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Honours
2003, 2002, 2001 York University Merit Award, York University
2001 Runner-up, Best Paper Award, Australian Journal of Management
2000, 2001 Key Researcher of Edith Cowan University (each year the vice chancellor recognizes the contribution of the key researchers of the university)
1999 Award of Excellence in Research Leadership (this certificate is awarded by the Postgraduate and Honours Student Association of Edith Cowan University)
Recent Publications
“The effect of cognitive moral development on honesty in managerial reporting” Journal of Business Ethics, forthcoming (with S. Hsu).
“Understanding the restatement process”. Accounting Perspectives 13 (4): 253-281, 2014 (with S. McCracken).
The Auditors’ Approach to Subsequent Events: Insights From the Academic Literature, 2013. Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, 32(1), 167-207. (with C. Cullinan, M. Frank, J. Long, J. Mueller, and D. O’Reilly)
“Empowerment through knowledge of accounting and related disciplines: Participatory action research in an African village” Behavioral Research in Accounting (Special Issue). 2010. (Forthcoming) (with C. Windsor).
“Auditor liability to third parties after Sarbanes-Oxley: An international comparison of regulatory and legal reforms.” Journal of International Accounting, Auditing, and Taxation 19 (1): 66-78, 2010 (with J. Farrar, P. Puri and L. Thorne)
Courses Taught
PhD Course:
ACTG7010 Overview of Accounting Research
Graduate Course:
ACTG6600 Auditing Standards and Application
Undergraduate Courses:
ACTG4610 Advanced Auditing
ACTG4600 Auditing Standards and Application
ACTG2011 Financial Accounting for Decision-MakingGrants
Project Title Role Award Amount Year Awarded Granting Agency Project TitleMoral Reasoning, Social Preferences, and Honest Reporting (with S. Hsu) Role Award Amount$57,000.00 Year Awarded2014 Granting AgencySSHRC Insight Development Grants Project Title“The determinants of auditors’ likelihood to whistle-blow” & “The effects of emotion and gender on audit judgment” RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$12,500.00 Year Awarded2011 Granting AgencyYUFA - Sabbatical Leave Fellowship Project Title“Infectious ethics: Experimental evidence” (with S. Hsu) RoleCo-Investigator Award Amount$31,994.00 Year Awarded2010 Granting AgencySocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council - RDI Research Grant Project Title“Understanding the restatement process” (with S. McCracken) RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$10,000.00 Year Awarded2009 Granting AgencyCICA/CAAA - Research Grant Project Title Role Award Amount$10,000.00 Year Awarded2009 Granting Agency Project Title“Creating Bias in Accounting Estimates,” (with J. Cohen and G. S. Monroe) RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$10,000.00 Year Awarded2008 Granting AgencyCICA/CAAA - Research Grant Program Project Title“An examination of factors affecting external and internal whistle-blowing by auditors” RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$900.00 Year Awarded2004 Granting AgencyYork University - Travel Grant Project Title RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$ Year Awarded2002 Granting AgencySchulich School of Business, York University - Schulich Research Award Project Title“Auditors’ standard of care” (with P. Puri and L. Thorne) RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$75,329.00 Year Awarded2002 Granting AgencySocial Science and Humanities Research Council - Standard Research Grant Project Title“Professional deviance: An experimental investigation of the effects of Investiture/Divestiture socialization, moral development and professional commitment on auditors’ tendency to comply with professional standards” (with L. Thorne) RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$10,000.00 Year Awarded2001 Granting AgencyDeloitte & Touche/CAAA - Research Grant Project Title“Changing tax evasion behavior of individual taxpayers” RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$2,000.00 Year Awarded2001 Granting AgencySocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council - Small Research Grant Project Title“Professional deviance: An experimental investigation of the effects of Investiture/Divestiture socialization, moral development and professional commitment on auditors’ tendency to comply with professional standards” (with L. Thorne) RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$900.00 Year Awarded2001 Granting AgencySchulich School of Business - Minor Research Grant Project Title“Determinants of audit fee changes” RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$3,581.00 Year Awarded2000 Granting AgencyEdith Cowan University - Faculty Research Grant