MPA 701 | ASSESSMENT TASK 2 – THE ESSAY | ACCOUNTING

ASSESSMENT FEEDBACK:

Students who submit their work by the due date will receive their marks and feedback on CloudDeakin within 15 working days.

Description / Requirements

Over the past two decades, corporate social and environmental disclosures have increasingly been made in separate stand-alone reports in addition to a variety of other media such as websites. These stand-alone social and environmental reports have become more complex (and long) as a greater range of issues has been disclosed to meet the supposed information needs of a range of stakeholders. 

More recently, possibly in response to the increased complexity and length of stand-alone reports, there have been moves to recombine some social and environmental disclosures with financial disclosures in single reports. In contrast to earlier social and environmental disclosures made within annual reports, where the social and environmental information was not integrated with the financial information, these recent moves have sought to integrate social, environmental, financial and governance information .

REQUIRED:

You are required to research information on the below issues, and then document the results of your research in an essay format with the following suggested sections: Introduction (suggesting 150-200 words); Body (suggesting 800-900 words); Conclusion (suggesting 150-200 words).

1. In line with the view of the above statement, critically analysis the purpose and necessity of corporate integrated reporting and the theory/is supporting this type of report.
2. Write a conclusion for your research finding along your opinion on benefits (costs) of <IR> for society.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• You are expected to undertake research in order to complete this task. Review of the above-referred journal article can be a good point to start with. Your research should also include further primary-source references i.e. peer-reviewed journal articles, professional publications and scholarly books (avoid Wikipedia type material).

• You are required to use a minimum of 6 references (minimum 4 academic journal articles and the other 2 can be from other types of resources e.g. professional publications) to support your discussion. Your references can be included the given article.
• Word Limit: 1200 words (excluding references), double-spaced, 12-point Ariel or Times New Roman font. A word count must be included. Students exceeding the word limit by more than 10% will incur a mark penalty.
• Students must submit a properly referenced assignment that complies with the Harvard referencing style. This includes in-text citations and a reference list.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

A header should be inserted into all assignment pages using the following syntax:

Your surname _ Your first name _ Your student ID

For example Yaftian _ Ali _ 111111111

To submit your assignment from the CloudDeakin top menu:

1. Select “Assessment”, “Assignments”
2. Select “Assessment Task 2 – Essay”
3. Select “Add a file”
4. Select “Browse” and then choose your Essay file.pdf file (make sure that your essay includes your name and student ID on the cover page and in the header on each page of the document).
5. Select “Submit”.
6. You are allowed to make resubmissions within the submission period. Please note that your last submission overwrites previous submissions.
7. You must keep a backup copy of every assignment you submit until the marked assignment has been returned to you. In the unlikely event that one of your assignments is misplaced, you will need to submit your backup copy.

Any work you submit may be checked by electronic or other means for the purposes of detecting collision and/or plagiarism. Please be reminded that this assessment task is an individual assignment in this unit. Any plagiarism and collusion will result in severe consequences for the students involved. Please consult the Unit Guide for further details regarding plagiarism and the potential Consequences. For the study support follow the below link:

                                                                                                     

 Notes

Penalties for late submission: The following marking penalties will apply if you submit an assessment task after the due date without an approved extension: 5% will be deducted from available marks for each day up to five days, and work that is submitted more than five days after the due date will not be marked. You will receive 0% for the task. ‘Day’ means working day for paper submissions and calendar day for electronic submissions. The Unit Chair may refuse to accept a late submission where it is unreasonable or impracticable to assess the task after the due date.

• For more information about academic misconduct, special consideration, extensions, and assessment feedback, please refer to the document Your rights and responsibilities as a student in this Unit in the first folder next to the Unit Guide of the Resources area in the CloudDeakin unit site.
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