Assignment Detail:- 3101AFE Accounting Theory and Practice - Griffith University
REQUIREMENTS:
There are two parts to this assignment- An overview of the requirements for each part follows:
Part A: You are provided with one news article and asked to answer relevant questions- The word limit for this part of the assignment is 300 words-
Part B: Select any ONE of the four business-related news articles provided and evaluate the article in the context of an appropriate accounting theory, citing at least three scholarly sources in relation to your article analysis- The word limit for this part of the assignment is 600 words-
ASSIGNMENT STRUCTURE:
The assignment must follow this structure:
1- Cover sheet
2- Part A: Please ensure that you carefully number your answer, e-g- Part A-
3- Part B: Answer on a separate page-
a- Article -Type number and headline of article here- Summarise the article you have chosen, being sure to introduce points you will discuss in more depth in your analysis- Hint: Do not mention your theory in this section -Guide: 100 words--b- Theory -Type name of your chosen theory here- Identify and describe your chosen theory using high quality and appropriate academic sources to support your discussion- Be sure to identify aspects of your theory that you will discuss in more depth in your analysis- Hint: Do not mention your article in this section -Guide: 250 words--c- Analysis Apply your chosen theory to your article- Demonstrate specific application of the theory with examples from the article- Hint: You should not need to introduce new material/sources in this section as you are applying/synthesising what you have already introduced in the previous two sections- This is critical thinking -Guide: 250 words--d- Conclusion Briefly conclude- Keep this to only one or two sentences-e- Reference list
PART A:
Refer to Appendix A and answer the following question:
Refer to Article A -Appendix A- "The Health 202: The drug industry keeps ramping up its spending on lobbying" and explain from a public interest theory perspective the rationale for the government's decision to waive intellectual property protections in the pharmaceutical industry- Use specific examples from the article to support your discussion- -Guide: 300 words--
PART B:
Select any ONE of the four business-related news articles provided In Appendix B and evaluate the article in the context of an appropriate accounting theory, citing at least three scholarly sources in relation to your article analysis- Use of academic literature is a key aspect of the assignment- The aim is to identify the most appropriate accounting theory -from those studied in this course- to explain the behaviours and/or decisions of relevant parties indicated within each article- -Guide: 600 words--
ARTICLES
Four news articles are located in Appendix B- Select ONE article only-
THEORIES
Select the most appropriate theory/hypotheses from the following and apply to your chosen article- Please do not combine theories- To be clear, you are to apply only one theory to your chosen article-
Political economy or systems-based theories
• Legitimacy theory
• Stakeholder theory -select one branch-
o Ethical -moral- brancho Managerial branch
Economics or market-based theories
• Efficient market hypothesis together with Capital market research
• Agency theory
• Positive accounting theory -plus select one hypothesis-
o Political cost hypothesiso Bonus hypothesiso Debt hypothesis
Attachment:- Accounting Theory and Practice-rar
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