Handbook on Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility

Michel Magnan (Concordia University) e Giovanna Michelon (University of Padova) vão orientar o webinar Handbook on Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility, no dia 6 de novembro, às 14h30, no âmbito da The ISCAP/IPP Accounting Webinar Series.

O webinar decorre no âmbito das actividades desenvolvidas pelo CEOS.PP e integra as actividades das unidades curriculares das licenciaturas em Contabilidade e Administração, em Consultoria e Tradução e em Comunicação Empresarial e dos Mestrados em Contabilidade e Finanças; Mestrado em Finanças Empresariais e em Gestão e Regime Jurídico e Empresarial da Economia Social.

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Michel Magnan is Distinguished University Research Professor and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Corporate Governance at Concordia University (John Molson School of Business). He holds a PhD in Business Administration from the University of Washington, is a Fellow Chartered Professional Accountant (FCPA) and an administrateur de sociétés certifié (ASC)/Chartered Director. In 2014, he was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada. In 2018, he was appointment a Distinguished Member of Ordre de l'excellence en éducation du Québec. His research activities are focused on financial reporting, financial statement analysis, governance, performance and compensation management, corporate social responsibility, and environmental and ethical issues. He has published more than 140 articles on these topics in academic and professional journals, and his research findings have been presented at numerous national and international academic and professional conferences. He is currently Associate Editor of Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences and serves on several editorial boards. He is a Past Editor in Chief of Contemporary Accounting Research.  Dr. Magnan is actively involved in the business and professional communities. He was a member of Canada’s Accounting Standards Board from 2011 until 2017. He is currently a member of the board of directors of Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec (Mouvement Desjardins/Desjardins Group) and Chair of its Audit and Inspection Committee. He is also a trustee of the Concordia University Employees Retirement Plan and a member of its investment subcommittee. In the past, he has served on the boards of directors of Institute for the Governance of Private and Public Organizations, Société de développement commercial Montréal Centre-Ville, Fondation Montréal Centre-Ville, Desjardins General Insurance Group, Desjardins Securities Inc. and Canadian Academic Accounting Association. Michel Magnan has received awards and prizes from various organizations and his research has received funding from a variety of agencies, including the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture.

Giovanna is Professor at the (University of Padova) since 2024. She has been Professor of Accounting at the University of Bristol, and the University of Exeter Business School. She started her career at the University of Padova in Italy where she also obtained her PhD. She has held visiting positions at Concordia University (Canada), University of Central Florida (USA), ESSEC Business School and Université Toulouse Capitole (France). Giovanna is a well-established international scholar in the field of corporate governance and sustainability accounting and reporting, with more than 40 publications in leading academic journals such as the Accounting, Organizations and Society, European Accounting Review Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal, and Journal of Business Ethics. Her work has explored how corporate governance drives corporate social responsibility activities and reporting, and the role of sustainability information for market participants and other stakeholders. Recently, she is interested in investigating the dynamics of shareholder activism on social and environmental issues.  Giovanna is highly engaged with both the academic community and practitioners. She is Associate Editor of Accounting and Business Research, and at the European accounting Review. She is also Editor-in-Chief of the Accounting Resources Centre, a member of the EAA Publications Committee, Co-editor of Accounting Forum, a Council member of the Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (University of St. Andrews) and Chair of the ACCA Global Forum for Governance, Risk and Performance. 

Organisation

Cláudia Teixeira

mclaudia@iscap.ipp.pt