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Professor M. Azizul Islam

Professor M. Azizul Islam
Professor M. Azizul Islam
Professor M. Azizul Islam

PhD, CA

Chair in Accountancy

51cg
Email Address
azizul.islam@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 272710
Office Address
825 MacRobert Building
Old Aberdeen Campus
581 King Street
AB24 5UA

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School/Department
Business School






Biography

Muhammad Azizul (Aziz) Islam, PhD, is a Professor in Sustainability Accounting & Transparency, Chair in Accountancy, and the Director of Research for the Accounting Discipline at the 51cg Business School. He is a Chartered Accountant (CAANZ). In 2025, he was conferred the Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) and featured as a leading social scientist by the Academy in recognition of his outstanding research impact.

Aziz has widespread experience in various leadership roles in academia. He won the School's Award for Excellence in Administration and Support and the Dean's Award for Team Teaching Excellence in 2011.

Aziz is widely recognised internationally as a leading sustainability accounting researcher. He investigates sustainability accounting and transparency issues including human rights disclosures, modern slavery disclosures, social audits, climate change accounting and anti-bribery measures. His research has been funded by  ACCA, CPA (Australia), CAANZ, UKRI-AHRC, and GCRF-SFC among others. He has received two prestigious grants for studies on corporate accountability in relation to modern slavery in global fashion chains, which support social movements advocating for Fashion Watchdog in the UK.

Aziz has received two Vice-Chancellor Excellence Awards: Research Project of the Year 2022 and Research Impact 2023 among others. He was a finalist for the Green Gown Award in association with UKRI twice (2022, 2023), and he was a finalist for the Project of The Year category at the Times Higher Education Awards in 2023. He was honoured to receive the .

Aziz’s research appears in high-impact journals (ABDC A*/A, ABS 4*/3*, FT's top 50), attracting widespread media attention and influencing policy changes. His research and opinions appear in the , , , , , , , , , among many others.

Professor M Azizul Islam's blog

Professor Islam writes blogs for the 51cg based on his research 

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Internal Memberships

Member of the Senate at the 51cg, representing the Business School

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

BU5850:Accounting Profession 

BU5574/75: Financial Analysis

BU5847/48: Studies in Accounting/Finance

AC4033: Accounting Theory

 
Publications

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  • Developing Agrarian Disclosures for Local Governments of a Southern Country: A Broader Community and SDG Perspective

    Shahib, H. M., Islam, M. A., Adhariani, D.
    Social and Environmental Accountability Journal
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Social Movements and Country-by-Country Reporting: A Study of Multinational Companies

    Islam, M. A., Islam, S. M. T., van Staden, C.
    British Accounting Review, vol. 58, no. 4, 101724
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Accountability for child Labour: Navigating obstacles for a Fair Trade producer organisation’s journey to Fair Trade certification

    Semeen, H., Islam, M. A.
    Critical Perspectives On Accounting, vol. 103, 102860
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Labour Rights Movements and Modern Slavery Audit Disclosures within Global Supply Chains: A Political Mediation Perspective

    Islam, M., van Staden, C. J.
    European Accounting Review, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 529-559
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Stigma power, race and public accountability: an exploration of the hard lockdown of public housing in Melbourne

    Bobe, B. J., Denedo, M., Ejiogu, A., Islam, M.
    European Accounting Review, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 415-448
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Corporate Social Impact and Exploitation of Workers on the Ground

    Islam, M., Abbott, P., Haque, S.
    Academy of Management Proceedings, vol. 2025, no. 1, 17304
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
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  • NGO Activism and Anti-corruption Disclosures: An Empirical Study of Emerging Economy Multinational Companies

    Islam, S. M. T., Islam, M., Khan, Z.
    British Journal of Management, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 443-460
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • A Crisis of Accountability and Corporate Immunity for Unfair Purchasing Practices: A Survey of Global Fashion Retailers’ Production Factories in a Global South Country

    Islam, M., Abbott, P., Haque, S.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers
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  • A Metaphorical Analysis of Modern Slavery Disclosures: A Study of Global Retailers’ Cotton Supply Chain

    Ahmad, N., Haque, S., Islam, M.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers
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  • Shadow Accounts on Corporate Social Impacts and Exploitation of Workers on the Ground: Evidence from Bangladeshi Factories for Global Fashion Retailers during Covid-19

    Islam, M., Abbott, P., Haque, S.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Modern slavery disclosure regulations in the global supply Chain: A world-systems perspective

    Ahmad, N., Haque, S., Islam, M.
    Critical Perspectives On Accounting, vol. 99, 102677
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Environmental Accounting

    Islam, M.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Entries for Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
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  • Modern slavery and the accounting profession

    Christ, K. L., Burritt, R. L., Islam, M. A.
    British Accounting Review, vol. 55, no. 3, 101174
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Rana Plaza: ten years after the Bangladesh factory collapse, we are no closer to fixing modern slavery

    Islam, M.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
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  • Impact of Global Clothing Retailers' Unfair Practices on Bangladeshi Suppliers During Covid-19

    Islam, M. A., Abbott, P., Haque, S., Gooch, F.
    Aberdeen: 51cg. 21 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports
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  • Modern Slavery Disclosure Regulation and Global Supply Chains: Insights from Stakeholder Narratives on the UK Modern Slavery Act

    Islam, M., van Staden, C. J.
    Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 180, pp. 455–479
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Social Contagion and the Institutionalisation of GRI-based Sustainability Reporting Practices

    Jain, A., Islam, M., Keneley, M., Kansal, M.
    Meditari Accountancy Research, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 1291-1308
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Covid-19 and global clothing retailers’ responsibility to vulnerable workers: NGO counter-rhetoric

    Ahmad, N., Haque, S., Islam, M.
    Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 216-228
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Moral versus pragmatic legitimacy and corporate anti-bribery disclosure: Evidence from Australia

    Islam, M., Cooper, B. J., Haque, S., Jones, M.
    Accounting Forum, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 30-56
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Civil liberties and social and environmental information transparency: A global investigation of financial institutions

    Guo, J., Islam, M., Jain, A., van Staden, C.
    The British Accounting Review, vol. 54, no. 1, 101018
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Tackling modern slavery: a sustainability accounting perspective

    Islam, M., Abbott, P., Haque, S.
    Futurum, vol. 12, pp. 20-23
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • The impact of Covid-19 on women workers in the Bangladesh garment industry

    Islam, M., Abbott, P., Haque, S., Gooch, F., Akhter, S.
    London: 51cg & Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre. 22 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports
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  • Feedback on a legislative response to Modern Slavery and Worker Exploitation, Forced Labour, People Trafficking and Slavery both in New Zealand and internationally: a submission to Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, New Zealand Government

    Islam, M., Abbott, P., Deegan, C., Gooch, F., Haque, S., van Staden, C. J.
    Working Papers: Working Papers
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Toward the Development of Post Covid-19 Gender Policy and Accountability Measures to End Modern Slavery in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector: A Policy Brief for the UK Government and Stakeholders

    Islam, M., Abbott, P., Haque, S., Gooch, F., Akhter, S.
    51cg. 6 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports
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  • Corporate disclosures on curbing bribery and the UK Bribery Act 2010: evidence from UK companies

    Islam, M., Haque, S., Henderson, S., Jones, M., Semeen, H.
    Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, vol. 34, no. 8, pp. 1851-1882
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Toward the Development of Post Covid-19 Gender Policy and Accountability Measures to End Modern Slavery in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector: A Policy Brief for Bangladesh Government and Stakeholders

    Islam, M., Abbott, P., Haque, S., Gooch, F., Akhter, S.
    51cg. 7 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports
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  • Social impact disclosure and symbolic power: Evidence from UK Fair Trade Organizations

    Semeen, H., Islam, M.
    Critical Perspectives On Accounting, vol. 79, 102182
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Accountants’ Due Diligence for SDG Transparency in the Post-Covid-19 Era

    Islam, M.
    IFAC
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates
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  • Corporate human rights performance and moral power: a study of retail MNCs’ supply chains in Bangladesh

    Islam, M. A., Deegan, C., Haque, S.
    Critical Perspectives On Accounting, vol. 74, 102163
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • A submission to the IFRS Foundation's consultation paper on sustainability reporting standard

    Denedo, M., Egbon, O., Ejiogu, A., Islam, M. A., Lauwo, S.
    London: IFRS Foundation (PDF). 5 pages.
    Other Contributions: Other Contributions
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Coronavirus measures give Bangladeshi workers for global clothing chains a stark choice: disease or starvation

    Islam, M.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
    • [ONLINE]

  • Regulating Transparency and Disclosures on Modern Slavery in Global Supply Chains: A 'Conversation Starter' or a 'Tick-box excercises?

    Nolan, J., Ford, J., Islam, M. A.
    Commissioned by CPA AUSTRALIA. CPA Australia. 22 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports
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  • Mandated Social Disclosure: An Analysis of the Response to the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010

    Birkey, R. N., Guidry, R. P., Islam, M. A., Patten, D. M.
    Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 152, pp. 827-841
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • What is corporate social responsibility – and does it work?

    Islam, M.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
    • [ONLINE]

  • Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosures, Traditionalism and Politics: A Story from a Traditional Setting

    Uddin, S., Siddiqui, J., Islam, M. A.
    Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 151, no. 2, pp. 409-428
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Environmental Accounting

    Islam, M. A.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Entries for Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
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  • Tackling Modern Slavery: What Role Can Accountants Play?

    Islam, M. A.
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Featured Articles
    • [ONLINE]

  • Social compliance audits and multinational corporation supply chain: evidence from a study of the rituals of social audits

    Islam, M. A., Deegan, C., Gray, R.
    Accounting and Business Research, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 190-224
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Social movement NGOs and the comprehensiveness of conflict mineral disclosures: evidence from global companies

    Islam, M. A., van Staden, C. J.
    Accounting, Organizations and Society, vol. 65, pp. 1-19
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Anti-bribery disclosures: A response to networked governance

    Islam, M. A., Dissanayake, T., Dellaportas, S., Haque, S.
    Accounting Forum, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 3-16
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Corporate anti-corruption disclosure: An examination of the impact of media exposure and country-level press freedom

    Blanc, R., Islam, M. A., Patten, D. M., Branco, M. C.
    Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, vol. 30, no. 8, pp. 1746-1770
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Disclosures of Social Value Creation and Managing Legitimacy: A Case Study of Three Global Social Enterprises

    Islam, M. A.
    Australian Accounting Review, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 297-314
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Human Rights Performance Disclosure by Companies with Operations in High Risk Countries: Evidence from the Australian Minerals Sector

    Islam, M. A., Haque, S., Roberts, R.
    Australian Accounting Review, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 34-51
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Australian Parliamentary Inquiry into Modern Slavery: Supply Chain Audit as a Clause of the Proposed Modern Slavery Act

    Islam, M. A.
    Australian Parliament
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
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  • CSR Reporting and Legitimacy Theory: Some Thoughts on Future Research Agenda

    Islam, M. A.
    The Dynamics of Corporate Social Responsibility: A Critical Approach to Theory and Practice. Aluchna, M., Idowu, S. O. (eds.). Springer, pp. 323-339, 17 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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  • Future of Accounting Profession: Three Major Changes and Implications for Teaching and Research

    Islam, M. A.
    Future of Accounting Profession: Three Major Changes and Implications for Teaching and Research. International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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  • NFPOs and their anti-corruption disclosure practices

    Islam, M. A., Haque, S., Gilchrist, D.
    Public Money & Management, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 443-450
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • The accounting and accountability practices of Fairtrade International (FLO)

    Semeen, H., Islam, M. A., Quayle, A.
    Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 170-187
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Does the global reporting initiative influence sustainability disclosures in Asia-Pacific banks?

    Islam, M. A., Jain, A., Thomson, D.
    Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 298-313
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • A Preliminary Analysis of the Impact of UN MDGs and RIO?+?20 on Corporate Social Accountability Practices

    Jain, A., Islam, M. A.
    Sustainability After Rio. Crowther, D., Azizul Islam, M. (eds.). Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 81-102, 22 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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  • Corporate Disclosure in Relation to Combating Corporate Bribery: A Case Study of Two Chinese Telecommunications Companies

    Islam, M. A., Haque, S., Dissanayake, T., Leung, P., Handley, K.
    Australian Accounting Review, pp. 309-326
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Do stakeholders or social obligations drive corporate social and environmental responsibility reporting? Managerial views from a developing country

    Hossain, M. M., Alam, M., Islam, M. A., Hecimovic, A.
    Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 287-314, 28 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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  • Stakeholder pressures on corporate climate change-related accountability and disclosures: Australian evidence

    Haque, S., Islam, M. A.
    Business and Politics, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 355-390
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • A Preliminary Analysis of Australian Government's Indigenous Reform Agenda 'Closing the Gap' and Corporate Accountability

    Islam, M. A., Jain, A., Haque, S.
    Key Initiatives in Corporate Social Responsibility: Global Dimension of CSR in Corporate Entities. Idowu, S. O. (ed.). Springer, pp. 341-356, 16 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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  • Carbon Emission Accounting Fraud

    Haque, S., Islam, M. A.
    Corporate Carbon and Climate Accounting. Schaltegger, S., Zvezdov, D., Etxeberria, I. A., Csutora, M., Günther, E. (eds.). Springer, pp. 243-257, 15 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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  • Corporate accountability in relation to human rights: Have RIOs done enough?

    Islam, M. A., Quayle, A., Haque, S.
    Sustainability after Rio. Crowther, D., Islam, M. A. (eds.). Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 161-183, 23 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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  • An exploration of NGO and media efforts to influence workplace practices and associated accountability within global supply chains

    Deegan, C., Islam, M. A.
    British Accounting Review, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 397-415
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Bribery and corruption in Australian local councils

    Islam, M. A.
    Public Money & Management, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 441-446
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Putting Accounting for Human Rights into Practice

    McPhail, K., Islam, M. A., Huddle, S.
    La Trobe University and CAANZ. 52 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports

  • Corporate accountability for human rights: Summary report

    McPhail, K., Islam, M. A.
    Corporate accountability for human rights: Summary report. Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ)
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Workplace Human Rights Reporting: A Study of Australian Garment and Retail Companies

    Azizul Islam, M., Jain, A.
    Australian Accounting Review, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 102-116
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Corporate Commitment to Sustainability - Is it All Hot Air? An Australian Review of the Linkage between Executive Pay and Sustainable Performance

    Deegan, C., Islam, M. A.
    Australian Accounting Review, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 384-397
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Regulating for corporate human rights abuses: The emergence of corporate reporting on the ILO's human rights standards within the global garment manufacturing and retail industry

    Islam, M. A., McPhail, K.
    Critical Perspectives On Accounting, vol. 22, no. 8, pp. 790-810
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Environmental incidents in a developing country and corporate environmental disclosures

    Azizul Islam, M., Aminul Islam, M.
    Society and Business Review , pp. 229-248
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Corporate sustainability reporting of major commercial banks in line with GRI: Bangladesh evidence

    Khan, H., Azizul Islam, M., Kayeser Fatima, J., Ahmed, K.
    Social Responsibility Journal, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 347-362
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Media pressures and corporate disclosure of social responsibility performance information: A study of two global clothing and sports retail companies

    Islam, M. A., Deegan, C.
    Accounting and Business Research, pp. 131-148
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Social Responsibility Disclosure Practices: Evidence from Bangladesh

    Islam, M. A., Deegan, C.
    Working Papers: Discussion Papers
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  • Grameen Bank's social performance disclosure: Responding to a negative assessment by Wall Street Journal in late 2001

    Azizul Islam, M., Reginald Mathews, M.
    Asian Review of Accounting, pp. 149-162
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Motivations for an organisation within a developing country to report social responsibility information

    Azizul Islam, M., Deegan, C.
    Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, pp. 850-874
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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