CSEAR 2006 programme
Full Programme and Papers
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Wednesday, 22 November
8.30-10.00 am Arrival and Registration
10.00-10.30 am Morning Tea
10.30-11.00 am Conference Opening
Welcome – Judy Brown, CSEAR 2006 Conference Presentation – John Purcell, CPA Australia
11.00-12.30 am Plenary Session
Jan Bebbington
University of St. Andrews
12.30-1.30 pm Lunch
1.30-3.00 pm Parallel Sessions – 1
Session 1a Chair: Brenda Porter
'Aethical' Corporations: Is There a Case to Answer Under a 'Social Contract'?
Lin Tozer, Massey University
Fin Hamilton, Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
Extending the Mathews' Matrix to Incorporate Time and National Origin in Categorising the Social Accounting Research Literature
Dianne McGrath, Charles Sturt University
Reg Mathews, Robert Gordon University
Auto-Communication - A Theoretical Perspective to Elaborate Further to Understand External Voluntary Non-Financial Accounting?
Vinni Pietras-Jensen, University of Canterbury
Session 1b Chair: Zahirul Hoque
Silencing the 'Noise' of Corporate Responsibility: James Hardie, Asbestos and Strategic Bankruptcy
Lee Moerman, University of Wollongong
Sandra van der Laan, University of Sydney
Reporting Occupational Health and Safety Performance: Current Disclosure Practices in the Australian Mining Industry
Kevin Clarke, University of New South Wales Sharron O’Neill, University of Sydney
Sustainable Development (Triple Bottom Line) Reporting and Management Behaviour of Australian Public Sector Organizations: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour
Prabanga Thoradeniya, Monash University
Session 1c Chair: Carol Tilt
The Contribution of Reporting to Corporate Social
Responsibility: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Shell's Reports
Colin Higgins, Massey University
The Role of Discourse in Bridging the Text and Context of Corporate Social and Environmental Reporting
Helen Tregidga, University of Otago
Markus Milne, University of Canterbury
Kate Kearins, Auckland University of Technology
The Difficulty of Signification: The Problematic of
Legislative and Judicial Comment on Sustainability David Carter, Victoria University of Wellington
3.00-3.30 pm Afternoon Tea
3.30-5.00 pm Parallel Sessions – 2
Session 2a Chair: Gary O’Donovan
Empirical Research in Social and Environmental
Accounting – A Meta-Review
Larry O’Connor, La Trobe University
Mega-Accounting and Reporting: A proposal for further development
Reg Mathews, Robert Gordon University
Voluntary Corporate Social Disclosures: Mapping the Territory
Sandra van der Laan, University of Sydney
Session 2b Chair: Margaret Lightbody
NGO Activism via Websites
Carol Tilt, Flinders University
Matthew Tilling, Flinders University
Robyn Davidson, Flinders University
Images of Corporate Citizenship: A Rhetorical Analysis of Social/Environmental Reporting
Colin Higgins, Massey University
Robyn Walker, Massey University
Su Olsson, Massey University
Spheres of Salience in the Characterisation of Stakeholders and Partners in Annual Reports
Kate Kearins, Auckland University of Technology
Glen Oliver, Auckland University of Technology
Session 2c Chair: Geoffrey Frost
Social and Environmental Reporting: The Australian Food and Beverage Industry
James Guthrie, University of Sydney
Suresh Cuganesan, Macquarie Graduate School of Management
Leanne Ward, Coca-Cola Amatil
Accounting Controls in Environmental Management Systems in Australian Organisations
Matthew Egan, University of Sydney
Resource Consents - Do They Have an Impact on Fair Value?
Lindsay Hawkes, Massey University
Lin Tozer, Massey University
6.30-7.30 pm
Drinks at the Carter Observatory, Kelburn
Planetarium Tour of the Observatory
7.30 pm Conference Dinner
Thursday, 23 November
8.30-8.45 am Registration Desk Open
8.45-10.15 am Plenary Session
Carol Adams
La Trobe University
10.15-10.45 am Morning Tea
10.45-12.15 pm Parallel Sessions – 3
Session 3a Chair: James Guthrie
Four Ways to Tame the Corporation: An Exploration of Corporate-Centric, Consumer-Centric, Citizen-Centric and Producer-Centric Approaches to Corporate Sustainability in the Context of Australian Water Resources
James Hazelton, Macquarie University
Criteria to Evaluate the Process of TBL Reporting as an Agent for Change
Michael Mitchell, Charles Sturt University
Allan Curtis, Charles Sturt University
Penny Davidson, Charles Sturt University
Accounting and Critical Consciousness: Emancipatory Possibilities
Pala Molisa , Victoria University of Wellington
Session 3b Chair: Sumit Lodhia
The Consideration of Environmental Matters in
Financial Reports: Some Preliminary Evidence on
Current Audit Practices
Christina Chiang, Auckland University of Technology
Social and Environmental Accounting: Critical Issues for ‘Third Sector’ Organisations in Australia
Marcelle Holdaway, Accounting for Life
Environmentally Sensitive Companies Social Responsibility and Reporting: A Study of Malaysian Companies
Nor Ain a Manaf, Kolej Yayasan UEM, Malaysia
Ruhaya Atan, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Nafsiah Mohamed, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Session 3c Chair: Reg Mathews
The Materiality of Annual Report Environmental
Disclosures to Sell-Side Analysts in Retail Banking David Campbell, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Richard Slack, Northumbria University
The Adoption of “ISO14001 National Demonstration Zone” Project in China
Beibei Liu, University of Sydney
12.15-1.00 pm Lunch
1.00-1.30 pm Parallel Sessions – 4
Session 4a Chair: Colin Higgins
Reflecting on Contemporary Accounting: Teaching and Learning Social and Critical Perspectives
Bill Blair, Macquarie University
Gordon Boyce, Macquarie University
Cindy Davids, Macquarie University
Susan Greer, Macquarie University
Session 4b Chair: Christina Chiang
'Balancing' the 'Accounts': An Examination of the Factors Influencing Women Accountants’ Decisions to Leave Fulltime Professional Accounting Employment
Margaret Lightbody, University of Adelaide
Session 4c Chair: Marcelle Holdaway
National Sustainable Development Strategy
Wendy McGuinness, Sustainable Aotearoa New Zealand
1.30-3.00 pm Travel to Otaki
Plenary Session
Whatarangi Winiata
Te Wānanga-o-Raukawa
6.30 pm Dinner
9.30 pm Return to Wellington
Friday, 24 November
8.30-9.00 am Registration Desk Open
9.00-10.30 am Plenary Session
Amanda Ball
University of Canterbury
10.30-11.00 am Morning Tea
11.00-12.00 pm Parallel Sessions – 5
Session 5a Chair: Vinni Pietras-Jensen
Does the Public Sector Attempt to Incorporate Environmental Costs Within their Capital Investment Programmes? A Case Study of Water
David Moore, University of Tasmania
Corporate Governance in Entrepreneurial Sustainable Local Government
Eugene Boyle, Sustainable Development and Strategy, Melbourne
Session 5b Chair: David Campbell
Choice of Reporting Mediums by Australian State GTEs
Geoff Frost, University of Sydney
Session 5c Chair: Kate Kearins
CSR or CPR: Breathing Life into New Zealand
Businesses Through Capturing CSR?
Matt Adams, Victoria University of Wellington
(updated paper) Motueka Catchment futures, transdisciplinarity, a local sustainability problématique and the Achilles-heel of Western science
Anthony Cole, Te Wānanga-o-Raukawa
12.00-1.00 pm Farewell and Lunch