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Assessment
Assessment Type: Group Assignment - Report and Video Presentation. All members of the group will be assessed equally on the group presentation (see marking below). Group members must be confirmed with your tutor and must include 3-4 people.
Purpose: To allow students to demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills acquired in the subject. It also allows students to further develop teamwork skills that are expected in a modern professional accounting practice. This assessment relates to learning outcomes a, b, c and d.
Presentation Video - electronic copy of the video and hard copy of the video content summary to the lecturer / tutor in class beginning of class Week 10 - all groups. Each student must have contributed in presenting the material. Students who do not present in the video presentation and students who do not answer questions from the lecturer / tutor will receive no mark. Presentation - video presentation in class week- 11 - specific times will be allocated in class.
Topic: Identify and apply theories and models in accounting to a current topical issue related to a corporation of your choice from a list of corporations provided (note approval must be sought from your lecturers and tutors). You are required to demonstrate your understanding of your chosen accounting theories to matter current to the approved corporation by reference to published material from the corporation and other related sources.
Task Details: Choose a firm from a list of corporations provided by your lecturer / tutor, then find a news piece related to your chosen firm's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues. Identify and rationalise with appropriate accounting theories, the motive, effectiveness and impact of the firm's CSR disclosures in addressing these issues. Based on the case findings, groups must make recommendations on CSR reporting at the corporation level as well as at regulatory level. Emphasis must be given to effectiveness of CSR disclosures.
Group Presentation: Groups are to present their analysis and findings/ conclusions in a professional 5 (five)-minute video presentation. Presentations should be a critical analysis covering the main theory elements of the course - not just presenting a factual story - reference to corporate reports and other material is encouraged. Information can be covered in any order in the presentation, but should contain elements of the course. It is strongly recommended that groups prepare their presentations well in advance of the presentation date, and make some effort to review their video presentation.
This will improve the presentation overall, and give groups a chance to improve and time manage their presentations. Videos may be prepared using any available platform such as iMovie, MovieMaker, Prezi and others. Students are reminded that extensive use of third-party video materials in their video presentations may increase the risk of plagiarism.
Research Requirements: Students need to support their analysis with references from the text and a minimum of ten (10) suitable, reliable, current and academically acceptable sources - check with your tutor if unsure of the validity of sources. Groups seeking Credit or above grades should support their analysis with increased number of reference sources comparable to the grade they are seeking.