This module provides students with a thorough understanding of the regulatory framework pertaining to the governance of corporations, as well as topical issues at the centre of the current policy debates in corporate governance.

This course deals with central issues in corporate governance from an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective. It will provide a thorough introduction to key principles of corporate law pertaining to the governance of corporations, such as directors’ duties and shareholder rights, as well as best practice standards laid down in corporate governance codes, which have become ubiquitous in corporate governance regulation. The module will furthermore examine topical problems at the centre of the current policy debates, including shareholder activism and short termism, the regulation of executive remuneration, corporate social responsibility, environmental, social and corporate governance investing and reporting, and the debate about corporate purpose.

Topics to be covered in the module include:

Corporate purpose
	Distribution of corporate power between shareholder and directors
	Board structure regulation, including board diversity and stakeholder representation
	Corporate governance and firm performance
	Directors’ duties
	Enforcement of duties
	Common ownership
	Shareholder activism and short-termism
	Executive remuneration
	Market for corporate control
	Corporate social responsibility
	ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance) investing and reporting
	Internal controls, ethics and risk management

Teaching Delivery: This module is taught in 20 weekly lectures and 20 weekly PGTA-led seminars.

Content: This module offers study of classical Latin language,...

Advanced Latin A and Advanced Latin B (LATN0005)

This module is for half-year affiliate students only. Please see the 30-credit full-year version, HIST0698, for the full module description.

Please be aware...

Cities of Gold: South Africa, 1867-2012 (HIST0707)

This module is for half-year affiliate students only. Please see the 30-credit full-year version, HIST0698, for the full module description.

Please be aware that you will only be covering half of the module content described in the full module description (content covered in Term 1 or Term 2, depending on your time with us).

If you require any further information, please contact the History Taught Programmes Team.
 