1 HASNAH HARON, PhD, CA (M), CPA (Australia),CMIIA ... - USM

HASNAH HARON, PhD, CA (M), CPA (Australia),CMIIA
Graduate Business School
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800 Penang
MALAYSIA
Tel.: 03-6533435(Office), 012-409-2755 (Mobile)
Fax: 03-6532792
E-mail: hhasnah@usm.my; hhasnahharon@gmail.com
Areas of Special interest:
Auditing, Corporate Governance, Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility,
Service Quality, Accounting Education, and Business Competition
Issues.
Hasnah has contributed much to bring the accounting program of Universiti
Sains Malaysia to where it is now. The Bachelor of Accounting Program is a
now a full-fledged professional degree accredited the Malaysian Institute of
Accountants (MIA). The program also enjoys maximum exemption from the
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Institute of Management
Accountant (CIMA), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA),
Certified Practicing Accountant of Australia (CPA) and the Malaysian Institute
of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA).
Hasnah is a known figure amongst her colleagues in the accounting
profession. She has been appointed a council of the Malaysian Institute of
Accountants (MIA) as a representative of the academia. She is a Chartered
member of the Institute of Internal Auditor Malaysia, a Professional Member of
Certified Public Accountants, Australia and a Chartered Accountant of
Malaysian Institute of Accountants. She has also been recently appointed as
a member of the Commission of the newly set up Malaysian Competition
Commission and a Board of Trustee of Yayasan Penyelidikan Antartika Sultan
Mizan. She also sits in the Board of several companies.
Hasnah was an executive member of Northern Branch of Malaysian Institute
of Accountants for over 8 years before she was then appointed a Council
Member of the Institution. She was also the member of the Ethics Assurance
Board responsible for establishing standards on ethics for accountants in
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Malaysia, educate accountants on ethics through various methods and
organize seminars to discuss relevant issues on ethics in Malaysia.
She is a also a member of the Halatuju Accounting Committee set up by set
up by the Ministry of Higher Education and MIA in shaping the curriculum of
degree in accountancy for all Institutions of Higher learning in Malaysia. She
has been appointed as keynote speakers of international Conferences and
has been invited by United Nations University to speak on Mainstreaming
Sustainable Consumption and Production in Academia in United Nations CSD
18.
As a member of Malaysian Competition Commission to protect the process of
business competition in Malaysia, she has organised seminars and Forums to
create awareness of the act to business and academia and as a result there is
keen interest amongst the PhD students to research on the issue further. She
has also assisted MyCC to conduct a study on internal corporate compliance
programmes to promote the Competition Act 2010.
Hasnah has published widely in both local and international journals. Her
publications have appeared in International Journal of Auditing, International
Journal of Management Perspectives, International Journal of Business and
Management, International Journal of Economics and Accounting, Journal of
Asian Academy Management Journal, Journal of Financial Reporting and
Accounting and Managerial Auditing Journal. In the hope of sharing her
findings with the practitioners, she has also published widely in the
Professional Accountancy Journals, Malaysian Accountants, Accountants
Today and Tax Nasional.
In 2006, she was awarded a fellow member of the Institute of Internal Auditors
for her outstanding contribution in promoting internal auditing in the field of
Education. She has also been invited to present her views on role of
universities in enhancing internal audit education.
Hasnah’s area of research is in the field of Auditing, Corporate Governance,
Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Service Quality, Accounting
Education, and Business Competition Issues. Hasnah has been awarded
research grants to do research in these areas, both internally and externally.
She has won grants from international bodies in particular; CPA Australia,
Institute of Internal Auditors, Japan Audit Research Association and
Prospernet( Promotion of Sustainability in Postgraduate Education and
Research Network), United Nations . Locally, grants have been received from
Malaysian Accountancy and Education Research Foundation(MAREF),
Accounting Research Institute, Jabatan Penjara, Institute Integrity Malaysia
and Malaysian Venture Capital Management (MAVCAP). She is also
instrumental in obtaining a research grant from World Bank for USM to
conduct a research on Competition Issues in Haulier Industry in Malaysia
Hasnah has also published widely with the Emerald Group Publishing Limited,
McGraw Hill, Prentice-Hall, Pearson Publication, Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka
Penerbit USM and Institute Integrity Malaysia. Two of her books have been
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published in Japan by Zeimukeiri-Kyokai Company. Ltd and in UK by Social
Responsibility Research Network. She has won awards from Emerald Group
Publishing Limited for Outstanding Author Contribution and Highly
Commendable Award and also from Malaysian Accountancy Research
Education Foundation (MAREF) for the Best paper award and Outstanding
Research Paper Award.
She has co-authored a Handbook for Business Research Methods to discuss
both quantitative and case method approach for business research and has
co-authored the first Internal Audit book, Internal Audit Practices in Malaysia
together with Internal Auditing lecturers. Her recent publication is on Issues in
Audit Quality: Behavioural and Market Perspectives, a book funded by
Malaysian Accountancy Research Education Foundation which compiles
research done in Auditing. In line with Business Schools’ agenda to promote
case study teaching in classes, she has co-authored books on case studies
such as .Improving Performance and Enhancing Competitiveness with
Penerbit USM and Case Studies for Integrated Case Study Course, published
by MIA and Ministry of Higher Education.
Hasnah has held several administrative positions throughout her more than
25 years in USM. She has been Chairman of Accounting programme, Deputy
Dean of Advanced Management Centre and former Dean of the Graduate
Business School . She has graduated more than 25 research students and
has been appointed as Editorial Board Members of both local and
International Journals.
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