This unit of study explores the theory and rapidly developing practice of organisational sustainability, considering its diversity of concerns, initiatives and impacts. Organisational sustainability may incorporate actions related to climate change, carbon pollution, water, waste and rethinking the product-base, as well as initiatives targeted at employees, customers, investors and/or the broader community. Within this context, the unit considers management techniques and approaches aimed at redressing organisational impacts, as well as the development of related reporting. First, students discuss what sustainability can mean. They then develop the skills to analyse sustainability at the organisational level, including the development of related voluntary reporting practices, management approaches for redressing organisational impacts, emerging accounting techniques, assurance of sustainability reporting, and investor analysis. The unit engages closely with published academic research, considering theories of sustainability, and contrasting these with empirical insights into the realities and challenges in practice. It encourages a critical lens to question how control of related organisational impacts might be enhanced, and more fundamentally, how organisations can or should contribute to a more sustainable planet and society. There are a wide range of career possibilities in this rapidly emerging field.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Accounting |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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ACCT2011 and (ACCT2012 or ACCT2019) |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Matthew Egan, matthew.egan@sydney.edu.au |
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Lecturer(s) | Matthew Egan, matthew.egan@sydney.edu.au |
Anna Young-Ferris, anna.young-ferris@sydney.edu.au |