Prof John Ferguson

Professor in Accounting

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 462860

Email

jf60@st-andrews.ac.uk

Biography

 John's research interests are in the area of accountability and corporate governance. In particular, his work explores the social and organisational impact of different models of corporate governance and issues related to corporate accountability for human rights. In respect of the latter, John has worked with the Scottish Government to develop a National Baseline Assessment (NBA) of Scotland's implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). Based on the work undertaken for the NBA, John continues to provide input into the development of a Scottish National Action Plan. See more at: www.snaprights.info/action-areas/better-world/business-and-human-rights

John is currently Co-Director of the Centre for Social and Environmental Accountability (CSEAR).He has previously served as the Editor of CSEAR's journal, Social and Environmental Accountability Journal (SEAJ) and currently serves on the editorial boards of Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal and Accounting and Business Research.

John is a visiting professor at the University of Bergamo.

PhD supervision

• Lenna Cumberbatch
• Marisa McVey
• Jasmin Hinds

Selected publications

• Understanding power-related strategies and initiatives: the case of the European Commission green paper on CSR

  Contrafatto, M., Ferguson, J., Power, D., Stevenson, L. A. & Collison, D., 17 Dec 2019, In : Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. Ahead of print, 29 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Rethinking corporate agency in business, philosophy and law

  Mansell, S. F., Ferguson, R. J., Gindis, D. & Pasternak, A., Feb 2019, In : Journal of Business Ethics. 154, 4, p. 893-899

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Editorial

• Control over accounting standards within the European Union: the political controversy surrounding the adoption of IFRS 8

  Crawford, L., Ferguson, J., Power, D. & Helliar, C., Jul 2014, In : Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 25, 4-5, p. 304?318

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Should the International Accounting Standards Board have responsibility for human rights?

  McPhail, K., Macdonald, K. & Ferguson, J., 16 May 2016, In : Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. 29, 4, p. 594-616 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• The past, the present and the future of accounting for human rights

  McPhail, K. & Ferguson, J., 2016, In : Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. 29, 4, p. 526-541 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Editorial

• Shareholder protection, income inequality and social health: a proposed research agenda

  Ferguson, J., Power, D., Stevenson, L. & Collinson, D., Sep 2017, In : Accounting Forum. 41, 3, p. 253-265

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Corporate response to climate change: language, power and symbolic construction

  Ferguson, J., Sales de Aguiar, T. R. & Fearfull, A., 15 Feb 2016, In : Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. 29, 2, p. 278-304

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Financialization and company law: a study of the UK Company Law Review

  Collison, D. J., Cross, S., Ferguson, J., Power, D. & Stevenson, L. A., Feb 2014, In : Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 25, 1, p. 5?16

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Legal Determinants of External Finance Revisited: The Inverse Relationship between Investor Protection and Societal Well-being

  Collison, D. J., Cross, S., Ferguson, J., Power, D. M. & Stevenson, L. A., 2012, In : Journal of Business Ethics. 108, 3, p. 393-410

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Constructing Meaning in the Service of Power: An Analysis of the Typical Modes of Ideology in Accounting Textbooks

  Ferguson, J., Collison, D. J., Power, D. M. & Stevenson, L. A., Nov 2009, In : Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 20, 8, p. 896-909

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

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