Three companies in the same industry incur $100 000 in environmental costs - consider these costs below - identify the company that you think is the best,and the worst performer from a sustainability perspective,and please provide explanations for your selection. $\begin{array}{llllll} &\text { Prevention }&\text { Appraisal}&\text { Internal }&\text { External failure}&\text { Total costs }\\ &&&\text { failure }\\ \text { Company A } & \$ 10 ? 000 & \$ 20 ? 000 & \$ 30 ? 000 & \$ 40 ? 000 & \$ 100 ? 000 \\ \text { Company B } & \$ 25 ? 000 & \$ 25 ? 000 & \$ 25 ? 000 & \$ 257000 & \$ 100 ? 000 \\ \text { Company C } & \$ 40 ? 000 & \$ 30 ? 000 & \$ 20 ? 000 & \$ 10 ? 000 & \$ 100 ? 000 \end{array}$

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Exam 15: Accounting for Sustainability Social Reporting,environmental Reporting and Management Accounting

Three companies in the same industry incur $200 000 in environmental costs - consider these costs below.Identify the company that you think is the best,and the worst performer from a sustainability perspective,and please provide explanations for your selection. Company A \ 10?000 \ 20?000 \ 100?000 \ 70?000 \ 200?000 Company B \ 50?000 \ 50?000 \ 10?000 \ 90?000 \ 200?000 Company C \ 180?000 \ 20?000 \ 0 \ 0 \ 200?000

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'High levels of environmental costs are acceptable if they are prevention costs.' Do you agree? Please explain.

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Question 42

Based on Epstein and Roy's sustainability framework,what is a component of sustainability performance?

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Question 43

Consider the operations of a cigarette manufacturer such as Benson and Hedges - what types of external costs might they have to consider?

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Question 44

Which of the following elements relate to the economic aspect of triple bottom line reporting?

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Based on Epstein and Roy's sustainability framework,what is a component of sustainability performance?

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Question 46

What are appraisal costs? How are they different to prevention costs?

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Which of the following elements relates to the environmental aspect of triple bottom line reporting?

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Three companies in the same industry incur $100 000 in environmental costs - consider these costs below - identify the company that you think is the best,and the worst performer from a sustainability perspective,and please provide explanations for your selection. Prevention Appraisal Internal External failure Total costs failure Company A \ 10?000 \ 20?000 \ 30?000 \ 40?000 \ 100?000 Company B \ 25?000 \ 25?000 \ 25?000 \ 257000 \ 100?000 Company C \ 40?000 \ 30?000 \ 20?000 \ 10?000 \ 100?000

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Question 49

Sustainability is referred to as being:

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Question 50

Why can't accounting systems capture external costs at present?

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Question 51

Management accounting most clearly contributes to sustainability by:

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Question 52

Which of the following is an example of an internal failure cost?

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Question 53

How might the R&D,sourcing and production stages of a value chain be considered from a sustainability perspective? Please use Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA)to illustrate examples.

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Question 54

Which of the following is an example of a prevention cost?

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Question 55

Which of the following elements does not relate to the economic aspect of triple bottom line reporting?

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Question 56

Which of the following is an example of an appraisal cost?

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Question 57

Which of the following elements does not relate to the social aspect of triple bottom line reporting?

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Question 58

Which of the following is an example of an external failure cost?

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Question 59

An example of a sustainability related KPI might be:

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'High levels of environmental costs are acceptable if they are prevention costs.' Do you agree? Please explain.

Based on Epstein and Roy's sustainability framework,what is a component of sustainability performance?

Consider the operations of a cigarette manufacturer such as Benson and Hedges - what types of external costs might they have to consider?

Which of the following elements relate to the economic aspect of triple bottom line reporting?

Based on Epstein and Roy's sustainability framework,what is a component of sustainability performance?

What are appraisal costs? How are they different to prevention costs?

Which of the following elements relates to the environmental aspect of triple bottom line reporting?

Sustainability is referred to as being:

Why can't accounting systems capture external costs at present?

Management accounting most clearly contributes to sustainability by:

Which of the following is an example of an internal failure cost?

How might the R&D,sourcing and production stages of a value chain be considered from a sustainability perspective? Please use Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA)to illustrate examples.

Which of the following is an example of a prevention cost?

Which of the following elements does not relate to the economic aspect of triple bottom line reporting?

Which of the following is an example of an appraisal cost?

Which of the following elements does not relate to the social aspect of triple bottom line reporting?

Which of the following is an example of an external failure cost?

An example of a sustainability related KPI might be:

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Service and Operations Costing

Departmental Overhead Costing

Activity-Based Costing

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