Achieving Effective Corporate Governance
| Duration | 10 months x 2 hours |
| Level | Intermediate |
| Suitable for | This programme is designed for those seeking to understand the topical area of corporate governance as they aim to progress their careers in the finance industry to senior management or board level. |
| CPD hours | 20 hours |
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Programme Content
Seminar 1: What is Corporate Governance?
Date: 8th February 2010
- History of corporate governance
- Drivers – the impact of the credit crunch
- What are the essential ingredients of good governance?
- What are companies seeking to achieve through the implementation of a corporate governance framework?
- Have lessons been learnt from the past?
- In light of recent failings, what does corporate governance seek to achieve in the future?
Seminar 2: The Company and Corporate Governance
Date: 15th March 2010
- Rise of the company
- Structure and powers of a company
- Has it grown too strong and do we need more controls?
- Government responses - rules vs. principled approach
- The affect of structure/ roles within an organisation on corporate governance failings
Seminar 3: Corporate Governance as a Risk Management Tool
Date: 26th April 2010
- Interplay of corporate governance as an effective risk management tool
- Appreciating Turnbull to assist in the development and implementation of an effective corporate governance framework
- The role of compliance
- The role of internal audit
Seminar 4: The Board and Corporate Governance
Date: 24th May 2010
- Extending directors duties and responsibilities
- Selection, appointment and the role of the remuneration committee
- Induction, appraisal and training
- Board succession
- Running an effective board
- Corporate governance failings in the boardroom
- Assessing where the board went wrong, reference recent case studies
Seminar 5: Non-Executive Directors and Corporate Governance
Date: 14th June 2010
- Are NEDS essential? Theory vs. reality
- Defining the role of the NED
- Independent and non independent NEDs
- Assessing NEDs performance: what do they contribute?
- Common NED Failings
- Higgs Report
- NEDs and the Credit Crunch
Seminar 6: Stakeholders
Date: 12th July 2010
- Who are your stakeholders?
- Do they have rights and powers, what is their influence?
- Managing stakeholders' relationship with the board
- What role did stakeholders play in the credit crunch, what should their role be for the future?
- Shareholder activism
Seminar 7: Corporate Social Responsibility
Date: 13th September 2010
- What is CSR?
- What is traditionally seen as the benefit to business of CSR?
- Need for ethics and integrity
- Can CSR survive the credit crunch?
- How can CSR continue to be seen as a benefit to business?
Seminar 8: Whistleblowers
Date: 11th October 2010
- What is whistleblowing?
- Role in effective corporate governance
- Drivers for whistle blowing
- Creating a workable whistleblowing policy
- Examination of whistleblower case studies
Seminar 9: Barriers and Challenges to Corporate Governance
Date: 8th November 2010
- Cultural factors
- Human factors
- Can you train for a positive culture?
- Regulators and frameworks
- JFSC comments
- Lessons learned and the way forward?
Seminar 10: Engendering a Positive Corporate Governance Culture
Date: 6th December 2010
- Creating effective governance architecture
- Tone from the top/ reinterpretation of good leaders
- Creating the values
- Reality of achieving good communication
- Ensuring accountability
- The future…….
Learning Outcomes
Having attended this course, delegates will:
- Have an understanding of corporate governance and its importance in the running of an effective business
- Have the ability to implement a positive governance architecture
- Recognise how good corporate governance impacts on their own organisations
- Identify the dangers of failing to understand the importance of corporate governance in the 21st century