Biography

Dr Lei is the Assistant Professor of the Department of Accountancy, and he has taught undergraduate and master modules including Financial Accounting, Auditing and Advance Auditing, Corporate Secretaryship, and Financial Reporting and Analysis. Dr Lei has successfully secured external students’ scholarship donations from different donors. Dr Lei also received the HSUHK Excellent Teaching Award in recognizing his dedication in teaching.

Before joining HSUHK, Dr Lei served as an auditor of PwC and the income control auditor and casino analyst respectively of two casino resorts in Macau.

At HSUHK, Dr Lei is currently the Director of the Start-up and SME Resource Centre, Co-Chairman of the HSUHK Junzi Corporation Award Project, Co-Convenor of the HSUHK Anti-Scam Education and Research Programme, and the Staff Development Coordinator of the Department of Accountancy.

Research and Teaching Interests

• Business ethics (including Junzi), SME businesses, ESG, gaming, anti-money laundering, labor union

Intellectual Contributions (Publications, Conferences, Books, Book Chapters, etc.)

• Kwong K.K., & Lei, H.W.L. (2024). Special issue of the Asian Journal of Business Ethics on Global Survey of Business Ethics (GSBE) Reports 2022-2024 from Asia, Australia, and Russia: China: Hong Kong.
• Lei, H.W.L., Siu, Y.W., Yau, L.N., & Zhang W.Y. (2024). Perception-reality gap on the benefits brought by female directors in Hong Kong. The Journal of the Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute, May 2024, 28-32.
• Leung, T.K.P., & Lei, H.W.L. (2023). The economy of the Sino-US conflict: Its impact on Chinese firms listed in the U.S. and Hong Kong as a financial hub. Asia Pacific Business Review, 28(5), 680-700. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2022.2116875
• Snell, R.S., Wu, C.X.R., & Lei, H.W.L. (2022). Junzi virtues: A Confucian foundation for harmony within organizations. Asian Journal of Business Ethics, 11(1), 183-226. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13520-022-00146-1
• Poon, A., Yuen, W.K.E., Chung, H.Y.H, & Lei, H.W.L. (2021). Sustainable growth for the 88^th year: A bank’s virtue of wisdom and sustainability. The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong Business Review, 3(2), 14-21.
• Poon, A., & Lei, H.W.L. (2021). Time is ticking: Environmental protection starts with ethical business practice and proper CSR strategies. The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong Business Review, 3(1) 19-28.
• Chan, R., Lei, H.W.L., & Young, A.L. (2020). Regulating insurance intermediaries in Hong Kong: New milestone for the industry. Journal of International Banking Law & Regulation, 35(12), 496-504.
• Lei, H.W.L., Kim, C.F.S., & Wong, R.M.K. (2020). An examination of labour unions and firm’s tax ethical behaviour in the USA. Asian Journal of Business Ethics, 9(1), 93-120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13520-020-00101-y
• Young, A.L., & Lei, H.W.L. (2019). Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission as a corporate regulator: No bark and no bite? Journal of International Banking Law & Regulation, 34(12), 429-437.
• Goh, L., Lam, K.C., & Lei, H.W.L. (2019). Value relevance of financial and non-financial information: Evidence from the gaming industry. UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal, 23(1), 41-67.
• Young, A., Lei, H.W.L., Wong, B. & Kwok, B. (2016). Individual tax compliance in China: A review. International Journal of Law and Management, 58(5), 562-574. http://doi.org/10.1108/IJLMA-12-2015-0063

Business and Professional Engagement (including membership)

• ESG Committee Member – Chief Happiness Officer Association