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Ms Amanda Carter

Position: Research Assistant Ms Amanda Carter
Division/Portfolio: Division of Business
School/Unit: School of Commerce
Campus: City West Campus
Office: WL4-55B
Telephone: +61 8 830 20886
Fax: +61 8 830 20992
Email: Amanda_dot_Carter_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au
URL for Business Card: http://people.unisa.edu.au/Amanda.Carter


I have multiple roles in the School of Commerce. Firstly, I am a Research Assistant with the Centre for Accounting, Governance and Sustainability, School of Commerce, established in early 2007. I am also a PhD scholar working with the Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre, examining the role of accountants in regional and remote communities, as well as why they have chosen their locations to practice and what they hope to achieve. as part of my student experience, I am the postgraduate representative to the School of Commerce Board.



Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre (Alice Springs)

Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD) a humorous look at the life of the postgraduate student


Professional associations

Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ)

Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (St Andrews University)

Association for Qualitative Research


Qualifications

Bachelor of Commerce (Hons); Bachelor of Business (Commercial Law); Bachelor of Arts (Flinders); Certificate IV in Training and Assessment


Research interests

  • Business in Desert Australia
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Sustainability Accounting

Research publications

Carter, A.J. and Burritt, R.L. (2007) 'By whatever name: a typology of corporate social responsibility', Journal of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability, 13(4), pp. 19-29

Carter, A.J. and Burritt, R.L. (2009), A contingent taxonomy of sustainable business, DKCRC Working Paper 37, Desert Knowledge CRC, Alice Springs.


Research Degree Supervisor

Professor Roger Burritt
Dr John Pisaniello





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