BF_007
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Banking
Program
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Course
Title: Corporate
governance
Course
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Type
of Course:
Level
of Course:
Number
of US credits 3
Number
of ECTS credits 4.5
Duration 8 weeks
Name
of Lecturer/Professor:
Contact
Information:
Name
of UBIS Supervisor:
Contact
Information:
E-mail:
Language
of Instruction: English
Course Summary
The
course provides a thorough introduction to the
state of the art of corporate governance research and practice. It covers a
wide range of topics, including corporate control, regulation, behavioural
issues and the role of stakeholders in corporate governance. This course not
only reflects the multidisciplinary nature of corporate governance, but it also
adopts an international perspective by highlighting the major differences in
corporate control and corporate governance practice across the world
Expected
Outcome / Learning
At
the end of this course, students will know how investment portfolios are
created and evaluated. More specifically they will be able to:
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Understand how companies are directed and controlled
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Understand and implement principles of relationships between a
company’s management, board, shareholders.
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Create effective relationships with external stakeholders, banks,
customers and other communities affected by the corporation’s activity.
Prerequisites
non
Required
Textbook
Marc Goergen, International Corporate Governance,
2012, 1st ed, Prentice Hall, ISBN-13: 9780273751250
Suggested
Readings
Supplementary
readings will be provided in the reading assignments for each module.
Assessment
Methods and Grading Policy
Student's performance will be assessed by the work
they do in the course – including participation in the discussions that are a
part of each lesson. Online course
grading is based less on a final examination or final essay, and more on
completing the assignments throughout the course.
These
assignments may include some or all of the following:
(1) Short response - questions to be answered
in very short written responses (max. two paragraphs).
(2)
Essay - a short 2 to 3-page essay, a draft for a larger essay, and/or a short
critical review of specific readings. Most important is that you clearly
indicate the source of your information with reference footnotes or endnotes.
(One page should contain between 250 and 300 words in total, including
footnotes).
(3)
Critical review - a short critical review in your own words of the specific
reading as assigned in the module. This
review must not be longer than 2 pages and can be as short as 200 words (count
one page as having page between 250 and 300 words).
(NOTE,
we count expect to see between 250 and 300 words per page. Please use a convenient type/font for easy
reading, such as "Arial", "Trebuchet" or "Times New
Roman", size 12).
Students'
grades will be assessed as follows:
Mid-term Examination 20%
Questions and Problems 50% in total
Final Examination 30%
It is
important to note that graduate students must maintain a 3.0 GPA to retain
their matriculated status. A “C” grade,
therefore, is passing, but below the score needed to stay matriculated.
Grading Policy
Grade
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Percentage
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Quality
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Points
per Credit
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A
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93-100
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Outstanding
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4.0
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A–
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90-92
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3.7
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B+
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87-89
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3.3
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B
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83-86
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Satisfactory
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3.0
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B–
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80-82
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2.7
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C+
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77-79
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2.3
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C
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73-76
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Poor
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2.0
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F
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0-72
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Failure
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0.0
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Students
must maintain the readings, discussion participation, quizzes and assignments
to obtain a passing grade in the course.
To obtain a superior grade, students must demonstrate a high degree of
quality in their work.
PLEASE NOTE THAT
PLAGIARISM (copying other writers' text without due citation or recognition)
WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. Plagiarism is
equal to cheating in exams as it means "stealing" solutions to
problems, ideas or written text from other people and pretending they are your
own. Students caught committing these
forms of cheating will be subject to course failure and will be reported to the
Dean of the University. Two instances of
cheating or plagiarism will be cause for academic suspension.
For information on what
plagiarism is and how to avoid it, please read the pages 41 and 41 in the book:
TURABIAN, Kate L., A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations,
Chicago Style for Students and Researchers, 7th Edition, The University of
Chicago Press, 2007.
COURSE
SCHEDULE
Module
1
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Description
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Introduction to Corporate Governance
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Defining corporate governance and key
theoretical models
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Read
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Prepare
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Module 2
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Description
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Introduction to Corporate Governance
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Corporate control across the world
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Control versus ownership rights
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Read
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Prepare
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Module 3
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Description
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International Corporate Governance
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Taxonomies of corporate governance systems
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Incentivising managers and the disciplining
of badly performing managers
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Read
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Prepare
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Module 4
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Description
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International
Corporate Governance
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Corporate governance, types of financial
systems and economic growth
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Corporate governance regulation in an
international context
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Read
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Prepare
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Module 5
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Description
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Corporate Governance and Stakeholders
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Corporate social responsibility and
socially responsible investment
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Debtholders
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Read
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Prepare
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Module 6
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Description
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Corporate Governance and Stakeholders
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Employee rights and voice across corporate
governance systems
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The role of gatekeepers in corporate
governance
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Read
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Prepare
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Module
7
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Description
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Improving Corporate Governance
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Corporate governance in emerging markets
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Contractual corporate governance
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Read
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Prepare
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Module 8
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Description
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Improving Corporate Governance
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Corporate governance in initial public
offerings
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Behavioural biases and corporate governance
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Learning from
Diversity and Future Challenges for Corporate Governance
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Read
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Prepare
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