Education
BBA, University of Texas at Austin, 1977MS, Texas Tech University, 1983
PhD, Texas Tech University, 1989
Research Interest
Accounting ethics, professional skepticism, auditors' ethical decision making, wisdom in accountingCourses Taught
Auditing (ACCT 407)Accounting Ethics (ACCT 450/650)
Biography
Michael K. Shaub is Clinical Professor in Mays Business School. He came to Texas A&M in 2006 from St. Mary’s University, where he was Emil Jurica Professor of Accounting. Previously he was Eminent Scholar in Accounting at the University of North Alabama. His research encompasses accounting ethics issues, including professional skepticism in auditor-client relationships and wisdom in professional decision making. Dr. Shaub received the 2012 Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching (Campus Wide). He was also awarded the AFS Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching (College Level) for Mays Business School in 2010 and was the Mays Business School representative for the Center for Teaching Excellence’s “Teaching for Tomorrow” video series in 2011. He was the first two-time winner of the Ernst & Young Teaching Excellence Award (2016, 2008), and in 2008 he was both the Texas Society of CPAs’ Accounting Educator of the Year and a Texas A&M University Fish Camp Namesake.
Dr. Shaub was St. Mary’s 2003-2004 Distinguished Business Faculty Award winner and received the 2003 Faculty Research Award. He was Hillsdale College’s Professor of the Year in 1998 and received the Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Business Administration in 1993. Beta Gamma Sigma named him one of five national Irwin Fellows in 1992. Dr. Shaub was St. Mary’s nominee for the biannual Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, a national award open to all academic disciplines, in 2004 and again in 2006.
Dr. Shaub’s articles have been published in a wide variety of journals including Behavioral Research in Accounting, Accounting Horizons, and Journal of Business Ethics. An editorial board member and reviewer for numerous accounting journals, he is the former book review editor for Issues in Accounting Education. He has taught continuing education courses for companies such as Halliburton, CenterPoint Energy, and Zachry Group.
A Texas CPA, his BBA in Accounting is from the University of Texas at Austin, and he has an MS in Oil and Gas Accounting and a PhD in Accounting from Texas Tech University.
Mike and his wife, Linda, have five children and nine grandchildren. He has also been a college basketball and football announcer at three different institutions. He is active on Twitter (@mikeshaub) and his ethics blog is at https://mays.tamu.edu/ethics.
Research Publications
Braun, R., Fisher, D. G., Hageman, A. M., Mauldin, S., & Shaub, M. K. (2021). Stuck between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Whistleblower’s Dilemma. In Emerald Publishing Limited eBooks (pp. 73–101). https://doi.org/10.1108/s1574-076520210000024005Persellin, J. S., Shaub, M. K., & Wilkins, M. S. (2014). Arachnophobia: a case on impairment and accounting ethics. Issues in Accounting Education, 29(4), 577–586. https://doi.org/10.2308/iace-50890
The Routledge companion to auditing. (1969, December 31). Retrieved from http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415633635/
Shaub, M. K. (2017). A Wisdom-Based Accounting Ethics course. In Accounting education (pp. 181–216). https://doi.org/10.1108/s1085-462220170000020008
Shaub, M. K. (2020a). Building Moral Courage Through a Wisdom-Focused Accounting Ethics Course. In Accounting Ethics Education: Teaching Virtues and Values. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429321597-9
Shaub, M. K. (2020b). Understanding professional skepticism through an ethics lens: A research note. In Research on professional responsibility and ethics in accounting. https://doi.org/10.1108/s1574-076520200000023001
Shaub, M. K., & Braun, R. (2013). Call of Duty: a framework for auditors’ ethical decisions. In Springer eBooks (pp. 3–25). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7082-9_1
Thornton, J., & Shaub, M. K. (2013). Tax services, consequence severity, and jurors’ assessment of auditor liability. Managerial Auditing Journal, 29(1), 50–75. https://doi.org/10.1108/maj-03-2013-0834
