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Shane Leong

  • Title: Doctor
  • Position: Research Fellow - Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance
  • Qualifications: Bachelor of Accounting (Honours), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Contact Details

Areas of Expertise

Social andenvironmental reporting.

Profile

Shane's primary research interest is the social and environmental accounting. He is especially interested in exploring the role social and environmental accounting disclosures can play in advancing sustainability and enhancing corporate accountability. These issues are becoming more important as it is increasingly recognised that society's resources are limited and must be managed appropriately.

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD): Accounting (Macquarie University)
  • Bachelor: Accounting (Honours) (Macquarie University)

Current projects

  • Corporate political donations and accountability.
  • Water disclosure by mine sites and mining companies.
  • Creating a database of journal article summaries.

Publications

journal toggle icon open Refereed Journal Articles

    • Leong, S. and Hazelton, J. (2017), "Improving Corporate Political Donations Disclosure: Lessons from Australia", Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, Vol. 37 No. 3, pp. 190-2012. (ABDC = B)
    • Christopher, J., Leung, P. and Leong, S. (in press) Can Employees Be Used to Overcome Independent Audit Limitations? Australian Accounting Review (ABDC = B, Impact Factor = 0.576).
    • Leong, S., Hazelton, J., Taplin, R., Timms, W. and Laurence, D. (2014), "Mine site-level water reporting in the Macquarie and Lachlan catchments: a study of voluntary and mandatory disclosures and their value for community decision-making", Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 84 No. 1, pp. 94-106. (ERA=A: Impact factor=3.398, cited by 13).
    • Leong, S, Hazelton J and C Townley (2013), “Managing the risks of corporate political donations: A utilitarian perspective”, Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 118 No. 2, pp. 429-445. (ABDC=A, Impact Factor=1.253, cited by 5).

chapters toggle icon open Book Chapters

Soh, D. S. B., Leung, P. and Leong, S. (2015), "The Development of Integrated Reporting and the Role of the Accounting and Auditing Profession", in M. M. Rahim and S. O. Idowu (ed.),Social Audit Regulation: Development, Challenges and Opportunities, Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 33-57. (Cited by 4)

conference toggle icon open Conferences and Presentations

  • Leong, S, and J Hazelton, Ecological Accounts and Change, 26th International Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research, University of St Andrews, Scotland, August, 2014.
  • Leong, S, Hazelton, J, Taplin, R, Timms, W and D Laurence, Australian mining information for community decision-making: site level water disclosures for the Macquarie and Lachlan catchments, Seventh Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference, Kobe, July, 2013.
  • Leong, S, Cummings, L, and J Hazelton, Accountability and the Australian federal political donation and expenditure regime, Second French Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting, May 2013.
  • Leong, S, Cummings, L, and J Hazelton, Accountability and the Australian federal political donation and expenditure regime, Tenth Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research, Launceston, December 2011.
  • Leong, S and J Hazelton Accountability via central database regimes in the context of NSW political donations, Ninth Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research, Albury, December 2010.
  • Leong, S and J Hazelton, Complementing TBL reports with central database disclosure regimes, Seventh Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research, Adelaide, December 2008.
  • Leong, S and J Hazelton, Accountability via central database regimes in the context of NSW political donations, Sixth Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference, Sydney, July 2010.
  • Leong, S and J Hazelton, The central database approach: An Alternative to TBL reporting, Critical Perspectives on Accounting Conference, New York, April, 2008