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Michelle Rodrigue

Michelle
Rodrigue

Ph. D., CPA

Full Professor

School of Accounting
FSA ULaval
Pavillon Palasis-Prince
Local 2648

Fields of Interest and Research

  • Sustainability management
  • Environmental management (except in natural environment)
  • Sustainable development and policy
  • Social structures
  • Environmental education and extension
  • Economics, business and management curriculum, pedagogy and didactics

Teaching Areas

  • Sustainable Development Accounting
  • Organizational Perspectives in Accounting Research
  • Research Methods

Education

  • Philosophiae Doctor, Business Administration (Ph. D.), Concordia University
  • Master in Sciences specialized in Accountancy (MBA), Université de Sherbrooke
  • Undergraduate degree in Business Administration (B.B.A.), Université de Sherbrooke

Publications

Articles

  • Himick, D., Brivot, M., & Rodrigue, M. (2026). An ethical architecture of investor exit: fossil free divestment decisions by institutional investors.
  • Picard, C.-F., & Rodrigue, M. (2025). ‘We Can Help!’ Stories of professional accountants’ quest for social worth. European Accounting Review, 34(4), 1717-1747. DOI : 10.1080/09638180.2024.2413002
  • Rodrigue, M., & Russell, S. (2024). COMMENTAIRES - Two years in the making: Co-learning insights from the CSEAR’s education community of practice. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 44(3), 217-236. DOI : 10.1080/0969160X.2024.2415930
  • Rodrigue, M., & Picard, C.-F. (2023). Non-accountants and Accounting: On the Emancipatory Mobilization of Accounting by Sustainability Managers. European Accounting Review, 32(5), 1217-1245. DOI : 10.1080/09638180.2022.2052921
  • Rodrigue, M., Diouf, D., & Gendron, Y. (2023). On the use of framing strategies by the Big Four accounting firms: bringing sustainability risks into the mainstream. Accounting Forum, 47(3), 416-440. DOI : 10.1080/01559982.2022.2066403
  • Arjaliès, D.-L., Rodrigue, M., & Romi, A. M. (2023). “Come play with us!” A grassroots research agenda for accounting and the circular economy. Accounting Forum, 47(4), 497-524. DOI : 10.1080/01559982.2023.2269747
  • Rodrigue, M., & Romi, A. (2022). Environmental escalations to social inequities: Some reflections on the tumultuous state of Gaia. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 82, 102321. DOI : 10.1016/j.cpa.2021.102321
  • Henri, J.-F., Journeault, M., & Rodrigue, M. (2021). The Domino Effect of Perceived Stakeholder Pressures on Eco-controls. Accounting and the Public Interest, 21(1), 105-136. DOI : 10.2308/API-2020-015
  • Gendron, Y., & Rodrigue, M. (2021). On the centrality of peripheral research and the dangers of tight boundary gatekeeping. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 76, 102076. DOI : 10.1016/j.cpa.2019.02.003
  • Cho, C. H., Kim, A., Rodrigue, M., & Schneider, T. (2020). Towards a better understanding of sustainability accounting and management research and teaching in North America: a look at the community. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 11(6), 985-1007. DOI : 10.1108/SAMPJ-08-2019-0311
  • Michelon, G., Rodrigue, M., & Trevisan, E. (2020). The marketization of a social movement: Activists, shareholders and CSR disclosure. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 80, 101074. DOI : 10.1016/j.aos.2019.101074
  • Roussy, M., & Rodrigue, M. (2018). Internal Audit: Is the 'Third Line of Defense' Effective as a Form of Governance? An Exploratory Study of the Impression Management Techniques Chief Audit Executives Use in Their Annual Accountability to the Audit Committee. Journal of Business Ethics, 151(3), 853-869. DOI : 10.1007/s10551-016-3263-y
  • Gibassier, D., Rodrigue, M., & Arjaliès, D.-L. (2018). “Integrated reporting is like God: no one has met Him, but everybody talks about Him”: The power of myths in the adoption of management innovations. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 31(5), 1349-1380. DOI : 10.1108/AAAJ-07-2016-2631
  • Cho, C. H., Laine, M., Roberts, R. W., & Rodrigue, M. (2018). The Frontstage and Backstage of Corporate Sustainability Reporting: Evidence from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Bill. Journal of Business Ethics, 152(3), 865-886. DOI : 10.1007/s10551-016-3375-4
  • Magnan, M., Rodrigue, M., & Cormier, D. (2018). The pipeline crack'd: Piercing through environmental catastrophe via risk management and governance. Revue Française de Gouvernance d'Entreprise, 20, 11-56.
  • Rodrigue, M. (2015). COMMENTAIRES - The International Integrated Reporting Council: A Story of Failure; ‘But Does Sustainability need Capitalism or an Integrated Report’ a Commentary on ‘The International Integrated Reporting Council: A Story of Failure’ by Flower, J.; The International Integrated Reporting Council: A Call to Action. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 35(2: Economic Democracy and Accounting), 128-129. DOI : 10.1080/0969160X.2015.1068568
  • Cho, C. H., Laine, M., Roberts, R. W., & Rodrigue, M. (2015). Organized hypocrisy, organizational façades, and sustainability reporting. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 40, 78-94. DOI : 10.1016/j.aos.2014.12.003
  • Michelon, G., & Rodrigue, M. (2015). Demand for CSR : Insights from shareholder proposals. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 35(3), 157-175. DOI : 10.1080/0969160X.2015.1094396
  • Rodrigue, M., Cho, C. H., & Laine, M. (2015). Volume and tone of environmental disclosure : A comparative analysis of a corporation and its stakeholders. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 35(1), 1-16. DOI : 10.1080/0969160X.2015.1007465
  • Rodrigue, M. (2014). Contrasting Realities: Corporate Environmental Disclosure and Stakeholder-Released Information. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 27(1), 119-149. DOI : 10.1108/AAAJ-04-2013-1305
  • Rodrigue, M., Magnan, M., & Boulianne, E. (2013). Stakeholders' influence on environmental strategy and performance indicators: A managerial perspective. Management Accounting Research, 24(4), 301-316. DOI : 10.1016/j.mar.2013.06.004
  • Rodrigue, M., Magnan, M., & Cho, C. (2013). Is Environmental Governance Substantive or Symbolic? An Empirical Investigation. Journal of Business Ethics, 114(1), 107-129. DOI : 10.1007/s10551-012-1331-5
  • Cho, C. H., Martens, M. L., Kim, H., & Rodrigue, M. (2011). Astroturfing Global Warming: It Isn’t Always Greener on the Other Side of the Fence. Journal of Business Ethics, 104(4), 571-587. DOI : 10.1007/s10551-011-0950-6
  • Rodrigue, M., & Laine, M. (2009). COMMENTAIRES - To Whom Are We Talking? A Commentary on the SEA Symposium at the EAA 2009. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 29(1), 17-22. DOI : 10.1080/0969160x.2009.9651805
  • Cho, C., & Rodrigue, M. (2009). COMMENTAIRES - Book Review: Sustainability Accounting and Accountability. The International Journal of Accounting, 44, 106-109. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020706308001155
  • Cho, C., & Rodrigue, M. (2007). COMMENTAIRES - An Overview of the 2007 EAA Symposium on Social and Environmental Accounting. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 27(2), 12-16. DOI : 10.1080/0969160X.2007.9651778

Chapters in Collective Works

  • Brivot, M., Himick, D., & Rodrigue, M. (2026). An ethical architecture of investor exit: Fossil free divestment decisions by institutional investors. In A. Cotiga, E. Harkonen, C. Cho & E. Veglianti (Eds.). Corporate Accountability. Sustainability Due Diligence and Reporting - A Commentary, Science Publishers. Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Michelon, G., & Rodrigue, M. (2025). Shareholder activism and progressive politics: the case of Climate Action 100+. In Mattoni, A. (Ed). The Handbook of Progressive Politics (pp. 199-221). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/handbook-of-progressive-politics-9781800880634.html.
  • Perron, A., & Rodrigue, M. (2025). Huile et Herbes: The challenges of measuring sustainability performance. In Cho et al. (Ed). Cases and Exercises in Sustainability Accounting Book (pp. 210-214). Edward Elgar Publishing. doi : 10.4337/9781035330607.00029.
  • Rodrigue, M., & Romi, A. (2024). An overview of the circular economy. In M. Magnan & G. Michelon (Eds.). The Handbook of Corporate Governance and CSR (pp. 118-135). Edward Elgar Publishing. doi : 10.4337/9781802208771.00020.
  • Rodrigue, M., & Michelon, G. (2021). Shareholder Activism and the Environment. In Jan Bebbington, Carlos Larrinaga, Brendan O'Dwyer, Ian Thomson (Ed). Routledge Handbook of Environmental Accounting (pp. 151-164). Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Environmental-Accounting/Bebbington-Larrinaga-ODwyer-Thomson/p/book/9780367152338.

Communications in a Conference with Proceedings

  • Rodrigue, M., Tregidga, H., & Cooper, C. (2024). EDITORIAL : The fragments and traces of integrated reporting that prevail: On the importance of a sustained critical perspective on reporting, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 99, 102726, DOI : 10.1016/j.cpa.2024.102726. United Kingdom.
  • Apostol, O., Dey, C., & Rodrigue, M. (2023). EDITORIAL : On the SEAJ ethos: Mentorship and peer review, Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 43(3), 193-201, DOI : 10.1080/0969160X.2023.2270460. United Kingdom.
  • Rodrigue, M., & Dey, C. (2022). EDITORIAL : Reflecting on Inspiration and Orientation, Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 42(3), 129-139, DOI : 10.1080/0969160X.2022.2137769. United Kingdom.
  • Rodrigue, M., & Tregidga, H. (2021). EDITORIAL 2021: Reflections on vision and perseverance, Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 41(3): 139-149, https://doi.org/10.1080/0969160X.2021.1999654. United Kingdom.
  • Rodrigue, M., & Tregidga, H. (2020). EDITORIAL: Editors introduction to the special issue. I (we) won’t back down: Rob Gray’s tribute album. United Kingdom.

Communications in a Conference Without Proceedings

  • Järvinen, J., Laine, M., Rodrigue, M., & Henttu-Aho, T. (2026). Accounting for climate action strategy. Conférence NA CSEAR, Ottawa, Canada.
  • Maire, S., Senn, J., & Rodrigue, M. (2026). Navigating time in constructing risks: (counter) framings of nuclear waste management. Annual Telfer Conference in Accounting, Auditing and Accountability, Ottawa, Canada.
  • Sheedy, É., Rodrigue, M., & Gendron, Y. (2024). Restoring academic control over the boundaries of publication accountability: A case study. Séminaire à l'Université de Burgos, Burgos, Spain.
  • Picard, C.-F., & Rodrigue, M. (2024). "We can help!" Stories of professional accountants' quest for social worth. Séminaire à l'Université de Bristol, United Kingdom.
  • Rodrigue, M., & Russell, S. (2024). Lived experiences of sustainability educators. Séminaire à l'Université de Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
  • Maire, S., Senn, J., & Rodrigue, M. (2023). Keeping socio-environmental risks alive: Counter-framing of nuclear waste management. CSEAR, Cordoba, Spain.
  • Maire, S., Senn, J., & Rodrigue, M. (2023). Navigating time in constructing risks: (counter) framings of nuclear waste management. Journée de la recherche, École de comptabilité, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
  • Picard, C.-F., & Rodrigue, M. (2023). ''We can help!'' Stories of professional accountants' quest for social worth. Conference EAA, Helsinski, Finland.
  • Picard, C.-F., & Rodrigue, M. (2022). We can help! Stories of professional accountants’ quest for a social role. Université de Durham, Durham, United Kingdom.
  • Rodrigue, M., & Picard, C.-F. (2020). Non-accountants and accounting: A new pragmatist perspective on the emancipatory mobilization of accounting by sustainability managers. Journée de la recherche, École de comptabilité, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
  • Magnan, M., Rodrigue, M., & Cormier, D. (2018). The pipeline crack'd: Piercing through environmental catastrophe via risk management and governance. Journée de la recherche, École de comptabilité, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
  • Rodrigue, M., & Picard, C.-F. (2018). Non-accountants and accounting: A new pragmatist perspective on the emancipatory mobilization of accounting by sustainability managers. Séminaire à l'Université d'Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
  • Roussy, M., & Rodrigue, M. (2015). Internal audit: Is the governance 'Third line of defense' effective? An exploratory study of CAEs' impression management techniques. Proceedings of the 38th European Accounting Association Annual Congress 2015, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
  • Rodrigue, M., & Cho, C. (2012). Quantitative silent and shadow accounts in the Canadian forest industry. 24th International Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research - University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom.
  • Rodrigue, M. (2010). Contrasting realities: Corporate environmental disclosure and stakeholder-released information. 6th Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting (APIRA), Sydney, Australia.
  • Rodrigue, M. (2008). The role of environmental performance metrics in sustainable competitive advantage. 31e Congrès de l’Association de Comptabilité Européenne (EAA), Rotterdam, Netherlands (The).

Submitted Case Studies

  • Journeault, M., Rodrigue, M., & Perron, A. (2019). Teaching Case. PF Integrated: Developing and Experimenting Competencies in Sustainability Accounting, Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 39(3), 178-191, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0969160X.2019.1677257.
  • Arjaliès, D.-L., Rodrigue, M., Gibassier, D., & Mark, K. (2018). Danone: Adopting Integrated Reporting or Not?.

Research Reports

  • Arjaliès, D.-L., Gibassier, D., & Rodrigue, M. (2015). From share value to shared value: Exploring the role of integrated reporting in accounting practices.

Thesis and Dissertation

  • Rodrigue, M. (2010). Stakeholder Perspectives on Accounting Information: Three Essays on Environmental Accounting [ Concordia University, Montréal, Canada].

Other researchers

Other researchers

Other researchers

  • Giovanna Michelon

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