Kay Plummer
GDipEd STC, BA MEc MA Macq, CA
Position: Associate Head of School
Senior Lecturer in Accounting
Campus: Bathurst
Office: S15 1.16
Mailing Address:
Charles Sturt University
School of Accounting
Panorama Ave
BATHURST NSW 2795
Tel: +61 2 6338 4447
Fax: +61 2 6338 4649
Email: Kay Plummer 
Brief Biography
Kay Plummer joined the University in 1997 as a Lecturer in Accounting. Before joining CSU, Kay lectured in financial accounting and auditing for six years at the University of Technology Sydney. She has held senior positions in TAFE NSW, worked for the then Corporate Affairs Commission (now ASIC) and worked in auditing for a Big 4 Chartered Accounting firm. Her research interests are in external reporting, ethics and accounting education, particularly the ways in which students learn and the impact of these on web based learning and education.
In 2004 Kay was awarded the Commerce Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence and in 2007 she led the team that won the Faculty of Business Teaching Excellence Award.
Currently Kay is Honorary Treasurer Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics and has worked in the past in an honorary capacity for a number of charitable organisations including 7 years as a Director and Honorary Treasurer of the Arthritis Foundation of New South Wales and 2 postings for the Australian Executive Service Overseas Program.
Research Focus
External reporting
Ethics
Ethics and accounting education
Teaching Responsibilities
ACC520 Issues in Auditing
ACC532 Issues in External Reporting
ACC534 Accounting Ethics and Corporate Governance
Administrative Responsibilities
Associate Head of School
Course co-ordinator for B Bus(Acc) Bathurst, Dubbo; BBusStudies; Uni Cert Bus; Uni Cert BusStudies
Chair, School of Accounting & Computer Science Learning & Teaching Committee
Member, Faculty of Business Learning & Teaching Committee
Member, School of Accounting & Computer Science Ethics in Human Research Committee
Member, Faculty of Business Undergraduate Marketing Committee
Member, Faculty of Business Ethics in the Curriculum Group
Professional Activities
Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
Member, Accounting and Finance Association of Australai and New Zealand
Honorary Treasurer and committee member, Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics
Selected Publications
Book Chapter:
Plummer, K. 2005, Improving ethical judgement through deep learning. In Ethics and Auditing, T. Campbell and K. Houghton. (Eds). ANU e-press, Australian National University, pp 239 - 263.
Refereed Journal Articles:
Hampton, G & Plummer, K. 2000, ‘A conceptual basis for a recoverable amount test’. Australian Accounting Review, 10, 1, pp. 56-64.
Refereed Conference Proceedings:
Baines, W, Davis, N, & Plummer, K, 2007 Podcasting: Does it enhance flexible delivery? Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference, Brisbane, 3 July.
Muntean, D, & Plummer, K, 2007 The Impact of Change on the Accounting Profession: Welcome Challenges or Worrisome Chores? Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference, Brisbane, 3 July.
Plummer, K. 2003, Are deep learning and ethical judgement related? – A preliminary survey. In Innovations in Professional Practice: Influences & Perspectives Conference, Proceedings of the 2003 Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Conference, P. Rushbrook (Ed.), Centre for Research into Professional Practice, Learning & Education, Charles Sturt University, pp.185-192.
Plummer, K. 2003, Deep learning and ethical judgment: Preliminary evidence of a relationship. Research paper presentation to the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference, Brisbane, 7 July.
Plummer, K. 2003, Ethics in ICAA. In Innovations in Professional Practice: Influences & Perspectives Conference, Proceedings of the 2003 Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Conference, P. Rushbrook (Ed.), Centre for Research into Professional Practice, Learning & Education, Charles Sturt University, pp.193-199.
Research Project Supervision
External reporting
Accounting and ethics education
Current Research Students
Steven Halliday DBA ‘The Governance of Risk Management in Leading Australian Companies’
Grants and Awards
2007 Faculty of Business Teaching Excellence Award (team) ($800)
2007 Faculty of Business Research Seed Grant ($3000)
2006 Faculty of Commerce Scholarship in Teaching Fund, ‘Enhancing Flexible delivery in Accounting Theory: Using MP3 files to deliver content and improve student DE experience’. ($2000).
2006 Faculty of Commerce Scholarship in Teaching Fund, ‘Enhancing Flexible delivery in Accounting 1: Using MP3 files to deliver content and improve student DE experience’ ($2000).
2004 Faculty of Commerce Teaching Excellence Award (individual) ($800)