Discuss accounting’s ability to address social and environmental issues and change organisational practice!
Use examples and theoretical concepts from the required readings of this module, compare a variety of empirical cases, and investigate the determinants, opportunities and limitations of social and environmental accounting.’
Advice and Guidance: ? discuss currents forms, processes and standards of social and environmental accounting; ? explore at least two of theoretical perspectives discussed in the module in some detail (institutional theory, legitimacy theory, stakeholder theory, network analysis); ? demonstrate awareness of the difference between reporting on social and environmental issues externally, and doing something about these issues internally; ? refer to examples; ? refer to at least 5 of the required readings.
