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Financial Accounting Assignment -
Below given 9 papers that address various aspects of sustainability and environmental reporting and Rio Tino's 2017 sustainability development report is also.
Required (word limit 2000 words)
1. Critically review any six of the nine papers;
2. Critically discuss the 2017 Rio Tinto sustainable development report.
Please note:
- A critical review requires you to summarise and evaluate each paper.
- To be critical does not mean to criticise in a negative way. It requires you to question the given information and view put forth by the author(s). It requires you to evaluate the issues raised in a paper.
- Evaluation means presenting the strengths and weaknesses of a paper.
- Overall, writing a critical review involves analysis and evaluation.
References -
Chapter 30 - Accounting for corporate social responsibility
Craig Deegan, (2016)
Papers -
1. Environmentally sustainable mining: The case of tailings storage facilities by Erica Schoenberger.
2. Craig Deegan, Michaela Rankin, John Tobin, (2002) "An examination of the corporate social and environmental disclosures of BHP from 1983-1997: A test of legitimacy theory", Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Vol. 15 Issue: 3, pp.312-343.
3. Using sustainability reporting to assess the environmental footprint of copper mining by S. Northey, N. Haque, and G. Mudd.
4. Karen da Costa, (2017) "Corporate accountability in the Samarco chemical sludge disaster", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 26 Issue: 5, pp.540-552.
5. Kathyayini Kathy Rao, Carol A. Tilt, Laurence H. Lester, (2012) "Corporate governance and environmental reporting: an Australian study", Corporate Governance: The international journal of business in society, Vol. 12 Issue: 2, pp.143-163.
6. Corporate Social Responsibilities: Alternative Perspectives About the Need to Legislate by Craig Deegan and Marita Shelly.
7. Corporate social responsibility and the parameters of dialogue with vulnerable others by Robyn Mayes, Barbara Pini and Paula McDonald.
8. Muhammad Azizul Islam, Muhammad Aminul Islam, (2011) "Environmental incidents in a developing country and corporate environmental disclosures: A study of a multinational gas company", Society and Business Review, Vol. 6 Issue: 3, pp.229-248.
9. Rio Tinto - Partnering for progress 2017 Sustainable development report.
Attachment:- Assignment File.rar