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Assoc Prof Jean Raar

Associate Professor, Accounting

Qualifications:

BBus(Monash), DipEd(VicCollege), MAcc(RMIT), PhD(RMIT)

Professional Associations:

  • Australian Society of Accountants - CPA Status
  • Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
  • Fellow of the Taxation Institute
  • Fellow of the Association of Taxation and Management Accountants
  • Institute of Credit Management
  • Registered Tax Agent
  • National Institute of Accountants, Public Practice
  • The Institute of Certified Management Accountants

Research Areas of Interest & Activities:

  • Environmental Accounting
  • Small Business 
  • Management Accounting
  • Small Business 
  • Accouting Theory
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Publications:

  • Raar J. 2007. "Beyond Ethics: A Community Platform to Secure Moral Integrity", issue of Australian Accounting Review, was submitted CPA Australia as one of the publications recommended to the Professional Accountants in Business Articles of Merit publication.

International Award:

  • 2003 Emerald Literati Award for Outstanding Paper in the Journal of Corporate Communications: An International Journal. This paper resulted from a CPA Research Grant.

Peer reviewed Publications: research category C1:

  • Raar, J. (2008) "The A new philosophy for a contemporary global profession new global accounting community: rationale for dialogue to establish its accountability?" Accepted April, 2008. Critical Perspectives on Accounting Journal.
  • Raar, J. 2007. "Reported social and environmental taxonomies: a longer-term glimpse" Managerial Auditing Journal , Vol. 22, No. 8. pp 840-860.
  • Raar, J. 2006. "A basic user utility preference to reduce uncertainty: a dissent to reporting and asset measurement" Critical Perspectives on Accounting Journal. In press available on website 5 December, 2006.
  • Raar, J. 2006 . "Beyond ethics: a community platform to secure moral integrity" Australian Accounting Review, Special Edition on Ethics. Issue 38, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp 41-50. (Refer above award recommendation).
  • Raar J. 2005. "Corporate Responsibility: moral or mandatory?" Keeping Good Companies (December).
  • Raar, J. 2005. "Financial Reporting for Environmental and Social Responsibility: A Normative Strategic Concept" The ICFAI Journal of Accounting Research, April, pp 7-27.
  • Purnell, A., Raar, J. and Hone P . (2003). "Valuation And Reporting Of Native Fauna In Monetary Terms: Compatibility Between A Market Based System And Natural Resources?" in T. Featherstone and J. Batten (eds) Research in International Business and Finance, special edition on Governance and Social Responsibility.Volume 17 (7), pp. 173-198.
  • Raar, J. (2002). "Environmental Reporting Initiatives Towards Triple-Bottom Line reporting" Corporate Communications: An International Journal. ISSN: 13356-3289. Volume 7 Number 3. August 2002, pp 169-183. (Refer to the Emerald International Literati Club Award)
  • Raar, J ., Smith, E. and Cummings, K. (2000). "Critical Factors Influencing Employment: A study of Small Manufacturing firms in south east Australia", Journal of Enterprising Culture, Vol. 8, No.4, December, 381-410.

Text books:

  • (May 2007). Jackling, B., Raar, J., Wines, G. and Williams, B. (2004). "Accounting - a framework for decision making". For latest edition 4.5 chapters revised, including solutions manual.
  • (May 2007)."Contemporary issues in Accounting", Contributor for Chapter on social and environmental accounting (17,000 words), John Wiley Ltd Publishers.
  • (2004). Jackling, B., Raar, J., Wigg, R, Wines, G. and Williams, B. "Accounting - A framework for decision making". Six chapters on Management Accounting, including solutions manual. McGraw Hill Publishers, Australia.

Citations: A Ranked Journal/s:

  • Cited in Basu K. and Palazzo, G. (2008) "Corporate Social Responsibility: A process Model of Sensemaking" Academy of Management Review, Vol. 33, No. 1. pp 122-136.

Research Category E1. Conference papers with full paper published in proceedings:

  • Raar, J. 2008. "The new philosophy for a contemporary global profession new global accounting community: rationale for dialogue to establish its accountability?" Critical Perspectives on Accounting Conference, New York April 24-26.
  • Raar, J. 2007. "A new philosophy for a contemporary global profession?" Paper accepted at European Critical Accounting Studies (ECAS) Glasgow, July.
  • Raar, J. 2006. "Annual Reports: a mechanism to signal sustainable performance?" AFAANZ, Wellington, July
  • Raar, J. 2006. "Trust and measurement: a basic user utility preference to support professional integrity" 5th One day Symposium on Accountability, Governance and Performance: Achieving Excellence. 17 February.
  • Raar, J. 2004. "Environmental and Social Responsibility: A Normative Financial Reporting Concept" presented at the Fourth Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting (APIRA 2004), Conference, Singapore 4-6 July.
  • Raar, J. 2004. "The Accounting profession: A Religious and Community Platform for Change" presented at the Fourth Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting (APIRA 2004), Conference, Singapore 4-6 July.
  • Raar, J. 2004. Financial Reporting for Environmental and Social Responsibility: A Normative Strategic concept". Paper presented at the Corporate Governance and Reporting Conference, California State University, Los Angeles USA, January.
  • Raar, J. (2004 ). A later version of the abovementioned paper was presented at the 12th International Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research, at Macquarie University, Sydney, April.
  • Purnell, A., Raar, J. and Hone, P. ( 2002). "Valuation and Presentation of Biological Assets: Application of AASB 1037 by Earth Sanctuaries Limited". Paper presented at the 11th International Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research (The CSEAR Summer School) Sponsored by CPA Australia 14-16 April.
  • Raar, J., Hone, P, and Purnell, A ( 2001). The Valuation of Native Wildlife and AASB1037:The Case of Earth Sanctuaries Limited. Conference on Governance and corporate Social Responsibility in the New Millennium, Deakin University 26-27 November. Published in proceedings.
  • Raar, J. (2001). "Strategy and the Multiplicity of Variables for voluntary Reporting of Environmental and Economic Performance" Governance and corporate Social Responsibilility in the New Millennium, Deakin University 26-27 November.
  • Raar, J. (2001). "Capital Projects: Are Business Managers armed with relevant skills to analyse the elements of financial risk associated with environmental responsibility?" Hawaii Conference on Business, Honolulu, June 14-17.
  • Raar, J. (2001). "Environmental Reporting Initiatives: Toward Triple-Bottom Line reporting or the integration of Financial and Environmental Reporting?" Asian Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference, in Association with the Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Accountability, Adelaide, 2001.
  • Raar, J. (2000). "Financial Risk and Environmental Responsibility: A Challenge to Finance Educators?" Published in proceedings Finance Educators Conference (FEC) 30 November, 2000, Melbourne.
  • Lawrence, A, and Raar, J., ( 1996). Miller, S., & Preston , N., (ed), "Environmental Management: An Ethical Dilemma" in Proceedings Second Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics, Brisbane, September, 1995. Keon Publications, pp 120-130.

Editorial Board:

  • Journal of Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability Published by the School of Business and Information Management, The Australian National University, Canberra.
  • Editorial/review Panel for Small Business International Journal (SBI) US Based journal from the University of Central Arkansas

Units Convened:

  • LBC 203 Management Accounting
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Jean Raar


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