Opus College of Business

Brian P. Shapiro

Associate Professor : Accounting Department
 

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Academic Background

B.A., Latin and ancient Near Eastern studies, University of Minnesota
Ph.D., business administration, University of Minnesota

Research Specialties
  • Internal control and corporate governance
  • Business ethics
  • Critical theory and theology applied to accounting and business processes
Current Research
  •  Theological and critical Pprspectives on emancipatory praxis and accounting". 
  • Accountability under the business judgement rule
Major Works
  • "Strategies of Resistance to Internal control Regulations," with D. Matson, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Vol. 33, pp. 199-228, 2008
  • "Accounting Science's Contribution to the Corporate Governance and Executive Accountability Problem," Accounting and the Public Interest, Vol. 6, pp. 51-69, 2006.
  • "A Re-examination of Behavior in Experimental Audit Markets: The Effects of Moral Reasoning and Economic Incentives on Auditor Reporting and Fees," with J. Schatzberg, G. Sevcik, L. Thorne, and S. Wallace, Contemporary Accounting Research, Vol. 22 (1), pp. 229-264, 2005.
  • "Information Transparency and Coordination Failure: Theory and Experiment," with R. Anctil, J. Dickhaut, C. Kanodia, Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 42 (2), pp. 159-195, 2004.
  • "Toward a Normative Model of Rational Argumentation for Critical Accounting Discussions," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Vol. 23, pp. 641-663, 1998.
  • "Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth in External Financial Reporting: What's Really at Stake in the Disputes?," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Vol. 22, pp. 165-185, 1997.
  • "Invariance Violations and Mental Accounting Procedures in Riskless Matching," with E. Joyce, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 62, pp. 175-189, 1995.
Significant Scholarly Honors
  • McLaughlin prize for best research paper in accounting ethics, University of Oklahoma, 2003
Current Community Relationships
  • Treasurer and Member of the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees, Bet Shalom Congregation (Minnetonka, MN).