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The effect of sustainable development on the financial performance

Accounting Theory, ACCT 474the research project
Sustainability is becoming increasingly important for businesses to consider.
Aiming at sustainable development for a business means adopting new approaches
to doing business and making plans based on sustainable and ethical business.
Sustainable Development aims at achieving social progress, environmental
equilibrium, and economic growth. In the light of studying different theories in
accounting, the research project is about the application of accounting theories on
sustainable development issues. The research topics as follows:
First topic: “The effect of sustainable development on the financial performance”
Second topic: “Factors influencing corporate social responsibility disclosure.”
Third topic: “The effect of implementing green accounting on corporate financial
performance.”
Fourth topic: The effect of green innovation on corporate financial performance.”
Instructions:
1. Choose, at least, three articles in a recognized journal (e,g emerald and
Elsevier) and related to the sustainable development issue. (1.5 mark)
2. Clearly identify the research objective(s) and the research sample. (1.5 marks)
3. Correctly clarify the theories adapted in the three articles. (1.5 marks)
4. Review critically the three articles related to SD issues. (3 marks)
5. Clearly discuss the findings of the papers. (1.5 marks)
6. The writing is free or almost free of errors and sentences are well phrased and
demonstrate some variety in length and structure. (1 mark)
7. Respect research ethics (no cheating, no copy pastes from external sources).
(2 marks)
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8. Demonstrate effective communication skills in presenting all aspects of a
project with excellent language. (3 marks)
Formal criteria:
The pdf file should agree with all the following criteria:
✓ Use Cover page that contains (The course title, the project title, your
instructor’s name, your group’s number, the date of submission, and your
names).
✓ Use font Times New Roman 12 and 1.5 line spacing. (Use Bold and 14 for
titles)
✓ Paragraphs should be separated by a line space.
✓ the pages number should be 5 pages maximum.
✓ Provide references in APA formatting on the last page/s. Notes
✓ Each group of students must post their project on the Blackboard.
✓ Deadline is 28/04/2024 -11:59 pm.
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Accounting Theory, ACCT 474
the research project rubric
Prepared by Dr. Doaa Hafez Emam
General information:
The purpose of this project is to enable students to search effectively and discuss
published papers related to the application of accounting theories in sustainable
development issues.
The group work must contain 5 students maximum.
– Each group should present their project on the Blackboard two files:
✓ The research paper (pdf format).
✓ The presentation and discussion prepared by the students in a PPT file.
The assessment rubric is as follows:
Total points expected:
– 15 points of your total grade.
– Students in a group will get the same grade unless there are some students who
did not work on the project except for communication skills, it will be assessed
individually for each student.
(Note: instructor has the right to examine students to confirm their contribution in
this work.
Research due date:
by 28 April at 1pm _ LATE SUBMISSION IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
Plagiarism:
All cheating ways (i.e. copy paste from the internet, etc.) are not acceptable and will
result in zero grade for all the group members – teaching faculty has the right to
examine students to confirm their participation in the research.
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The assessment rubric is as follows:
Item
Excellent 100%
Acceptable 50%
Failed 0%
Marks
1. The paperers
Choose, at least, three
Choose, at least, 50% of
Fail to choose any articles in
1.5
chosen.
articles in a recognized
articles in a recognized
a recognized journal (e,g
journal (e,g emerald and
journal (e,g emerald and
emerald and Elsevier) and
Elsevier) and related to
Elsevier) and related to the
related to the sustainable
the sustainable
sustainable development
development issue.
development issue.
issue.
2. Research
Clearly identify the
Clearly identify either the
Fial to clearly identify the
objective and
research objective(s) and
research objective(s) or the
any of research objective(s)
sample.
the research sample.
research sample.
nor research sample.
3. The theories used
Correctly clarify the
Correctly clarify the
Fial to correctly clarify the
in the articles
theories adapted in the
theories adapted in one
any of theories adapted in
three articles
article only.
the three articles.
Review critically the three
Review critically 50% of the
Fail to review critically any
articles related to SD
three articles related to SD
of the three articles related
issues.
issues.
to SD issues.
Clearly discuss the
Clearly discuss 50% of the
Fail to clearly discuss any of
findings of the papers.
findings of the papers.
the findings of the papers.
6. Grammar,
The writing is free or
There are occasional
The writing has numerous
spelling, and
almost free of errors and
violations in the writing
errors, and the reader is
sentence structure
sentences are well
and/or some sentences are
distracted by them and
phrased and
awkwardly constructed,
errors in sentence structure
demonstrate some
and they represent an
are frequent enough to
variety in length and
occasional distraction for
represent a major
structure
the reader.
distraction to the reader
7. Respect research
Demonstrate high level
There are occasional
Fail to meet the criteria of
ethics (no cheating,
of respecting research
violations in respecting
respecting research
no copy pastes from
ethics.
research ethics.
ethics.
4. literature review
5. The findings of the
1.5
1.5
3
1.5
paper.
external sources)
2
1
2
8. Presentation
Demonstrate effective
Demonstrate effective
Fail to Demonstrate
communication skill in
communication skill in
effective communication
presenting all aspects of
presenting 50% of project
skill in presenting any of
project with excellent
aspects with good
project aspects with good
language.
language.
language.
Total
3
15
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