Approaches to integrating social and environmental accounting (SEA) into accounting majors in Australian universities

Abstract

Global Academic research on social and environmental accounting is published in both dedicated spaces such as through SEAJ, as well as through mainstream accounting literature. However, whilst these bodies of literature have theoretically developed the concepts of social and environmental accounting there has been limited uptake of such research in university accounting major subjects. This article explores the two primary ways in which such SEA research has entered accounting education in Australia: stand‐alone SEA subjects, and integration of SEA content through traditional accounting major subjects. This paper also reviews the trends of SEA education in accounting schools and subjects within Australian universities.

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Corresponding author: School of Accounting, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Email: [email protected]

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Heidi Sundin

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