Barry Cooper

Present Position:
Professor of Accounting

Phone: +61 3 5227 2733
Fax: +61 3 5227 2151
Email: bcooper@deakin.edu.au

Campus:
Deakin University
Waurn Ponds Campus
Geelong Vic 3217
Australia

Academic Qualifications:
Bachelor of Commerce (Melb) (1969) Bachelor of Education (Melb) (1981) Master of Education (Melb) (1985) PhD (RMIT) (2001)

Commenced at Deakin: 23 April, 2007

Research Interests:

Auditing
Professional ethics
Corporate governance
Accounting education

Professional Association/Membership:

Fellow of CPA Australia (FCPA)
Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA)
Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors - Australia
Member of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand

Publications:

Research Books/Monographs (from 2001 onwards)

Philomena Leung, Barry J. Cooper and Peter Robertson, The Role of Internal Audit in Corporate Governance and Management, RMIT University/Institute of Internal Auditors - Australia, January 2004.

Craig Deegan, Barry J. Cooper and Marita Shelly, An investigation of TBL Assurance Report Statements: International Evidence, published on line by CPA Australia, February 2004.

Philomena Leung, Barry J. Cooper, Steve Dellaportas and Beverley Jackling, Approaches to the Development and Maintenance of Professional Values, Ethics and Attitudes in Accounting Education Programs, International Federation of Accountants, August 2006.

Philomena Leung, Barry J. Cooper, Steve Dellaportas, Beverley Jackling and Heather Leslie, Ethics Education and Development for Member Associations of Professions Australia, Professions Australia, Canberra 2006.

Refereed Academic Journal Articles (from 2001 onwards)

Barry J. Cooper, Lynne Chow and Tang Yun Wei, The Development of Auditing Standards and the CPA Profession in China, Managerial Auditing Journal, MCB University Press, Vol. 17, No. 7, 2002.

Philomena Leung and Barry J. Cooper, The Mad Hatter's Corporate Tea Party, Managerial Auditing Journal, MCB University Press, Vol. 18, No. 6/7, 2003.

Barry J. Cooper, The Enigma of the Chinese Learner, Accounting Education: An International Journal, Routledge, UK, Vol. 13, No. 3, September 2004.

Philomena Leung and Barry J. Cooper, Accountants, Ethical Issues and the Corporate Governance Context, Australian Accounting Review, March 2005.

Fraser Dagleish and Barry J. Cooper, Risk Management - Developing a Framework for a Water Authority, Managaement of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Vol. 16, Issue 3, 2005.

Steve Dellaportas, Philomena and Barry J. Cooper, Measuring Moral Judgement using Accounting and Social Dilemmas and the Implication of Cooperative Education, Accounting and Finance, Vol. 46, 2006 (53-70).

Craig Deegan, Barry J. Cooper and Marita Shelly, An Investigation of TBL Report Assurance Statements: Australian Evidence, Australian Accounting Review, July 2006.

Steve Dellaportas, Philomena Leung, Barry J. Cooper and Beverley Jackling, IES 4 - Ethics Education Revisited, Australian Accounting Review, Vol. 9, no. 1, 2006, (4-12).

Craig Deegan, Barry J. Cooper and Marita Shelly, An Investigation of TBL Report Assurance Statements: UK and European Evidence, Managerial Auditing Journal, Vol. 21, No. 4, 2006, (329-371).

Steve Dellaportas, Barry J. Cooper and Peter Braica, Leadership, Culture and Employee Deceit: The Case of the National Australia Bank, forthcoming 2007, Corporate Governance: An International Review.

Barry J. Cooper, Philomena Leung and Grace Wong, The Asia Pacific Literature Review on Internal Auditing, Managerial Auditing Journal, Vol. 21, No. 8, 2006 (822-834).

Beverley Jackling, Barry J. Cooper, Philomena Leung and Steven Dellaportas, Professional Accounting Bodies' Perceptions of Ethical Issues and Causes of Ethical Failure, Managerial Auditing Journal, forthcoming, 2007.

John Goodwin, Barry J. Cooper and Shireenjit Johl, How Prepared Were Australian Firms for International Financial Reporting Standards? Submitted to Australian Accounting Review, March 2007.

Barry J. Cooper, Philomena Leung, Steve Dellaportas, Beverley Jackling and Grace Wong, Ethics Education for Accountancy Students - a Toolkit Approach, Submitted to Accounting Education: An International Journal, April 2007.

Books (from 2001 onwards)

Philomena Leung, Barry J. Cooper, Steve Dellaportas and Beverley Jackling, Ethics Education Toolkit, International Federation of Accountants, 2006.

Philomena Leung, Paul Coram, Barry J. Cooper, Modern Auditing and Assurance Services in Australia, 2nd ed., Wiley and Sons, 2004 and 3rd ed. 2007.

Book Chapters (from 2001 onwards)

Barry J. Cooper, Where Were the Gatekeepers? Corporate Collapses and the Role of Accountants, in Research Book "Ethics and Auditing" edited by Tom Campbell, Professorial Fellow, Centre for Applied Psychology and Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University and Keith Houghton, Director, Australian National Centre for Audit and Assurance Research, Australian National University, 2005.

Conference Papers (from 2001 onwards)

Barry J. Cooper, The Approaches to Learning of Accountancy Students and the Influence of the Learning Context, European Accounting Association Conference, Copenhagen, April 2002.

Barry J. Cooper, The Approaches to Learning of Accountancy Students and the Influence of the Learning Context, AAANZ Conference, Perth, July 2002.

Barry J. Cooper and Beverley Jackling, The Learning Approaches of Accountancy Students in Australian Universities: Some Comparative Evidence, 9th IAAER World Congress of Accounting Educators, Hong Kong, November 2002.

Philomena Leung and Barry J. Cooper, Ethical Issues in the Australian Accounting Profession: Some Empirical Evidence, AFAANZ Conference, Brisbane, July 2003.

Barry J. Cooper, Corporate Collapses in Australia and the Role of Accountants, Ethics and Auditing Workshop, Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, 1-3 December, 2003, Australian National University.

Steve Dellaportas, Philomena Leung and Barry J. Cooper, Measuring Moral Judgment using Accounting and Social Dilemmas, APIRA Conference, Singapore, July 2004.

Craig Deegan, Barry J. Cooper and Marita Shelly, An Investigation of TBL Report Assurance Statements - Some International Evidence, AFAANZ Conference, Alice Springs, July 2004.

Philomena Leung, Barry J. Cooper, Beverley Jackling and Steve Dellaportas, Rebuilding Trust in Accounting - a Case for Harmonisation of Ethics Education? Critical Perspectives in Accounting Conference, New York, April 2005.

Steve Dellaportas, Barry J. Cooper, Philomena Leung and Beverley Jackling, Prescribing Ethics Education for Accountants: the Issues and Challenges, AFAANZ Conference, Melbourne, July 2005.

Craig Deegan, Barry J. Cooper and Marita Shelly, An Investigation of TBL Report Assurance Statements - Some additional international evidence, Critical Perspectives in Accounting Conference, New York, April 2005.

Steve Dellaportas and Barry J. Cooper, Leadership, Culture and Employee Deceit: the Case of the National Australia Bank, AFAANZ Conference, Wellington, 2006.

Barry J. Cooper, Philomena Leung, Beverley Jackling and Steve Dellaportas (2006). Ethical Issues and Education in the Accounting Profession - Some international evidence, 29th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association, Dublin, 22-24 March 2006.

Research Grants(from 2001 onwards)

The Role of Internal Audit in Corporate Governance and Management, Institute of Internal Auditors Inc. Research Foundation, $22,300 (US$12,500); Institute of Internal Auditors - Australia, $5,000; RMIT School of Accounting and Law, $26,700. Total project: $54,000 (with Philomena Leung and Peter Robertson), 2003.

An Investigation of TBL Assurance Report Statements: International Evidence, CPA Australia, $18,180 (with Craig Deegan and Marita Shelly), 2003.

Approaches to the Development and Maintenance of Professional Values and Ethics in Accounting Education, International Federation of Accountants, US$86,000 ($115,000) and additional funding from CPA Australia A$6,000 and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants A$14,000 (with Philomena Leung, Steve Dellaportas and Beverley Jackling), 2004.

A model for the demand and supply of accounting firm services in rural and regional Australia, ARC Linkage grant with CPA Australia, with Colin Ferguson (Melbourne), Graeme Wines, and Beverley Jackling (Deakin), September, 2006, for $60,000 (CPAs) and $228,000 (ARC).

Influences in Accounting Education: The Views of Legitimate Stakeholders, AFAANZ Grant, $5,000 (with Kim Watty), 2005/2005.

Non Audit Services: Do they Impair Auditor Independence? AFAANZ Grant, $5,000 (with Shireenjit Johl), 2006/2007.