Sustainability and Ethical Accounting

Course aim

To enhance students’ knowledge of sustainability and business ethics, as well as to develop a critical understanding of comtemporary accounting approaches and techniques to measure and report corporate social, economic and environmental performance.

Course content

The content of this course covers the topics of corporate sustainability and legitimacy, critical review of conventional accounting, sustainability issues in accounting and reporting, sustainability reporting guidelines, environmental and carbon management accounting frameworks and tools, business ethics, the role of accounting in corporate sustainability management and contemporary issues such as integrated reporting and climate change accounting.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
ACCT 5023	Financial Accounting

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar	3 hours x 10 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment, Continuous assessment, Group project

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.