Charmayne Highfield
Dr Charmayne Highfield is an ethics advocate and dedicated business professional, whose experience includes more than a decade in private healthcare administration and over 25 years of hands-on experience in curriculum development and teaching in Australia and Singapore (at the tertiary level). Since moving to Singapore in 2005, Charmayne’s work and research has focused on promoting excellence in management and accountancy education and, in 2013, she received her PhD for investigating fairness in the workplace for Australian accountants.
Professionally, Charmayne is a Fellow of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and CPA Australia, as well as a Member of the Singapore Institute of Management and Chartered Accountants Australia + New Zealand.
EDUCATION
PhD (Acc), Charles Sturt University, Australia
MComm (Acc), Charles Sturt University, Australia
GradCertUnivTeach&Learn, Charles Sturt University, Australia
GradDipEthics&LegStud (Distinction)
BBus(Acc), University of Technology Sydney, Australia
FCA (ISCA), FCPA (Australia), CA (Australia)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Ethics (Professional and Applied)
- Human Capital Development
- Organisation Value Creation
- The Social Sciences
- The Future Economy
TEACHING INTERESTS
- Excellence in Management and Accountancy Education
- Professional and Applied Ethics
SELECTED RECOGNITION AND AWARDS
2024 Most Outstanding SOA Adjunct, and Teaching Excellence awards in 2023, 2022 and 2020
PhD in Accounting Ethics (2013)
Fee‐Waiver Scholarship (2010-2013), Faculty of Business, Charles Sturt University
Postgraduate Research Studentship (2010), Charles Sturt University
Nominated for the Wayne Lonergan Award for Outstanding Teaching (2004), University of Sydney
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Guest editor (2020). Educating for ethical survival. Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations. Bingley UK: Emerald Publishing Group
Highfield, C. (2018). A [crowded] Cashless World: Taken on trust, at face value? Paper presented at the 25th Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics Annual Conference (5-7 Sep), School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University, VIC AU
What’s Bugs Bunny got to do with it? An entry in the Thesis Whisperer blog, https://thesiswhisperer.com/2014/07/02/whats-bugs-bunny-got-to-do-with-it/
Highfield, C. & Bisman, J. E. (2012). The road less travelled: An overview and example of constructivist research in accounting. Australasian Accounting Business & Finance Journal, 6(5), 3-22. Available from: http://ro.uow.edu.au/aabfj/vol6/iss5/2/
SELECTED APPOINTMENTS
Editor–Australian Ethics (2014–current), (ISSN: 1329-4563 (Print) and ISSN: 2205-796X (Online))
Treasurer (2014–current), Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics
Mentor (2003–2008), CPA Australia
Company Secretary (Aug 2001–Nov 2010), The Baird Institute Limited–for heart and lung surgical research
Member–Interview Panel (1996–2003), Graduate Medical Programme, University of Sydney
