While it is not required, some firms are now including triple bottom line reporting in their annual report to shareholders. Define triple bottom line reporting and expand on its importance in management’s reports to shareholders.

Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories (requires supporting citations) along with at least one scholarly, peer-reviewed reference in supporting your answer. Keep in mind that these scholarly references can be found in the Saudi Electronic Library by conducting an advanced search specific to scholarly references.

You are required to reply to at least two peer discussion question post answers to this weekly discussion question and/or your instructor’s response to your posting. These post replies need to be substantial and constructive in nature. They should add to the content of the post and evaluate/analyze that post answer. Normal course dialogue doesn’t fulfill these two peer replies but is expected throughout the course. Answering all course questions is also required.

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Rotaru, K., Fehrenbacher, D. D., Liang, M. H., & Schulz, A. K.-D. (2020). Causal inference in judgment using the balanced scorecard. Journal of Management Accounting Research, 32(2), 201–224. https://doi.org/10.2308/jmar-52574 

Atz, U., Van Holt, T., Douglas, E., & Whelan, T. (2019). The return on sustainability investment (ROSI): Monetizing financial benefits of sustainability actions in companies. Review of Business, 39(2), 1–31.  https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3465637

Chapter 14 PowerPoint slides SEU_ACT500_Module13_PPT_Ch14.pptx – Alternative Formats in Managerial Accounting

Yilmaz, D. E., & Antmen, F. (2019). Project selection method based on balanced scorecard framework. Business & Economics Research Journal, 10(5), 1179–1187. https://doi.org/10.20409/berj.2019.229