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Industries and economies in the tropics

In supporting the industries and economies in the Tropics, our faculty often provides their thought leadership in journals — such as the Journal of Business Ethics, and the Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal — on important topics such as sustainability reporting, corporate social responsibility, and workplace diversity practices. For instance, Dr Harun Harun’s work on greenwashing in sustainability reporting by banks has achieved the top 1 per cent by citation percentile globally, while Professor Eddy Ng’s article on CEO beliefs, moral values, and workplace diversity implementation has achieved 106 citations in 3 years, making the contribution top 1 per cent by citation percentile worldwide.

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    Dr Harun Harun

    “Green washing” or “authentic effort”? An empirical investigation of the quality of sustainability reporting by banks, published in Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal in 2021.

    The overall rank of this journal is 2183 in the world, with an Impact Factor = 4.88, SJR = 1.465 and H = 105. The article receives a Scopus Citation of 32 and Google Scholar citation of 72 as of 5 April 2023, making this article top 1% citation percentile worldwide by field weighted citation index in SCIVal.

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    Professor Emmanuel Adegbite

    Corporate Social Responsibility as Obligated Internalisation of Social Costs, published in the Journal of Business Ethics in 2021.

    This world class journal is ranked 877 globally, with an Impact Factor = 6.96, SJR = 2.438 and H = 208.  This article receives a Scopus Citation of 15 and Google Scholar citation of 33 as of 5 April 2023, achieving top 1% citation percentile worldwide in both Citescore percentile and by SJR in SCIVal.

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    Professor Eddy Ng

    Walking the Talk on Diversity: CEO Beliefs, Moral Values, and the Implementation of Workplace Diversity Practices, published in the Journal of Business Ethics in 2020.

    This world class journal is ranked 877 globally, with an Impact Factor = 6.96, SJR = 2.438 and H = 208. This article receives a Scopus citation of 37 and Google Scholar citation of 106, as of 5 April 2023, and is therefore ranked top 1% citation percentile worldwide in both Citescore percentile and by SJR in SCIVal.