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BU50F8: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS (2016-2017)

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Course Overview

Corporate governance refers to the relationship between directors of companies and their shareholders. Of course life is more complicated with customers, suppliers, governments, employees and society all having interest in corporate behaviour and wanting to hold companies to account. The finance industry has many governance and ethics issues to address with codes of conduct defined by industry bodies/nstitutes. Tax is an area of clear conflict between stakeholders. This module introduces this fastinating area considering alternative academic approaches to business ethics along with conflicts of interest between stakeholders, attempts to resolve these and whether dilemmas might remain.

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Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Off-site Sustained Study No
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Course Description

Corporate governance refers to the relationship between directors of companies and their shareholders. Of course life is more complicated with customers, suppliers, governments, employees and society all having interest in corporate behaviour and wanting to hold companies to account. The finance industry has many governance and ethics issues to address with codes of conduct defined by industry bodies/nstitutes. Tax is an area of clear conflict between stakeholders. This module introduces this fastinating area considering alternative academic approaches to business ethics along with conflicts of interest between stakeholders, attempts to resolve these and whether dilemmas might remain.


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