Universities around the globe have an important role to play in realizing sustainable development goals, especially in educating students via formal or non-formal learning. At the same time, the internationalization agenda is a key area that is gaining extra attention from universities worldwide. Thus, in supporting the sustainable development goals, non-formal education for sustainable development activities has been implemented i.e. 3 Minutes Sustainable Development Goals Ideas Video Competition, and jointly organized by two public universities (Universiti M) in Sarawak, Malaysia, and (Universitas S) East Java, Indonesia. The objective of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of video competition among Malaysian and Indonesian accounting undergraduates in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals agenda during the Covid-19 pandemic. The questionnaire using Google Form was particularly developed and distributed to all 87 students who participated in the 3 Minutes Sustainable Development Goals Ideas Video Competition from November to December 2021. Based on the descriptive results, 90% of the respondents agreed that the video competition was effective in improving awareness of sustainable development goals. In addition, this effective and self-reliant learning of sustainable development goals supports an informal learning system among accounting students. This paper contributes to new knowledge in the area of accounting education, specifically using non-formal education as part of the university's internationalization approach for sustainable development activity to improve students' awareness of this important global agenda.
In colleges and universities, competition-based learning strategy is one of the ways used by instructors to overcome students’ challenges in their learning process. An investigation on the non-accounting major students’ perception on participating in the online accounting quiz competition for the Introduction to Financial Accounting and Reporting course has been carried out. The questionnaire was specifically developed and distributed to students from the Diploma in Computer Science, Diploma in Public Administration, Diploma in Tourism Management and Diploma in Office Management and Technology programs of Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sarawak Branch, who underwent the course in Semester March 2018. Descriptive statistics were performed to achieve the objective of this paper. Overall, the respondents and participants have mixed feelings that the online quiz was effective for learning in an accounting course. The Competition-based Learning strategy explains that the non-accounting students intend to get the certificate from the involvement in the online quiz competition. The limitations and future research opportunities are also provided in this paper.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused business closures and increased infection rates in many countries in the world including Malaysia. Many stakeholders have questions about the sustainability agenda and how Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) can naturally fit into it to demonstrate that they are part of the solution. Hence, this paper investigates the issues, contributing factors and feasible solutions that can assist SMEs in Malaysia in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) towards business sustainability. The review was carried out using relevant academic journals. The paper also connects business rebuilding to a few factors, including establishing anti-corruption regulations (SDG16), improving connectivity efficiency (SDG9 & SDG12), competitive advantage (SDG12), attracting quality talent (SDG8 & SDG3), sustainability management (SDG8, SDG9 & SDG12), and prioritising workplace diversity (SDG8 & SDG10). This paper demonstrates that in order for all stakeholders to remain competitive in the long run, SMEs must plan and consider the timing of value development. The COVID-19 outbreak had a significant impact on SMEs, but it also gave them a once-in-a-lifetime chance to make their policies and procedures stronger.
Purpose: The primary objective of this study is to investigate the synergistic influence of green-based governance and external pressure on the quality of environmental disclosure among ISO14001 certified companies that are publicly-listed in Malaysia. Methodology: Content analyses have been conducted on the 2014 annual and sustainability reports of ninety (90) ISO14001 certified companies. Results: The results of the multiple regression analyses reveal that green-based governance in the form of an effective environmental management system (EMS) and external pressure from industry membership influence the quality of environmental disclosure. The findings of the study signify that a proper EMS system needs to be implemented in order to reduce agency conflicts arising from information asymmetry. Implications: Companies need to have an effective environmental management system such as ISO14001 companies are motivated to provide quality environmental information to reduce information asymmetry and agency conflicts between managers and stakeholders.
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