The emergence of various social and environmental problems causes social responsibility accounting to be increasingly used by various companies. Social responsibility accounting has long been a concern of accountants. Social responsibility accounting is important because companies need to convey information about social activities and environmental protection to company stakeholders. Companies not only convey financial information to existing investors and creditors as well as potential investors or company creditors, but also need to pay attention to the social and environmental interests in which the company operates. So that currently accountants who have expertise in the field of social responsibility accounting are increasingly needed in the world of work.
Based on this, to increase students’ social responsibility accounting knowledge, the Master Programme in Accounting, Postgraduate Programme, Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha in collaboration with NCSR held joint teaching with practicing lecturers from NCSR in the odd semester of 2020/2021 Academic Year, from January 25 to March 8, 2021, with a duration of 7 lecture meetings. NCSR was the official body appointed by GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) based in the Netherlands, as the Official GRI Training Partner for Southeast Asia (covering Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines). With education and training by the practitioners, in addition to adding insight, students who were willing to take the certification exam and have been declared to have passed, would receive an additional title, namely CSRS (Certified Sustainability Reporting Specialist). The professional degree applied globally and can be recognized by foreign companies. Thus, students would have more opportunities to develop their careers as experts in preparing Sustainability Reporting (SR) for global companies at home or abroad.
The joint teaching activity was carried out online through the zoom application which was taught by Dr. Ali Darwin, Ak., M.Sc., CSRA. Joint teaching activities in each meeting were carried out with material presentation, then continued with group assignments, presentations, and discussions.
The parties involved in joint teaching activities with practitioner lecturers in social responsibility accounting courses were the Master Programme in Accounting, Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha as the organizer of the activity and the National Center For Sustainability Reporting (NCSR) as the supervisor who provided assistance for educators (non-permanent lecturers) . The joint teaching activity with practicing lecturers in the social responsibility accounting course was attended by first semester students of the 2020/2021 academic year in the Master Programme in Accounting, Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha and practitioner lecturers from the National Center for Sustainability Reporting (NCSR) who filled the course, Mr. Dr. Ali Darwin, Ak., M.Sc., CSRA.
Students of the Master Programme in Accounting as participants had additional knowledge and insight related to social responsibility accounting courses delivered by practicing lecturers from the National Center For Sustainability Reporting (NCSR), namely Dr. Ali Darwin, Ak., M.Sc., CSRA. in joint teaching in the Social Responsibility Accounting Course. Through this course, students who were willing to take the certification exam and have passed, will receive an additional title, namely CSRS (Certified Sustainability Reporting Specialist) NCSR professional institution.
The following is some documentation when the Joint Teaching activity took place :
