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Faculty Member

Josh Cieslewicz

Email: [email protected]
Office: KB 437 A
Phone: 801-863-6151
Mail Stop: 103

Biography

Dr. Cieslewicz’ research focuses on culture, ethics, supervision, and leadership. He prefers research oriented towards solving problems. He has published research on improving corporate ethics training. Concerned with what the CDC has called the obesity pandemic, he led a cross-disciplinary study on how to strategically refocus soda taxes to reduce diabetes. He is researching ways to improve training in cross-cultural situations. Dr. Cieslewicz’ research has been published in internationally regarded journals such as the Journal of Business Ethics, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, the Journal of International Accounting Research, and Management International Review. It has been presented at major academic conferences including those sponsored by the European Accounting Association, American Accounting Association, and Academy of International Business.

At the beginning of the Covid pandemic, Professor Cieslewicz agreed to serve as the Director of UVU’s Master of Accounting program. He was concerned that students continue to receive both a quality education and excellent jobs. He led the accounting faculty in revitalizing the MAcc curriculum and continued his efforts to prepare students to pass the CPA exam. He worked with others across campus to pioneer online recruitment events at UVU. This demonstrates his concern for students as well as his ability to work with others to solve problems.

Dr. Cieslewicz provides continuing professional education for professional accountants. He provided pro bono consulting for small businesses needing funds to survive the pandemic. Professor Cieslewicz received the UACPA Educator of the Year Award, UVU Faculty Excellence Award, and WSB Dean's Award of Excellence for Scholarship.

Education

PhD, University of Hawai`i, 2010

Major: International Management

Master's of Accountancy (MAcc), Brigham Young University, 2001

Major: Accountancy

BS, Brigham Young University, 2000

Major: Accountancy

Teaching

ACC 4110

Auditing, Spring 2025

ACC 4110

Auditing, Spring 2025

ACC 4110

Auditing, Spring 2025

Presentations

Cieslewicz, Josh , American Accounting Association Ethics Research Symposium, "Deterring Collusive Reporting_ Countering Materialism with Organizational Commitment", American Accounting Association , Denver. (July 6, 2023)

Cieslewicz, Josh , European Accounting Association 45th Annual Congress, "Deterring Collusive Reporting_ Countering Materialism with Organizational Commitment", European Accounting Association , Helsinki. (July 6, 2023)

Cieslewicz, Josh (Presenter & Author), Bailey, Jim , Helquist, Joel , Wendell, John (Author Only), Society for Business Ethics Virtual Conference, "The Effect of Organizational Commitment on Collusive Supervision Over Reporting", Society for Business Ethics, Virtual. (July, 2021)

Black, Erv (Author Only), Burton, Greg (Author Only), Cieslewicz, Josh (Presenter & Author), Hawaii Accounting Research Conference, "Improving Accounting Ethics_ Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior to Include Moral Disengagement", University of Hawaii, Virtual. (January 5, 2021)

Cieslewicz, Josh (Presenter & Author), Bailey, Jim (Author Only), Helquist, Joel (Author Only), HARC, "The Effect of Organizational Commitment on Collusive Supervision Over Reporting", UH, Manoa. (January 5, 2020)

Cieslewicz, Josh (Presenter & Author), Black, Erv (Author Only), Burton, Greg (Author Only), BALAS 2019 Annual Conference, "Analysis of Ethics Training_ A Study of the Theory of Planned Behavior", Business Association of Latin American Studies (BALAS), Lima, Peru. (April, 2019)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Cieslewicz, Josh , Bailey, Jim , Helquist, Joel , Wendell, John , "Deterring Collusive Reporting_ Countering Materialism with Organizational Commitment" .

Bailey, Jim , Saville, Amy , Helquist, Joel , Cieslewicz, Josh , "Jumpstart Your Career with an Accounting Internship" . The New Accountant.

Bailey, Jim , Chapman, Jared , Helquist, Joel , Cieslewicz, Josh , "Communication Impacts in Online Auditing Courses" . Advances in Accounting Education_ Teaching and Curriculum Innovation.

Cieslewicz, Josh , Bailey, Jim , Cieslewicz, Lindsy , McEuen, Cole , Lindsey, Jonathan , Helquist, Joel , "Navigating Narcissistic Leadership" . Strategic Finance.

Black, Erv , Burton, Greg , Cieslewicz, Josh , (2022) "Improving Ethics_ Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior to Include Moral Disengagement" (Issue: 4, vol. 181). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-021-04896-z

Cieslewicz, Josh , Cieslewicz, Emmelia , Cieslewicz, Isaiah , Cieslewicz, Lindsy J. S. , Haber, Jeffry , (2021) "The Soda Tax" (Issue: 2, vol. 16). Journal of Theoretical Accounting Research.

Awards

Outstanding Reviewer Contribution

Journal of Business Ethics - February, 2024

Award for outstanding contribution as a reviewer. See letter.

2023 Summer Research Grant

ACC 2030

Principles of Accounting, Fall 2010

Cieslewicz, Josh , Bailey, Jim , Helquist, Joel , Forensic Accounting Research Conference , "The Antidote of Organizational Commitment for Unwanted Influences of Materialism", , Utah Valley University, St. Louis. (March, 2019)

Cieslewicz, Josh (Presenter & Author), Cieslewicz, Emmelia (Author Only), Cieslewicz, Isaiah (Author Only), 2019 Conference of the Public Interest Section, "Treating the Health Care Crisis with a Soda Tax_ A Critical Analysis", , American Accounting Association, Orlando, FL. (March 30, 2019)

Cieslewicz, Josh , Daniel, Shirley , Kim, Jaehyeon , HARC, "Relationships between the Institutional Environment and Corporate Governance Practices_ Implications for Emerging and Developed Countries", , UH, Manoa. (January, 2019)

Cieslewicz, Josh , HARC, "Treating the Health Care Crisis with a Soda Tax and Media Campaign", , UH, Manoa. (January, 2019)

Black, Erv , Burton, Greg , Cieslewicz, Josh (Presenter & Author), International Association for Accounting Education & Research World Congress, "Analysis of Ethics Training_ A Study of the Theory of Planned Behavior", , International Association for Accounting Education & Research, Sydney, Australia. (November 10, 2018)

Cieslewicz, Josh , Cieslewicz, Emmelia , BYU Accounting Research Symposium, "Treating the Health Care Crisis with a Soda Tax and Media Campaign", , BYU, BYU Provo. (September, 2018)

Daniel, Shirley J. (Author Only), Cieslewicz, Josh (Presenter & Author), Kim , Jaehyeon (Author Only), The Twenty-Eighth Asia-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, "A Cross-National Study of the Impact of Changes in Institutional Environment on Corporate Governance Practices", , Asia-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, Kapalua, Hawaii. (November, 2016)

Cieslewicz, Josh , 2015 Forensic Accounting Research Conference, "Collusive Accounting Supervision and Economic Culture", , American Accounting Association, Denver, CO. (March, 2015)

Cieslewicz, Josh , International Accounting Section Midyear Meeting, "Collusive Accounting Supervision and Economic Culture", , American Accounting Association, Palm Springs, CA. (January, 2015)

Cieslewicz, Josh , International Accounting Section Midyear Meeting, "Exploring Ramifications of Power Distance for Corporate Governance Using Multiple Methodologies and Focusing on Mediating Effects", , American Accounting Association, Palm Springs, CA. (January, 2015)

Daniel, Shirley J. (Author Only), Kim, Jaehyeon (Author Only), Cieslewicz, Josh (Author Only), American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, "A Cross National Study of the Impact of Changes in Institutional Environment on Corporate Governance Practices", , American Accounting Association , Atlanta, Georgia. (August 5, 2014)

Daniel, Shirley J. (Presenter & Author), Kim, Jaehyeon (Author Only), Cieslewicz, Josh (Author Only), Academy of International Business Annual Meeting_ Local Contexts in Global Business, "A Cross National Study of the Impact of Changes in Institutional Environment on Corporate Governance Practices", , Academy of International Business, Vancouver, Canada. (June 24, 2014)

Cieslewicz, Josh (Presenter & Author), Annual Meeting, "Moderating Effects of Culture on Supervising Accountants’ Influence on Subordinates", , American Accounting Association, Washington D.C.. (August, 2012)

Cieslewicz, Josh (Presenter & Author), Wendell, John (Author Only), Ethics Symposium, "Encouraging Subordinates to Bias Reports", , American Accounting Association, Washington D.C.. (August, 2012)

Cieslewicz, Josh (Presenter & Author), International Accounting Section Midyear Meeting, "The Mediating Role of Institutions between National Economic Culture and Accounting", , American Accounting Association, Phoenix, Arizona. (February 25, 2012)

Cieslewicz, Josh (Presenter & Author), American Accounting Association 2011 Annual Meeting, "Accounting Manipulation and Supervision", , American Accounting Association, Denver, Colorado. (August 8, 2011)

Cieslewicz, Josh , BYU Accounting Research Symposium, "The Influence of Accounting Supervisors_ Coercion to Collude", , Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. (November 13, 2010)

Cieslewicz, Josh (Presenter & Author), Accounting, Behavior, and Organizations 2010 Research Conference, "The Supervision of Accountants and Biased Reporting", , American Accounting Association , Denver, Colorado. (October 08, 2010)

Cieslewicz, Josh (Presenter & Author), American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, "The Fraud Square_ Societal Influences on the Risk of Fraud", , American Accounting Association, San Francisco. (July, 2010)

Cieslewicz, Josh , Daniel, Shirley J., Kim, Jaehyeon , (2020) "Relationships between the Institutional Environment and Corporate Governance Practices_ Implications for Emerging versus Developed Countries" (vol. 19). Accountancy, Business, and the Public Interest. http://visar.csustan.edu/aaba/aabajourVol19.html

Cieslewicz, Josh , Cieslewicz, Emmelia , (2018) "The Social Capital Approach" . College and University Auditor Journal.

Cieslewicz, Josh , Anderson, Brittany , Cieslewicz, Lindsy , (2018) "Social Capital Pays Dividends" (vol. April 2018). The Internal Auditor.

Cieslewicz, Josh , Andersen, Brittany , Cieslewicz, Joseph , Barney, Douglas K., (2017) "Building Social Capital in Your Career" . Chicago, Illinois: The New Accountant. www.newaccountantusa.com/default.html

Cieslewicz, Joshua K., Black, Erv , (2016) "Collusive Accounting Supervision and Economic Culture" (Issue: 1, vol. 15). Sarasota, FL: Journal of International Accounting Research. http://aaajournals.org/doi/abs/10.2308/jiar-51181

Cieslewicz, Josh , Moon, Amanda , Yamanouchi, Sunao , Spencer, Amy , (2015) "Increasing Inclusiveness in the Accounting Profession in Utah" . Salt Lake City, Utah: The Journal Entry.

Cieslewicz, Josh , Annisette, M. , Cooper, C. , Neu, D. , (2014) "Relationships between National Economic Culture, Institutions, and Accounting_ Implications for IFRS" (Issue: 6, vol. 25). United Kingdom: Critical Perspectives on Accounting. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S1045235413000397

Cieslewicz, Josh , Welker, Michael , (2012) "Book Review of Timothy Doupnik and Hector Perera, International Accounting, Third Edition" (Issue: 2, vol. 11). Sarasota, Florida: Journal of International Accounting Research. http://aaajournals.org/loi/jiar

Daniel, Shirley J., Cieslewicz, Josh , Pourjalali, Hamid , Oesterle, Michael-Jörg , (2012) "The Impact of National Economic Culture and Country-Level Institutional Environment on Corporate Governance Practices" (Issue: 3, vol. 52). Germany: Management International Review. www.mir-online.de/ Also_ http_//rd.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11575-011-0108-x

Cieslewicz, Josh , Crumbley, Larry , (2012) "The Fraud Model in International Contexts_ A Call to Include Societal-level Influences in the Model" (Issue: 1, vol. 4). Baton Rouge, LA: Journal of Forensic and Investigative Accounting. www.bus.lsu.edu/accounting/faculty/lcrumbley/jfia/Default.htm

Daniel, Shirley J., Cieslewicz, Josh , Pearson, Thomas C., Hwang, Hong , Yu, Eden , (2011) "State Regulation's Significant Impact on Corporate Governance Practices, Earnings Management, and Disclosure" (Issue: 2, vol. 18). Hong Kong: Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics. www.cb.cityu.edu.hk/research/apjae/?page=forthcoming