2023-2024 / GEST7091-1

Corporate and social governance

Duration

12h Th

Number of credits

 Advanced Master in Financial Risk Management2 crédits 

Lecturer

Anne-Catherine Delaye-Noirot

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Introduction and Key Concepts

Corporate Governance (CG)

  • Principles
  • Theories
  • Main geographic differences
  • Opportunities and Risks
  • KPIs to assess CG
Social Governance (SG)

  • Social megatrends
  • Social Factors in business activities
  • Opportunities and Risks
  • KPIs to assess SG
Stakeholders: their role and influence

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The objectives of this course is that students should:

1) acquire a good understanding of what Corporate and Social governance are, their importance, and consequences if they are not well established or taken into account.

2) be able to analyze the impact of corporate and social governance on companies

3) understand the role and influence of stakeholders

4) become aware of the differences in the regulatory framework of corporate governance in  some key countries

5) manage to identify key parameters/criteria used by investors to assess corporate and social governance,

6) be able to illustrate through examples.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

No prerequisite knowledge nor skills required for this course.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Ex-cathedra course illustrated by examples and/or a case study, together with quiz/MCQ and interactions with students.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Blended learning


Additional information:

2 to 3 distance learning classes, 1 face-to face (class on Saturday) and 0 to 1 hybrid learning class (face-to-face and distance learning). This will be announced before the beginning of this course.

Recommended or required readings

The items online required course materials will be provided for at the beginning of each corresponding course.

 

Exam(s) in session

January exam session

- In-person

oral exam

August-September exam session

- In-person

oral exam

- Remote

oral exam

Written work / report

Continuous assessment


Additional information:

During the year and for the first session of exams

 - Permanent evaluation during the lectures (such as Wooclap test, students' active participation, ...)

 - End of year evaluation / exam :

  • Paper/Study work (individual or in group of 2 to be decided with the students)
  • Oral exam : open questions and (group or individual) presentation of the paper
 
For the second session of exams, there will be an individual paper/study work. The students who have presented it during the first session have the possibility to improve and resubmit the paper they presented or do another paper. For the students who did not present their study work in the first session of exams, they will have to do so in the second session. The Augustus- September exam (oral) will either be in person or remote (to be decided later).

Work placement(s)

None

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

None

Contacts

acdelaye@gmail.com

Association of one or more MOOCs

There is no MOOC associated with this course.