Hobart
Introduction
- There are currently many environmental and social problems confronting current and future generations
- To address some of these issues there needs to be a focus on issues relating to sustainable development
- Moves towards sustainable development and sustainability require relevant and reliable information
- This unit will show how managers,with the assistance of accounting and accountants,can play a key role in generating such information
- It is vital that individuals undertaking business education understand how ‘accounting’ –if properly considered -can be used to generate positive social and environmental benefits for various stakeholders, both current and future.
- This course will encourage students to critically think about the role of accounting in supporting sustainable development.
Summary 2020
| Unit name | Corporate Sustainability |
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| Unit code | BFA527 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| Faculty/School | College of Business & Economics Tasmanian School of Business and Economics |
| Discipline | Accounting and Corporate Governance |
| Coordinator | |
| Level | Postgraduate |
| Available as student elective? | Yes |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Learning Outcomes
| LO1 | Understand and compare sustainability concepts from a range of perspectives and understand the relevance of ‘accounting’ to sustainability. |
| LO2 | Understand the relationship between organisational responsibilities, accountabilities,and accounting. |
| LO3 | Be aware of various ways in which social and environmental considerations can be embedded within an organisation |
| LO4 | Be aware of various frameworks for reporting information about an organisation’s social and environmental performance and appreciate why an organisation reports such information, to whom it is reported, what might be reported, and how it might be reported |
| LO5 | Be aware of tools that can be used to analyse publicly available sustainability reports. |
| LO6 | Demonstrate the qualities of a critical thinker and reflective practitioner and understand the relevance of the material to particular places, including within the Tasmanian context.Demonstrate the qualities of a critical thinker and reflective practitioner and understand the relevance of the material to particular places, including within the Tasmanian context. |
Fees
Requisites
Prerequisites
N/A
Co-requisites
N/A
Mutual Exclusions
You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:
BFA719-A AND BFA532 AND BFA732
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | Please see the unit outline for details. |
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| Assessment | Group Assignment (30%), Video Presentation (20%), Take Home Exam (50%). |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | Please see the unit outline for details. |
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