Dr. Lawrence Kalbers R. Chad Dreier Endowed Chair in Accounting Ethics Professor of Accounting Director, Center for Accounting Ethics, Governance, and the Public Interest

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Center for Accounting Ethics, Governance, and the Public Interest

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Kalbers is a full professor, the R. Chad Dreier Endowed Chair in Accounting Ethics, and the director of the Center for Accounting Ethics, Governance, and the Public Interest at Loyola Marymount University. He earned a B.A at Wittenberg University, a M.S. at Kent State University, and a Ph.D. from Penn State University. Before joining Loyola Marymount in 2005, he was a professor of accounting, the director of the School of Professional Accountancy, and the associate dean of the College of Management at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University. Kalbers also has taught at Wittenberg University, Penn State University, and John Carroll University. His teaching interests are in the areas of auditing, financial reporting, financial statement analysis, and ethics. Kalbers gained auditing and accounting experience working for J.K. Lasser & Co., Ernst & Ernst, Kalbers and Sturges, Inc., Ernst & Young, and as a sole practitioner. He also has served as treasurer for several not-for-profit organizations. He holds a current CPA permit from New York and Ohio.

Kalbers has published articles on a variety of topics, including audit committees and corporate governance, professionalism, auditor burnout, auditor organizational commitment, accounting education, and accounting history. His articles have appeared in Accounting and Business Research, Accounting Education: An International Journal, Accounting Educators' Journal, Accounting Today, Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, Internal Auditor, Journal of Accountancy, Journal of Accounting Education, Journal of Managerial Issues, Management Accounting, Managerial Auditing Journal, Mid-American Journal of Business, Review of Accounting and Finance, and The Ohio CPA Journal. In addition to published research, Kalbers has presented at numerous academic and professional conferences. He also has been active in academic and professional associations. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, the American Accounting Association, the Institute of Internal Auditors, and the California Society of CPAs. 

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Contact Information

Phone: 310.338.2758

FAX: 310.338.3000

Email: lkalbers@lmu.edu

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Fall 2011 Schedule

CLASSES:

ACCT 4150 Accounting Ethics, Professionalism, and the Public Interest

Tuesday and Thursday: 3:00 - 4:15 p.m.

BADM 1020 Introduction to Ethical Decision Models

Monday and Wednesday: noon-12:50

OFFICE HOURS:

Monday and Wednesday: 10:30-11:45 a.m.

Tuesday and Thursday: 1:30-2:45 p.m.

and by appointment

Hilton 203

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Educational Background

B.A. Wittenberg University (Business Administration)

M.S. Kent State University (Accounting)

Ph.D. Penn State University (Business Administration-Accounting)

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Last modified: August 23, 2011