Course Title

Social and Environmental Accounting

Course Number

10861362

Instructor Name

Mohammed Omran

Contact Information

[email protected]

Semester(s) and academic year(s)

Second Semester 2021
First Semester 2021
Summer Semester 2020
Second Semester 2020

Compulsory / Elective

Elective

This course covers variety of topics pertaining corporate societal responsibility (CSR), such as, CSR concepts, analysis, theories, practices, regulation, arguments and research.

The main objective of this course is to help students in understanding and developing their own views on CSR-related matters. This, in turn, would help them to adapt to the future work environment in the light of the increasing regulation and organization of CSR issues.

At the end of this course students should be able to:

1- Discuss CSR concepts and practices in a global and local levels.

2- Discuss recent trends in CSR practices and reporting.

3- Discuss the nature of CSR-based research.

Textbooks

Title: Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy.

Author: Anne Lawrence.

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

Publication Date: Mar 18, 2016.

Title: Financial Information Analysis: The role of accounting information in modern society.

Author: Philip O'Regan.

Publisher: Routledge.

Publication Date: Oct 16, 2015.

Other

Rezaee, Z., 2016. Business sustainability research: A theoretical and integrated perspective. Journal of Accounting Literature, 36, pp.48-64.

Zaid, M.A., Wang, M., Adib, M., Sahyouni, A. and Abuhijleh, S.T., 2019. Boardroom Nationality and gender diversity: Implications for corporate sustainability performance. Journal of Cleaner Production, p.119652.

Chatterji, A.K., Durand, R., Levine, D.I. and Touboul, S., 2016. Do ratings of firms converge? Implications for managers, investors and strategy researchers. Strategic Management Journal, 37(8), pp.1597-1614.

واقع المسؤولية الاجتماعية للشركات الفلسطينية و سبل توجيهها نحو دعم التنمية الإجتماعية – معهد أبحاث السياسات الإقتصادية الفلسطيني (ماس) – 2019