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2019/2020  BA-BINBO1427U  Corporate Governance

English Title
Corporate Governance

Course information

Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Mandatory offered as elective
Level Bachelor
Duration One Quarter
Start time of the course Autumn, Spring
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for BSc in International Business
Course coordinator
  • Therese Strand - Department of Accounting (AA)
Main academic disciplines
  • International political economy
  • Management
Teaching methods
  • Face-to-face teaching
Last updated on 12-12-2019

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Learning objectives
By the end of the course, students should be able to critically evaluate selected theories within the fields of corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, and business ethics, as well as discuss how these frameworks can be applied to concrete business situations:
  • Explain, combine and analytically discuss the theories, frameworks, models and concepts presented in the course.
  • Critically discuss the role of business in society, in the context of globalised markets and internationally active firms.
  • Identify business challenges and opportunities arising from internal corporate governance challenges and external stakeholder pressures.
  • Using the concepts and frameworks discussed in the course, sketch responses to these challenges and opportunities, and reason why those responses would pass the “good business ethics” test of critical observers.
Course prerequisites
OBS:
If you started in 2018, you will follow the course in the fall 2019, 1. quarter
If you start in September 2019, the course is offered in the spring semester,4. quarter
Examination
Corporate Governance:
Exam ECTS 7,5
Examination form Home assignment - written product
Individual or group exam Individual exam
Size of written product Max. 10 pages
Assignment type Written assignment
Duration 48 hours to prepare
Grading scale 7-point grading scale
Examiner(s) Internal examiner and external examiner
Exam period Summer and Summer
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Description of the exam procedure

 

 

Course content, structure and pedagogical approach

Corporate governance concerns the way firms are directed and controlled. The regulatory backlash caused by corporate scandals and the financial crisis, as well as growing public and media pressure on companies to act in a ‘socially responsible’ way, have put stakeholder engagement on top of the corporate agenda. Regardless of international business managers’ individual philosophical stance on what the role of business in society should be, these pressures cannot go unmanaged and need to be addressed in a strategic manner. A thorough understanding of the corporate governance demands companies face today is therefore a necessary prerequisite in any international business function.
 
This course gives an introduction to the theoretical foundations of corporate governance, develops awareness of associated practical problems, and provides an overlook of governance systems around the world. The intertwine of legal, economic, political, and psychological factors affecting how firms and markets are run and controlled creates complexity and challenges our ability to state and solve problems practically as well as intellectually. The course provides students with a toolbox and skills for evaluating firms from a governance point of view.
 

Description of the teaching methods
The course is lecture based, using various texts, journal articles, cases, research results, and current events and news to illustrate the topic of the session.

In addition, participants will have to solve three case studies which are to be discussed during the exercises.
Feedback during the teaching period
The students should actively seek feedback throughout the quarter, from the professor.
Student workload
Teaching 42 hours
Examination 48 hours
Preparation 116 hours
Expected literature

will be specified in january

Case studies will have to bought by the individual student.

 

Last updated on 12-12-2019