John Koeplin, S.J

Associate Professor of Accounting

Tel: 415-422-2563
Fax: 415-422-2502
TDD: 415-422-6439
koeplin@usfca.edu

University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton Street, Malloy Hall
San Francisco, CA 94117-1045, U.S.A.

• Ph.D., Accounting, University of North Texas, 1998
• MA, Divinity and Theology, Regis School of Theology, 1991 (Ordained Roman Catholic Priest, June 1991)
• MBA, Taxation, Golden Gate University, 1983
• B.A., Accounting, San Jose State University, 1977

• BA322: Cost Accounting

• At the University of San Francisco since 1988
• Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Business and Management, University of San Francisco (2005-2006)
• Instructor of Accounting, University of San Francisco (1985-1987)

• "Sustainability Reporting Practices in Portugal:  Greenwashing or Triple Bottom Line?" XI Accounting Congress Portugal, November 2006. With Diane Roberts.
• “Contingency Disclosure Decisions of Financial Statement Users.” European Applied Business Research Conference. Santorini Island, Greece, June 2005. Published in the Proceedings. With Diane H. Roberts.
• Management Accounting Simulation: An Approach to Bring Decision Making Into an Introductory Accounting Course." 4th Annual Conference of the Academy of Business Education, San Francisco, CA, September 2003. Published in the Proceedings.
• "Loss Contingency Disclosure: Are Stakeholders Being Served?" Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting Conference, Madrid Spain, July, 2003. Published in the Proceedings.
• "The State Consistency Approach to Measuring the Moral Judgment of Accountants." Thirty-Second Annual Meeting of the Western Decision Sciences Institute, April, 2003. Published in the Proceedings. With Diane H. Roberts.
• "Impact of Cognitive Moral Judgment Ability on Knowledge of Red Flags." Research on Accounting Ethics, Volume 8, pages 125-143, 2002. Note: This paper won the third McLaughlin Prize for Research in Accounting Ethics in 2000. The prize carried with it a plaque and a cash award of $10,000. With Diane H. Roberts.
• "An Exploration of Values and Ethical Choices of Accounting Students." The International Business and Economics Research Journal, Volume 1, Number 5, pages 41-51, 2002.

• Instructor, University of Santa Clara (1991-1993)
• Tax Accountant, ROLM Corporation, Santa Clara, California (1980-1981)
• Staff accountant, Hood and Strong, Certified Public Accountants, San Jose (1977-1980)

• Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, School of Business and Management, University of San Francisco (2003).
• Listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (2001).
• Winner (with Diane Roberts) of the Glen McLaughlin Prize for Research in Accounting Ethics given by the Michael F. Price College of Business School of Accounting, University of Oklahoma (2000). Prize of $10,000 given for the best-unpublished paper on accounting ethics.
• Distinguished Service Award, McLaren School of Business, University of San Francisco (1987)
• CPA, State of California