Corporate Governance Programme elearning
Professional Development
Overview
The online Corporate Governance Programme has been designed for financial and professional services employees to develop a deeper understanding of the challenges presented in ensuring effective corporate governance.
The elearning programme examines the key challenges facing boards and companies in meeting the corporate governance standards required in today's challenging environment. It is vitally important that directors, non-executive directors and others tasked with running effective and compliant entities understand the range of challenges they face and how to deal with them.
Who is it for?
Those working in financial and professional services in a senior capacity – Non-Executive Directors, Executive Directors, Senior Managers, Senior Governance Professionals, Company Secretaries – as well as those looking to build a better appreciation of the demands placed on directors and boards in the dispatch of their legal, contractual and fiduciary duties.
What will students get from attending?
A better understanding and appreciation of the challenges facing directors and boards, as well as beginning to develop strategies for implementing more effective corporate governance structures.
Purchase licences
GBP 495 – introductory price until 31 March 2023 per licence
Programme Content
Sessions can be booked individually as required or as a complete programme.
Introduction To Corporate Governance
View & Book »- Historical context to corporate governance
- The relevance of corporate governance
- Where do you fit in with corporate governance?
- Appraising why companies fail
Corporate Governance Principles
View & Book »- What do we mean by corporate governance?
- What constitutes corporate governance and why it’s important
- Understand the problems of separation of ownership and control
- Understand the different theoretical aspects of corporate governance
- Appreciate the historical evolution of corporate governance
Corporate Governance – Rules Or Regulations?
View & Book »- The evolution of corporate governance since 1992
- Differences of approach to corporate governance – rules, regulations or hybrid?
- An appreciation of the key set of codes and accompanying legislation
Role of the Board
View & Book »- The Channel Islands’ approach to regulation and corporate governance
- 6 Board role theories
- 4 Board role applications and practices
- What the UK governance code says about board committees
Corporate Reporting, Remuneration and External Audit
View & Book »- What is now expected from corporate reporting
- The role of the auditor in corporate governance
- Defining the Expectation Gap
- Detailed function of audit committees – where they get it right and where it can go wrong
Risk Management, Internal Controls and Relationships with Stakeholders
View & Book »- The distinction between internal control and internal audit
- Some global perspectives of how companies achieve good internal control
- Identifying assessing and managing risk from a board’s perspective
- The importance of stakeholder engagement as part of corporate governance
Non-Financial Reporting - CSR and Strategic Oversight of ESG
View & Book »- CSR v ESG
- How ESG is now at the heart of corporate governance
- The growing importance of a company’s ESG score
- But sometimes companies can get ESG reporting wrong and be accused of greenwashing
Governance Outlook and Recapitulation
View & Book »- A look at some future trends for corporate governance
- In particular cybersecurity and ransomware
- The effect of the UK Bribery Act on corporate governance
- A scenario of a difficult but pressing board matter and how to deal with it