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Corporate Governance and Ethics in Finance

Tiếng Anh

FIN505107

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The objective of the course is to equip learners with knowledge about corporate governance and ethics in finance to minimize potential conflicts among stakeholders related to the enterprise, reduce conflicts of interest, and thereby improve the firm's performance, encourage investment, and maximize the stakeholders' value. The concepts are very useful and will be practically used by business managers, employees, suppliers, investors, intermediary financial institutions, policymakers, etc. in making decisions.

The course is specially designed to equip students with two blocks of knowledge that are important for anyone in the financial sector and also for CFA exam requirements: 

1) Corporate Governance is a system of corporate policy, regulation, rules, and practices that governs and determines how a corporation is directed, controlled, and operated. The students are equipped with fundamental knowledge and skills to evaluate the quality of corporate governance at the firm level, how the power is balanced among top management and company stakeholders, and, hence, the impact of corporate governance on firm value. This course introduces students to the basics of corporate governance from various perspectives in terms of ownership structure, the structure and independence of the board of directors, and the system of rules and policies that balance the power among top management, shareholders, creditors, employees, governments, other stakeholders, and even the media. The course also focuses on evaluating stakeholders' effectiveness, roles, and responsibilities in overseeing and enhancing the quality of corporate governance. 

2) Ethics in finance is designed based on the ethical issues that managers and investors are responsible for in their decision-making, especially when financial behaviour is not controlled and entirely regulated by laws and regulations. Financial practices based on ethical standards are essential. It is because of the potential benefits that financial activities can bring to investors. Hence, companies and organisations are encouraged to break the rules and act immorally, causing serious consequences. The course aims to equip students with the knowledge of the fundamentals of financial ethics, ethics in customer relationships, ethics in investment, ethics in the financial markets, and ethics in corporate financial management. In addition, this course aims to equip students with academic research capabilities and the ability to apply textbook theory and concepts in real-life circumstances.