Rate My Professor MD Moazzem Hossain

Dr MD Moazzem Hossain serves as Senior Lecturer in Sustainability Accounting at Murdoch Business School, Murdoch University, a role equivalent to Associate Professor in North American academic systems. He earned his PhD from Curtin University between 2010 and 2014, along with an MBA, and holds professional designations as CA, CPA, CMA, MIPA, AFA, and FHEA. As a professional chartered accountant with over 18 years of teaching experience, he joined Murdoch University in January 2014 initially as Lecturer in accounting and has advanced to his current senior position. Hossain delivers accounting courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, practicing research-led teaching to foster critical analytical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and a sense of responsibility toward stakeholders and society in his students. He emphasizes that accounting extends beyond numbers to promote accountability and transparency in organizations.

Hossain's research focuses on sustainability accounting, corporate social and environmental responsibility reporting, stakeholder accountability, risk disclosure, corporate governance, and earnings management. His interests encompass environmental management accounting, biodiversity reporting, modern slavery reporting, human rights disclosures, and organizational responses to climate change and ESG issues. He actively supervises PhD students in areas of sustainability and climate change accounting and accountability. Notable publications include 'Factors affecting business graduates' employability–empirical evidence using partial least squares (PLS)' (2020, Education + Training, 134 citations); 'Contributing barriers to corporate social and environmental responsibility practices in a developing country: A stakeholder perspective' (2016, Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 91 citations); 'Corporate social and environmental reporting practices: A case of listed companies in Bangladesh' (2017, Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 84 citations); 'Corporate social reporting (CSR) and stakeholder accountability in Bangladesh: perceptions of less economically powerful stakeholders' (2016, International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, 65 citations); 'Disclosure of key audit matters (KAMs) in financial reporting: evidence from an emerging economy' (2023, Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, 63 citations); 'Risk disclosure and risk governance characteristics: evidence from a developing economy' (2020, International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, 63 citations); and 'Do stakeholders or social obligations drive corporate social and environmental responsibility reporting? Managerial views from a developing country' (2015, Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, 61 citations). His contributions advance accountability in corporate environmental and social practices.