Courses Handbook 2008 - [ Archived ]

308941 (v.1) Accounting (Social Issues) 265


Area: School of Accounting
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Examines the increasing significance of environmental and social issues to corporate strategic planning and financial performance. Specifically, the unit addresses the concepts of triple bottom line reporting, incorporating global reporting initiatives, the development and auditing of International Standards Organisation 14000 compliant environmental management systems and other corporate governance issues. Focuses upon the measurement and reporting problems inherent in social issues, as well as the ethical implications of these issues. Employs a heuristic philosophy incorporating workplace field trips, experiential case studies, guest lectures from key industrial figures, and service-learning components, all of which are designed to broaden students' thinking and to develop their investigative, analytical, problem-solving and communicative skills. Recommended for those students who wish to advance to senior corporate positions.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 080100 Accounting (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Categorised
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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