308112 (v.2) Law (Advanced Corporate Governance) 574

Area:

School of Business Law

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

** 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. **

Seminar:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

12030 (v.3) Law (Business Organisations) 522 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Advanced studies in corporate governance procedures as they affect the management of companies through the function and structure of the board of directors. The influence of both external and internal market controls and pressures in an era of globalisation and economic rationalism and their impact on business ethics. Risk assessment and internal management controls including due diligence considerations and how these interface with directors' fiduciary and statutory duties. International corporate governance principles, particularly those developed by the Commonwealth Association for Corporate Governance (CACG) and the OECD, are examined to ascertain their relevance to Australian companies.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

090901 Business and Commercial Law

Funding Cluster:

01 - Law

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	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