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Rethinking accounting education for a sustainable future: charting a course for sustainable development goals 2030

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  • Radiah Othman
  • Rashid Ameer
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Purpose - This paper aims to seek accounting graduates' perspectives on the demand for accounting in their workplaces, on the gaps in accounting education (AE), and on the future of the accounting profession, inspired by the new definition of accounting proposed by Carnegieet al. (2021, 2022, 2023a), to adopt a strong focus on sustainable development goals (SDGs) in AE to inculcate tertiary students with the skills that lead them to approach and apply accounting as a multidimensional technical, social and moral (TSM) practice. Design/methodology/approach - The online qualitative survey was distributed to 100 randomly selected New Zealand accounting graduates in order to gather insights from their workplaces. All responses from the 30 graduates who completed the questionnaire underwent qualitative analysis using Leximancer software, which automatically identifies high-level concepts and insights and offers interactive visualizations without bias. Findings - The graduates’ experiences underscore the ongoing significance of technical skills in the New Zealand workplace. They emphasized the lack of non-technical skills training, stressed the necessity of diverse business knowledge and highlighted the importance of automation and digital skills. Practical implications - The implications for transforming AE involve adopting an activist approach to integrate a TSM perspective into teaching and learning and being open to an interdisciplinary approach to expose tertiary students to the impact of accounting on sustainable development, including collaboration with professional bodies for real-world experiences. Originality/value - The importance of engaging with SDG-related narratives is stressed to stimulate further discussion, debate and research aimed at identifying practical solutions for AE as a facilitator for SDGs in realizing accounting as a TSM practice.

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  • Radiah Othman & Rashid Ameer, 2024. "Rethinking accounting education for a sustainable future: charting a course for sustainable development goals 2030," Meditari Accountancy Research, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 32(5), pages 1809-1836, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:medarp:medar-05-2023-2009
    DOI: 10.1108/MEDAR-05-2023-2009
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