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• 2020

  Accounting ethics in the undergraduate curriculum and the impact of professional accreditation

  Cowton, C., 2020, (Accepted/In press) Accounting Ethics Education. Costa, A. J. & Pinheiro, M. M. (eds.). Routledge

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Does the quality of country-level governance have an impact on corporate environmental disclosure? Evidence from Gulf Cooperation Council countries

  Gerged, A. M., Beddewela, E. & Cowton, C., 23 Dec 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Finance and Economics.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Environmental Disclosure
  • Gulf Cooperation Council
  • Governance
  • Accountability
  • Corruption

• Editorial: Governance of CSR: complexities within contexts – how does ‘governance’ at different levels influence the corporate responsibility agenda?

  Beddewela, E. & Cowton, C., 1 Oct 2020, In: International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics. 14, 4, p. 337-343 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

• Forensic accounting services in English local government and the counter-fraud agenda

  Sahdan, M. H., Cowton, C. & Drake, J., 3 Jul 2020, In: Public Money and Management. 40, 5, p. 380-389 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Fraud
  • Local Government
  • fraud
  • Agenda
  • Local Authorities
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Settling debts in the supply chain: do prompt payment codes make a difference? A UK study

  Cowton, C. & San-Jose, L., 20 Jan 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Debt
  • Payment
  • Supply Chain
  • Trade Credit
  • Hypocrisy
• 2019

  Business Ethics After the Global Financial Crisis: Lessons from The Crash

  Cowton, C. (ed.), Dempsey, J. (ed.) & Sorell, T. (ed.), 12 Feb 2019, 1st ed. New York: Routledge. 190 p. (Routledge Studies in Business Ethics)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • Global Financial Crisis
  • Business Ethics
  • Banking
  • Securitization
  • Mortgages

• Financial Institutions and Codes of Ethics

  Cowton, C., 19 Dec 2019, Handbook on Ethics in Finance. San-Jose, L., Retolaza, J. L. & van Liedekerke, L. (eds.). Springer, Cham, 13 p. (International Handbooks in Business Ethics; vol. 3).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Code of Ethics
  • financial institution
  • corporate code
  • moral philosophy
  • business ethics

• Introduction

  Cowton, C., Dempsey, J. & Sorell, T., 12 Feb 2019, Business Ethics After the Global Financial Crisis: Lessons from The Crash. Cowton, C., Dempsey, J. & Sorell, T. (eds.). 1st ed. New York: Routledge, p. 1-5 5 p. (Routledge Studies in Business Ethics).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Banking
  • Financialization
  • Global Financial Crisis
  • Aristotelian Ethics
  • Catholic Social Teaching

• Literature and insights Editorial: Strange counting

  Cowton, C., 31 May 2019, In: Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal. 32, 2, p. 689-690 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  • World War I
  • Key Words
  • Proximity
  • Factory
  • Pricing

• Making a contemporary contribution using old data: Reflections on delayed doctorates

  Cowton, C., Mar 2019, In: International Journal of Management Education. 17, 1, p. 77-84 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Doctorate
  • Supervisors
  • Factors
  • literature
  • time
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Professional Responsibility and the Banks

  Cowton, C., 12 Feb 2019, Business Ethics After the Global Financial Crisis: Lessons from The Crash. Cowton, C., Dempsey, J. & Sorell, T. (eds.). 1st ed. New York: Routledge, p. 106-126 21 p. (Routledge Studies in Business Ethics).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  Open Access

  File

  • Responsibility
  • Bankers
  • Accountability
  • Reversal
  • Senior Managers
• 2018

  National reviewer’s comment

  Cowton, C., 13 Sep 2018, Ethics at Work: 2018 survey of employees - United Kingdom. Dondé, G. (ed.). London: Institute of Business Ethics, p. 6-7 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript

  • Ethical Values

• Socially responsible investing

  Cowton, C., 15 Feb 2018, The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Economic Behaviour. Lewis, A. (ed.). 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 285-304 20 p. (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Socially Responsible Investing
  • Stock Market
  • Socially Responsible Investment
  • Financial Returns
  • Listed Companies

• Towards Sustainable Development in the Arab Middle East and North Africa Region: A Longitudinal Analysis of Environmental Disclosure in Corporate Annual Reports

  Gerged, A., Cowton, C. & Beddewela, E., May 2018, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 27, 4, p. 572-587 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Arab Middle East
  • Longitudinal Analysis
  • Corporate Annual Reports
  • Environmental Disclosure
  • Middle East and North Africa
  23 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  Business ethics in the UK

  Cowton, C., 13 Dec 2017, Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics. Poff, D. C. & Michalos, A. C. (eds.). Springer Verlag

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

• On the Ethics of Trade Credit: Understanding Good Payment Practice in the Supply Chain

  Cowton, C. J. & San-Jose, L., Feb 2017, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 140, 4, p. 673-685 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • payment practices
  • Trade Credit
  • Credit
  • credit
  • moral philosophy
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Profit

  Cowton, C., 2017, In: Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal. 30, 5, p. 1203-1203 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Profit
  • Bible
  • Charity
  • Substitution
  • Inference

• Virtue Theory and Accounting

  Cowton, C., 22 Jan 2017, Handbook of Virtue Ethics in Business and Management. Sison, A. J. G., Beabout, G. R. & Ferrero, I. (eds.). Springer London, p. 1129-1140 12 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2016

  Drivers, barriers and enablers of institutionalizing responsible management education

  Warin, C., Beddewela, E. & Cowton, C., 1 Jun 2016, Educating for Responsible Management: Putting Theory into Practice. Sunley, R. & Leigh, J. (eds.). Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, p. 301-324 24 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• The Role of Individual Variables, Organizational Variables and Moral Intensity Dimensions in Libyan Management Accountants’ Ethical Decision Making

  Musbah, A., Cowton, C. J. & Tyfa, D., 1 Mar 2016, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 134, 3, p. 335-358 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Moral Intensity
  • Management Accountant
  • Ethical Decision Making
  • Organizational Variables
  • Libya
  24 Citations (Scopus)
• 2015

  Corporate social reporting in Libya: A research note

  Elmogla, M., Cowton, C. J. & Downs, Y., 5 Oct 2015, In: Social Responsibility Journal. 11, 4, p. 923-932 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Federal Government Report on Social Policy
  • Corporate Social Reporting
  • Libya
  • Disclosure
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Heated debates and cool analysis: Thinking well about financial ethics

  Cowton, C. J. & Downs, Y., 10 Apr 2015, The Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Finance in the 21st Century: From Hubris to Disgrace. Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 439-452 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Method issues in business ethics research: Finding credible answers to questions that matter

  Campbell, D. & Cowton, C. J., 1 Jul 2015, In: Business Ethics. 24, S1, p. S3-S10

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Business Ethics
  • Quantitative Methods
  • Qualitative Methods
  • Research Methods
  • Reviewing
  29 Citations (Scopus)

• Use of focus groups in business ethics research: Potential, problems and paths to progress

  Cowton, C. J. & Downs, Y., 1 Jul 2015, In: Business Ethics. 24, S1, p. S54-S66

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Focus Groups
  • Business Ethics
  • Future Studies
  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Social Sciences
  13 Citations (Scopus)
• 2014

  Professional body building

  Cowton, C., 2014, Financial Accountant, 1, January/February, p. 28-30 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Supervisors' perceptions of the value of the undergraduate dissertation

  Feather, D., Anchor, J. R. & Cowton, C. J., Mar 2014, In: International Journal of Management Education. 12, 1, p. 14-21 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • earning a doctorate
  • Undergraduate
  • Supervisors
  • Undergraduate Study
  • Student Perceptions
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• United Kingdom, Business Ethics in the

  Cowton, C., 26 Sep 2014, Wiley Encylopedia of Management. Cooper, C. L. (ed.). 3rd ed. Wiley, Vol. 2: Business Ethics.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review

  • Business Ethics
  • Stock Market
  • Industrialization
  • Governance
  • Economy
• 2013

  Accounting ethics

  Cowton, C., 2013, International Encyclopedia of Ethics. LaFollette, H. (ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, p. 31-37

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

  • Accounting Ethics

• Taking stock of accounting ethics scholarship: A review of the journal literature

  Bampton, R. & Cowton, C., May 2013, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 114, 3, p. 549-563 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Accounting Ethics
  • Stock-Taking
  • Business Ethics
  • business ethics
  • moral philosophy
  48 Citations (Scopus)

• The e-interview in qualitative research

  Bampton, R., Cowton, C. & Downs, Y., 2013, Advancing Research Methods with New Technologies. Sappleton, N. (ed.). Hershey, PA: IGI Global, p. 329-343

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • qualitative research
  • qualitative interview
  • qualitative method
  • interview
  • research method
  5 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  Socially responsible investment

  Cowton, C. & Sandberg, J., 2012, Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. Chadwick, R. (ed.). 2 ed. San Diego, CA: Academic Press Inc., p. 142-151

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review

  • financial investment
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Time for an ethics stimulus package?

  Cowton, C., 2012, The Philosophers' Magazine, 59, p. 19-20 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  Open Access

• UK audit committees and the Revised Code

  Avison, L. & Cowton, C. J., Feb 2012, In: Corporate Governance (Bingley). 12, 1, p. 42-53 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Audit Committee
  • Corporate Governance
  • Non-executive Directors
  • Disclosure
  • Noncompliance
  6 Citations (Scopus)
• 2011

  Putting creditors in their rightful place: Corporate governance and business ethics in the light of limited liability

  Cowton, C., Mar 2011, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 102, 1/S1, p. 21-32 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • limited liability
  • Corporate Governance
  • business ethics
  • Creditors
  • Limited Liability
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• The moral status of the corporation, collective responsibility and the distribution of blame

  Cowton, C., 2011, Business Ethics and Corporate Sustainability. Perrini, F. & Tencati, A. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 18-28 (Studies in TransAtlantic Business Ethics).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  1 Citation (Scopus)