Paul Dunn has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Toronto, a master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Toronto, and a doctorate in accounting from Boston University. As a chartered accountant (CPA) he worked in the public, private, and non-profit sectors in downtown Toronto.

Initially, Professor Dunn joined the Goodman School of Business in the Accounting Department where he taught accounting theory for fifteen years. In 2013, he moved to the Organizational Behaviour, Human Resources, Entrepreneurship and Ethics department where he teaches business ethics in the undergraduate and graduate programs.

Dr. Dunn is the co-author of Business and Professional Ethics for Directors, Executives and Accountants, ninth edition. His academic research appears in numerous peer-reviewed journals. He is a consulting editor for Journal of Business Ethics, an associate editor of the Business and Society Review, and sits on the editorial boards of the Business & Society, and Journal of Management and Governance.

RESEARCH AREA

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

Dunn, P. The Competitive Intelligence Unit at Deloitte, Accounting Perspectives, Volume 19, Number 3, 2020.

Herath, H., Herath, T., and Dunn, P. Profit-Driven Corporate Social Responsibility as a Bayesian Real Option in Green Computing, Journal of Business Ethics, Volume 158, Number 2, August, 2019.

Dunn, P., He, Z., Trabelsi, S., and Yu, J. Executive Compensation and Compensation Risk: Evidence from Technology Firms, Managerial Auditing Journal, Volume 34, Number 3, 2019.

Dunn, P. and Sainty, B. Professionalism in Accounting: A Five-Factor Model of Ethical Decision-Making, Social Responsibility Journal, Volume 16, Number 2, 2019.

Brown, J., Buchholtz, A., and Dunn, P. Moral Salience and the Role of Goodwill in Firm-Stakeholder Trust Repair, Business Ethics Quarterly, Volume 26, Number 2, 2016.

Dunn, P., Farrar, J., and Hausserman, C. The Influence of Guilt Cognitions on Taxpayers' Voluntary Disclosures, Journal of Business Ethics, Volume 148, Number 3, 2016.

Dunn, P. Breaking the Boardroom Gender Barrier: The Human Capital of Female Corporate Directors, Journal of Management and Governance, Volume 16, Number 4, 2012.

Dunn, P. The Role of Gender and Human Capital on The Appointment of New Corporate Directors to Boardroom Committees: Canadian Evidence, International Business Research, Volume 5, Number 5, 2012.

Dunn, P. Book Review - Business Ethics and Values, 3rd Edition by Fisher, C. and Lovell, A., Journal of Business Ethics Education, Volume 8, Number 1, 2011.

Dunn, P. Strategic Responses by a Nonprofit When a Clean Donor Becomes Tainted, Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Volume 39, Number 1, 2010.

Dunn, P. and Shome, A. Cultural Crossvergence and Social Desirability Bias: Ethical Evaluations by Chinese and Canadian Business Students, Journal of Business Ethics, Volume 85, Number 4, 2009.

Dunn, P. and Sainty, B. The Relationship Among Boards of Director Characteristics, Corporate Social Performance and Corporate Financial Performance, International Journal of Managerial Finance, Volume 5, Number 4, 2009.

Dunn, P. The Role of Culture and Accounting Education in Resolving Ethical Business Dilemmas by Chinese and Canandians, Accounting and the Public Interest, Volume 6, Number 18, 2006.

Dunn, P. Downhill Racer Company: Accounting for Corporate Income Taxes, The Journal of Accounting Case Research, Volume 8, Number 1, Summer, 2004.

Griffin, J. and Dunn, P. Corporate Public Affairs: Commitment, Resources, and Structure, Business & Society, Volume 43, Number 2, June, 2004.

Dunn, P. Professional Corporate Donation Programs in Canada: An Empirical Study, Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Volume 33, Number 2, June, 2004.

Dunn, P. The Impact of Insider Power on Fraudulent Financial Reporting, Journal of Management, Volume 3, Number 3, June, 2004.

Dunn, P. Aspects of a Management Control Philosophy that Contribute to Fraudulent Financial Reporting, Journal of Forensic Accounting, Volume IV, Number 1, January, 2003.

Dunn, P. The Importance of Consistency in Establishing Cognitive-Based Trust: A Laboratory Experiment, Teaching Business Ethics, Volume 4, Number 3, 2000.

Books Authored

Brooks, L. and Dunn, P. Business & Professional Ethics for Directors, Executives & Accountants, ninth edition, Cengage, Boston, Massachusetts, 2021. (712 pages).

Brooks, L. and Dunn, P. Business & Professional Ethics for Directors, Executives & Accountants, eighth edition, Cengage, Boston, Massachusetts, 2018. (670 pages).

Brooks, L. and Dunn, P. Business & Professional Ethics for Directors, Executives & Accountants, seventh edition, Cengage, Stamford, Connecticut, 2015. (629 pages).

Brooks, Leonard and Dunn, P. Business & Professional Ethics for Directors, Executives & Accountants, sixth edition, South-Western, Cengage, Mason, Ohio, 2012. (712 pages).

Brooks, Leonard and Dunn, P. Business & Professional Ethics for Directors, Executives & Accountants, fifth edition, South-Western, Cengage, Mason, Ohio, 2009. (575 pages).

Book Chapters / Sections

Dunn, P. Critical Studies on Corporate Responsibility, Governance and Sustainability - Chapter: Social and Environmental Shareholder Resolutions: Investor Activism and Corporate Compromises. Editors: Suzanne Young and Stephen Gates. Emerald, United Kingdom, 2013.

Dunn, P. Citation Classics from the Journal of Business Ethics - Chapter: Corporate Governanace Research and the Journal of Business Ethics. Editors: Alex C. Michalos and Deborah C. Poff. Springer, New York, 2013.

Conference Proceedings and Presentations

Dunn, P. and Lapointe-Antunes, P. Information Transparency at Socially Responsible Mutual Funds - International Association of Business and Society Conference, Bath, United Kingdom, 2011.

Dunn, P. and Shome, A. An Empirical Examination of Culture Effects and Social Desirability Bias in Evaluations of Questionable Business Practices by Chinese and Canadian Business Students - Proceedings of the 19th Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, November, 2007.

Dunn, P. and Shome, A. Culture and Social Desirability Bias: Ethical Evaluations by Chinese and Canadian Business Students - Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the International Association for Business and Society, Florence, Italy, June, 2007.

Dunn, P. and Shome, A. Evaluations of Questionable Business Practices by Chinese and Canadian Business Students: Culture effects and Social Desirability Bias - Proceedings of the Canadian Academic Accounting Association Annual Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June, 2007.

Dunn, P. and Shome, A. Evaluations of Questionable Business Practices by Chinese and Canadian Business Students: Culture effects and Social Desirability Bias - Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, June, 2007.

Dunn, P. What Should a Not-for-Profit Do When a Donor Becomes Tainted? - Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Conference of the International Association for Business and Society, Merida, Mexico, March, 2006.

Dunn, P. and Sainty, B. The Changing Composition of Canandian Boards of Directors: The Role of Female Corporate Directors - Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the International Association for Business and Society, Sonoma Valley, California, March, 2005.

Dunn, P. and Shome, A. A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Ethical Business Practices: Canada and the People's Republic of China - American Accounting Association (AAA) Conference, San Francisco, California, 2005.

Dunn, P. and Shome, A. A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Ethical Business Practices: Canada and the People's Republic of China - Academy of Management (AOM) Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2005.

Dunn, P. Cross-Cultural Ethical Dilemmas: Canadian and Chinese Views about Questionable Accounting and Business Behaviours - 9th Annual Ethics Conference of the American Accounting Association, Orlando, Florida, August, 2004.

Dunn, P. Cross-Cultural Ethical Dilemmas: Canadian and Chinese Views about Questionable Accounting and Business Behaviours - Society for Business Ethics, New Orleans, Louisiana, August, 2004.

Dunn, P. Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Performance - Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Conference of the International Association for Business and Society, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, March, 2004.

Dunn, P. and Adamson, I.L. Have Accountants Lost the Moral Right to Conduct Audits? - 8th Annual Ethics Conference, American Accounting Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, August, 2003.

Dunn, P. and Adamson, I.L. Have Accountants Lost the Moral Right to Conduct Audits? - Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Confernce of the International Association for Business and Society, Rotterdam, Netherlands, June, 2003.

Morris, S. and Dunn, P. The Impact of Slack Resources and Environmental Constraints on Corporate Philanthropy - Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Conference of the International Association for Business and Society, Rotterdam, Netherlands, June, 2003.

Dunn, P. and Adamson, I.L. Have Accountants Lost the Moral Right to Conduct Audits? - Financial Reporting Under Public Scrutiny: Reflecting on the Recent Series of Accounting Abuses, Edmonton, Alberta, May, 2003.

Dunn, P. and Adamson, I.L. Has the Economy Changed the Function of an Audit? An Empirical Study - Brock University, SIG Research Seed Fund, 2003.

Dunn, P. Fraudulent Financial Reporting: An Abuse of Power in the Board Room - American Accounting Association, San Antonio, Texas, August, 2002.

Griffin, J. and Dunn, P. Issues Management: Antecedents and Consequences of a Professional Approach - Academy of Management, Denver, Colorado, August, 2002.

Dunn, P. and Shome, A. Cross-cultural Ethical Differences in the Reporting of Questionable Accounting Practices: Canada and China - Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Conference of the International Association for Business and Society Annual Meeting, Victoria, British Columbia, June, 2002.

Dunn, P. Power Demographics and Diversity within Boards of Directors and Top Management Teams: The Case of Insiders and Illegal Corporate Behavior - Academy of Management, Washington, District of Columbia, August, 2001.

Dunn, P. Power, Demographics and Diversity within Boards of Directors and Top Management Teams: The Case of Insiders and Illegal Corporate behaviour - Academy of Management, Washington, District of Columbia, August, 2001.

Dunn, P. The Antecedents and Consequences of Corporate Philanthropy: Institutional and Economic Pressures - Academy of Management, Washington, District of Columbia, August, 2001.

Dunn, P. The Antecedents and Consequences of Corporate Philanthropy: Institutional and Economic Pressures - International Association of Business and Society, Sedona, Arizona, March, 2001.

Dunn, P. Deviant Organizational Culture and Fraudulent Financial Reporting - International Symposium for Audit Research, Maastricht, The Netherlands, August, 2000.

Dunn, P. Deviant Organizational Culture and Fraudulent Financial Reporting - American Accounting Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August, 2000.

Dunn, P. Organizational Culture and Unethical Business Decisions: Fraudulent Financial Reporting - Society of Business Ethics, Toronto, Ontario, August, 2000.

Dunn, P. Monitoring Cost and Trust: Evidence in Budget Setting - Symposium on Ethics Research, Chicago, Illinois, August, 1998.

Dunn, P. The Effect of Cognitive-Based Trust on Reducing Monitoring Costs in a Budget Setting - Society of Business Ethics, August, 1997.