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ACC620 - Contemporary Issues in Accounting

   

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ACC620 Contemporary Issues in AccountingSemester 2 2017Research ProposalStudent Name:Your assigned research question*:Title:Submission Date:1
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Acknowledgement: I acknowledge and certify that I have understood and followed the academic misconduct policyof university. The ideas expressed in this assignment are my own and the ideas of others havebeen referenced appropriately. I have used quotation marks where someone else’s words arecopied and the same is referenced also.2
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ContentsIntroduction.................................................................................................................................................4Practical Motivation.....................................................................................................................................5Theoretical Motivation................................................................................................................................6Literature Review........................................................................................................................................7Hypothesis...................................................................................................................................................7Appendix......................................................................................................................................................8References...................................................................................................................................................93
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IntroductionIn the present world the increasing technological, commercial and social developments andgrowing population has raised a question of environment protection and safety in front of thecorporate bodies. This relates to whether the companies actually pay allowance for the harm theyare causing to the environment and whether they actually pay to go green. The studies haveshown that the commercial and corporate bodies are highly responsible for the carbon emissionin the environment which is resulting in causing a great harm to the atmosphere. This also resultsin climatic changes all over the world. The most harmful effect of carbon emission is the ozonelayer depletion which has given rise to the failure in protecting the harmful ultra violet rays toreach the natural habitat. With the engagement of the companies with the environment throughCorporate Social Responsibility mechanism, the disclosure of carbon emission has becomeessential for every company. This research proposal aims at developing a hypothesis for carbonemission performance disclosed by the companies voluntarily or mandatorily. This proposalincludes the practical and theoretical motivation for the justification of the issue considered forresearch with extensive literature review to develop the hypothesis in relation to carbon emissionor voluntary disclosure. 4
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