Kathy Rao is a Lecturer in Accounting at the UniSA Business School. She joined UniSA in February 2016. Prior joining to UniSA, she has been teaching and tutoring in the areas of financial accounting, management accounting and Governance, ethics and Sustainability topics at Flinders University, Adelaide. As a Lecturer in Accounting, Kathy Rao coordinates undergraduate and post graduate Management Accounting courses, as well as teaching in first year and second year accounting courses.
Kathy Rao holds a Bachelor of Commerce (honours) and a PhD. Kathy Rao has recently completed her PhD in the area of CSR Reporting and Corporate Governance. Kathy Rao’s current research focuses on gender diversity effect on... Read more
About me
Kathy Rao is a Lecturer in Accounting at the UniSA Business School. She joined UniSA in February 2016. Prior joining to UniSA, she has been teaching and tutoring in the areas of financial accounting, management accounting and Governance, ethics and Sustainability topics at Flinders University, Adelaide. As a Lecturer in Accounting, Kathy Rao coordinates undergraduate and post graduate Management Accounting courses, as well as teaching in first year and second year accounting courses.
Kathy Rao holds a Bachelor of Commerce (honours) and a PhD. Kathy Rao has recently completed her PhD in the area of CSR Reporting and Corporate Governance. Kathy Rao’s current research focuses on gender diversity effect on corporate social responsibility and modern slavery in supply chains in Australian companies. Kathy Rao’s research have been presented and published in various journals and conferences including Journal of Business Ethics, Meditary Journal and APIRA conference.
With over a five years teaching experience in a variety of institutions both in Australia and India including an extensive experience of working as an audit assistant, Kathy Rao brings more than 5 years of experience in Accounting to the UniSA Business School.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Flinders University
Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) Flinders University
Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) Flinders University
Certified Practising Accountant CPA Australia
Lecturer, UniSA Business School, University of South Australia ( 2016-present)
Casual teaching staff, Fliders Business School, Australia (2009-2015)
Research Assistant, Flinders Business School, Australia (2010-2010)
Gender Diversity and Corporate Social Responsibility Decsions
Modern Slavery in Supply Chains
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Research in Progress:
Gender Diversity on Corporate Boards and CSR
Modern Slavery in Supply Chains
Board, Management Decisions and CSR Reporting
Research
Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
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| 2016 |
28
17
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| 2015 |
48
48
2
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| 2012 |
64
5
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| Year | Output |
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| 2016 |
28
17
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| 2015 |
48
48
2
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| 2012 |
64
5
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2016 |
Open access
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| 2015 |
Open access
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| 2013 |
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Conferences
Rao, K, and Tilt, CA. 2018, “Gender Diversity and CSR Decisions: Perspectives from Australian Boards - Preliminary Evidence”, Proceedings of the European Accounting Association (EAA) conference, 31 May – 2 June 2018, Milan, Italy.
Rao, K, and Tilt, CA 2015, 'Board diversity and CSR reporting: Australian evidence', in Dumay, John, and Hazelton, James (editors) (eds), Australasian Centre on Social and Environmental Accounting Research Conference, Academic Publishers and Publishing International, pp. 116-125.
Professional Publications:
Christ K, Buritt R & Rao K.(2018) “Laws passed to fight modern slavery”, Acuity (Online).
Christ K, Buritt R, Rao K. and Spence C. (2017) “What you need to do about modern slavery reporting”, Company Director Magazine, November 2017 issue, pp.54.
Christ K, Buritt R & Rao K. (2017) “Corporate reporting on modern slavery”, Acuity (Online).
Research
Gender Diversity and Corporate Social Responsibility Decsions
Modern Slavery in Supply Chains
Emerald Literati Awards - Highly Commended Award for the paper, 2017 “Board diversity and CSR reporting: an Australian study” Meditary Accountancy Research.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
MemberCPA Australia |
2016 |
Memebr, CPA Australia, 2017, 2018
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Board of director composition and corporate social responsibility: a case of Jordan pre and during the Arab Spring | Current |
