The format, marking criteria and guidelines

Structure	Specific format	Marks	Guidelines
1.	Introduction and executive summary	2	State the purpose of the report, research plan (how you progressed) and gist of findings.
2.	Explanation of how corporate crises/failures in every era lead to improved accounting regulations/ standards for financial reporting in the subsequent periods(800 words)	8	Developyour arguments giving examples of at least two eras of corporate crises/failures and post-crisis(failure) developments in accounting regulations/standards. Refer to 4 journal articles
3.	Critical evaluation of the political process of accounting standard setting (800 words)	8	Develop a critical evaluation of the lobbies/influences in the accounting standard setting process. Give examples in US/Australian/global context. Refer to 4 journal articles (not used for req (i)
4.	Identification and introduction of the accounting standards complied with by the selected company(1,000 words)	10	Read the annual report of the ASX company
5.	Critical evaluation of the accounting standard for fair value accounting(400 words)	5	Refer to 4 journal articles
4.	Conclusion	1	State, in brief, what you learned from this assignment
5.	References in appropriate style	3	Provide a list of references used in the text. Use APA referencing guide.
6.	Quality of presentation, articulation and writtenEnglish	3	Appropriate grammar/punctuation
Total marks		40

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