Based on the Business Case presented on page 2 above, prepare a 500 – 750 word report. Organise your report by including the headings provided in the marking criteria on page 6. Your report needs to address the following: (a) Give a brief description of the Nossal Institute for Global Health (Nossal). (b) Outline how climate change is likely to affect Nossal’s business operations in developing countries. (c) Evaluate the social issues likely to impact on a business operating in a developing country. (d) Suggest ways that accountants can play in addressing climate change in a business environment. 2. Reference List: Includes any references you have used and cited in your report. You must use the Harvard referencing system as per the guide available from the UWS library website. (Note: the reference list is not included in the word count).
Accounting Information for Accounting Information for Managers Managers 200101 Autumn 2013 Individual Assignment Guidelines © Copyright University of Western Sydney, 2013 No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission from the Dean, School of Business. Copyright for acknowledged materials reproduced herein is retained by the copyright holder. All readings in this publication are copied under licence in accordance with Part VB of the Copyright Act 1968. th The Business Case Study is from: Birt, J et al. 2012, Accounting business reporting for decision making, 4 edn, Wiley’s, Milton200101 Accounting Information for Managers Autumn 2013 Individual assignment guidelines The following is a business case that you are required to analyse as per the ‘Required’ section on page 3, by answering the four parts (a, b, c and d) of requirement 1 and compiling a Reference List as per requirement 2. The business case: After being trained by former US vice president Al Gore, Mike Sewell FCPA is convinced that the weight of scientific evidence behind climate change and the global effects we’re seeing today should be enough to push businesses and individuals to take action. Sewell was general manager and company secretary for the Nossal Institute for Global Health (Nossal), which is actively involved in research, education and inclusive development health practices in developing countries. In July 2011 he underwent an intensive climate change course, along with a group of other volunteers under the Australian Conservation Foundation’s Climate Project. The training was led by Nobel Prize winner Al Gore, whose Oscar award winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth helped bring mass international attention to climate change. His…
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