CSR Accounting Simulation Game

Key Challenges in CSR Research/ training

•Lack of effective, engaging tools in CSR research and training

•Link between CSR, Financial reporting and Corporate financial performance often not clear

• Managers and Accountants often tend to perceive CSR expenses as an additional burden

Highly customizable tool which can be used for

• CSR Research Purposes

•Classroom teaching

•Employee training programs/CSR sessions

CSR Game in Action!

•4 participants role play as Managers for 4 different companies and the rest role play as Investors (20 to 40)

• Investors decide on how much to invest in each company and managers decide on how much to spend on CSR in each round

•Based on the regulation for that year, the CSR may or may not be explicitly shown in the financial statements

CSR Game description

Investor screenAllocate funds in these 4 companies

Reason behind the investment decision

Investor rankingGraph showing the share prices of the 4 different companies

P & L statements of the four different companies

CSR Rankings

Time for each round

Manager screen

4 participants act as managers

Decide on CSR expenditure for each round

Manager ranking based on the share price of the company

Comment box

Tested with over 500 participants at University of Oxford, UK

Who we are?• iGBL is an Oxford based education technology company

• We build interactive web based games and tools that bring abstract business concepts to life

•We have a growing portfolio and our latest offering is the CSR Accounting Simulation Game

Contact us at:

info@igbl.co.uk

www.igbl.co.uk