CURRICULUM VITAE CONTACT DETAILS: Jan Bebbington Professor of Accountancy and Sustainable Development

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CONTACT DETAILS:
Jan Bebbington
Professor of Accountancy and Sustainable Development
School of Management, The Gateway, North Haugh
University of St Andrews
KY16 9SS, Scotland.
Phone: + 1334 46 2348
E-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION:
1984-86
Bachelor of Commerce in Accountancy, University of Canterbury, New
Zealand.
1989-90
Masters of Commerce (Honours) in Accountancy, University of Canterbury ,
New Zealand.
1991-1999
PhD in Accountancy, University of Dundee (Title: Accounts of and
accounting for sustainable development)
1997
City and Guilds 7037 (Further and Adult Education Teachers' certificate)
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND AFFLIATIONS:
1998-2012
Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
1987-89
Accountant, KPMG Peat Marwick, Christchurch, New Zealand. Auditor and
tax consultant.
1989-91
Assistant Lecturer, Department of Accountancy, University of Canterbury,
New Zealand. Undertook teaching and research while studying part-time for a
Master of Commerce degree.
1991-99.1
Senior lecturer (1997-1999), lecturer (1992-1997) and research fellow (19911992), Department of Accountancy and Business Finance, University of
Dundee, Scotland.
2000-2004
Professor of Accountancy, Department of Accountancy and Finance,
University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
2004 to date
Professor of Accountancy and Sustainable Development, School of
Management, University of St Andrews, Scotland.
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RESEARCH:
Overview:
My research focuses in two areas: considering the issues which the sustainable development
agenda brings to bear on organisations and examining how systems of governance affect the
achievement of sustainable development. I have conducted a number of longitudinal case
studies using participant observation research methodologies and also use interviews and
questionnaires to obtain research data. The theoretical themes underpinning my research are:
(i) the role of accounting and reporting in organisational change processes, (ii) how
accounting operates within regimes of control, (iii) the representational power of accounts of
organisational activities and (iv) the evolution of sustainability science and its application to
problem arenas.
Research grants:
1992
£3,850 from the Certified Association of Chartered Accountants to research
business and accountants' conceptions of sustainability (with Ian Thomson,
Heriot-Watt University).
1994
US$16,000 from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development,
Centre for Transnational Corporations to investigate European business
conceptions of sustainability and implications for accountancy (with Professor
Rob Gray, University of Dundee).
1997
£5,700 from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland to investigate
the valuation of assets and liabilities given the impact of the environmental
agenda and law. This grant was jointly shared with five colleagues in the
Department of Accountancy and Business Finance (University of Dundee), a
staff member of the Department of Law (University of Dundee) and a staff
member of the Department of Accountancy (Abertay University).
£9,000 from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants to investigate
how the accounting profession should respond for calls to develop full cost
accounting (with Professor Rob Gray, University of Glasgow and Chris
Hibbitt, Limperg Institute, The Netherlands).
2000
£35,150 from BP to develop a model for accounting for their social impacts.
This work yielded a significant stream of publications in 2001, 2002, 2003,
2004 and 2007.
2001
£10,780 from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants to further
evaluate BP’s Sustainable Assessment Model.
£1,500 from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Foundation to scope
how the Sustainability Assessment Model could be applied to property
development evaluations.
2002
NZ$ 9.1 million (approximately £3.2 million) as part of a research team (lead
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by Landcare Research (New Zealand) Ltd) on the subject of “Sustainable
Cities and Settlements” from the New Zealand Foundation for Research in
Science and Technology. My role in this project was to contribute research
expertise to modelling and accounting for sustainable development impacts.
The project ran from 2002 – 2008 and funded a stream of publications.
€ 60,500 (approximately £44,000) from the Spanish Government as part of a
research team (lead by Carlos Larrinaga of the University of Burgos in Spain)
on the subject of “Full cost accounting – integrating environmental costs in
corporate annual reports”. This project ran from 2004-2006.
£15,000 from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland for a project
on ethics and the accounting profession.
2003
Co-investigator (with colleagues from the Universities of Dundee, Glasgow
Caledonian and Loughborough) on EPSRC funded project (number
EP/C008030/1) on Metrics, Models and Toolkits for Whole Life Sustainable
Urban Development. Total grant value £1,276,306. Project ran from 2004 –
2008.
2006
€108,000 (approximately £80,000) from the Spanish Government as part of a
research team (lead by Carlos Larrinaga of the University of Burgos in Spain)
on the issues raised for accounting and reporting by the sustainable
development agenda. This project ran from 2007-2010.
2007
£2,478 with five colleagues from St Andrews (lead by Rehema White) on a
FILTA grant called Crossing the Boundaries: towards interdisciplinary
teaching.
£4,000 (with Rehema White) from the Higher Education Academy to develop
teaching materials for sustainable development educators.
£4,535 (with Nick Barter) from the Association of Chartered Certified
Accountants to examine barriers to business actions for sustainable
development.
2009
£25,000 (with colleagues at the Macaulay Institute) to review the social
science literature as it pertains to climate change and forestry in the UK.
Funding was obtained from the Forestry Commission.
£74,720 (with Rehema White and Steve Reicher, University of St Andrews)
on an ESRC/Scottish Government collaborative PhD (1+3) studentship titled
“Community projects as liminal spaces for climate action and sustainability
practices in Scotland”. Student graduated 2015.
£28,650 (with Nick Barter) from the Chartered Institute of Management
Accountants for a project titled “adapting to climate change regimes: a survey
of accounting practice”.
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2010
£19,870 (with Heather Lovell and Carlos Larrinaga-Gonzales) from the
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants for a project titled “accounting
for carbon credits”.
£25,000 (with Hamid van Korten and Rehema White) from the Scottish
Univerisities Insight Institute for a project titled “Designing the transition to
sustainability: resourcing community resilience”.
2011
£20,833 from the Carnegie UK Trust to develop sustainable development
resources and engage users with a report of how we might move beyond GDP
as a primary measure of progress.
£25,000 (with Lorna Stevenson and Alison Fox) from the Association of
Chartered Certified Accountants and Carbon Tracker for a project titled
“Global Climate Change and Fossil Fuel Reserves Reporting”.
2012
£25,000 (with Barbara Illsely, Malcolm Horner and John Rowan of the
University of Dundee and David Blackwood of Abertay University) for
assembling academic knowledge and resources to support the Tayplan land
use strategy.
€26,000 from the Spanish Government as part of a research team (lead by
Carlos Larrinaga of the University of Burgos in Spain) on the subject of
mainstreaming accounting for sustainable development in organisations and
society.
2014
£101,168 from the Scottish Funding Council (with Lorna Stevenson of the
University of St Andrews and Francisco Ascui and Matthew Brander of the
University of Edinburgh) to investigate carbon accounting at the University of
St Andrews.
Other awards:
1997-2000
Awarded an academic fellowship from the Institute of Chartered Accountants
in England and Wales from 1997-2000. I took the award (£12,000 over 3
years) in the form of funds to support research.
1997
Honorary Graduates' Award for Innovative Teaching at the University of
Dundee.
2009
Recognition on the ‘Scottish Green List’, celebrating Scotland’s
sustainable development champions.
2012-13
University of St Andrews teaching excellence award for MN5001
(Contemporary Global Issues in Management)
2013
British Accounting and Finance Association Distinguished Scholar (for
a substantial and direct contribution to UK academic accounting and finance
life).
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2013
Australasian CSEAR hall of fame (for contributions to the field of social
and environmental accounting research)
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Governmental appointments (past and present):
2011 - 2014
Member of the Business and Management sub-panel for Research
Evaluation Framework process.
2006 – 2011
Vice Chair (Scotland) of the Sustainable Development Commission. This is
an advisory Non-Departmental Public Body whose role is to promote
sustainable development across the UK and all sectors of society,
particularly within government. Appointment to this committee was by way
of competitive interview.
2002- 2007
Member of the Scottish Executive Cabinet Sub-Committee on Sustainable
Scotland (chaired by the Scottish First Minister). This committee was
charged with responsibility for embedding sustainable development within
the Scottish Executive’s operations. Appointment to this committee was by
way of a competitive interview.
Both of the last two roles involved extensive engagement with public policy processes as well
as substantive contributions to policy documents. Processes and publications with which I
had extensive and close involvement are:
1. As a member of the Scottish Executive Cabinet Sub-Committee on Sustainable
Scotland reviewed and guided the publication in 2005 of Choosing Our Future:
Scotland’s Sustainable Development Strategy. As a member of this group I also
participated in the development of an indicator set (and the structures of
accountability around this indicator set) that would support evaluation of the delivery
of the Strategy. With the development of a National Performance Framework by the
SNP minority Government (2007-2011) this indicator set was shelved.
2. As a member of the Scottish Executive Cabinet Sub-Committee on Sustainable
Scotland reviewed and guided the publication in 2006 of Learning for our future:
Scotland’s first action plan for the UN decade of education for sustainable
development. As the first half of the UN Decade came to a close I chaired (on behalf
of the Scottish Government and in my role of Vice-Chair of the Sustainable
Development Commission) a stakeholder group that supported the Government’s
development of its plans for supporting the second half of the UN Decade.
3. As I Vice-Chair of the Sustainable Development Commission contributed to the
reviews of Government performance against sustainable development criteria in 2007;
2008; 2009 and 2010. This work formed part of the bedrock from which
accountability between Government and its stakeholders was achieved. This work
was also extensively used by relevant Parliamentary committees and external
stakeholders (such as academics) as well as forming the basis for engagement with
relevant Ministers and civil servants.
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4. As Vice-Chair of the Sustainable Development Commission I was involved in the
shaping of waste policy and in particular to the development of a zero waste vision
and strategy for Scotland. There were two key inputs to this process. First, the
Sustainable Development Commission published a report in 2007 titled A Burning
Issue: energy from waste in Scotland that informed Government policy in this area.
Second, from 2007 until 2008 I was a member of the Zero Waste Think Tank (in a
personal capacity) which led to the development of the Zero Waste Strategy for
Scotland. This is an example of policy work leading to policy formulation and
concrete actions on the ground.
5. As Vice-Chair of the Sustainable Development Commission I was a member (during
2008 and 2009) of the Food and Drink Leadership Forum. This was a body convened
by the Scottish Government to create a national Food and Drink Policy: published in
2009 as Recipe for Success: Scotland’s National Food and Drink Policy. In addition,
the ‘champions’ for each area of relevance (health, environment, economy and
affordability) published their own recommendations for how a food and drink policy
would be fit for purpose in the face of various interlocking sustainable development
challenges. The report (Leadership Forum Report: Development of the National
Food and Drink Policy) was published in 2009 by the Scottish Government. I played
a key role in conceptualising and writing the Leadership Forum report.
6. The final project that I was closely involved in was chairing a Round Table (with
sponsorship and the support of the Carnegie UK Trust) to consider how Scotland
might respond to the findings of the Commission on the Measurement of Economic
Progress and Social Progress (see http://www.stiglitz-sen-fitoussi.fr/en/index.htm).
The Round Table report was published in 2011 and was aimed at informing the
Scottish Government’s National Performance Framework.
International appointments:
1997 onwards
2002 onwards
2011 onwards
2013 onwards
2013 - 2015
Honorary Fellow of the Cento de Investigacion en Contabilidad Social y
Medioambiental (Centre for the investigation of social and environmental
accounting) at Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain.
International advisory member of the Spanish professional accounting body
who have a standing committee to address the accountants’ role in
supporting corporate social reporting.
Member of Landcare Research (New Zealand) Ltd’s Strategic Science
Advisory Panel.
Research Associate Emeritus of Landcare Research (New Zealand) Ltd
(previously Research Associate, 2003-2013).
From 2013 I took on responsibility for the Co-Directorship of the Centre for
Social and Environmental Accounting Research (having been affiliated with
it since 1991 and having been its Associate Director since 2000).
National appointments:
1999 – 2005
2006 - 2010
Short-listing judge for the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants
sustainable development reporting award scheme (formally the
environmental reporting award scheme).
Chair of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants’ Social and
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2015 onwards
Environmental Accounting Committee. I was a member of this committee
since 1999.
Secretary/Treasurer the Vice-Chair of the Conference of Professors of
Accounting and Finance.
Editorships, editorial boards and refereeing:
2008-2011
2001-2011
2009 onwards
2009 onwards
2010 onwards
Co-editor of the Social and Environmental Accountability Journal (the
journal of the Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research)
taking it to refereed status and transferring it to a publishing house.
Member of the editorial board of The Journal of Applied Accounting
Research.
Member of the Editorial board of Revista de Contabilidad (the Spanish
Accounting Review).
Associate editor of Accounting Forum (on editorial board since 2002).
Associate editor of Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal.
I have also edited/co-edited special issues of European Accounting Review on environmental
and social accounting (2000) and on the accounting implications of carbon markets (2008);
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy journal on risk governance (2006);
Public Money and Management on sustainable development and the public sector (2008);
Accounting Forum on performance measurement for sustainable development (2009);
Management Accounting Research on sustainable development (2013); Social and
Environmental Accountability Journal on engagement with policy processes (2013);
Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal on sustainable development initiatives in
higher education contexts (2014) and Social and Environmental Accountability Journal on
economic democracy (2015).
An ad hoc referee for Accounting, Accountability and Performance; Accounting Education:
An International Journal; Australian Accounting Review; Accounting, Organizations and
Society; British Accounting Review; Chartered Institute of Management Accountants;
Critical Perspectives on Accounting; Ecological Economics; the Economic and Social
Research Council (ESRC); European Accounting Review, Financial Accountability,
Management; Management Accounting Research and Journal of Business Ethics.
Visiting posts:
2001
2003
2004
2006
2003-2006
2010-2013
2015
Visiting Professor at the University of Burgos, Spain.
Visiting Professor at the University of Zaragoza, Spain.
Visiting Professor at Macquarie University, Sydney Australia.
Visiting Professor at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Visiting Professor at the University of Northumbria.
Visiting Professor at the University of Newcastle.
Visiting Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London.
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Broader industry and political engagement:
2008-2012
2013 onwards
Member of FirstGroup’s external corporate social responsibility advisory
committee.
Member of Scottish and Southern Energy’s Sustainable Development Fund
panel.
I regularly give evidence to Scottish and United Kingdom parliamentary committees on a
variety of topics such as: measuring wellbeing and carbon accounting/accountability.
Likewise, I have ad hoc engagements around issues of sustainability accounting with
companies who are grappling with measurement issues.
TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES:
I have undertaken a full spectrum of administrative duties related to teaching and research as
well as University level administration roles during my time in academia. In 2012-13 I was
awarded a University of St Andrews teaching excellence award for my work on MN5001
(Contemporary Global Issues in Management).
University of St Andrews teaching duties:
Current teaching (2015-16 academic year)
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MN4100 - Contemporary Issues in Management (a capstone module in the honours
programme, core for all single and joint honours students)
Past teaching topics
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Contemporary Global Issues in Management (core post-graduate module, designed and
this award winning module); Managing Natural Resource (post-graduate option);
Sustainable Development and Management (honours option); Responsibility
Sustainability and Accountability in Organisations (post-graduate option); Contemporary
Conceptual Issues in Management (post-graduate core module); and various topics on the
Sustainable Development degrees at the University of St Andrews.
Current administrative duties:
School
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Co-Chair of the Staff Council
Co-Lead on the REF 2020 process for the School of Management
University
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Sustainable Development working group
Past administration (School and University)
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Co-Head of School, School of Management (May 2010 to August 2013). This was a
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senior academic post where I had responsibility for the smooth operation of a school of
approximately 45 staff and a turnover of £7 million. I dealt with all aspects of human
resources, finance and operational matters as well as providing intellectual leadership
along with other professorial colleagues.
Director of the St Andrews Sustainability Institute (founding Director and led the Institute
from 2007 to 2016). This is an interdisciplinary institute within the University of St
Andrews focusing on facilitating research and post-graduate education in sustainable
development.
Deputy and then Co-Director of the Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting
Research from 2004 to 2016. During this period I worked with an editorial team to take
the Centres journal to refereed status and then to an external publisher. I was also the coeditor of the journal from 2008 to 2011.
Director of Teaching for the School of Management and member of the School
Management Committee (2004 - 2006).
Programme co-ordinator for the post graduate Sustainable Development degree (2010-11
and 2011-12). I also played a key role in developing the programme in 2009.
Short listing Judge of the St Andrews Prize for the Environment (see
http://www.thestandrewsprize.com/) (2004 – 2007 and 2009).
Member of a University level gender equality review team at the University of St
Andrews (2004-2005).
Other related responsibilities:
External examiner at the University of Napier (1998-2000), the University of Glasgow (20002003), the University of Strathclyde (2002-2005), Keele University (2003-2007), University
of York (2004-2008), the University of Edinburgh (2008- 2013); Hull University (20132016); and University of Dundee (from 2016).
PhD examiner of 17 dissertations for the University of Wollongong (2000), University of
Aberdeen (2001, 2002, 2010), University of Adelaide (2002 & 2006), Dundee University
(2005), University of Glasgow (2006), University of Amsterdam (2010), University of
Auckland (2011), University of London: Royal Holloway (2011); Macquarie University
(2013), University of Sydney (2013), University of Edinburgh (2014); Strathclyde University
(2015); University of Manchester (2016); and London School of Economics (2016).
RESEARCH STUDENTS:
Current PhD students
1. Rod Bain – Role of community woodlands and woodland craft practices in creating
resilience.
2. Rhona McLaren – Community benefit schemes and renewable energy
Completed PhD students
1. Radhi Al-Hamadeen (2007). Assurance of Corporate Stand-alone Reporting: Evidence
from the UK.
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2. Thereza Raquel Sales de Aguiar (2009).
emissions: A UK study.
Corporate disclosure of greenhouse gas
3. Jane Gibbon (2009). Enacting social accounting with a community enterprise: actualising
hermeneutic conversation.
4. Michael Fraser (2010). Social accounting technologies and organisational change: An
exploration of the sustainability assessment model.
5. Nick Barter (2011). Pursuing sustainability: an exploratory study of organisations that
have environmental missions.
6. Osamuyimen Egbon (2014).
Nigerian oil and gas industry.
An exploration of accountability: evidence from the
7. Svenja Meyerricks (2015). Community projects as liminal spaces for climate action and
sustainability practices in Scotland. This was an ESRC/Scottish Government funded
studentship.
8. Lucy Wishart (2015). A resourceful aspiration: understanding the governmentality of the
zero waste in Scotland.
9. Alex Gnanapragasam (2016). Towards a holistic understand of sustainability action: a life
history approach.
PUBLICATIONS:
Refereed journal papers:
1. Hasseldine, D. J. and Bebbington, J. (1991) "Blending Economic Deterrence and Fiscal
Psychology Models in the Design of Responses to Tax Evasion: The New Zealand
Experience" Journal of Economic Psychology (12) (pp 299-324).
2. Bebbington, J. and Hasseldine, D. J. (1991) "New Zealand Controlled Foreign Company
Legislation" Bulletin for International Fiscal Documentation Vol 45(3) (pp 112-117).
3. Bebbington, J. (1991) "Antitrust Aspects of the Health Care Industry: Past, Present and
Potential Applications in New Zealand" Competition Review: Current Issues in New
Zealand Competition and Consumer Law Vol 4 (pp 44-60).
4. Christophe, B. and Bebbington, J. (1992) "Human Resource Accounting in France: A
model for the Development of Accounting for the Environment" British Accounting
Review Vol 24(3) September (pp 281-290).
5. Bebbington, J. and Gray, R. (1993) "Corporate Accountability and the Physical
Environment: Social Responsibility and Accounting Beyond Profit" Business Strategy
and the Environment Vol 2(2) (pp 1-11).
6. Gray, R., Bebbington, J. and McPhail, K. (1994) "Teaching Ethics in Accounting and the
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Ethics of Accounting Teaching: Education for Immorality and the Case for Social and
Environmental Accounting Education" Accounting Education Vol 3(1) (pp 51-75). This
paper was awarded the British Accounting Association Education Special Interest Group
Manuscript Prize for 1994.
a. Reprinted in McPhail, K (2012) Accounting Ethics. (Sage: London).
b. Reprinted in Wilson R.M.S. (2013) Accounting Education: Prize Winning
Contributions. (Routledge: London)
7. Bebbington, J., Gray, R., Thomson, I. and Walters, D., (1994) "Accountants' Attitudes
and Environmentally-sensitive Accounting" Accounting and Business Research Vol
24(94) (pp 109-120).
8. Gray, R., Walters, D., Bebbington, J. and Thomson, I., (1995) "The greening of
enterprise: An exploration of the (non) role of environmental accounting and
environmental accountants in organisational change" Critical Perspectives on Accounting
Vol 6(3) (pp. 211-239).
a. Reprinted in Gray, R., Bebbington, J., and Gray, S., (2010), Social and
Environmental Accounting (Vols II, pp. 125-156), (Sage: London).
9. Bebbington, J., (1995) "Teaching Social and Environmental Accounting: A Review
Essay" Accounting Forum Vol 19(2/3) (pp 263-274).
10. Bebbington, J., Thomson, I. and Wall D., (1997) "Accounting Students and Constructed
Gender: An exploration of gender in the context of accounting degree choices" Journal of
Accounting Education, Vol. 15(2) (pp 241-267).
11. Bebbington, J., (1997) "Engagement, Education and Sustainability: a review essay on
environmental accounting" Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal Vol 10(3)
(pp 365-381).
12. Owen, D., Gray, R. and Bebbington, J., (1997) "Green Accounting: Cosmetic Irrelevance
or Radical Agenda for Change?" Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting Vol 4(2) (pp 175198).
13. Bebbington, J., Gray, R. and Owen, D., (1999) "Seeing the wood for the trees: taking the
pulse of social and environmental accounting" Accounting, Auditing and Accountability
Journal Vol 12(1) (pp. 47-51).
14. Bebbington, J., Gray, R. and Larrinaga, C., (2000) “Editorial: environmental and social
accounting in Europe”, European Accounting Review, Vol. 9(1), (pp. 3-6).
15. Gray, R. and Bebbington, J., (2000) "Environmental accounting, managerialism and
sustainability" Advances in Environmental Accounting and Management, Vol 1, (pp. 144).
a. Reprinted in Gray, R., Bebbington, J., and Gray, S., (2010), Social and
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Environmental Accounting (Vols III, pp. 207-426), (Sage: London).
16. Larrinaga, C. and Bebbington, J., (2001) "Environmental Accounting Practices Organisational Change or Institutional Appropriation" Critical Perspectives on
Accounting, Vol 12(3), (pp. 269-292).
17. Bebbington, J., (2001) “Sustainable development: a review of the international
development, business and accounting literature” Accounting Forum, Vol 25(2), (pp. 128157).
a. This paper has been translated into Italian in 2006 in Impresa E Responsabilita
Sociale, pp. 206-235.
18. Bebbington, J. and Gray, R. (2001) "An Account of Sustainability: Failure, Success and a
Reconceptualisation" Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 12(5), (pp.557-605).
a. Reprinted in Gray, R., Bebbington, J., and Gray, S., (2010), Social and
Environmental Accounting (Vols IV, pp. 3-36), (Sage: London).
19. Bebbington, J. and Thomson, I. (2001), “Commentary on: Some thoughts on social and
environmental accounting education”, Accounting Education: An international journal,
10(4), (pp.353-355).
20. Thomson, I and Bebbington J., (2004), “It Doesn’t Matter What You Teach?”, Critical
Perspectives on Accounting, 15(4/5), pp. 609-628.
21. Thomson, I and Bebbington J., (2005), “Social and environmental reporting in the UK: a
pedagogic evaluation”, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 16(5), pp. 507-533.
22. Gray, R., Bebbington J. and Collison, D., (2006), “NGOs, Civil Society and
Accountability: Making the People Accountable to Capital”, Accounting, Auditing and
Accountability Journal, 19(3), pp. 319-348.
23. Bebbington, J. and Thomson, I., (2007), “Social and environmental accounting, auditing
and reporting: a potential source of organizational risk governance?”, Environment and
Planning C: Government and Policy, 25(1), pp. 38-55.
24. Gouldson, A., and Bebbington, J., (2007), “Corporations and the governance of
environmental risk”, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 25(1), pp. 420.
25. Bebbington, J., and Dillard, J., (2007), “What really counts”, Accounting Forum, 31(1),
pp. 99-105.
26. Bebbington, J., Brown, J., and Frame, B. (2007), “Accounting technologies and
sustainability assessment models”, Ecological Economics, 61(2-3), pp. 224-236.
27. Bebbington, J., Brown, J., Frame, B., and Thomson, I., (2007), “Theorizing engagement:
the potential of a critical dialogic approach”, Accounting, Auditing and Accountability
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Journal 20(3), pp. 356-381.
a. Reprinted in Gray, R., Bebbington, J., and Gray, S., (2010), Social and
Environmental Accounting (Vols IV, pp. 91-118), (Sage: London).
28. Bebbington, J., Larrinaga-Gonzalez, C., and Moneva, J. (2008), “Corporate Social
Reporting and Reputation Risk Management”, Accounting, Auditing and Accountability
Journal, 21(3), pp. 337-361.
29. Bebbington, J., Larrinaga-Gonzalez, C., and Moneva, J. (2008), “Legitimising
reputation/the Reputation of Legitimacy Theory”, Accounting, Auditing and
Accountability Journal, 21(3), pp. 371-374.
30. Bebbington, J., and Larrinaga-Gonzalez, C. (2008), “Carbon trading: accounting and
reporting issues”, European Accounting Review, 17(4), pp. 697-717.
a. Reprinted in Gray, R., Bebbington, J., and Gray, S., (2010), Social and
Environmental Accounting (Vols IV, pp. 311-332), (Sage: London).
31. Ball, A., and Bebbington, J., (2008), “Accounting and Reporting for Sustainable
Development in Public Service Organisations: issues and emerging directions”, Public
Money and Management, 28(6), pp. 323-325.
32. Bebbington, J., Higgins, C., and Frame, B., (2009), “Initiating sustainable development
reporting: Evidence from New Zealand”, Accounting, Auditing and Accountability
Journal, 22(4), pp. 588-625.
33. Bebbington, J., (2009), “Measuring sustainable development performance: possibilities
and issues”, Accounting Forum, 33(3), pp. 189-193.
a. Reprinted in Corporate Social Responsibility: A Research Handbook, eds
Haynes, K., Murray, A., and Dillard, J.
34. Xing, Y., Horner, M., El-Haram, M., and Bebbington, J., (2009), “A framework model
for assessing sustainability impacts of urban development”, Accounting Forum, 33(3), pp.
209-224.
35. Ferraro, E., White, R., Cox, E., Bebbington, J., and Wilson, S., (2011) “Craft and
sustainable development: reflections on Scottish craft” Craft + Design Inquiry, Vol 3, pp.
1-26.
36. Bebbington, J., Kirk, E., and Larrinaga-Gonzalez, C. (2012) “The Production of
Normativity: A comparison of reporting regimes in Spain and the UK”, Accounting,
Organizations and Society, 37(2), pp. 78-94.
37. Barter, N. and Bebbington, J., (2012) “Environmental Paradigms and Organisations with
an Environmental Mission” International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable
Development, 6(2), pp. 120-145.
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38. Frame, B., and Bebbington, J., (2012) “National sustainable development strategies for
New Zealand and Scotland: A comparison”, International Journal of Sustainable
Development, 15(3), pp. 249-276.
39. Bebbington, J., (2013) “A matter of policy”, Social and Environmental Accountability
Journal, 33(1), pp. 1-4.
40. Barter, N., and Bebbington, J., (2013) “Actor Network Theory and Social and
Environmental Accounting Research”, Social and Environmental Accountability Journal,
33(1), pp. 33-50
41. Lovell, H., Bebbington, J., Larrinaga, C., and Sales de Aguiar, T. (2013), “Putting carbon
markets into practice: a case study of financial accounting in Europe”, Environment and
Planning C, 31(4), pp. 741-757.
42. Bebbington, J. and Thomson, I., (2013), “Sustainable Development, Management and
Accounting: Boundary Crossing”, Management Accounting Research, 24(4), pp. 277283.
43. Godemann, J., Bebbington, J., Herzig, C., and Moon, J. (2014), “Higher Education and
Sustainable Development: exploring possibilities for organisational change”, Accounting,
Auditing and Accountability Journal, 27(2), pp. 218-233.
44. Bebbington, J., and Larrinaga, C. (2014), “Accounting and sustainable development: an
exploration”, Accounting, Organizations and Society, 39 (6), pp. 395-413.
45. Sales De Aguiar, T., and Bebbington, J. (2014), “Disclosure on climate change:
Analysing the UK ETS effects”, Accounting Forum, 38(4), pp. 227-240.
46. Bebbington, J. and Campbell, D. (2015), “Economic democracy: exploring the
ramifications for social and environmental accountants”, Social and Environmental
Accountability Journal, 35(2), pp. 77-85.
Books, chapters and research monographs:
1. Bebbington J. and Gray, R., (1992) "Greener Pricing" in Greener Marketing, Charter, M.
(ed) (KPH Marketing/Sheffield University Press: Hampshire).
2. Gray, R., Bebbington J. and Walters, D., (1993) Accounting and the Environment
(Greening of Accountancy II) (Paul Chapman Publishing: London). This book was
translated into South American Spanish.
3. Gray, R. and Bebbington, J., (1993) "The Global Environment and Economic Choice" in
Environmental Issues: the Response of Industry and Public Authorities D. K. Adams (ed)
(Ryburn Publishing: Halifax), pp 21-35.
4. Gray, R., Laughlin, R. and Bebbington, J., (1996) Financial Accounting: Method and
Meaning (Text, Students' Workbook and Teachers' Manual) Second Edition. (Thomson
International Publishing: Berkshire). This book formed part of the basis for the awarding
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of the 1997 Honorary Graduates' Award for Innovative Teaching at the University of
Dundee.
5. Bebbington, J. and Thomson, I., (1996) Business Conceptions of Sustainable
Development and the Implications for Accountancy (ACCA Research Report: London).
6. Gray, R. and Bebbington, J., (1996) Incentives and disincentives for the adoption of
sustainable development by transnational corporations (UNCTAD Report
TD/B/ITNC/AC1/3: Geneva).
7. Gray, R., Bebbington, J., and Collison, D., (1997) "Environmental and social accounting
and reporting" in Financial Reporting Today (Institute of Chartered Accountants in
England and Wales: London).
8. Gray, R., Bebbington, J., Collison, D., Kouhy, R., Lyon, B., Reid, C., Russell A. and
Stevenson, L., (1998) The Valuation of Assets and Liabilities: Environmental law and the
impact of the environmental agenda for business (Institute of Chartered Accountants of
Scotland: Edinburgh).
9. Bebbington, J., (2000) “Sustainable development, business and accounting: does it add
up?” in Readings from the 1999 Annual CGA Accounting Research Centre, University of
Ottawa (CGA Accounting Research Centre: Ottawa).
10. Gray, R. and Bebbington, J., (2001) Accounting for the Environment (2nd Edition) (Sage:
London). This book was translated into Chinese (in 2004) and Spanish (in 2009).
11. Bebbington, J., Gray, R. and Laughlin, R., (2001) Financial Accounting: Practice and
Principles (third edition – formally was Financial Accounting: Method and Meaning)
(Thomson Learning: London). Textbook, Students’ Workbook and Teachers’ Manual.
12. Bebbington, J., Gray, R., Hibbitt C. and Kirk, E., (2001) Full cost accounting: an agenda
for action (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants: London).
13. Bebbington, J., (2001), “An overview of accounting for externalities” in Advances in
Environmental Accounting, pp. 19-27, (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants:
London).
14. Bebbington, J., (2001), “Sustainability assessment modelling at BP” in Advances in
Environmental Accounting, pp. 56-66, (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants:
London).
15. Bebbington, J., and MacGregor, B. (2003), Modeling and Accounting for Sustainable
Development, (RICS Foundation: London).
16. Baxter, T., Bebbington J., and Cutteridge, D. (2004) “Sustainability Assessment Model:
Modelling Economic, Resource, Environmental and Social Flows of a Project”, in The
Triple Bottom Line: does it all add up? ), pp.113-120, (Earthscan: London).
17. Helliar, C. and Bebbington, J., Eds. (2004), Taking Ethics to Heart, (Institute of
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Chartered Accountants of Scotland: Edinburgh).
18. Gray, R. and Bebbington, J., (2007), “Corporate Sustainability, Accountability and the
Pursuit of the Impossible Dream”, in Handbook of Sustainable Development (Atkinson,
G., Dietz, and Numeyer Eds).
19. Unerman, J., Bebbington, J., and O’Dwyer, B., Eds., (2007), Sustainability Accounting
and Accountability, (Routledge: London).
20. Bebbington, J., (2007), “Changing organisational attitudes and culture through
sustainability accounting”, chapter in (Unerman, J., Bebbington, J., and O’Dwyer, B.)
Sustainability Accounting and Accountability, (Routledge: London), pp. 226-242.
21. Unerman, J., Bebbington, J., and O’Dwyer, B., (2007), “Introduction”, chapter in
(Unerman, J., Bebbington, J., and O’Dwyer, B.) Sustainability Accounting and
Accountability, (Routledge: London), pp. 1-16.
22. Bebbington, J., O’Dwyer, B., and Unerman, J., (2007), “Postscript and conclusions”,
chapter in (Unerman, J., Bebbington, J., and O’Dwyer, B.) Sustainability Accounting and
Accountability, (Routledge: London), pp. 345-349.
23. Bebbington, J., (2007), Accounting for Sustainable Development Performance (Elsevier:
London).
24. Bebbington, J., and Dillard, J., (2008), “Social sustainability: an organizational level
analysis” chapter in (Dillard, J., Dujon, V., and King M.) Understanding the Social
Dimension of Sustainability (Routledge: New York), pp. 157-173.
25. Bebbington, J. (2009), “An introduction to climate change and its implications”, in A
sustainable future for the UK, (Public Management and Policy Association: London).
26. Nijnik, M., Bebbington, J., Pajot, G., and Slee, B., (2009), “Forestry and Climate Change:
a Socio-Economic Perspective”, in Combating Climate Change - a role for UK forests; a
national assessment of the potential of trees and woodlands to contribute to the UK
response to climate change (The Stationery Office: London), pp. 201-208.
27. Frame, B. and Bebbington, J., (2009), “National Sustainable Development Strategies”, in
Hatched: The capacity for Sustainable Development, (eds) Frame, B., Gordon, R., and
Mortimer, C., (Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd: Lincoln).
28. Gray, R., Bebbington, J., and Gray, S., (2010), Social and Environmental Accounting
(Vols I – IV), (Sage: London).
29. Barter, N., and Bebbington, J., (2010) Business and Environmental Sustainability
(Association of Chartered Certified Accountants: London).
30. Lovell, H., Aguiar, T., Bebbington, J., and Larrinaga-Gonzalez, C., (2010), Accounting
for Carbon (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants: London).
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31. Bebbington, J., and Barter, N., (2011), Strategic Responses to Global Climate Change: A
UK analysis (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants: London).
32. Bebbington, J. (2011), “Climate Choices”, Excellence in Leadership, 3, pp.34-35.
33. Contrafatto, M., and Bebbington, J., (2012), “Developing techniques for stewardship: A
Scottish study” in Accounting for Social Value (Mook, L. ed) (University of Toronto
Press: Toronto).
34. Bebbington, J., Unerman, J., and O’Dwyer, B., Eds., (2014), Sustainability Accounting
and Accountability, 2nd edition (Routledge: London).
35. Bebbington, J., Unerman, J., and O’Dwyer, B., (2014), “Introduction to Sustainability
Accounting and Accountability”, pp.3-14, chapter in Bebbington, J., Unerman, J., and
O’Dwyer, B. eds Sustainability Accounting and Accountability, 2nd edition (Routledge:
London).
36. Bebbington, J., Unerman, J., and O’Dwyer, B., (2014), “Drawing to a Close and Future
Horizons”, pp.286-289, chapter in Bebbington, J., Unerman, J., and O’Dwyer, B. eds
Sustainability Accounting and Accountability, 2nd edition (Routledge: London).
37. Bebbington, J., & Fraser, M. (2014), “Organizational Change and Sustainablity
Accounting”, pp.141-153, chapter in Bebbington, J., Unerman, J., and O’Dwyer, B. eds
Sustainability Accounting and Accountability, 2nd edition (Routledge: London).
38. Bebbington, J., and Larringa, C. (2014), “Accounting and Global Climate Change
Issues”, pp.199-212, chapter in Bebbington, J., Unerman, J., and O’Dwyer, B. eds
Sustainability Accounting and Accountability, 2nd edition (Routledge: London).
39. Bebbington, J., Larrinaga, C., Russell, S., and Stevenson, L., (2015), “Organizational,
management and accounting perspectives on biodiversity”, pp.213-239, chapter in
Gasparatos, A., and Willis, K. eds, Biodiversity in the Green Economy, (Routledge:
London).
40. Bebbington, J. (2016), “The St Andrews Sustainability Institute: Fostering sustainability
in a cold climate”, chapter in Papa, R., and Saiti, A., eds, Building for a Sustainable
Future in Education: Brick by Brick, (Springer).
Other papers:
1. Bebbington, J. and Gray, R., (1990) "The Greening of Accountancy - Accounting for a
Better Environment" Accountants Journal, Vol 69(8) September (pp 17-20).
2. Bebbington, J. and Gray, R., (1992) "Where have all the Accountants Gone? Accountancy
Vol 109 (1183) March (pp 28-29).
3. Bebbington, J. (1993) "The European Community Fifth Action Plan; Towards
Sustainability" Social and Environmental Accounting, Vol 13(1) (pp 9-11).
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4. Bebbington, J. (1993) "The European Community: Towards Sustainability" Accountants
Journal Vol 72(7) August (pp 59-60).
5. Bebbington, J. (1993) "Coming Clean: Corporate Environmental Reporting" Social and
Environmental Accounting Vol 13(2) (pp 13-14).
6. Bebbington, J. and Gray, R., (1994) "Sustainability and Accountancy" The Environment
Council Handbook March (pp 16-17).
7. Gray, R. and Bebbington, J. (1994) "Taking Rio Forward: UK Strategy for Sustainable
Development" Integrated Environmental Management Vol 28 (pp 2-3).
8. Gray, R. and Bebbington, J. (1995) "Accounting for profit or sustainability" World
Statesman March (pp 66-68).
9. Bebbington, J. and Tan, J., (1996) "Accounting for Sustainability" Chartered Accountants
Journal of New Zealand, 75(6) (pp 75-76).
10. Bebbington, J. (1996) "Does Business Understand?" Environmental Excellence,
December, (pp 44-47).
11. Bebbington, J. and Tan, J., (1997) "Landcare Research and Accounting for Sustainability"
Chartered Accountants Journal of New Zealand, Vol 76(1) (pp 37-40).
12. Bebbington, J. (1999), “Compulsory environmental reporting in Denmark: An
evaluation”, Social and Environmental Accounting Journal, Vol. 19(2) (pp. 2-4).
13. Bebbington, J. (1999), “The GRI sustainability reporting conference and guidelines”
Social and Environmental Accounting Journal, Vol. 19(2) (pp. 8-11).
14. Bebbington, J. (2001), “Local Exchange Trading Systems (LETS): An Introduction”,
Social and Environmental Accounting Journal, 21(1), (pp. 12-18).
15. Bebbington, J., Collison, D. and Gray, R., (2001) “Social and environmental accounting
and reporting”, in the International Encyclopaedia of Business and Management, pp.
5959-5966 (Thomson Learning: London).
16. Baxter, T., Bebbington, J. and Cutteridge, D. (2002), “The Sustainability Assessment
Model (SAM)”, Proceedings of the SPE International Conference on Health, Safety and
Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production (March 20-22nd 2002,
Malaysia).
17. Bebbington, J., Gray, R., Hibbitt C. and Kirk, E., (2002), “Full cost accounting –
principles and practices”, Accounting and Business, January, pp.46-47.
18. Bebbington, J., and Frame, B. (2003), “Moving for SDR to SAM”, Chartered
Accountants Journal of New Zealand, 82(7), pp.11-13.
19. Baxter, T., Bebbington, J. and Cutteridge, D. and Harvey, G. (2003) “The Sustainability
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Assessment Model (SAM): Measuring Sustainable Development Performance”
Proceedings of Offshore Europe (September 2-5, Aberdeen, UK).
20. Bebbington, J., Kirk, E., and Larrinaga, C., (2003), “A Regime Theory Perspective on
Regulating
Environmental
Reporting”,
Accountability
Quarterly,
second
quarter/September 2003, pp.15-19.
21. Bebbington, J., (2003), “Report on the CARR and CSEAR Joint Workshop on
Environmental Risk Management”, Social and Environmental Accounting Journal,
Vol.23(2), pp. 10-12.
22. Bebbington, J., (2004), “Governance from the perspective of social/environmental
accounting”, Social and Environmental Accounting Journal, Vol.24(2), pp. 15-18. A
summary of this paper/talk was also the basis for the cover story in The Director:
Governance in Action, November 2004 pp. 7-10.
23. Bebbington, J., (2006), “Full Cost Accounting: Revealing the ‘True’ Cost of Business”,
Leading Perspectives, spring, pp. 14-15.
24. Bebbington, J., (2007), “The Role of Sustainable Development in Effective
Management”, The Exwin Collection, May 2007, p. 23.
25. Bebbington, J., and Unerman, J. (2007), “Introducing and Imagining a New Literature”,
Social and Environmental Accounting Journal, 27(2), pp. 4-7.
26. Bebbington, J., (2008), “Carbon reduction trajectories: the Scottish story”, in Reducing
Carbon Emissions – the View from 2050 (David Hume Institute: Edinburgh). This
generated substantial newspaper coverage world-wide and I also spoke about it on several
radio stations in the UK as well as on Scottish TV.
27. Bebbington, J., (2009), “Cleverer not Bigger”, Scottish Left Review, 53, pp. 14-15.
28. Bebbington, J., (2009), “An introduction to climate change and its implications”, A
Sustainable future for the UK (The Public Management and Policy Association: London).
29. Barter, N., and Bebbington, J., (2009), “Factor 4/10/20/130: A briefing note”, Social and
Environmental Accountability Journal, 29(1), pp. 23-26.
30. Larrinaga, C., Bebbington, J., Aguiar, T., and Lovell, H., (2011), “An asset or a
liability?”, Carbon Finance, May, pp.20-22). This paper was reproduced in 2012 in a
publication called Corporate Climate Risk Disclosure: An executive guide to monitoring
and disclosing climate risk (published by Environmental Finance Publications)
31. Bebbington, J. (2011), “It Matters What Matters to Scotland”, The Geographer, Summer,
pp.9.
Media outputs and engagements
1. "Accounting and the Environment: an Introduction to the Issues", Television Education
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Network, London, July/August 1996, 28 minutes. Supported by "Introduction to
Accounting for the Environment", The Accountants' Educational Channel Study Pack,
July/August 1996, pp3-13. (both with Gray R., and Collison D.)
2. BBC Radio Scotland. Contributed expertise on environmental accounting to a half hour
“Fresh Air” programme on marine energy technology. 2004.
3. ASB Business Breakfast news, July 2004, New Zealand. Speaking on the relevance of
triple bottom line/sustainable development reporting.
4. Film on Accounting for Biodiversity, presented to APIRA conference, July 2010. This
innovation in low carbon intellectual renewal can be viewed at http://www.standrews.ac.uk/sasi/research/researchprojects/biodiversity/.
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