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ACCT1046 Individual Assignment- Semester 2 2015
ACCT1046 Individual Assignment
Sustainability/Corporate Social Responsibility Report
Semester 2, 2015
DUE DATE: Tuesday 29 September, 11:59pm
(You may submit the assignment more than once, before the due date. Only the latest submission
will be marked. Please be advised that it could take a few hours for Turnitin’s Originality Report to be
generated. Please also note that Turnitin will only generate one Originality Report in any 24 hour
period – so you may have to wait longer to see a report on a resubmitted assignment than on your
first submission.)
LENGTH: 2000 – 2500 words (excluding table of contents, reference list and Appendix (if anyappendix is optional))
(Note: penalties apply to assignments that do not keep to the word limit)
MARKS: This assignment is worth 20% of the total assessment for this course.
(Note: This assignment is to be completed as an individual assignment)
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) Report enables you to apply your accounting knowledge to a real world
context. The assignment is aligned with the following course learning objectives:
– Understand the ethics of business, corporate governance, and corporate social responsibility (CSR)
– Reflect on financial information use in a business context
– Interpret business reports and accounting information to support business decision-making
processes
At the completion of the assignment you are also expected to achieve the following Program
Learning Outcome (PLO):
– Apply a broad theoretical and technical knowledge of business practice in diverse contexts.
– Apply reasoned judgements to solve problems in a variety of business contexts with reference to
ethical, regulatory and global perspectives.
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 economical/financial, social and environmental performance of the business. You
should choose and analyse the financial and Sustainability/CSR reports of one of the specified below
organisations (Please note that a marking rubric/guide will be available on RMIT Blackboard); and
advise your friend whether or not to invest in the business in the report conclusion. You should
demonstrate that you have undertaken research, and cite the sources you have used through
appropriate in-text referencing and bibliography.
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ACCT1046 Individual Assignment- Semester 2 2015
We highly suggest you go through the sustainability chapter in the text book before you commence
writing the assignment. Then go through the annual reports of your chosen company as well as
other online resources which provide extra support for financial, social and environmental
performance of your chosen company. It is important that you follow the assignment template to
write your report.
You are required to prepare a report on one of the following specific organisations below:
Telstra (Financial year 2013)
Adidas (Financial year 2013)
AGL (Financial year 2013)
Westfield Group (Financial year 2014)
Myer (Financial year 2014)
Qantas (Financial year 2014)
AMP (Financial year 2013)
Fortescue Metals (Financial year 2014)
The assignment’s template is as follows:
Title Page
Table of contents
Introduction
Financial/Economic performance
Social performance
Environmental performance
Conclusion
Reference List
Appendix (optional)
With the financial section of your assignment, the minimum requirement is to locate and summarise
the company’s basic financial information as outlined below. Then, most importantly you should
discuss the financial performance (particularly profitability) of the company using the management
reports, online resources, financial and sustainability reports. It’s highly recommended to provide
some comparison analysis with company’s previous financial years (up to 2 years) and/or
competitors or industry averages to support your report analysis.
Company name: xxx
General financial information
(A)
Total Assets
Total Liabilities
Total Owners Equity
(B)
(Basic) Profit earned/share (EPS)
(C)
Total Ordinary Shares issued
(D)
Profit received by Shareholders (DPS)
(E)
Net Cash flows from Operating Activities
(F)
Net Cash flows from Investing Activities
Financial year xxx
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ACCT1046 Individual Assignment- Semester 2 2015
As a result of reading your chosen company’s CSR and/or Sustainability Report, you should discuss
matters relating to the company’s sustainability practices and reporting in your report including but
not limited to the following issues:
Aspects of company’s environmental performance -related to natural capital- including but
not limited to environmental protection, energy and carbon emission concerns, and waste
production concerns.
Aspects of company’s social performance -related to human capital and society wealth
creation potential- including but not limited to the employee health, human rights
protection, contributions to the community, customer involvement, and product
responsibility.
Other appropriate issues in completing this assignment:
A report format should be used for your written submission. Please ensure you use headings
and sub-headings to structure your report. Please ensure that your report is typed with the
following formatting style recommended: 1.5 line spacing, 11 point font, minimum 3 cm
margin on left-hand side of paper.
Your assignment must be appropriately referenced using the Harvard Style referencing
system. Both in-text citations, as well as a reference list at the end of your assignment, are
required. You should refer to the referencing guidelines provided at:
https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/bus/public/referencing/index.html
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Note that when citing an annual report, either by paraphrasing or using direct
quotes, you must reference the annual report (in your reference list) according to
the following format: Name of company. (Year of publication) Title of annual report
(in italics). Place of publication: Publisher.
(To cite an annual report in-text, you will generally have to use the organisation’s name,
as an author name is usually not present.)
Penalties for inadequate or incorrect referencing will apply.
This assignment is to be completed as an individual assignment. All electronically submitted
assignments will be automatically forwarded to Turnitin and subjected to an assessment of
authenticity/originality, so please ensure your submission is your own individual work –
severe penalties will apply for work that is not original/individual. You are allowed to
submit your work prior to the due date to obtain an originality report. If the report
requires revision you are allowed to adjust your assignment and resubmit. Please note:
Any resubmissions into Turnitin takes 48 hrs to obtain a new Originality Report. Late
submissions due to this process will incur late penalties. Please aim to submit your
assignment a week prior to assessment due date.
Your assignment must be submitted electronically (via the course Blackboard site, at
‘Assessment’) by Tuesday 29 September, 11.59pm. This deadline will be strictly enforced.
Late submissions will be marked as if submitted on time, and then the mark awarded will be
reduced by 10% (of the total available marks) for each day or part-day that the assignment is
late. For example, if your assignment is one day late then you will be penalised 10% of 20
marks which is 2 marks. Assignments that are late by 7 days or more will not be marked and
will be awarded zero unless a formal extension of time has been granted.
Please refer to the Academic Integrity presentation available at ‘Assessment’ on the course
Blackboard site.
o Do not include the wording of the assignment instructions in your submission
o A hard copy submission is not required.
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