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3101AFE Accounting Theory and Practice
WORKSHOP 3
Deegan Topics 8 and 9: Accounting for corporate social responsibilities
QUESTION 1:
What does the notion of legitimacy and social contract have to do with corporate disclosure
policies?
QUESTION 2:
If an organisation was involved in a major accident or incident, would you expect it to use vehicles
such as an annual report or a sustainability report to try to explain the incident? If so, explain how
and why it would use reports in this way.
QUESTION 3:
Chapter 8 divided Stakeholder Theory into the ethical
anch and the managerial
anch. Explain
the differences between the two
anches in terms of the alternative perspectives about when
information will, or should, be provided by an organisation.
QUESTION 4:
What is an externality and why do accounting practices typically ignore externalities?
QUESTION 5:
What is international integrated reporting and how does it differ from the cu
ent financial
eporting system we have?