Consciência ambiental: uma investigação junto aos discentes de ciências contábeis da UFCG, Sousa-PB.

Abstract

The aspects related to environment and environmental education reached huge proportions in society and organizations. Therefore, preoccupation the environmental degradation has become an important issue, for care with the environment, awareness and social responsibility are results of the education linked to the cultural, political, economic and social aspects. In this scenario, the search for a better environmental awareness is important and something that should be stimulated and developed in order to contribute to more rational use of natural resources. Thus, this study aims to debate the aspects of environmental awareness of current students of Accounting Science of UFCG (and future accountants) pointing conditions, challenges and prospects for expanding social and environmental training in teaching project for this course to provide an interdisciplinary way to see studies in this area. The procedures used were composed by the field research, with quantitative, using the techniques of descriptive statistics and factorial analysis. The results of the analysis, Factorial Examine (AF), pointed out the relevant dimensions to the environmental awareness of the students Based on the study, the factor considered as more relevant was Engaged Consumption and Mobilization on Environmental Issues - the highest total variance explained by the factor - 21.39% and average load factor of 0.72; the second being Concerns on Solid Waste Generation -16.70% of total variance and average loads of 0.83; the third is related to Differentiated Course Strategy - 16.67% of the variance and average loads equal to 0.83; and finally the fourth factor, named as Domestic Enviroment - with a total variance of 11.83% and overall average loads of 0.84. From the results we can infer and recognize that there are factors or dimensions not covered by this study and could explain the variability of the responses given by students. From the foregoing, it can be stated that in the course there is no project focused towards interdisciplinary. It was, then, realized that the course design is being discussed by the students of Accountancy, with a goal of having a proposal with effectively greater strength, trying to eliminate some of the existing biases and to obtain a more holistic view of the accounting and related field's reality.