Professor Ellie Chapple
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Accountancy
Biography
- #Ilooklikeprofessor ever wondered why there are so few women professors at university? Is this similar in the upper echelons of management in industry and the professions? This is something I often wonder and I am highly interested in developing the next generation of researchers.
- Ellie (Larelle) Chapple holds the position of Professor of Accounting at QUT Business School, where she is the chief investigator in the research program Accounting For Social Change.
- Ellie is Director of Research Training in the Faculty of Business & Law at QUT
- Ellie is a member of AFAANZ, member of the Society of Corporate Law Academics and Legal practitioner admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland. She holds a professional Doctorate in Juridical Science (SJD) from QUT.
- Ellie was the co- editor of the Accounting Research Journal 2014-2021
- Ellie is a deputy editor-in-chief for Accounting & Finance since 2021
- Ellie has examined over 25 research masters and PhD thesis as external examiner and currently supervises 9 research degree students
- See Ellie's google scholar page for up to date bibliography
- Ellie's teaching and research interests are primarily corporate law, corporate governance, non-financial reporting and capital market transactions. She has published the results of her research, including corporate disclosure issues in fundraising and takeovers and corporate governance, in journals such as Accounting and Finance, Abacus, Company and Securities Law Journal, Australian Business Law Review, Australian Journal of Management, Australian Journal of Corporate Law, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Corporate Law Studies, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. Ellie also maintains an interest in Insolvency Law.
- At QUT, Ellie is a member of the Carbon Strategy Group, the Research Degrees Committee, the Centre for Justice Modern Slavery Research group, The Education for Sustainability Community of Practice
- women's academic
- careers environmental reporting
- modern slavery reporting
- corporate social responsibility and accountability
- board diversity
- securities class action litigation
- corporate governance
- capital raising
- carbon accounting
- continuous disclosure
- corporate fraud & forensic accounting
- insolvency
- mergers and acquisitions; takeover bids; private equity
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Personal details
Positions
- Professor
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Accountancy
Keywords
corporate governance, corporate law, securities law, sustainability, fraud
Research field
Accounting, Auditing and Accountability
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Juridicial Science (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
- Graduate, AICD
- Member Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ)
- Member Society of Corporate Law Academics SCoLA (previously Corporate Law Teachers Association)
- Legal practitioner admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland
- Member American Accounting Association
- Member and National Representative 2020-23 for Australia and New Zealand, European Accounting Association
- Company secretary, Financial Research Network Ltd
- Co-editor Accounting Research Journal (2014-2021)
- Deputy editor-in-chief Accounting & Finance
- Member of the Federal Government’s Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery (HTMS) Research Network
Teaching
Author of award-winning textbook: Company law: Interactive approach, Wiley 2nd ed, 2019 Teaching involvement: 2021 marked with * AYN433 Research topics in accounting *AYN507 Governance & accountability *AYB230 Corporations law AYB205 Law of business entities AYB232 Financial services law and regulation
Publications
- Biswas, P., Chapple, L., Roberts, H. & Stainback, K. (2023). Board Gender Diversity and Women in Senior Management. Journal of Business Ethics, 182(1), 177–198. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/228367
- Weerasinghe, A., Chapple, E. & Williamson, A. (2023). Indigenous directorship pathways through transformative leadership: a content analysis of reconciliation action plans (RAPs). Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 36(5), 1319–1349. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/237272
- Ahmed, S., Chapple, L., Christ, K. & Osborne, S. (2022). Modern Slavery Risk Disclosures in Business Operations and Supply Chains. In V. Tauringana & O. Moses (Eds.), Environmental Sustainability and Agenda 2030: Efforts, Progress and Prospects (pp. 67–104). Emerald Group Publishing Limited. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/231382
- Ahmed, S. & Chapple, L. (2022). Corporate response to modern slavery risks induced by COVID-19: Business as usual? Australian Journal of Corporate Law, 37(3), 203–229. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/235921
- Li, Z., Jia, J. & Chapple, L. (2023). The corporate sustainability committee and its relation to corporate environmental performance. Meditari Accountancy Research, 31(5), 1292–1324. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/236560
- Duffy, M. & Chapple, E. (2022). The rise of the securities nondisclosure class action in New Zealand and views from Australian and global practice. Civil Justice Quarterly, 41(4), 408–438. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/236558
- Chapple, L., (2022). The “first woman in finance”: Emeritus Professor H. Y. Izan as role model in a male-dominated discipline. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 19(1), 45–64. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/231380
- Hardies, K., Hossain, S. & Chapple, L. (2021). Archival research on audit partners: assessing the research field and recommendations for future research. Accounting and Finance, 61(3), 4209–4256. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/208412
- Chapple, L., Duong, L. & Truong, T. (2021). Are Friday announcements special in a continuous disclosure environment? Accounting and Finance, 61, 2031–2067. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/208413
- Chapple, L., Walsh, K. & Shen, Y. (2020). Corporate Culture and Fraud. Corporate Fraud Exposed: A Comprehensive and Holistic Approach, 85–106. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/210443
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Ellie, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Supervision
Current supervisions
- How does the Australian regulatory environment influence the decision to adopt a distributing cooperative?
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Kerrie Sadiq - Executive Remuneration and Australia’s 'Two-Strikes' Rule
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Julie-Anne Tarr - To label or not to label? The role of CEOs, drivers, and barriers in integrating carbon labels in supply chains
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Pamela Kent - Do CEO, Board, and Corporate Virtue Influence Misconduct?
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Alexandra Williamson
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- A textual and visual analysis of reporting practices of modern slavery risks in business operations and supply chains (2022)
- Corporate Sustainability in Australia: Performance, Disclosure and Governance (2020)
- Fraud and Financial Misconduct Reporting: The Perceived Importance of Report Recipient Characteristics (2020)
- Hybridized Corporations and their Social Responsibility Performance (2018)
- How Australian Social Enterprises use Strategic Marketing and Social Marketing to Drive Accountability and Change for Sustainable Development (2017)
- The Economic Consequences of Financial Reporting on Twitter (2017)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
- Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting on Labour-Practice-Related Issues in China: Evidence From Five Multinational Firms Operating in the Electronics Manufacturing Services Sector (2016)
- An Evaluation of the Indicators of Threat to Auditor Independence in an Islamic Legal System: The Case of Iran (2015)