Wen Li Chan

Contact

• workRoom EB35 Block E
  Malaysia Campus
  Jalan Broga
  43500 Semenyih
  Selangor Darul Ehsan
  Malaysia
• work+6 (03) 8924 8249
• fax+6 (03) 8924 8019
• WenLi.Chan@nottingham.edu.my

Biography

Wen Li is a Law and MBA graduate of the University of Nottingham. She was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2001, and was in legal practice in the areas of corporate, banking, finance, property and IT law, prior to joining Nottingham University Business School Malaysia.

An advocate of mental health awareness, Wen Li is involved in interdisciplinary research involving the social-science lens of mental health awareness and suicide prevention, with a focus on qualitative analysis techniques. She leads a research project funded by the Ministry of Education on safe media reporting for suicide prevention in Malaysia. She has been interviewed on national press, radio and TV, on topics related to community mental health awareness and the decriminalisation of suicide in Malaysia. Wen Li is a member of the research group SUPREMA (Suicide Prevention Research Malaysia) based at the Faculty of Medicine of the National University of Malaysia (UKM). As a parallel line of research, Wen Li also investigates legal issues in credit scoring and data mining, including issues related to AI ethics, anti-discrimination, data privacy and data protection.

Wen Li is a recipient of the Lord Dearing Award from the University of Nottingham in 2022-23 for outstanding contribution to the development of teaching and student learning, recognising her work in contributing to student experience through supporting students' mental health in her teaching practice.

Wen Li received the Vice-Chancellor's Medal from the University of Nottingham in 2017 for outstanding contributions in advancing equality and diversity in her work with inter-university student awareness platform GEI (Gender Equality Initiative), a collaboration between the Bar Council of Malaysia, the Association of Women Lawyers and several private education institutions in Malaysia. Her involvement in women's rights outreach included the conceptualising and illustrating of the character 'TINA' for the Women's Aid Organisation's outreach book project 'Tina's Journey: A Collection of Words & Poetry by Survivors of Domestic Violence' co-authored with Bernice Chauly and Kelvin Ang, which sponsors included the University of Nottingham Malaysia.

Outside the classroom, Wen Li has been a member of the University of Nottingham Malaysia's Performing Arts Council; she is a classically-trained mezzo-soprano and holds a Licentiate Diploma of the Trinity College London in Piano Performance. She also has a penchant for drawing, and has exhibited her work at mental health awareness forums as a lived-experience artist. Wen Li is a Certified Mental Health First Aider (MHFA Malaysia).

Teaching Summary

Wen Li's teaching interests are in business law, strategic management, and business ethics. Given her academic background in law and business administration, she has taught MBA Business and… read more

Research Summary

Wen Li is involved in interdisciplinary research projects involving the social-science lens of mental health awareness and suicide prevention, with a focus on qualitative analysis methods. She… read more

Selected Publications

• NG, Y. P., PHEH, K. S., PANIRSELVAM, R. R., CHAN, W. L., LIM, J. B. Y., LIM, J. T. Y., LEONG, K. K., BARTLETT, S., TAY, K. W. and CHAN, L. F., 2021. Malaysian Stakeholder Perspectives on Suicide-Related Reporting: Findings From Focus Group Discussions Frontiers in Psychology. 12, 673287
• LIM, J. T. Y., CHENG, Q., NG, Y. P., PHEH, K. S., PANIRSELVAM, R. R., TAY, K. W., LIM, J. B. Y., CHAN, W. L., AMER NORDIN, A. S., ZAKARIA, H., BARTLETT, S., SKEHAN, J., CHEN, Y. Y., YIP, P. S. F., SHAH, S. A. and CHAN, L. F., 2021. Effectiveness of a Malaysian Media Intervention Workshop: Safe Reporting on Suicide Frontiers in Psychology. 12, 666027
• CHAN, W. L. and MUSTAFA, M. J., 2020. Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies (JEEE): Reflecting on the Past 5-years while Thinking about the Future Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies. 13(5), 791-818
• CHAN, W. L., CHEAH, E. T. and MONTANHEIRO, L., 2016. Corporate Social Responsibility in the Pharmaceutical Industry. In: ÖRTENBLAD, A. R., ed., Research Handbook on Corporate Social Responsibility in Context Edward Elgar Publishing. 175-204

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Wen Li currently undertakes the following administrative roles:

• Director of Information and Communications (Business School)
• Exco Member, Gender Equality Nottingham (GEN) University of Nottingham Malaysia
• Chair, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Equality and Diversity Committee
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Representative to the University of Nottingham Malaysia IT Services User Forum
• Member, University of Nottingham Malaysia Performing Arts Council

Wen Li's teaching interests are in business law, strategic management, and business ethics. Given her academic background in law and business administration, she has taught MBA Business and Commercial Law, and co-taught Undergraduate modules within the Business School on New Venture Creation, Economics of Innovation, Database Design and Implementation, Computers In Business and Accounting Information Systems.

She is currently the course convenor for:

• BUSI1104/1120: Business Law
• BUSI2065: Management Strategy
• BUSI2154: International Business

And co-teaches for:

• BUSI3157: Business Ethics and Sustainability

Wen Li is also involved in the Business School's executive education programmes, and is a HRDF* Certified Trainer.

*Human Resources Development Fund, Ministry of Human Resources Malaysia

Current Research

Wen Li is involved in interdisciplinary research projects involving the social-science lens of mental health awareness and suicide prevention, with a focus on qualitative analysis methods. She currently leads a research project funded by the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education's Fundamental Research Grant Scheme on stakeholder perspectives on safe media reporting on suicide in Malaysia. She is actively involved in interdisciplinary outreach efforts in Malaysia in safe media reporting and suicide prevention, which also aim to disseminate key aspects of research in the area to stakeholders. Wen Li has been interviewed on national press, radio and TV on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, the decriminalisation of suicide in Malaysia, and how being a Mental Health First Aider can benefit organisations and communities.

Wen Li is a member of the research group SUPREMA (Suicide Prevention Research Malaysia) based at the Faculty of Medicine of the National University of Malaysia (UKM), where her presence as a social science researcher in a research group representing an area that is largely the domain of medical/science researchers presents opportunities to further promote the importance of interdisciplinary research.

As a parallel line of research, Wen Li also investigates legal issues in credit scoring and data mining, including issues related to anti-discrimination, and data protection, privacy and ethics.

Past Research

Wen Li has investigated the roles and implications of information on shareholder wealth, particularly in the area of corporate litigation, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate governance. She is familiar with the use of event study methodology (information content study / residual analysis) in analysing the movement of stock prices as a result of specific events. Wen Li has published in the Journal of Business Ethics on the links between CSR and pharmaceutical product recall announcements and the strategic challenges posed by the associated shareholder wealth effects on firms in the US and UK.

• GOCHER, T., CHAN, W. L., RAMACHANDRAN, J. and YEE, A. S. V., 2024. Corruption in Least Developed Countries and ESG (Responsible) Investment: Standard Chartered Bank in Nepal Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance.
• CHAN, W. L. and SEOW, H. V., 2023. (Hu)man vs. Machine In: Credit Scoring and Credit Control XVII Conference, Edinburgh, United Kingdom...
• HASLAN, R.H. and CHAN, W.L., 2023. Reflexivity: Doing Qualitative Research as Individuals with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) In: 11th International Qualitative Research Conference 2023, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
• CHAN, W. L., NG, Y. P., LIM, J. B. Y., PANIRSELVAM, R. R., PHEH, K. S., SEOW, H.-V., TEOH, S. F., ELDEEN HUSAINI, A. H., ARMSTRONG, G. and CHAN, L. F., 2022. Stakeholder Perspectives on Suicide-related Reporting in Malaysia- Preliminary insights from Editors, Media Regulators, Journalism NGOs In: International Association of Suicide Prevention 10th Asia Pacific Conference 2022.
• 2022. How to help students struggling with pandemic-related stress: Interviewed and quoted in resource article for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
• NG, Y. P., PHEH, K. S., PANIRSELVAM, R. R., CHAN, W. L., LIM, J. B. Y., LIM, J. T. Y., LEONG, K. K., BARTLETT, S., TAY, K. W. and CHAN, L. F., 2021. Malaysian Stakeholder Perspectives on Suicide-Related Reporting: Findings From Focus Group Discussions Frontiers in Psychology. 12, 673287
• LIM, J. T. Y., CHENG, Q., NG, Y. P., PHEH, K. S., PANIRSELVAM, R. R., TAY, K. W., LIM, J. B. Y., CHAN, W. L., AMER NORDIN, A. S., ZAKARIA, H., BARTLETT, S., SKEHAN, J., CHEN, Y. Y., YIP, P. S. F., SHAH, S. A. and CHAN, L. F., 2021. Effectiveness of a Malaysian Media Intervention Workshop: Safe Reporting on Suicide Frontiers in Psychology. 12, 666027
• AL-SHAGGA, M. A. M., BAHRIN, N., CHAN, W. L., PAN, Y. and KAN, M. S., 2021. Exploring perceived barriers to accessing emotional, psychological and support seeking behaviour from students’ perspective, University of Nottingham Malaysia Teaching and Learning Webinar 2021
• 2021. Mental health awareness, support involves more than just healthcare professionals: Quoted in online news article, in conjunction with World Mental Health Day 2021
• 2021. Decriminalise, gather data on suicide first: Interviewed & quoted in Malaysian newspaper the New Straits Times on the proposed establishment of a national self-harm registry in Malaysia for suicide prevention
• CHAN, W. L., 2021. Mental health first aiders can save lives: Opinion piece on MySinchew Online (in English) in conjunction with World Mental Health Day MySinchew Online. Available at: <https://mysinchew.sinchew.com.my/20211014/mental-health-first-aiders-can-save-lives/>
• 2021. Interview on Malaysian independent radio station BFM 89.9, 'Evening Edition' programme, on the decriminalisation of suicide attempts in Malaysia.
• CHAN, W. L. and MUSTAFA, M. J., 2020. Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies (JEEE): Reflecting on the Past 5-years while Thinking about the Future Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies. 13(5), 791-818
• 2020. Interview on Astro Awani, 'Consider This', hosted by Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan: Mental Health - Prepared for the New Normal?
• NG, Y P, PHEH, K S, PANIRSELVAM, R R, CHAN, W L, LIM, J B Y, LIM, J, LEONG, K K, BARTLETT, S, TAY, K W, AMER NOORDIN, A S, IBRAHIM, N, ZAKARIA, H, SEOW, H V, ABU BAKAR, A and CHAN, L F, 2019. Media and Suicide Prevention - The Road Towards Implementation of Safe Reporting (Symposium): Media Reporting and Suicide Prevention: Stakeholder Perspectives In: The 23rd Malaysian Conference of Psychological Medicine (MCPM) and 1st International Meeting of the World Psychiatric Association Psychotherapy Section (WPA).
• REVIEWER, 2019. Asian Review of Accounting
• NG, Y. P., PHEH, K. S., PANIRSELVAM, R. R., CHAN, W. L., LIM, J. B. Y., LIM, J., LEONG, K. K., BARTLETT, S., TAY, K. W., AMER NORDIN, A. S., IBRAHIM, N., ZAKARIA, H., SEOW, H. V., ABU BAKAR, A. and CHAN, L. F., 2019. Stakeholder perspectives on suicide-related reporting: Focus group discussions among Malaysian media and mental health professionals and persons with lived experience In: 30th World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), 17-21 Sept 2019, Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
• LIM, J. B. Y., NG, Y. P., SEOW, H. V., CHAN, W. L. and NG, Y. P., 2019. Media and Suicide Prevention - The Road Towards Implementation of Safe Reporting (Symposium): Current Media Practices and Overview of Suicide-Reporting in Malaysia In: The 23rd Malaysian Conference of Psychological Medicine (MCPM) and 1st International Meeting of the World Psychiatric Association Psychotherapy Section (WPA).
• CHAN, W. L., YAP, C. and SEOW, H. V., 2017. Sense and Security in PCI DSS Compliance: Cases from the Asia-Pacific Region In: Credit Scoring and Credit Control XV Conference, Edinburgh, United Kingdom..
• CHAN, W. L., CHEAH, E. T. and MONTANHEIRO, L., 2016. Corporate Social Responsibility in the Pharmaceutical Industry. In: ÖRTENBLAD, A. R., ed., Research Handbook on Corporate Social Responsibility in Context Edward Elgar Publishing. 175-204
• CHAN, W. L. and SEOW, H. V., 2013. Legally Scored Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance. 21(1), 39-50
• CHAN, W. L. and SEOW, H. V., 2013. Big Brother Is Scoring You In: Credit Scoring and Credit Control XIII Conference, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
• CHAN, W. L. and SEOW, H. V., 2011. Legally Scored (Shortlisted for Best Paper) In: Credit Scoring and Credit Control XII Conference, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
• SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEWER, 2011. Journal of Business Research
• CHAN, W. L., 2010. Session Chair In: Research Workshop on Trade Policies and Industrialisation hosted by Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP), University of Nottingham.
• CHAN, W. L., 2009. Judge In: The 2009 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, National Rounds (Malaysia), University of Malaya, Faculty of Law, Kuala Lumpur.
• CHAN, W. L., 2008. Session Chair In: Research Workshop on Health, Population and Economic Development hosted by the Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP), University of Nottingham.
• CHAN, W. L. AND CHEAH, E. T., 2007. Litigation in the Internet Age: An Empirical Analysis of Shareholder Wealth Implications In: Singapore Economic Review Conference 2007, Singapore.
• CHEAH, E. T and CHAN, W. L. AND CHIENG, C. L. L., 2007. The Corporate Social Responsibility of Pharmaceutical Product Recalls: An Empirical Examination of US and UK Markets Journal of Business Ethics. 76(4), 427-449
• CHEAH, E. T. AND CHAN, W. L., 2006. The Baldrige Award: Does It Create Value for Shareholders?: Does It Create Value for Shareholders? In: Proceedings of the 11th World Congress for Total Quality Management, Wellington, New Zealand.
• CHEAH, E. T. and CHAN, W. L., 2006. Shareholder Wealth Effects of Filings and Settlements of Corporate Cyberlitigation in the United States In: Proceedings of the 19th Annual Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2006, Sydney, Australia.
• CHEAH, E. T. AND CHAN, W. L., 2006. Corporate Cyberlitigation, Internet Service Providers and Shareholder Returns: An Empirical Analysis In: Book of Abstracts, 17th Annual Asian Finance Association/Financial Management Association Conference 2006, Auckland, New Zealand.