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Dr Stuart Cooper

Stuart Cooper

Senior Lecturer

Finance and Accounting Group

Qualifications & Memberships


Ph.D. in Management “Stakeholder Accounting: The Case of the Electricity Industry in England and Wales”, Aston University – 2002

Postgraduate Professional Certificate in Teaching and Learning, Aston Universtity - 1999

Membership of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ACA) – 1994

BA (Hons) in Economics and Statistics, Exeter University - 1991

Membership of British Accounting and Finance Association, European Accounting Association, Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research and the Higher Education Academy.


Other positions currently held:


  • Chair of the Sustainable Aston Working Group.
  • Co-Director of Social Responsibility and Sustainability Group at Aston.
  • Member of the Executive Editorial Board for the Social and Environmental Accountability Journal.


Current Research

My research interests include the analysis of organisational performance to and for the various stakeholders of an organisation. My interest is how an organisation’s performance is measured and reported, and what impact this has on the relative well being of the various stakeholders of the organisation. Specifically of interest are the social and environmental aspects of performance and reporting. Recent publications have appeared in: Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Critical Perspectives on Accounting and Local Government Studies.

Teaching


My teaching is at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level and includes contributions to the following modules:

  • Accounting for Business (MBA)

  • Accounting and Reporting for Managers (European Masters in Management)

  • Accounting for Non-Financial Managers (MSc)

  • Sustainability Accounting and Accountability (MSc)

  • Organisational Context of Management Accounting (BSc)


Selected Publications

  • Cooper, S. and Pearce, G. “Climate change performance measurement, control and accountability in English local authority areas”, Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, Vol. 24 Iss: 8, pp.1097 - 1118.

  • Belal, A. and Cooper,S. (2011) “The Absence of Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in Bangladesh”, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 22, pp. 654-667.

  • Pearce, G. and Cooper, S. (2011) “Sub-national responses to climate change in England: Evidence from Local Area Agreements”, Local Government Studies, 37(2), pp. 199-217.

  • Cooper, S. (2010) “Corporate Social Responsibility and Accounting” in G. Aras & D. Crowther (eds), A Handbook of Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility, Gower, pp. 91-106.

  • Belal, A., Kabir, M. R., Cooper, S., Dey, P., Khan, N., Rahman, T., & Ali, M. (2010). Corporate Environmental and Climate Change Disclosures: Empirical Evidence From Bangladesh. Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies, 10, Pp.147-169.

  • Cooper, S. M. and Crowther, D. (2008)  "The adoption of value-based management in large UK companies: a case for diffusion theory",  Journal of Applied Accounting Research, Volume 9, No. 3.

  • Hickman, K. A., Cooper, S. M., and Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2008) “Estimating the value of victory: English football”, Applied Financial Economics Letters, 4 (4), pp. 299-302.

  • Cooper, S. M. and Owen, D. L. (2007) “Corporate social reporting and stakeholder accountability: The missing link”, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Volume 32, Issue 7-8, pp. 649-667.

  • Cooper, S. M. (2007) “Stakeholder Performance Measurement: General Approaches and Methods of Economic Evaluation”, Ekonomiaz, Volume 65, Issue 2, pp. 260-281.

  • Crowther, D., Carter, C. and Cooper, S. (2006) “The poetics of corporate reporting: Evidence from the UK Water Industry”, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, Volume 17, pp.175-201.

  • Owen, D. L., Shaw, K. and Cooper, S. M. (2005) The Operating and Financial Review: A Catalyst for Improved Corporate Social and Environmental Disclosure? ACCA (This research monograph published the results of a reseach project funded by ACCA for approximately £12,000 and the project ran from March 2004 to June 2005).

  • Cooper, S. (2004) Corporate Social Performance: A Stakeholder Approach, Ashgate, Aldershot, pp.1-212.

  • Cooper, S. (2003) “Stakeholder communication and the Internet in UK electricity companies”; Managerial Auditing Journal, 18 (3), pp.232-243.

  • Cooper, S., and Crowther, D. (2002) “Rekindling community spirit and identity: the role of ecoprotestors” Management Decision, 40 (4), pp.343-353.

  • Cooper, S., Crowther, D., Davies, M., and Davis, E. W. (2001); “Shareholder or Stakeholder Management: Strategies for Performance Optimisation”; Management; November 2001; pp. 4-15.

  • Cooper, S., Crowther, D. and Carter, C. (2001); “Towards a semiology of the periodic review of UK regulated utilities”; Financial Accountability & Management; Volume 17, Number 3; August 2001; pp291-297.

  • Cooper, S., Crowther, D. and Carter, C. (2001); “Challenging the predictive ability of accounting techniques in modelling organizational futures”; Management Decision; Volume 39, Number 2; pp. 137-146.

  • Crowther, D., Cooper, S. and Carter, C. (2001); “Regulation –the movie: a semiotic study of the periodic review of UK regulated industry”; Journal of Organizational Change Management; Volume 14, Number 3; pp. 225-238.

  • Crowther, D. and Cooper, S. (2001) “Innovation through postmodern networks: the case of ecoprotestors”; in O Jones, S Conway & F Steward (eds); Social interaction and organisational change; pp. 321-348.

  • Cooper, S., Crowther, D., Davies, M., and Davis, E. W. (2001) Shareholder or Stakeholder Value? The development of indicators for the control and measurement of performance, CIMA. (This research monograph published the results of a reseach project funded by CIMA for £25,000 and the project ran from April 1998 to September 2000).

  • Cooper, S. (2000) “Shareholder Wealth Maximisation: A Stakeholder Perspective”; in G Arnold & M Davies (eds), Value Based Management; London; Wileys; pp. 81-104.

  • Cooper, S., Crowther, D., Davies, M., and Davis, E. W. (2000); “Shareholder Value Applications in UK Listed Companies”; The Journal of Applied Accounting Research; Volume 6, Issue 1; December 2000; pp. 23-51.

  • Cooper, S. (1998); “Control, Accounting and Value-for-Money Implications of Utility Regulation: A Literature Review”; Managerial Auditing Journal, Volume 13, number 2, pp. 117-125.

  • Crowther, D., Davies, M., and Cooper, S. (1998); “Evaluating Corporate Performance : a Critique of Economic Value Added”; The Journal of Applied Accounting Research, Volume 4 Issue II.