Dr Osamuyimen Egbon
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 876638
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Location
EBS.1.11E, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
Wednesday (Autumn) 10:00 - 11:00
Profile
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
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PhD University of St Andrews,
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M.Sc, B.Sc University of Benin,
Appointments
University of Essex
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Essex Business School, University of Essex (3/1/2018 - present)
Research and professional activities
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
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.
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
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Current Issues in Financial Reporting (BE130)
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Social Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Impact (BE876)
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Professional and Academic Development (Accounting) (BE907)
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Accounting
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 7/2/2024
Degree type: Master of Research
Awarded date: 5/10/2022
Publications
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
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. 3- 20. 9783031619755
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., (2023). Accounting and ethics in Nigeria and South Africa. In: Research Handbook on Accounting and Ethics. Editors: Cho, CH. and Brivot, M., . Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 238- 251. 9781800881013
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
Grants and funding
2021
Performance, Accountability and Governance in the Nigerian Prison System
British Academy
Contact
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Wednesday (Autumn) 10:00 - 11:00
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