Edge Rewrite
pun Source code View original
Jump to content

M. Azizul Islam

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
M. Azizul Islam
FAcSS
Born
Muhammad Azizul Islam

Jamalpur, Bangladesh
CitizenshipBangladesh, United Kingdom
OccupationAcademic
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka, RMIT University, University of Antwerp
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Aberdeen
Website

Muhammad Azizul Islam FAcSS is a Bangladeshi-British academic specialising in sustainability accounting, corporate transparency, and corporate social responsibility. He is Chair in Accountancy and Professor of Sustainability Accounting and Transparency at the University of Aberdeen, and director of the University of Aberdeen Business School's Centre for Governance, Accountability, and Sustainability. In 2025, he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Education

[edit]

Islam earned a PhD in accounting from RMIT University. He also holds degrees from the University of Dhaka and the University of Antwerp.[1]

Career

[edit]

Islam began his academic career as a lecturer in the Business Administration Discipline at Khulna University in Bangladesh from 1999 to 2001. He subsequently joined the University of Dhaka as a lecturer in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems, later serving as an assistant professor until 2005.[1]

In 2008, he was appointed as a lecturer in accounting at RMIT University in Melbourne, and later that year joined Deakin University as a lecturer. He was promoted to senior lecturer in the School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, serving there until 2013.[1]

From 2013 to 2017, Islam was an associate professor in the School of Accountancy at Queensland University of Technology.[2] In 2017, he was appointed Chair in Accountancy and Professor in Sustainability Accounting and Transparency at the University of Aberdeen.[3] At Aberdeen, he is director of the University of Aberdeen Business School's Centre for Governance, Accountability, and Sustainability.[4]

Islam has been a member of the UK Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Multi-Stakeholder Group[5] and has contributed to advisory work for the Global Reporting Initiative.[6]

Research

[edit]

Islam's research focuses on sustainability accounting, corporate accountability, corporate social responsibility, and social and environmental reporting,[7][8] mainly drawing on stakeholder accountability and social movement theory. His work has examined corporate reporting on social, environmental, and human-rights issues,[9][10] particularly in relation to global supply chains,[11] global businesses,[8] and developing-country contexts.[7]

A major part of his research concerns business and human rights, labour standards, social audit, and accountability in global garment and retail supply chains.[9] His publications have analysed corporate reporting on International Labour Organization standards,[9] workplace human-rights reporting by garment and retail companies,[10] and the role of non-governmental organisations and the media in influencing corporate accountability practices.[11]

Islam has also published on modern slavery disclosure,[12][13] social audit,[14] and corporate social transparency. This work includes studies of the Modern Slavery Act 2015,[12] modern slavery audit disclosures,[14] and the role of the accounting profession in addressing modern slavery risks.[15] His research has further addressed anti-corruption and anti-bribery disclosure,[16][17] climate change disclosure,[18] and broader forms of social and environmental transparency and accountability practices,[19] particularly within global businesses.

Between 2020 and 2023, Islam contributed to funded research projects on labour conditions, purchasing practices,[20] and exploitation risks in the Bangladeshi garment sector.[21] A University of Aberdeen research project that he led examined the effects of global clothing retailers' purchasing practices on Bangladeshi suppliers during the COVID-19 pandemic,[20] and its findings were reported by the BBC.[22] A related project studied the effects of the pandemic on women workers in the Bangladesh garment industry.[21]

Honours and awards

[edit]

In 2022, Islam received the Outstanding Research Project – COVID-19 Response and Recovery Award at the University of Aberdeen's Principal's Excellence Awards.[23]

In 2022, Islam was named winner of the Fair Trade and Sustainability category at the Scottish Fair Trade Awards.[24][25]

His co-authored article "Moral versus pragmatic legitimacy and corporate anti-bribery disclosure: evidence from Australia", published in Accounting Forum, was recognised as a 2022 Highly Commended Paper for the journal.[26]

In 2023, Islam received the Research Impact Award at the University of Aberdeen's Principal's Excellence Awards.[27]

In 2023, a University of Aberdeen project led by Islam, titled "The ready-made garment industry: The hidden costs of fast fashion", was shortlisted for Research Project of the Year in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences category at the Times Higher Education Awards.[28]

In 2025, he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.[29]

Selected bibliography

[edit]
  • Islam, M.A., & Deegan, C. (2010). Social Responsibility Disclosure Practices: Evidence from Bangladesh. ACCA.
  • Islam, M.A. (2015). Social Compliance Accounting: Managing Legitimacy in Global Supply Chains. Springer.
  • Crowther, D., & Islam, M.A. (Eds.). (2015). Sustainability After Rio. Emerald.
  • Islam, M.A. (2017). Future of Accounting Profession: Three major changes and implication for Teaching and Research, Global Knowledge Gateway, International Federation of Accountants (IFAC).
  • Islam, M.A. (2018). Tackling Modern Slavery: What Role Can Accountants Play?, Global Knowledge Gateway, International Federation of Accountants (IFAC).
  • Islam, M.A. (2021). Accountants' Due Diligence for SDG Transparency in the Post-Covid-19 Era, Global Knowledge Gateway, IFAC.
  • Islam, M.A., & Van Staden, C. (2022). Modern Slavery Disclosure Regulation and Global Supply Chains: Insights from Stakeholder Narratives on the UK Modern Slavery Act, Journal of Business Ethics, 180, 455–479.

References

[edit]
  1. 1 2 3 "Staff and Student Profiles". University of Aberdeen.
  2. ↑ "Associate Professor Azizul Islam". Queensland University of Technology. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Professor M. Azizul Islam". The University of Aberdeen.
  4. ↑ "GAS Members". University of Aberdeen Business School.
  5. ↑ "Professor Muhammad Azizul Islam". EITI.
  6. ↑ "Professor Islam joins GRI as an advisor on human rights and labour-related standards". University of Aberdeen.
  7. 1 2 Islam, M. A.; Deegan, C. (2008). "Motivations for an organisation within a developing country to report social responsibility information: Evidence from Bangladesh". Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. 21 (6): 850–874. doi:10.1108/09513570810893272.
  8. 1 2 Islam, M. A.; Deegan, C. (2010). "Media pressures and corporate disclosure of social responsibility performance information: A study of two global clothing and sports retail companies". Accounting and Business Research. 40 (2): 131–148. doi:10.1080/00014788.2010.9663388.
  9. 1 2 3 Islam, M. A.; McPhail, K. (2011). "Regulating for corporate human rights abuses: The emergence of corporate reporting on the ILO's human rights standards within the global garment manufacturing and retail industry". Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 22 (8): 790–810. doi:10.1016/j.cpa.2011.07.003.
  10. 1 2 Islam, M. A.; Jain, A. (2013). "Workplace human rights reporting: A study of Australian garment and retail companies". Australian Accounting Review. 23 (2): 102–116. doi:10.1111/auar.12009.
  11. 1 2 Deegan, C.; Islam, M. A. (2014). "An exploration of NGO and media efforts to influence workplace practices and associated accountability within global supply chains". The British Accounting Review. 46 (4): 397–415. doi:10.1016/j.bar.2014.10.002.
  12. 1 2 Islam, Muhammad Azizul; Van Staden, Chris J. (2022). "Modern Slavery Disclosure Regulation and Global Supply Chains: Insights from Stakeholder Narratives on the UK Modern Slavery Act". Journal of Business Ethics. 180 (2): 455–479. doi:10.1007/s10551-021-04878-1.
  13. ↑ Ahmad, N.; Haque, S.; Islam, M. A. (2024). "Modern slavery disclosure regulations in the global supply Chain: A world-systems perspective". Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 99 102677. doi:10.1016/j.cpa.2023.102677.
  14. 1 2 Islam, Muhammad Azizul; Van Staden, Chris J. (2026). "Labour Rights Movements and Modern Slavery Audit Disclosures within Global Supply Chains: A Political Mediation Perspective". European Accounting Review. 35 (2): 529–559. doi:10.1080/09638180.2025.2485478.
  15. ↑ Christ, Katherine Leanne; Burritt, Roger Leonard; Islam, Muhammad Azizul (2023). "Modern slavery and the accounting profession". The British Accounting Review. 55 (3) 101174. doi:10.1016/j.bar.2023.101174.
  16. ↑ Islam, M. A.; Dissanayake, T.; Dellaportas, S.; Haque, S. (2018). "Anti-bribery disclosures: A response to networked governance". Accounting Forum. 42 (1): 3–16. doi:10.1016/j.accfor.2016.03.002.
  17. ↑ Islam, M. A.; Cooper, B. J.; Haque, S.; Jones, M. J. (2022). "Moral versus pragmatic legitimacy and corporate anti-bribery disclosure: evidence from Australia". Accounting Forum. 46 (1): 30–56. doi:10.1080/01559982.2021.1925037.
  18. ↑ Haque, S.; Islam, M. A. (2015). "Stakeholder pressures on corporate climate change-related accountability and disclosures: Australian evidence". Business and Politics. 17 (2): 355–390. doi:10.1017/S1369525800001674.
  19. ↑ Guo, J.; Islam, M. A.; Jain, A.; van Staden, C. (2022). "Civil liberties and social and environmental information transparency: A global investigation of financial institutions". The British Accounting Review. 54 (1) 101018. doi:10.1016/j.bar.2021.101018.
  20. 1 2 Islam, M. A.; Abbott, P.; Haque, S.; Gooch, F. (2023). Impact of Global Clothing Retailers' Unfair Practices on Bangladeshi Suppliers During Covid-19 (Report). University of Aberdeen. doi:10.57064/2164/19814.
  21. 1 2 Islam, M. A.; Abbott, P.; Haque, S.; Gooch, F.; Akhter, S. (2022). The impact of Covid-19 on women workers in the Bangladesh garment industry (Report). University of Aberdeen and Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre. doi:10.20392/rtgp-my11.
  22. ↑ "Fashion brands paid Bangladesh factories less than cost - report". BBC. 8 January 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  23. ↑ "Previous Winners". University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
  24. ↑ Newman, Catherine (10 November 2022). "Winners of the Scottish Fair Trade Awards 2022". Scottish Fair Trade.
  25. ↑ "Fair trade award for Aberdeen academic shining a light on worker injustice". University of Aberdeen. 11 November 2022.
  26. ↑ "2022 Highly Commended Paper for Accounting Forum". University of Dundee Discovery.
  27. ↑ "Previous Winners". University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
  28. ↑ "Shortlist". THE Awards 2023.
  29. ↑ "The Academy of Social Sciences welcomes 64 leading social scientists to its Fellowship". Academy of Social Sciences. 1 April 2025.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M._Azizul_Islam&oldid=1366592104"