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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

313420 (v.1) Governance and Ethics 548

Note

Tuition Patterns

The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.

Unit references, texts and outcomes

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Area: School of Accounting
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
Seminar: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Defining the scope of corporate governance and responsibility, agency theory in the context of corporate governance, the role and structure of the board of directors, board committees and remuneration, corporate social responsibility, and the principles of disclosure both mandatory and voluntary. Accounting and auditing as support and control functions supporting internal review, control, and feedback to implement and support effective governance. It includes compliance issues related to identifying, assessing, and controlling risk as a key aspect of responsible management.Ethics, ethical frameworks and professional values as a guide to appropriate professional behaviour and conduct in a variety of situations.
Field of Education: 080100 Accounting (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External