Since 2005, Modco has a full range of groceries and general merchandise sold through 8,000 retail units and several banners in 15 countries. According to the company’s CEO, Modco's annual report reflects its activities' social and environmental dimensions and its constant and progressive work toward social responsibility issues. Modco’s 2017 annual report states how its emphasis on sustainability has helped the company to be the retail leader in the market. According to the report, Modco invests in education, health, commitments to fight hunger, support for local farmers, and access to healthier and affordable food. Students will assume they are a part of a research team examining sustainability reporting and stakeholder relations.

The School of Accounting (SOA) at State University is planning its annual fundraising campaign for accounting alumni. This year, the SOA is planning a call-a-thon and will ask Beta Alpha Psi members to volunteer to make phone calls to a list of 5,000 alumni. The Dean’s office has agreed to let Beta Alpha Psi use their offices from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. each weekday so that they will have access to phones. Each volunteer will be provided with a phone and a script with an introduction and suggested responses to various questions that had been asked in the past.Carol Johnson, Beta Alpha Psi faculty advisor, estimates the following:1. Of the 5,000 phone numbers, roughly 10 percent will be wrong numbers (because alumni change addresses and phone numbers without updating State University). In that case, thestudent is instructed to apologize to the answering party, hang up, and move on to the next phone number. Each of these calls takes about three minutes.2. Another 15 percent will be correct…

tealesxille Sanctuary is a family-owned and operated wildlife park located in Melbourne. Healesville Sanctuary has more than 150 animal species, some of which are loaned from overseas animal parks. Healesville Sanctuary has two divisions for selling merchandise: a retail operation that sells food, beverages, shirts, souvenirs and other novelties to visitors within the park, and a wholesale operation that sells toys to department stores. The following management figures are relevant for the year ended 30 June 2020: Total assetS 69 120 000 Total current assets 34 560 000 Inventories 28 800 000 Net assets 51 840 000 Profit after income tax 9 792 000 The company tax rate is 30 per cent. During the conduct of the audit, the following items of interest were noted by the audit team: Due to an electrical contractor accidentally drilling through a power cable, all invoices for items sold through tealesxille sanctuary's wholesale operations on 22 and 23 June had to be manually prepared. Many of…

Music Teachers, Incorporated, is an educational association for music teachers that has 20,300 members. The association operates from a central headquarters but has local membership chapters throughout the United States. Monthly meetings are held by the local chapters to discuss recent developments on topics of interest to music teachers. The association's magazine, Teachers' Forum, is issued monthly with features about recent developments in the field. The association publishes books and reports and also sponsors professional courses that qualify for continuing professional education credit. The association's statement of revenues and expenses for the current year is presented below. Revenues Expenses: Salaries Music Teachers, Incorporated Statement of Revenues and Expenses For the Year Ended November 30 $ 3,354,300 Personnel costs Occupancy costs Reimbursement of member costs to local chapters Other membership services Printing and paper Postage and shipping Instructors' fees General…

Acting and Reporting on Sustainability Sustainability and the environment are topics of increasing importance in business and society today. Locate an article that profiles an organization from one of the sectors we have studied in this course (governments, not-for-profit organizations, and colleges or universities) and how that organization is addressing and reporting their activities related to sustainability.  What can you learn about the organization’s commitment to sustainability from their financial statements and reporting? (Note: This may require more research than just one article.) Compare your findings to those of your classmates. What conclusions can you draw from the information shared?