Omar Al Farooque

UNEBS

Vertical coordinations in Agribusiness and firm level innovation.

Masood Azeem

UNEBS

The Effect of Political Connections on Employee Stock Option (ESO) Grants in Chinese Listed Firms: The Moderating Role of ESO Regulation Change.

Mohan Fonseka and Omar Al Farooque

UNEBS

Towards a Circular Economy for Sustainable Development: An Application of Full Cost Accounting to Municipal Waste Recyclables.

Mona Abou Taleb and Omar Al Farooque

UNEBS

Board diversity and ESG performance: Evidence from Egyptian listed companies.

Nermeen Shehata, Khaled Dahawy and Omar Al Farooque

UNEBS

Co-Determination between Disclosure Quality, Earnings Management and Board Independence.

Nooraisah Katmon and Omar Al Farooque

UNEBS

Board Independence and Disclosure Quality of the UK Investor Relation Magazine Award (IRMA) Winning Public Firms: A Matched-pair Analysis.

Nooraisah Katmon and Omar Al Farooque

UNEBS

Corporate Governance Mechanisms, Disclosure Quality and Earnings Management at Listed Corporations in the Gulf Capital Markets.

Omar Al Farooque and Eko Suyono

UNEBS

Future Earnings Predictability and Corporate Governance: Australian Evidence.

Omar Al Farooque and Kamran Ahmed

UNEBS

In Search of Disclosure, Board and Audit Committee Qualities in the UK Public Companies.

Omar Al Farooque and Nooraisah Katmon

UNEBS

Does Corporate Governance Have a Say on Dividend? Evidence from Australian Listed Firms.

Omar Al Farooque, Ali Hamid and Lan Sun

UNEBS

Executive compensation in family and non-family firms.

S.R. Yarram  & S. Adapa

UNEBS

Gender diversity and corporate performance.

S.R. Yarram  & S. Adapa

UNEBS

Gender diversity and corporate risk-taking.

S.R. Yarram  & S. Adapa

UNEBS

CSR Disclosure, Corporate Governance and Firm Value: A Study on GCC Islamic Banks.

Shukor Harun, Khaled Hussainey, Ayuni Mohd-Kharuddin and Omar Al Farooque

UNEBS

Corporate Social Performance and use of Debt: An Australian Study.

Subba Reddy Yarram and Josie Fisher

UNEBS

Gender diversity and Corporate Financial Performance.

Subba Reddy Yarram and Sujana Adapa

UNEBS

Gender diversity and corporate risk-taking.

Subba Reddy Yarram and Sujana Adapa

UNEBS

Gender diversity and CSR: An Australian Exploratory Study.

Subba Reddy Yarram and Sujana Adapa

UNEBS

Global WikiRate platform engagement in undergraduate business.

Perkiss, S., Bayerlein, L., Dean, B. A., Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, M., Heithaus, T., Acosta, P., Mills, R., Gibbons, B., Anastasiadis, S.,  Jun, H., Mesicek, R. H., Wersun, A.

University of Wollongong

Justice in post-disaster relief when resource constraints bite: Pakistan’s housing reconstruction challenges following the 2010 flood disaster.

Steven Schilizzi and Masood Azeem

UWA-Pakistan Flood Reconstruction Scholarship