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Dr Achinto Roy

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Position

Senior Lecturer

Faculty

Faculty of Business and Law

Department

Deakin Business School

Campus

Melbourne Burwood Campus

Qualifications

Graduate Certificate of Higher Education, Deakin University, 2011
Doctor of Philosophy in Management, University of Canterbury (NZ), 2006
Master of Commerce, University of Canterbury (NZ), 2002
Bachelor of Commerce (Honours), University of Canterbury (NZ), 2000
Bachelor of Commerce, University of Bombay, 1982

Biography

Dr Achinto Roy is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management at Deakin Business School. He holds a PhD in Management from University of Canterbury (NZ) and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand. His publications include articles in highly ranked journals such as Business Ethics Quarterly, Business History and Studies in Higher Education. His research interests are in the areas of corruption in international business using lenses of ethics and strategy, and International mobility studies of students, academics and institutions.

In 2021, he authored a report on Trade Development between India and Australia published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), New Delhi.  The Report is used as a resource by the ICAI and the CA Club of India.

Achinto is a pro bono member of the ICAI Doctoral Scholarship Committee (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, New Delhi). He has held other pro bono positions by invitation on the Board of Studies for PhD at the Sardar Patel University of Police, Security and Criminal Justice and as visiting faculty at the Hanoi Business School, Vietnam National University. 

Achinto has a track record of achieving excellent student ratings in all modes of teaching including MBA residential programs and executive education and is highly focused on student engagement. He has organised a number of student global mobility and exchange programs with institutions in France, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Sweden and Vietnam. He has held a number of service roles at Deakin such as Director International- Department of Management, Dean's Envoy for Internationalisation, Chair of the Faculty Human Ethics Group, Member of University Ethics Committee and Member of Faculty Academic Board. 

Achinto possesses over 35 years of business, professional consulting and investment experience as a Chartered Accountant spanning different countries.He has held board memberships of closely held companies, trusts and education institutions in India, NZ, Middle East and Australia. 

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Research interests

  • Corruption in international business from the lens of ethics and strategy.
  • International mobility studies of students, academics and institutions.

Affiliations

  • Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand.
  • Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
  • Member, Australasian Business Ethics Network.

Teaching interests

  • Business Ethics 
  • Global Strategy
  • Ethical Decision-making

Units taught

  • MMH733- Ethics and Sustainability (MBA)
  • MMM343- Business Ethics
  • MMM279- Creating and Managing Social Enterprises
  • IPA 701- Managing Growth of SMEs (MBA)
  • MBA711 - Accounting & Analysis for Managers (MBA)
  • MPA751- Financial Reporting and Analysis
  • MMM306 - Global Strategy and International Management
  • MMM365- Strategic Management 
  • MMM241 - Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • MMM240 - Organisational Behaviour
  • MMH230- Strategic Human Resource Management
  • MMM262- Understanding Organisations
  • MMM382- International Business
  • MMM 132 - Principles of Management

Knowledge areas

  • Corruption in International Business and Society
  • Business Ethics
  • Corporate Governance
  • Internationalisation and mobility of students, academics and institutions

Expertise

Corruption in Business and Society; Corruption-related Decision-making for managers; Business Ethics, Strategy, Internationalisation and student mobility
  • Management

Conferences

Recent International conferences and presentations:

2022- Understanding ‘Economic Cooperation & Trade Agreement (ECTA)’ between Indian and Australia in light of my published study on ‘How Indian Companies can play a pivotal role in the supply chain to Australia?’ Delivered at the Institute of CA's of India, June 2022. 

2021 - Delivered a Professional Education program on Research Design and Research Structure at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, June 2021.

2021 - Presentation on Trade Development between Australia and India at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, January 2021.

Professional activities

Media appearances

  • Business and Diaspora History of Armenians, The Telegraph India,  India, 8 April 2018. 
  • Combating a culture of kickbacks, Risk, p. 14, LexisNexis Butterworths, Chatswood, N.S.W. [M.1], 2010.
  • 'When is a gift really a bribe?', The Drum, ABC News, Australia, 2010. 
     

Awards

  • International Research Award 2022 from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
  • Vice Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Global Experience, 2018. 
  • Faculty Staff Award, Outstanding Contribution to our Students, Staff, Alumni and Friends, 2014.
  • Teaching Fellowship, Linnaeus University, Sweden, 2013.

Publications

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2023

Ethical Culture in Organizations: A Review and Agenda for Future Research

Achinto Roy, Alexander Newman, Heather Round, Sukanto Bhattacharya

(2023), pp. 1-42, Business Ethics Quarterly, Bowling Green, Ohio, C1

journal article
2022

Antecedents of short-term international mobility programs: a systematic review and agenda for future research

A Roy, A Newman, R Lahiri-Roy

(2022), pp. 1-14, Globalisation, Societies and Education, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Bank ties, institutional pressures, and capital structure of Vietnamese SMEs

V Ngo, T Nguyen, A Roy

(2022), Vol. 28, pp. 1489-1507, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, C1

journal article
2021

How Indian companies can play a pivotal role in the supply chain to Australia?

Achinto Roy

(2021), pp. 1-65, How Indian Companies can play a pivotal role in the supply chain to Australia?, New Delhi, India, A6

research report/technical paper
2020

Entrepreneurial relationship marketing in 19th century India-The case of railway contractor Joseph Stephens

S Lagrosen, A Roy

(2020), Business History, C1

journal article
2019

Outcomes of international student mobility programs: a systematic review and agenda for future research

A Roy, A Newman, T Ellenberger, A Pyman

(2019), Vol. 44, pp. 1630-1644, Studies in higher education, Abingdon, Eng., C1

journal article
2017

The Armenian diaspora's Calcutta connection

A Roy, R Roy

(2017), Vol. 10, pp. 137-151, Diaspora studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1

journal article

Ethical climates in organizations: a review and research agenda

A Newman, H Round, S Bhattacharya, A Roy

(2017), Vol. 27, pp. 475-512, Business ethics quarterly, Cambridge, Eng., C1

journal article
2014

Uneasy alliances: Traditional dynamics in women's relationships in urban Hindu society (1910-2010)

R Lahiri-Roy, A Roy

(2014), Vol. 8, pp. 1-14, International journal of interdisciplinary civic and political studies, Champaign, Ill., C1

journal article

Air Asia: what has made it Asia's largest budget airline?

A Roy

(2014), Vol. 10, pp. 28-32, Academy of Taiwan business management review, Taichung City, Taiwan, C1

journal article
2013

An Institution based insight into India's Tea Industry

A Roy

(2013), Vol. 9, pp. 20-24, Academy of Taiwan Business Management Review, Taiwan, C1

journal article
2012

A comparative study of Indian entrepreneurs in Christchurch, New Zealand and Melbourne, Australia

A Roy, R Lahiri-Roy

(2012), Vol. 11, pp. 133-142, International journal of knowledge, culture and change management, Altona, Vic., C1

journal article

Relationship of osmosis : rise of Emirates, the airline and Dubai, the city

A Roy

(2012), Vol. 8, pp. 1-5, Academy of Taiwan business management review, Taichung City, Taiwan, C1

journal article
2011

World's smallest business community : the parsis of India

A Roy, R Lahiri-Roy

(2011), Vol. 6, pp. 183-192, International journal of interdisciplinary social sciences, Altona, Vic., C1

journal article
2010

Enron's Dabhol power project in India

A Roy

(2010), Vol. 5, pp. 188-199, International journal of business and globalisation, Olney, England, C1

journal article

The story of Lijjat : women's entrepreneurship and empowerment in India

A Roy, R Lahiri-Roy

(2010), Vol. 9, pp. 39-47, The International journal of knowledge, culture & change management, Altona, Vic., C1

journal article

Managerial approaches to deal with corruption and bribery in a host country

A Roy

(2010), Vol. 5, pp. 260-272, International journal of business and globalisation, Olney, England, C1

journal article
2009

Defining corruption in business

A Roy

(2009), Vol. 9, pp. 59-70, The international journal of knowledge, culture and change management, Altona, Vic., C1

journal article

Dealing with corruption/bribery in a host country

A Roy

(2009), pp. 1-15, ANZAM 2009 : Sustainable management and marketing, Melbourne, Victoria, E1

conference
2008

Bribes vs. gifts

A Roy

(2008), Vol. 8, pp. 143-152, International journal of knowledge, culture and change management, Altona, Vic., C1

journal article

Bribes vs. gifts

A Roy

(2008), Management 2008 : Abstracts from the 8th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organisations, Cambridge, England, E1-1

conference
2007

Corruption in business : management theory and practice

A Roy

(2007), Vol. 1, pp. 311-327, International journal of business and globalisation, Olney, England, C1-1

journal article

Corruption in business and managerial decision-making

A Roy

(2007), Vol. 5, pp. 35-45, New Zealand journal of applied business research, Christchurch, N.Z., C1-1

journal article

Ethics and self-knowledge in corruption related decision making

A Roy, A Singer

(2007), Vol. 8, pp. 64-74, International journal of management and decision making, Olney, England, C1-1

journal article
2006

Reducing corruption in international business : behavioural, managerial and political approaches

A Roy, A Singer

(2006), Vol. 10, pp. 3-24, Journal of economic & social policy, Canberra, A.C.T., C1-1

journal article

Good governance in corruption-related situations : a CRDM approach

A Roy

(2006), Proceedings of the National Conference on Business Ethics, Mumbai, India, E1-1

conference
2005

Reducing corruption : some individual, organisational and political approaches

A Roy, A Singer

(2005), ANZAM 2005 : Engaging the multiple contexts of management : convergence and divergence of management theory and practice : proceedings of the 19th ANZAM conference, Canberra, A.C.T., E1-1

conference
2004

A CRDM model for multinational business managers

A Roy

(2004), Proceedings of the 8th Annual Waikato Management School Student Research Conference, Waikato, New Zealand, E1-1

conference

Reducing corruption in international business decisions : prospects, frameworks & techniques

A Roy, A Singer

(2004), pp. 1-16, ISBEE 2004 : Proceedings of the third International Society of Business, Economics and Ethics World Congress, Melbourne, Victoria, E1-1

conference

Funded Projects at Deakin

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Supervisions

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