Jean Raar is an Associate Professor in Accounting in the Faculty of Higher Education, Swinburne University, Lilydale Campus, currently teaching management accounting. She has taught accounting theory to Master of Commerce students, and small business management to MBA students. Jean has a PhD in environmental management accounting; her other research interests include accounting theory and small business management. Jean has presented research papers at a number of national and international conferences, and has received an award for best manuscript for her paper published in Corporate Communications: An International Journal, 2003 on a topic relating to triple-bottom-line reporting.