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We’re only in it for the money? Developing sustainable literacy through management accounting curriculum

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  • Terje Berg
  • Hakim Lyngstadås

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This article addresses how and why introductory management accounting courses could contribute to sustainable literacy. Drawing on pragmatic constructivism we develop a course design. We base our discussions on teaching experience from two Business Schools. The proposed course design discusses sustainability around five common themes; (i) fundamental concepts, (ii) what are ‘net income’ and ‘value creation’, (iii) product costing and short-term decision-making, (iv) capital budgeting decisions, and (v) performance measurement. We demonstrate that it is possible to introduce sustainability and how it also allows for a better understanding of management accounting as such. Fundamentally, it is illustrated that critical thinking can be integrated at an introductory level in a management accounting course. As such, this study helps develop students’ sustainable literacy. By allowing sustainability to be a natural part of the standard subjects, the article claims that the subject area contributes to the future demands on management accountants as well.

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  • Terje Berg & Hakim Lyngstadås, 2024. "We’re only in it for the money? Developing sustainable literacy through management accounting curriculum," Accounting Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(6), pages 867-886, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:accted:v:33:y:2024:i:6:p:867-886
    DOI: 10.1080/09639284.2023.2270475
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