Staff profile

Dr Julie Margret

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

La Trobe Business School
Department of Accounting

Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

PhD; M.Com; B.Bus

Membership of professional associations

CPA; CMA; SA Fin; MIIA

Area of study

Accounting

Brief profile

Dr Julie Margret  CPA, CMA, SA Fin, MIIA.

  Julie is a senior lecturer in Accounting at La Trobe University. Prior to academe Julie worked in financial accounting and cost accounting positions in local government, manufacturing, health and the building industry. Julie’s research work has been published in various academic and professional journals in addition to proceedings at national and international peer reviewed conferences. Julie has a PhD from the University of Sydney, her M.Com (Research) and B.Bus degrees from Deakin University. Julie has taught a variety of accounting and finance units at the undergraduate level and accounting at the post-graduate level. Currently Julie teaches an MPA (Master of Professional Accounting) unit – Advanced Auditing and Assurance Services; and two 3rd year undergraduate units: Forensic Accounting: Fraud Examination (Semester 1) Internal Auditing (Semester 2). Julie was instrumental in developing the Forensic Accounting sub-major that is now available at La Trobe University.  

Julie’s research interests include: Solvency in financial accounting; insolvent trading; directors' duties, financial statement fraud, audit, governance and sustainability.  

Research interests

Corporate disclosure; corporate governance, financial accounting; auditing, and accounting policy choice

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Social, environmental and sustainable management and reporting, environmental performance, business ethics, corporate accountability and human rights

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Teaching units

ACC3FOA -  Forensic Accounting: Fraud Examination (Semester 1, 2011 and Winter School 2011)

ACC3IAD -  Internal Auditing (Semester 2, 2011)

ACC5AAS -  Advanced Auditing and Assurance Services (Semester 1, 2011)

Recent publications

Refereed academic journals

2008    ‘Solvency Solecisms: Corporate officers’ problematic perceptions’, Australian Accounting Review, with Professor Graeme Dean and Emeritus Professor Frank Clarke, the University of Sydney, Vol.18, No.1, March, pp.1-10.

2007    ‘Sustainable Business: Directors’ governance and the risk of discontinuity’, Global Business & Economics Anthology, Vol.1, ISSN: 1553-1392, December, pp. 263-74. 

2007    ‘Loyalty to the Profession? A Study of Australian Financial Planners’, co-authors Associate Professor Bruce Clayton, Dr Stanley Petzall, Ms Barbara Lynch, International Review of Business Research, World Business Inc. Vol.3, No.2, June, pp.97-106.

2007    ‘Organisational Commitment of Financial Planners in Australia’, co-authors Associate Professor Bruce Clayton, Dr Stanley Petzall, Ms Barbara Lynch, International Review of Business Research, World Business Inc., Vol.3, No.1, March, pp.60-72.

2006    ‘Directors’ Accountability on Issues of Financial Literacy and Governance’, Global Business and Economics Anthology, Vol. II, December, pp.8-17, ISSN: 1553-1392.

2005    ‘Surviving Financial Distress: The Case of Too Many Herbs and Spices’, Journal of Applied Management Accounting Research (JAMAR), Vol.3, No.2, pp.51-67.

2005    ‘The Transfer of Management Accounting Practices from London Counting Houses to the British North American Fur Trade’, co-author Professor Gary Spraakman, York University, Toronto, Accounting, Business and Financial History Journal (ABFH), U.K, Vol.15, No.2, July, pp.101-119. 

2005    ‘Sir George Simpson: 19th Century Fur Trade Governor and Precursor of Systematic Management’, co-author Professor Gary Spraakman, York University, Toronto, Journal of Management History, Vol.43, No. 2, March, pp.278-292.

2002: ‘Insolvency and Tests of Insolvency: An Analysis of the “Balance Sheet” and “Cash Flow” Tests’, Australian Accounting Review, Vol.12, No.2, pp.59-72

1997: ‘Business Firms as Adaptive Entities: The Case of the Major Australian Banks 1983-94’, Abacus, Vol.33, No.2, pp.186-207, with Professor P.W. Wolnizer. Margret, J is listed under previous name: Tabart-Gay, J.