Beyond shareholder value: challenging ideology in accounting education

A webinar on "Beyond shareholder value: challenging ideology in accounting education" will be held on March 23, 2022, at 9:30 am, as part of the cycle "The ISCAP/IPP Accounting Webinar Series". Guest Speaker: John Ferguson (University of St Andrews).

This seminar is integrated in the activities of the curricular units of the Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and Administration, Advisory Services and Translation and Corporate Communication; and of the Master's Degree in Accounting and Finance, Master's Degree in Corporate Finance and Master's Degree in Social Economics. The event is aimed at students, teachers and researchers in the accounting area; and it is part of the research line "Accountability and Reporting" developed by CEOS.PP. 

If you wish to participate, please contact Cláudia Teixeira (mclaudia@iscap.ipp.pt)

Link: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/84343060811?pwd=Q05OQ0VRZTJkSC82dXVuMnl5elZJQT09

ID: 843 43060811

Passcode: 107531

Guest Speaker:

John Ferguson is Professor of Accounting at the School of Management, University of St Andrews (Scotland). John is Co-Director of the Centre for Social and Environmental Accountability Journal (CSEAR). Previously, he was editor of CSEAR's journal, Social and Environmental Accountability Journal (SEAJ) and currently serves on the editorial boards of the Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal and Accounting and Business Research. John's research interests are in the area of accountability and corporate governance. In particular, his work explores the social and organizational impact of different corporate governance models and issues related to corporate accountability for human rights. In relation to the latter, John worked with the Scottish Government to develop a National Baseline Assessment (NBA) of the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) in Scotland. Building on the work undertaken for the NBA, John continues to provide input into the development of a Scottish National Action Plan.  For more information. see https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/management/people/jf60