Osamuyimen Egbon | University of Essex

Biography

Dr Egbon is a Lecturer in Accounting (Assistant Professor) at the Essex Business School, University of Essex, UK. His research emerges from the intersection of organisations, sustainability and society while he explores topics on accountability, social and environmental reporting, NGO accountability and community engagement, corporate social responsibility, sustainability (including the Sustainable Development Goals), climate change and just transitions. His recent works have focused on the accountability relations of multinational corporations and host communities in developing economy context, environmental disclosure, and counter-conduct. He also explores accounting for water in relation to SDG 6, including how water-intensive corporations account for water in developing countries, accounting for disasters/crisis, and accountability for human rights.

Qualifications

PhD University of St Andrews,
M.Sc, B.Sc University of Benin,

Appointments

University of Essex

Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Essex Business School, University of Essex (3/1/2018 - present)

Research interests

Social/Environmental/Sustainability Reporting

Open to supervise

Accounting in the public interest

Open to supervise

Accountability of multinational corporations in emerging economies

Open to supervise

Corporate-community relations

Open to supervise

Sustainable development goals

Open to supervise

Public sector accountability in developing economies

Open to supervise

Water accounting

Accounting for water in relation to meeting sustainable development goal especially in developing countries. Interest also relates to how water-intensive corporations account for water in developing countries.

Open to supervise

Current research

Steering Water Accountability and Governance towards achieving SDG 6 in Nigeria and Ghana: The roles of the Accounting Profession

Critical Perspectives on Accounting Extractive Industry: Beneficial Ownership Disclosure as an Emerging Transparency Regime

Conferences and presentations

Steering Water Accountability and Governance towards achieving SDG 6 in Nigeria and Ghana: The roles of the Accounting Profession

Invited presentation, African Accounting and Finance Association (AAFA) Conference 2023, Accra, Ghana, 7/9/2023

Corporate environmental crises reporting: Regulatory capture and Self-handicapping critiques

African Accounting and Finance Association (AAFA) Conference 2023, Accra, Ghana, 6/9/2023

Extractive Industry: Beneficial Ownership Disclosure as an Emerging Transparency Regime

Critical Perspectives on Accounting Conference 2023, National University of Colombia, Bogota, 25/7/2023

NGOs accountability in Nigeria: A discourse analysis of the NGO Regulatory Bill

31st Int’l CSEAR (Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research) Congress 2019, CSEAR, St Andrews, United Kingdom, 28/8/2019

Examining the accounts of oil spills crises in Nigeria through sensegiving

Asian-Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting (APIRA), APIRA 2019, Auckland, New Zealand, 3/7/2019

Journal articles (7)

Egbon, O., Accountability through extractive industries transparency initiative: whose accountability?. Accountancy Business and the Public Interest, 81-104

Okafor, CA. and Egbon, O., Academic Performance of Male versus Female Accounting Undergraduate Students: Evidence from Nigeria. Higher Education Studies. 1 (1)

Lauwo, S., Egbon, O., Denedo, M. and Ejiogu, A., (2023). Counter-conducting environmental injustices and (un)accountability: Ken Saro-Wiwa’s accounts of the Ogoni’s struggle for emancipation. Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal. 36 (6), 1637-1664

Egbon, O. and Mgbame, CO., (2020). Examining the accounts of oil spills crises in Nigeria through sensegiving and defensive behaviours. Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal. 33 (8), 2053-2076

Egbon, O., Idemudia, U. and Amaeshi, K., (2018). Shell Nigeria’s Global Memorandum of Understanding and corporate-community accountability relations: a critical appraisal. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal. 31 (1), 51-74

Egbon, O. and Mgbame, CO., (2015). What is progressive about Nigerian personal income tax?. Journal of Research in National Development

Egbon, O., Donwa, P. and Temile, S., (2015). Nigerian banking sector equity investment scheme in small and medium-scale enterprises: are there lessons to learn?. Journal of Research in National Development. 13 (1), 264-271

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Book chapters (4)

Egbon, O., Nwoke, U. and Agbaitoro, G., (2024). Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in the Nigerian Oil Industry: New Legal Direction and the Implications for Reporting.. In: Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility.. Editors: Nwagbara, U., Alhassan, Y. and Idowu, S., . Springer

Egbon, O., Nwoke, U. and Agbaitoro, G., (2024). Corporate social responsibility practices in the Nigerian oil industry: New legal direction and the implications for reporting. In: Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure in Developing and Emerging Economies Institutional, Governance and Regulatory Issues. Editors: Nwagbara, U., Idowu, SO. and Alhassan, Y., . Springer. 3- 20. 978-3-031-61976-2

Egbon, O. and Denedo, M., (2023). Accounting and ethics in Nigeria and South Africa. In: Research Handbook on Accounting and Ethics. Editors: Brivot, M. and Cho, CH., . Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 238- 251. 9781800881020

Denedo, M. and Egbon, O., (2021). Africa, from the past to the present: Moving the critical environmental accounting research on Africa forward. In: Routledge Handbook of Environmental Accounting. Editors: Bebbington, J., Larrinaga, C., O’Dwyer, B. and Thomson, I., . Routledge. 265- 275. 9780367152338

Reports and Papers (1)

Egbon, O., Okwuosa, I., Chelli, M., Denedo, M., Ejiogu, A. and Suleman, S., (2024). Steering Water Accountability and Governance towards achieving SDG 6 in Nigeria and Ghana: The roles of the Accounting Profession

Other (3)

Egbon, O., (2017).After Greenwashing: Symbolic Corporate Environmentalism and Society. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal. 37(1),Informa UK Limited

Egbon, O., (2015).Hybrid Accountabilities: When Western and Non-western Accountabilities Collide. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal. 35(2)

Egbon, O., (2015).Hybrid Accountabilities: When Western and Non-western Accountabilities Collide. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal. 35(2),Informa UK Limited

Dr Osamuyimen Egbon

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Biography

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University of Essex

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Research interests

Social/Environmental/Sustainability Reporting

Accounting in the public interest

Accountability of multinational corporations in emerging economies

Corporate-community relations

Sustainable development goals

Public sector accountability in developing economies

Water accounting

Current research

Steering Water Accountability and Governance towards achieving SDG 6 in Nigeria and Ghana: The roles of the Accounting Profession

Critical Perspectives on Accounting Extractive Industry: Beneficial Ownership Disclosure as an Emerging Transparency Regime

Conferences and presentations

Steering Water Accountability and Governance towards achieving SDG 6 in Nigeria and Ghana: The roles of the Accounting Profession

Corporate environmental crises reporting: Regulatory capture and Self-handicapping critiques

Extractive Industry: Beneficial Ownership Disclosure as an Emerging Transparency Regime

NGOs accountability in Nigeria: A discourse analysis of the NGO Regulatory Bill

Examining the accounts of oil spills crises in Nigeria through sensegiving

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Current teaching responsibilities

Current Issues in Financial Reporting (BE130)

Social Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Impact (BE876)

Professional and Academic Development (Accounting) (BE907)

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Journal articles (7)

Book chapters (4)

Reports and Papers (1)

Other (3)

Grants and funding

2021

Performance, Accountability and Governance in the Nigerian Prison System

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