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Capstone: Accounting and Governance
Assessment Title: Professional Position Paper & Reflection
Task
As a consultant you have been asked to write a Professional Position Paper on a contemporary/emerging accounting issue that has significant ethical, regulatory, or reporting implications.
Provide a personal reflection on how your thinking, judgement, and professional attributes have developed during the Capstone course.
Assessment Description
You must identify a contemporary accounting issue (emerging) of relevance to the accounting profession and prepare a discussion paper for your client.
This final assessment provides an opportunity for you to demonstrate the integration of theory, practice, and personal insight and reflection. You will take a position on a contemporary accounting issue and communicate your perspective through a professional-style position paper. This task is designed to replicate real-world consulting or advisory communication, where your professional opinion/recommendation is informed by theory, standards, ethical and reporting frameworks.
In addition, you will include a personal reflection on how your thinking, judgement and professional attributes have developed during the Capstone course.
Learning Outcome 1: Critically examine the implications of accounting theory in the context of contemporary accounting issues.
Learning Outcome 2: Evaluate integrated and extended external reporting practices.
Learning Outcome 3: Critically reflect on the personal attributes that have been acquired or strengthened throughout this course, such as intellectual, interpersonal and communication skills.
Assessment Instructions
You are to write a professional position paper on a contemporary accounting issue that has significant ethical, regulatory, or reporting implications. Your submission will include two parts:
Part A: Position Paper (approx. 1000-1200 words)
Your task is to choose one contemporary accounting issue (from the list provided or one approved by your lecturer) and present your informed position. You should:
Introduce the issue and explain its importance
State your position clearly
Apply relevant accounting theory and/or ethical concepts
Discuss and evaluate the relevance of integrated and/or extended reporting frameworks on this issue
Support your discussion with references (Where possible use relevant evidence from company disclosures/reports, media, or professional guidelines etc)
Part B: Personal Reflection (approx. 500 words)
Reflect on the development of your personal/professional identity and critical thinking skills throughout the trimester. You may wish to comment on:
Intellectual growth (e.g critical evaluation, analysing/linking theory to practice and dealing with complex and uncertain issues)
Interpersonal or communication growth (e.g. expressing ideas clearly, listening and discussing diverse views)
Ethical awareness/application of judgement/decision making
Use of feedback and reflection during this course.
Instructions to use GenAI/ChatGPT for this assessment:
This assessment is level 2. For this assessment, using GenAI is optional. (see page 4)
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