This article aims to analyze the initiatives that large organizations such as Apple Inc. undertake to improve their social, environmental and financial sustainability. The document also sheds light on how the organization can implement cost accounting procedures to improve its sustainability. Furthermore, the document highlights variations in the use of cost accounting by the company under review and by companies in the past. In addition to this, the document identifies limitations in the organization's current strategies and offers recommendations to improve these limitations. The following section highlights policies that have been adapted by Apple Inc. to improve its social, environmental, and financial stability. In order to improve its social sustainability, Apple Inc. has adapted the following policies and procedures. Apple Inc. provides all of its suppliers with the Apple Supplier Code of Conduct. It is mandatory for all suppliers to follow this code of conduct. This code of conduct consists of rules and regulations relating to the treatment of employees, the provision of safe working conditions, and a variety of environmental issues and considerations, which must be followed by all Apple suppliers (University faculty members National of Ireland, Maynooth, 2013). In addition to this, Apple Inc. is conducting on-site audits to ensure that all suppliers follow the code of conduct. In addition to this, Apple Inc. constantly monitors the needs of society and makes necessary changes to its code of conduct. It is also ensured that corrective actions are followed up and implemented appropriately (Faculty members of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, 2013). In...... middle of paper ......ment, United States of America. (2012). Managing sustainable development, 5-15. Washington, DC: Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development, United States of America. Faculty members of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. (2013). A Critical Sustainability Analysis of Apple Inc., 1-11. Maynooth: National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Retrieved from http://s3.amazonaws.com/ppt-download/appleinc-140109151801-phpapp01.pdf?response-content-disposition=attachment&Signature=lPhcOVOL9uvWLXxbg0fGEtcpzoI%3D&Expires=1399377940&AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIW74DRRRQSO 4NIKA Fa Members of the Royal Holloway Sect, University of London . (2010). Real Cost Accounting, 3-53. Surrey: Royal Holloway, University of London. Taylor, T. (2000). Current developments in analytical and dynamic accounting of economic calculation. Quarterly newspaper of the Austrian economy
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