Advanced Accounting
Issues
These assessment tasks require students to critically evaluate the theories of financial accounting. This assessment will give the students an opportunity to demonstrate their level of understanding of the conceptual background to accounting practice and regulation.
Assignment question:
Write a report to the Corporate Reporting Manager about two of the more prevalent theories used for evaluating social and environmental (sustainability) accounting are organisational legitimacy and stakeholder theory.
Compare and contrast these two frameworks. Do these theories have any deficiencies in explaining the practice of social and environmental (sustainability) accounting?
Assignment format:
A report.
Word requirement
Students are required to submit the assignment within 1000 words if they believe that this is necessary in order to produce a higher-quality submission. Assignment above this word limit will be returned for resubmission.
Assignment tasks must be presented in a professional manner (word processed). Submissions must be properly referenced (refer to the University Style Guide).
Appropriate referencing, including in-text referencing and a reference list
Students may follow either:
o Harvard referencing style or ;
o APA 6 referencing style
1000 words
10 harvard reference