Lazaridis School of Business & Economics Accounting Symposium
Senate & Board Chambers
Friday,
Nov 16, 2018 at 9:00 AM EST
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Event Details
The Lazaridis School of Business & Economics and Accounting Perspectives are hosting a Behavioral Accounting Symposium on November 16, 2018.
The symposium features recent research of prominent behavioural researchers and insights from practitioners that experience the behavioral implications of accounting first hand in their businesses. The symposium is generously funded by CPA Ontario and the CPA Ontario Centre for Capital Markets and Behavioral Decision Making Speaker Series.
Accounting Perspectives is a peer-reviewed forum that provides new insights in Canadian accounting research, policy, and education. The journal publishes applied research, literature reviews, commentary, educational articles, and instructional cases that speak from and speak to the accounting community in Canada. Accounting Perspectives is a journal of the Canadian Academic Accounting Association.
Friday, November 16, 2018
Senate & Board Chambers, Wilfrid Laurier University
Agenda:
| TIME | DESCRIPTION |
| 8:15 a.m. | Registration (light breakfast available) |
| 9 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks Pascale Lapointe Antunes, Editor of Accounting Perspectives |
| 9:10 a.m. | Session 1: Audit: Building a New Auditing Profession External Auditors’ Judgement and Decision Making: An Audit Process Task Analysis Dr. Regan Schmidt, University of Saskatchewan Communication is a two-way street: Analyzing approaches undertaken to enhance systematic audit research knowledge transfer to policymakers Dr. Steve Salterio, Queen’s University Discussant: Adam Vitalis, University of Waterloo The Next Generation Auditor: Developing Auditors for the Digital Age Krista Alexander, CPA, CA Director, Audit Strategy & Operations at KPMG Canada A discussion of the impact of technology advancements, including data analytics and blockchain technology, on auditors and audit firms. |
| 10:35 a.m. | Break |
| 11 a.m. | Session 2: Employee and Investor Motivations Needs Versus Wants: Which Motivates More Effort? Dr. Adam Presslee, University of Waterloo Discussant: Chris Wong, Wilfrid Laurier University Managing Costs: Anecdotes of leader decision making Jennifer Kennedy, CPA, CA A discussion of the importance of proper management accounting controls and other lessons learned. All That Twitters Is Not Gold: Financial Disclosures, Social Media, and Affect Dr. Mike Wynes, Wilfrid Laurier University Discussant: Matt Sooy, Western University |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch Speaker: Duane Kennedy, CAAA President |
| 1:30 p.m. | Session 3: Tax compliance and whistleblowing behaviours Guilty pleasures: An investigation of taxpayers' motivations to blow the whistle Dr. Jonathan Farrar, Ryerson University Discussant: Lan Guo, Wilfrid Laurier University Things that go Trump in the night: Tax compliance and the dark side of ethical leadership Dr. Linda Thorne, York University Discussant: Kun Huo, Western University |
| 3:10 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30 p.m. | Session 4: Research Ideas from Up and Coming Scholars Joanna Bruce, Wilfrid Laurier University Yi Luo, Queen’s University Errol Osecki, York University Sara Wick, Wilfrid Laurier University PhD student participation in the symposium is generously funded by CAAA. |
| 4:30 p.m. | Reception |
Speakers
Ryerson University
Associate Professor
University of Waterloo
Assistant Professor
Smith School of Business
Professor & Stephen J.R. Smith Chair of Accounting and Auditing
University of Saskatchewan
Associate Professor
Schulich School of Business
Professor of Accounting
Wilfrid Laurier University
Assistant Professor
Accounting Perspectives
Editor-in-Chief
Location
Senate & Board Chambers
75 University Ave W Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5 CA
Tickets
Type |
Price |
|---|---|
|
General Admission |
Free |
Organizer Details
Lazaridis School of Business & Economics
The Lazaridis School of Business & Economics is one of the most prestigious and selective schools in Canada. We teach our students to think for themselves, ensuring they can adapt to a world of ever-growing complexity. Our alumni are making a difference in the world – and you can, too.
We have more than 6,000 students enrolled in our full- and part-time undergraduate, graduate and diploma programs, making us one of the largest business schools in Canada.
Our AACSB-accredited programs are among the most selective undergraduate business programs in the country and our students are among the most engaged. When our students aren't winning national case competitions, they are leading student clubs and organizations, volunteering in the community, or starting their own businesses.
Visit www.lazaridisschool.ca for more information on the Lazaridis School of Business & Economics.
