ACCT2127 Take home exam Sustainability/Corporate Social Responsibility Report (Qantas case)
LENGTH: 3,500 – 4,000 words (excluding table of contents, reference list and Appendix (if any- appendix is optional))
(Note: penalties apply to assignments that do not keep to the word limit)
MARKS: This assignment is worth 40% of the total assessment for this course.
(Note: This assignment is to be completed as an individual exam)
Objectives of the Assignment
This assignment develops your capabilities to analyse, reason logically and conceptualise financial, social and environmental issues, and is aligned with the Course Learning Outcomes of identifying, understanding and interpreting accounting concepts. The use of Sustainability and/or Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Reports enables you to apply your accounting knowledge to a real world context.
Overview of assignment requirements
Assume you are preparing the report for a friend who wishes to invest in a business which conducts itself in a socially and environmentally responsible way. In your report, you are required to advise your friend on the economic/financial, social and environmental performance of the business. You should choose and analyse the Financial and Sustainability/CSR Reports of one of the organisations listed below (please note that a marking rubric/guide will be available on the course Canvas) and, in the report conclusion, advise your friend whether or not to invest in the business. You should demonstrate that you have undertaken research by citing relevant sources you have used. Therefore, you need to appropriately reference those sources in the text and list them in the bibliography.
We highly suggest you to read through the sustainability chapter in the text book before you commence writing the assignment. Then, read through the annual reports as well as other online resources which provide additional information about the financial, social and environmental performance of the company you selected. When writing your report, it is important that you follow the assignment template.
You are required to prepare a report on one of the following specific organisations below:
Adidas
Annual Report and Sustainability Report 2015
Myer
Annual Report and Sustainability Report 2014
Qantas
Annual Report and Sustainability Report 2015
Telstra
Annual Report and Sustainability Report 2016
Note: You can download the relevant reports for your chosen company-year from Canvas
ACCT2127 Take home exam- Semester 1 2018 2
The assignment’s template is as follows:
Title Page
Table of contents
Introduction (please see assignment’s rubric for further information)
Financial/Economic performance
Social performance
Environmental performance
Conclusion
Reference List
Appendix (optional)