Corporate Governance

This course will familiarize students with the issues and subjects involved in serving on, and counseling, boards of directors of entities chartered under the law. Students will examine the responsibilities and liability of boards of directors, which have come under increasing scrutiny from legislators, regulators, courts, stakeholders, the media, and the public. The course will explore the failure of some boards of directors to take responsibility for assuring the development of an ethical culture in the entity they oversee, and their failure to assume responsibility for the organization’s integrity. Students will be graded on papers, the preparation of model board materials, and class participation.
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