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Dr Alan Murray B.Acc PhD
Lecturer in Accounting and Corporate Social Responsibility
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Biographical Review
In the time he has been at the Management School, Alan Murray has established a reputation at an international level in the field of Corporate Responsibility, and an important work has recently been published by Oxford University Press (see below). In 2006 he became the founding Chair of the British Academy of Management Special Interest Group (SIG) in CSR and, in association with other members of the SIG, he continues to take a lead in developing and widening the community of researchers and teachers of CR in the UK by organizing conferences and workshops to promote high quality research and teaching in the field.
He played a major part in the recent successful bid for an ESRC Seminar Series on CSR where, in collaboration with colleagues from Cass, York, Lancaster, the ICAEW, and the British Library, envisioned as a series of innovative and provocative debates involving UK professional bodies, government policy representatives and industry leaders from the UK and abroad. Four seminars have already been held, at the British Library in December 2008, at the York Management School in March 2009, at the Cass Business School in June 2009, and at St Andrews University School of Management in September 2009. The next Seminar will be at the Lancaster University Management School on 8 January 2010, and the final seminar will take place at the HQ of the ICAEW on 25 March 2010. For full details and copies of presentations, podcasts, etc, see:
http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpsubject/busmanlaw/mbs/csr/csrseminars.html
His other research interests revolve around capital market engagement with sustainable development. He is currently working with colleagues from the Management School on a suite of research projects looking at business engagement with sustainable development, in the UK, Europe and China.
His other research interests revolve around capital market engagement with sustainable development, and qualitative research methodology. He is currently working with colleagues from the Management School on a suite of research projects looking at business engagement with sustainable development, in the UK, Europe and China.
Alan has been plenary speaker at a number of conferences in the UK, USA, and China.
Through his activities with the British Academy of Management, Alan has been involved in a number of initiatives to combat the shortfalls in capacity in the Management and Business Sector, and is part of a cross Academy initiative which resulted in the constitution of an ESRC Standing Committee on Capacity Building, on which he sits.
He teaches CR modules at Masters level to MBA and MSc classes, and accounting theory at third year undergraduate level. He regularly lectures on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across the UK.
Committee and Representative Responsibilities
- United Nations Global Compact Taskforce on Principles of Responsible Management Education – Member
- ESRC Standing Committee on Capacity Building - member
- Standing Committee of Research Academies in Management - member
- The British Academy of Management Executive Committee
- The British Accounting Association. Executive Committee
- Centre of Social and Environmental Accounting Research (University of St Andrews)
- Chair of the Sub-committee on Financial and Institutional Innovation
External Affiliations
Ashcroft International Business School
Visiting Fellow
With responsibility to inform courses on issues of CR and Sustainable Development
Alan is or has recently been a visiting lecturer at the Cass Business School, City University, on the Modular and Executive MBA programme; and at The York Management School, University of York ,on their third year undergraduate Critical Perspectives on Accounting Module
University of Central Lancashire
External Examiner on MSc and BA Programmes on Sustainable Business
Editorial Board membership
- British Journal of Management
- Issues in Social and Environmental Accounting.
Referee activities
ESRC; ICAS; British Journal of Management; Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal; British Accounting Review; American Accounting Association; plus many book publishers
Recent Publications
Refereed Journals
Do financial markets care about social and environmental disclosure? Further Evidence and Exploration from the UK, (2006) Alan Murray, Donald Sinclair, David Power, Rob Gray. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal Vol 19 (2)
Edited Book Chapters
Hermeneutics(2008) Alan Murray, in Sage Dictionary of Qualitative Management Research, Eds.: R. Thorpe and R. Holt, London: Sage
Leadership and Management Development in Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility (2009, forthcoming) Alan Murray; in The Handbook of Leadership and Management Development; Eds.: J. Gold, R. Thorpe, A. Mumford; Aldershot:Gower
Authored Book
Corporate Responsibility: A Critical Introduction, First Edition (2008) Michael Blowfield and Alan Murray, Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp 450
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-920909-5
Work in Progress
Edited Book Proposal
When Worlds Collide: contested paradigms of corporate social responsibility Edited by Alan Murray, Jesse Dillard, and Kathryn Haynes. (proposal with the publisher).
Collected Essays from ESRC Seminar Series with discussion and comment.
Papers for Conferences and Under Review
The challenges of sustainable development and climate change: the (non)response of business school educators and the potential role of the un prime initiative (2009), Alan Murray. Paper to be presented at the European Business Ethics Network Conference, Bristol.
The challenges of sustainable development and climate change: the (non)response of business school educators and the potential role of the UN PRiME initiative (2009), Alan Murray.
Paper presented at the European Business Ethics Network Conference, Bristol.
Sustainable Development Policy and Small Business Engagement – A Case Study of an Environmental Quality Mark, (2009) Kathryn Haynes, Alan Murray, and Andrew Harper
Paper to be presented at the BAM Conference, Brighton, September 2009
Collaborating to achieve Corporate Social Responsibility?: Possibilities and Problems, (2009) Alan Murray, Kathryn Haynes and Lucian Hudson
Paper to be presented at the Business and Sustainability Conference, Portland State University, November 2009
The Question of Hermeneutics: From Schliermacher to Ricoeur. Exploring epistemological and ontological implications for management researchers. Alan Murray.
Paper to be presented to the QRM Conference Albuquerque 2010.
Deciphering the domain of Corporate Social Responsibility: re-examining the relationship between business and civil society (2008), Jesse Dillard and Alan Murray;
Paper presented at ESRC Seminar, British Library.
Authored Book
Corporate Responsibility: A Critical Introduction, Second Edition (2010 forthcoming) Michael Blowfield and Alan Murray, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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