“A series of company collapses linked to unhealthy cultures — whether that be BHS, Carillion,
Greensill or Patisserie Valerie — have demonstrated why cultivating a healthy culture, underpinned
by the right tone from the top, is fundamental to business success,” said Sir Jon Thompson, chief
executive of the Financial Reporting Council (Financial Times, 2022).
Essay question: Explain why the FRC is upholding a debate on the best practice in corporate
culture? Evaluate how leaders and companies can cultivate their corporate culture to help
businesses adapt to future challenges.
should include:
a. a title page;
b. an introduction;
c. main body discussion;
d. a conclusion which summarises the main argument/findings;
e. a reference list in Harvard style; and
f. an appendix (if desired).
You are required to produce an essay of no more than 1,500 words in length. Essays longer than
1,500 words will be penalised. Although shorter essays are not specifically penalised, failing to write
close to the word limit normally results in less relevant content available to be marked. This naturally
results in lowers marks.
Your essay should have a title page which includes the title of the essay, your name and student
number. The essay should be word-processed with 1.5 line spacing. An appropriate font size to use
is Arial or Times New Roman size 12 (or similar) for the main body text. You may wish to enlarge the
font size used for any headings/title of your essay. You should also clearly label any charts, tables or diagrams (and identify the source of information) used in your essay. To help the marker, you may
also wish to leave an extra line between each paragraph and indent the start of each paragraph.
Ensure all pages are correctly numbered and include a word count at the end of the document.
Please note: The reference list is not included in the word count, but citations within the text are
included in the word count. There is no 10% allowance in the word count. (Note: the appendix is not
usually included within the word count, but it should not be seen as a dumping ground for material
exceeding the word limit.).
You must acknowledge the use of AI in your assessment by referencing all parts of
your work that have been generated by AI tools.
Below is a list of examples of the kinds of sources that are high quality. Please remember that
Wikipedia and Investopedia are poor examples of sources.
9.1. List of professional bodies
➢ ICAEW
➢ ACCA
➢ CIMA
➢ ICAS
➢ CIPFA
➢ CPA Australia
9.2. List of academic journal titles:
➢ Academy of Management Journal
➢ Accounting and Business Research
➢ Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal
➢ Accounting Horizons
➢ Accounting, Organizations and Society
➢ British Accounting Review
➢ British Journal of Management
➢ Contemporary Accounting Research
➢ Corporate Governance: An International Review7
➢ Critical Perspectives on Accounting
➢ European Accounting Review
➢ European Management Journal
➢ Human Relations
➢ Human Resource Management Journal
➢ Information and Management
➢ Information Technology and People
➢ Journal of Accounting and Economics
➢ Journal of Accounting Research
➢ Journal of Management Information Systems
➢ Journal of Political Economy
➢ The Accounting Review
➢ The Quarterly Journal of Economics