Financial Reporting and Analysis
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ACCT6001 – Financial Reporting and Analysis
Group Assignment
Instructions and Information
• The group assignment is to be completed in groups of three to four students. Each
student must be in only one group for the completion of the group assignment.
• Students within a group must be enrolled in the same tutorial class. A penalty of 20%
of the maximum will apply for each member of the group in excess of four. E.g., a
group of five will attract a penalty of 20% and a group of six, a penalty of 40%.
Penalties apply for groups with fewer than three members as follows: two members,
a penalty of 20%; one member, a penalty of 40%.
• Each group member is expected to be involved in the preparation, drafting, proofing
and checking of all aspects of this group assignment including ensuring no breaches
of academic honesty. Members will be held jointly responsible for the entire
submission. In the event of a breach of academic honesty the penalty will apply to all
group members irrespective of which member(s) caused the breach.
• The length of this group essay should not exceed 2,500 words excluding Part C and the
reference list. Please check the word count and record it at the end of your essay.
• Answers are to be 12-point font (either Times Roman or Arial) and paragraphs
formatted with 1 or 1.5 line spacing and with margins not less than 2cm. Students
should refer to the University of Sydney Business School Referencing Guide for further
information and expectations about consistent referencing.
• The group essay must be submitted by 9 am (Sydney time) on 9 October 2023. Any
submissions received after the due date will incur a late penalty of 10% per day,
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including weekends. Failure to meet the deadline will result in an AF grade being
awarded.
• The Group Essay must be submitted in electronic form (through the Canvas ‘turnitin’
assignment submission option included within the “Group Essay” section under
“Group Assignment” folder). Please submit your Group Essay only once from one
student in your group. The Individual Reflection Report must be submitted individually
by every member of the group in electronic form (through the Canvas ‘turnitin’
assignment submission option included within the “Individual Reflection Report”
section under “Group Assignment” folder).
• In the header of your Group Essay you must show the SIDs of all students in your
group, separated by a comma. This is critical; as it is the only way we can identify
which group you were in. Failure to do this will mean we will not be able to assign you
a grade. Once you have submitted we will manually take note of all other students
from the information you have provided in the header. In your Individual Reflection
Report, please provide your name and SID as well.
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Group Assignment Questions
You are not permitted to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as ChatGPT, to generate any
part of your responses. AI tools cannot be relied upon to generate responses that will
adequately address the requirements of this assessment. This assignment must be in your
own words.
Integrity Statement
Academic Integrity
As a student of the University, you are responsible for taking part in your education in an
honest and authentic manner. It is, therefore, expected that you take extra care to ensure
that there are no breaches of academic honesty. All assignments will be manually and
electronically checked for plagiarism (copying). Any perceived breaches of academic honesty
will be referred to the Office of Educational Integrity for further investigation and penalised
if verified.
Students are reminded that all sources of support for the group assignment must be
acknowledged and failure to acknowledge such support may potentially breach the
University’s academic honesty requirements, that the trustworthiness and reliability of the
sources of information should be considered. You are not permitted to use artificial
intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT to generate any part of your responses. Their
undeclared use will be reported as a major breach of policy for investigation.
Each group member is expected to be involved in the preparation, drafting, proofing and
checking of all aspects of this group assignment including ensuring no breaches of academic
honesty. Group members will be held jointly responsible for the entire submission and
awarded the same merit mark. In the event of a breach of academic honesty the penalty could
apply to all members irrespective of which member(s) caused the breach.