Prof N Eccles

Qualifications

• BSc (Wits)
• BSc (Hons) (Wits)
• MSc (Wits)
• PhD (UCT)

NRF Rating

Currently teaching

• SUS150 – Sustainability and Greed

Fields of academic interests

• Business ethics
• Critical management studies

Field of Specialisation

• Socially responsible investment

Books

• Eccles, N.S. & Holtzhausen, N. 2012. “Part 1: Issues and provocations” In: Melinde Coetzee; Jo-Anne Botha; Neil Eccles; Hester
• Nienaber; Natasja Holtzhausen (Eds) Developing student graduateness and employability: Issues, provocations, theory and practical guidelines. Knowres Publishers, Randburg.
• Eccles, N.S. 2012. “The subversion of graduateness by an obsession with employability?” In: Melinde Coetzee; Jo-Anne Botha; Neil Eccles; Hester Nienaber; Natasja Holtzhausen (Eds) Developing student graduateness and employability: Issues, provocations, theory and practical guidelines. Knowres Publishers, Randburg.
• Eccles, N.S. 2011 “Chapter 2: New values in responsible investment” In: Wim Vandekerckhove, Jos Leys, Kristian Alm, Bert Scholtens, Silvana Signori & Henry Schafer (Eds) Responsible Investment in Times of Turmoil. Springer
• Eccles, N.S., Hamann, R. and De Jongh, D. 2008. Chapter 6: Corporate Accountability in South Africa: An evaluation of sectoral differences. In: Corporate Accountability and Sustainable Development. Ed. P Utting & J Clapp. Oxford University Press – India.
• Eccles, N.S., Nicholls, S.J. and De Jongh, D. 2007. Corporate Citizenship. In: Business Management - a contemporary approach. Juta – South Africa.

Journal articles

• Eccles, N.S. 2018. Overcoming constraints imposed by fiduciary duties in terms of justice as a “Leadership Challenge that Matters”. African Journal of Business Ethics, 12(2): 18-35.
• Eccles, N.S. 2018. Remarks on Lydenberg's "Reason, Rationality, and Fiduciary Duty". Journal of Business Ethics, 151(1): 55-68
• Eccles, N.S. 2015. Aiding and abetting an escape from disciplinary parochialism: A case study. Journal of Corporate Citizenship, 60: 41-57
• Ackers, B. & Eccles, N.S. 2015. Mandatory corporate social responsibility assurance practices: the case of King III in South Africa. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 28(4): 515-550.
• Eccles, N.S. 2013. Sustainable Investment, Dickens, Malthus and Marx. Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment. 3(4): 287-302.
• Viviers, S. & Eccles, N.S. 2012. 35 years of SRI research - general trends over time. SA Journal of Business Management. 43(4); 1-16
• Eccles, N.S. & Viviers, S. 2011. The origins and meanings of names describing investment practices that integrate a consideration of ESG issues in the academic literature. Journal of Business Ethics. 104; 389-402.
• Eccles, N.S. 2010. UN Principles for Responsible Investment Signatories and the Anti-Apartheid SRI Movement: A Thought Experiment. Journal of Business Ethics. 95 (3); 415-424.
• Eccles, N.S., Pillay, V., De Jongh, D. 2009. Correlates of corporate accountability amongst South Africa’s largest listed companies. Southern African Business Review. 13(1); 21-38.
• Eccles, N.S., De Jongh, D., Nicholls, S.J., Sinclair, G. and Walker, P. 2007. The State of Responsible Investment in South Africa: A Survey of the Approaches and Perceptions of the South African Investment Community to Environmental, Social and Governance Issues. Unisa Press – Pretoria, South Africa.
• Eccles, N.S. 2007. Responsible Investment – Why? Collective Insight. Summer 2007. 5–6.
• Viviers, S., Eccles, N.S., De Jongh, D., Bosch,J.K., Smit E.vdM. & Buijs, A. 2008. Responsible investing in South Africa – drivers, barriers and enablers. South African Journal of Business Management. 39(4), 15-28.
• Esler, K.J., Cowling, R.M. and  Eccles, N.S. 2002. The horizontal distribution of root biomass in a South African winter-rainfall desert community. South African Journal of Botany. 68: 443–446.
• Eccles, N.S., Lamont, B., Esler, K. and Lamont, H. 2001. Relative performance of clumped vs. experimentally isolated plants in a South African winter-rainfall desert community. Plant Ecology. 155(2). 219 – 227.
• Little, K.M. and Eccles, N.S. 2000. Control of Eucalyptus grandis cut-stumps of single-stem origin. Southern African Forestry Journal. 187: 45 - 49
• Eccles, N.S., Esler, K.J., and Cowling, R.M.. 1999. Spatial pattern analysis in Namaqualand desert plant communities: evidence for general positive interactions. Plant Ecology. 142: 71–85.
• Eccles, N.S., Kritzinger, J.L. and Little, K.M. 1997. Appropriateness of non-destructive measures of young pine tree performance in weeding experiments. Southern African Forestry Journal
• Schumann, A.W., Little, K.M. and Eccles, N.S. Suppression of seed germination and early seedling growth by plantation harvest residues. South African Journal of Plant and Soil. 12:170-172.

Paper presentations

• Eccles, N.S. 2018. “Ethics, Governance & Leadership as Drivers for African Growth”: A critique of the conference theme.  17th Annual BEN-Africa Conference 8-9 November 2018 Maputo, Mozambique
• Eccles, N.S. and Magagula, B. 2018. “Consider the following scenario: ‘A politically connected White male Western European offers to smooth the way for your company to sell in his country … for a fee.’” European Business Ethics Network (EBEN) Research Conference. 6 – 8 September, Vienna, Austria.
• Eccles, N.S., Delport, P.T. & Mataboge, M. 2017. “Fiduciary capitalism: Revisiting dialectics.” European Business Ethics Network (EBEN) Research Conference. 6 – 8 September, Athens, Greece.
• Eccles, N.S. 2017. “Overcoming constraints imposed by fiduciary duties in terms of tackling “Leadership challenges that matter”?” 4^th International Conference on Responsible Leadership. 15 – 17 March 2017. The Gordon Institute of Business Science, South Africa
• Eccles, N.S. 2014. ‘The Bridge over the River Kwai”: Reflection first and anti-solutionism, problem posing and infuriation as tools to nurture this. ’ 3rd International Conference on Responsible Leadership. 5 – 6 November 2014. Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
• Swart, R., Eccles, N.S. & van der Linde, K. 2009 ‘The fiduciary responsibility of asset consultants and its influence on the practice of responsible investment in the South African pension fund industry.’  2^nd Annual PRI Academic Network Conference. 1-3 October 2009. Ottawa, Canada.
• Eccles, N.S. 2008. ‘Some lessons from South Africa’s past’. ECCE & UNPRI Responsible Investing Academic Conference. 17 – 19 Sep 2008. Maastricht, The Netherlands.
• Eccles, N.S. 2008. ‘Socially Responsible Investment as a Catalyst for Promoting Human Rights and Development: The Anti-apartheid Movement.’ National Human Rights and Business Conference. “Business, Development and Poverty.” 18 – 19 Mar 2008. Sandton, South Africa.
• Eccles, N.S., Hamann, R. and De Jongh, D. 2006. ‘Drivers of corporate social accountability in South Africa.’ 2006. The Ninth Biennial Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics. "Ecological Sustainability and Human Well-being". 16 - 18 Dec 2006. New Delhi, India

Other

• Editorial board member: Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment