On achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa: Reflections on the role of responsible business practices
Africa's potential to meet the
Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030) is hampered by a variety of
challenges.
Professor Karim Sorour’s inaugural lecture will discuss how
responsible business concepts, such as corporate governance and corporate
social responsibility, can support Africa address some of these challenges and
achieve a visible progress.
About the Speaker
Professor Karim Sorour is a
Professor of Accounting and Corporate Governance and Deputy Head of the
Accounting & Financial Management Department. Karim is an internationally recognised expert on corporate
governance and CSR and his research focuses on the role of business in society
with an emphasis on developing countries. He is also interested in qualitative
research applications in Accounting and Business disciplines. He is an editor of corporate governance and
CSR section of Cogent Business & Management Journal; he is also an
editorial board member for the Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies as
well as the Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences. He serves as the
vice-chair of the British Accounting & Finance Association (BAFA) special
interest group on Accounting & Finance in Emerging Economies (AFEE-SIG).
His publications have appeared in leading academic international Journals such
as the Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, Journal of Business
Ethics, Business & Society Journal, and Technological Forecasting and
Social Change while his monographs were published by Palgrave MacMillan
including a monograph on Corporate Governance in Africa.
Karim has a proven track record
of knowledge transfer as he participated and led more than 30 consultancy and
contract research projects focusing on improving management accounting
practices in private and governmental organisations. With focus on research
impact, he has also worked closely with senior leaders and board members in
public companies and governmental organisations to reform their CSR/Governance
systems. He had a track record of designing and implementation of numerous
financial and governance short courses and has also led Corporate Governance
and Sustainability modules at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He
was recently awarded two British Council funded projects focused on digital
financial inclusion and designing of inclusive transnational programmes between
the UK and Egypt.
Karim is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA-USA) and
holds a PhD in Corporate Governance.
