This course is available on the BSc in Accounting and Finance, BSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, BSc in Economics and Diploma in Accounting and Finance. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
This course is available on the BSc in Accounting and Finance, BSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, BSc in Economics and Diploma in Accounting and Finance. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
30 hours of seminars in the LT. Comprising 10 weeks of twice-weekly 1.5 hour sessions.? There will be a reading week in week 6.
The course invites students to critically reflect on recent developments in the field of corporate responsibility and sustainability accounting and comment on the correlated documents such as corporate reports and programmes, press releases, experts? opinions. Some issues are tackled through case studies.? Students are expected to contribute to discussions in each session.
No one book covers the entire syllabus. In addition to professional and academic journals, reading will cover the following: Bebbington, J., Unerman, J. and O?Dwyer, B. (2014) Sustainability Accounting and Accountability (2nd ed.), Routledge; Bellucci, M. and Manetti, G. (2018) Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainability Reporting (Finance, Governance and Sustainability), Routledge; Henriques, A. (2007) Corporate Truth: The Limits to Transparency, Earthscan, Taylor & Francis; Hopwood, A., Unerman, J. and Fries, J. (2010) Accounting for Sustainability: Practical Insights, Earthscan; Rendtorff, J.D. (2019) Philosophy of Management and Sustainability: Rethinking Business Ethics and Social Responsibility in Sustainable Development, Routledge. Students will also be referred to relevant examples of corporate and other reports, and websites. Detailed course programmes and reading lists will be distributed at the first lecture of the course.
Project (30%), project (60%) and class participation (10%). Assessment consists of three components: Course participation and engagement: this will be assessed based on students? engagement with course activities, including for example in-class discussions and class assignments. Two individual projects: one to be submitted during the Lent Term, and the other during the week before the start of Summer Term. Further details of all aspects of assessment and coursework, as well as feedback, will be made available on Moodle nearer the scheduled start time of the course and will be updated as the course progresses with specific instructions, guidance, and feedback.