Dr. Prabhu Sivabalan is a Professor of Management Accounting in the University of Technology Sydney Business School, with a doctorate in control systems, strategy and financial management (budgeting). He researches how financial numbers and other metrics affect employee behaviors in organisations, and has also published textbook chapters emphasizing the importance of accounting ethics in the conduct of business operations. He has presented his ideas to industry organisations and conferences over the past 20 years, communicating the importance of prudent financial and operational management controls to sustainably manage employee behaviors in organisations.
Malini Somaiya holds a Bachelor of Social Work and Bachelor of Arts. She
is a social worker with over 20 years of experience within health care
and disability work. Malini has worked with people with progressive
neurological conditions within an inpatient and outpatient setting.
She currently works as an inpatient social worker within a geriatric
unit. She has also done some casual tutoring at Monash University.
Dr. Margaret Taplin has a PhD in Education. Originally a primary school teacher, she has over 30 years’ experience as a lecturer and researcher in teacher education, curriculum and pedagogy. Currently she is an independent education consultant in Australia and Hong Kong. Her main interest is to support mainstream teachers to integrate SSEHV into their existing teaching practices. Since 2003 she has been responsible for a series of projects to introduce and develop SSEHV in primary schools in Mainland China, supported by the ISSE(Hong Kong).
Dr. Taplin has written many articles about SSEHV for mainstream teachers and four books published by the ISSE(Hong Kong): To Teach Not to Punish: A Human Values Approach to Classroom Discipline (with Anita Devi); Silent Sitting: A Resource Manual; Teacher Survival: A Practical Human Values Approach to Professional Fulfilment and Happiness and Education in Human Values Through Mathematics: Mathematics Through Education in Human Values. Currently she is conducting research investigations into the impacts of SSEHV on teachers’ wellbeing, and the factors that influence teachers’ adoption of SSEHV in their teaching.
