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1. Reflect back on your own employment experience (and/or business dealings that you have had as either a customer or as a business owner). Explain an ethical dilemma that you have faced personally (either as an employee, a customer or as a business owner) (3 marks). In your response, briefly discuss:

What were the relevant facts of the dilemma / scenario?

What alternative courses of action did you consider and weigh-up, when you were deciding what to do?

Provide two examples of ethical dilemmas that accountants might face. Link these ethical dilemmas to the qualitative characteristics of accounting you encountered in topic 1.

As you prepare for a career in professional accounting, how has the experience (in part (i) and (ii)) shaped your values and prepared you for ethical dilemmas that you might face as an accountant?

2. Select one of the following companies: Telstra, Westpac, BHP, Treasury Wines or Nike, and undertake some research online to learn about the company's commitment to sustainability and their sustainability practices. Describe how information and communication technology has been used by these companies to communicate their commitment to sustainability. Provide an overview of changes that the company has been making as it seeks to become more sustainable. In addition, suggest one additional change that the company should consider making, as it continues to work towards becoming more sustainable. This should be your own personal suggestion, and be based on the knowledge and understanding that you have gained when researching your chosen company.