ProfessorSimon Fung

Simon Fung is a Professor in the Department of Accounting in Deakin Law School. His research primarily focuses on the quality and use of financial accounting information in capital market decisions, amid the prevalence of information asymmetries in US and international financial markets. His works follow a theme surrounding the concept of the quality of financial disclosures as a mechanism to ensure the protection of capital providers, which is a joint outcome of the financial statement attributes, management incentives, the quality of the information intermediaries (such as auditors and securities analysts), and other corporate governance mechanisms. Simon's papers are published in journals such as The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Contemporary Accounting Research, Management Science, Journal of International Business Studies, Accounting, Organizations, and Society, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, European Accounting Review, Journal of Corporate Finance, among others.

Simon's teaching focuses on producing graduates that are professionally competent as well as ready for employment. He believes that proper teaching involves not simply the delivery of updated and technically relevant contents, but more importantly the cultivation of an inquisitive mind as well as the appropriate learning attitude in an upright manner. These qualities enable the student not only to contribute positively to the society and the employing entity but also to live as a respectable member of the society with the ability to learn independently and persistently beyond the curriculum of their professional fields.

He has also contributed to the University through various works and appointments that could raise the presence and reputation of the Department and the University, such as involvements in local and international accreditation exercises and research collaborations with international academic institutions. Internally he serves the Academic Board of Deakin University as a member, and externally he is the co-editor of Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics and an editor of Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory.