Unit name | Global Perspectives on Corporate Governance |
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Unit code | LAWDM0117 |
Credit points | 30 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Ms. Boeger |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
none |
Co-requisites |
none |
School/department | University of Bristol Law School |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit challenges students to critically engage with fundamental theoretical and practical approaches to corporate governance in diverse socio-economic contexts. Using case study examples from the UK, Europe, the US as well as African and Asian regimes, it seeks to assess and compare a global variety of corporate governance models drawing on contemporary conceptual and practical debates. It explores corporate governance classically understood as determining decision-making within the business corporation, but then considers challenges to this classic understanding, for example the emergent global governance of social enterprise: social business models, mutual and cooperative societies. Further topics include: comparative corporate governance techniques and varieties of capitalism; global approaches to corporate social responsibility; corporate governance and the public service economy: public contracting and procurement.
By the end of the course the students should be able to:
The contact hours for this unit will be 30 hours. This will usually take the form of: 8 lectures, 10 two-hour seminars and 2 assessment preparation and feedback sessions.
Summative: 2 x 3000 word essays (50% each) will assess the candidate's ability to research a topic within the scope of this unit. Both assessments will assess all of the Intended Learning Outcomes for this unit in the context of topics selected by the examiners.
Formative: students should do one formative assessment (this will usually be 1 x 1500 word essay).
Initial Literature: