Lourdes Ferreira White, D.B.A.
Professor of Accounting
Phone: 410.837.5090
E-mail: lwhite@ubalt.edu
Education:
- D.B.A., Harvard University
- M.S., Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
- B.S., Getulio Vargas Foundation
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Bio
Dr. White received her doctorate from Harvard University in 1989 and joined the UB faculty in 1992. Her teaching interests are in managerial accounting, management control and cost accounting. Her current research focuses on ethics, performance measurement, and risk management. She holds the Lockheed Martin Chair in accounting, and in 2018 she was the winner, with Professor Regina Bento, of the Black & Decker Research Award.
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Research Interests
Ethics, performance measurement, and risk management.
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Teaching Interests
Managerial accounting, management control and cost accounting.
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Recent Publications
Intellectual Contributions
Refereed Journal Articles
Bento, R. F., & White, L. F. (2024). Getting Better at Doing Good: Dealing with Ethical Dilemmas in Management Accounting. Advances in Management Accounting. 37.
Antonacopoulou, E., Bento, R. F., & White, L. F. (2023). Where Was Internal Audit? Professional Misconduct and the Wells Fargo Scandal. Research in the Sociology of Organizations. 84. 227-244.
Bento, R. F., & White, L. F. (2023). Artificial Intelligence and Ethical Professional Judgments in a Small Audit Firm Context. Business & Professional Ethics Journal. 42(3), 315-357.
Bento, R. F., Mertins, L., & White, L. F. (2020). Calculation, Principle or Bias? Information Preference and Ethical Decision-Making. International Studies of Management and Organization. 50(3), 232-252.
Conference Proceedings
Bento, R. F., & White, L. F. (2023). Ethical Responsibility and Professional Judgment in the Use of Artificial Intelligence. Academy of Management.
Bento, R. F., & White, L. F. (2022). Assessing Conduct Risk: Reinventing Internal Audit to Predict and Prevent Misconduct. IVBEC - 29th Annual International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference.
Antonacopoulou, E., Bento, R. F., & White, L. F. (2021). Promoting the Common Good: The Internal Audit Function and the Persistence of Wrongdoing. IVBEC - 28th Annual International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference..
Bento, R. F., & White, L. F. (2020). COVID-19 and Managerial Decision-Making: Ethics and risks. IVBEC- International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference.
Non-Refereed Journal Articles
Soh, W., Antonacopoulou, E., Rigg, C., White, L. F., & Bento, R. F. (2024). Changing Internal Auditing from a Compliance-based to a Conduct-Focused Approach. Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting. 26. 1-21.
Presentations
White, L. F. 2023 Accounting Educators Symposium, "Accounting Ethics," Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA), (2023).
Bento, R. F., & White, L. F. 2023 Research Engagement Day - RED Talks, "Managing Conduct Risk: Innovative Approaches to Internal Auditing," University of Baltimore, (2023).
Bento, R. F., & white, . 2022 Research Engagement Day - RED Talks, "Internal Audit and the Persistence of Wrongdoing," U. of Baltimore, (2022).
Bento, R. F., & White, L. F. 2021 Research Engagement Day - RED Talks, "COVID-19 and Small Businesses: Ethical Decision-Making," University of Baltimore, (2021).
Bento, R. F., & White, L. F. Faculty Dialogues, "Professional Judgment in Small CPA Firms," Merrick School of Business, (2020).
Bento, R. F., & White, L. F. Research Engagement Day - RED Talks, "Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Professional Judgment in Small CPA Firms.," University of Baltimore, (2020).