代写MAA310 – Accounting and Society
MAA310 – Accounting and Society
Trimester 3, 2016
Assessment1 – Written report

Requirements:

Background:
In their annual report, companies are required to include a remuneration report that documents the remuneration packages of the chief executive officer, other key executives and the directors. There has been considerable media attention on the rapidly increasing remuneration packages provided to chief executive officers in Australia over the last decade. The government response to concerns over the size and structure of remuneration packages was the introduction of the two-strike rule to the Corporations Act (2001).
Required:
Assume you are employed as an accountant at an Australian publicly listed company. The chief financial officer has asked you to prepare a report which addresses the following:
1.      Briefly explains the types of compensation included in remuneration packages of Chief Executive Officers and provides examples from the latest remuneration report for your allocated* Australian publicly listed company.
2.      Briefly explains the two-strike rule.
3.      Critically evaluates from the shareholders’ perspective, the size and structure of chief executive remuneration and the potential impact of the two-strike rule, using
i)                    Agency theory and
ii)                  Either legitimacy theory, institutional theory or stakeholder theory.
This evaluation should include reference to two theories only (no additional marks are available for students who choose to use more than two theories). It is not expected that part 3 of this task will be specifically related to your allocated company although you may refer to this company if you wish.
 
*You will be emailed your allocated company.
Please note:  You must submit a copy of the remuneration report of your allocated publicly listed company with your assignment. One (1) mark out of a possible 20 marks will be deducted if you do not submit the remuneration report.
 
Additional information:
·         You are expected to undertake research in order to complete this task.
·         Please refer to the rubric to assist you in meeting the requirements of this task.
·         You may include sub-headings in your report and an executive summary (abstract) is required.

Assessment Feedback:

Students who submit their work by the due date will receive their marks and feedback on CloudDeakinby23 January 2017 (15 working days from the date of submission).

Submission Instructions

A word count must be included. Students exceeding the word limit by more than 10% will incur a mark penalty.
 
Students must submit a properly referenced assignment that complies with the Harvard referencing style. This includes in-text citations and a reference list.
 
You may include sub-headings in your report and an executive summary (abstract) is required.
 
You must keep a backup copy of every assignment you submit, until the marked assignment has been returned to you.  In the unlikely event that one of your assignments is misplaced, you will need to submit your backup copy.
 
Any work you submit may be checked by electronic or other means for the purposes of detecting collusion and/or plagiarism.
 
You are required to submit an assignment through your CloudDeakinunit site. You will receive an email to your Deakin email address confirming that it has been submitted. You should check that you can see your assignment in the Submissions view of the Assignment dropbox folder after upload, and check for, and keep, the email receipt for the submission.

Notes

·         Penalties for late submission:The following marking penalties will apply if you submit an assessment task after the due date without an approved extension: 5% will be deducted from available marks for each day up to five days, and work that is submitted more than five days after the due date will not be marked. You will receive 0% for the task. 'Day' means working day for paper submissions and calendar day for electronic submissions. The Unit Chair may refuse to accept a late submission where it is unreasonable or impracticable to assess the task after the due date.
·         For more information about academic misconduct, special consideration, extensions, and assessment feedback, please refer to the documentYour rights and responsibilities as a student in this Unitin the first folder next to the Unit Guide of the Resources area in the CloudDeakin unit site.
·         Building evidence of your experiences, skills and knowledge (Portfolio) - Building a portfolio that evidences your skills, knowledge and experience will provide you with a valuable tool to help you prepare for interviews and to showcase to potential employers.  There are a number of tools that you can use to build a portfolio.  You are provided with cloud space through OneDrive, or through the Portfolio tool in the Cloud Unit Site, but you can use any storage repository system that you like.Remember that a Portfolio is YOUR tool. You should be able to store your assessment work, reflections, achievements and artefacts in YOUR Portfolio. Once you have completed this assessment piece, add it to your personal Portfolio to use and showcase your learning later, when applying for jobs, or further studies.  Curate your work by adding meaningful tags to your artefacts that describe what the artefact represents.
 代写MAA310 – Accounting and Society