Basic principles of corporate governance

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Lecture dates


Date Time Notes
Monday, 21st October 2019 14:00 - 18:00  
Tuesday, 22nd Ocotber 2019 14:00 - 18:00  
Monday, 28th October 2019 14:00 - 18:00  
Tuesday, 29th October 2019 14:00 - 18:00  
Monday, 18th November 2019 14:00 - 18:00  
Tuesday, 19th November 2019 14:00 - 18:00  
Monday, 2nd November 2019 14:00 - 18:00  
Tuesday, 3rd November 2019 14:00 - 18:00

Content


 

Students get to know the legal sources of Corporate Governance. The importance of Corporate Governance for the reputation of the company on the capital market, as well as various Corporate Governance systems are conveyed. Several components of the Corporate Governance system are treated in depth.


A. Introduction

B. Theoretical Foundation of Corporate Governance

• Principal-agent-theory

• Stewardship-theory

C. Corporate Governance Systems

1. Monistic vs. dualistic system

2. The institutions in the German corporate constitution

              a) Management Board

              b) Supervisory Board

              c) General Meeting

3. The control function of the auditor

D. Trends in Germany, the EU and the US

E. The German Corporate Governance Code

1. Government Commission GCGC

2. Position in the hierarchy of norms

3. Objectives and functions of the GCGC

4. Contents of the GCGC

5. Public Corporate Governance Code

F. Organization of management and monitoring

1. Management and leading organization

2. Monitoring

G. Corporate Governance Control Systems

1. Reporting to the Supervisory Board

2. Reporting to the General Meeting

3. Statement to the Corporate Governance and the Corporate Governance Report

4. Efficiency test

Exam in the first examination period


 

The exam is offered during the winter semester 2019/2020 as an open exam.

Date:

December 14th 2019, 10:00 - 12:00

Prerequisites:

 

For the prerequisites for participating in the exam in the first and second examination period, please have a look at the exam hints.
Please note that the admission to the exam for non-compliance or non-existence of these criteria is not possible.

Important hints:

 
  • Permitted for the exam are permanent writing utensils (please do not use pencils or similar!), a non-programmable calculator, a ruler and law text HGB (inclusive the rules of the BilMoG). Please refer to the guidelines for using legal texts. It is necessary to bring your student ID to the exam.
  • Please note that electronic dictionaries are not allowed in the exam.

Auditorium classification


Auditorium Study courses Letters
H22 all all

 

Exam in the second examination period


The exam is offered during the winter semester 2019/2020 as an open exam.

Date:

February 1st 2020, 10:00 - 12:00

Prerequisites:

 

For the prerequisites for participating in the exam in the first and second examination period, please have a look at the exam hints.
Please note that the admission to the exam for non-compliance or non-existence of these criteria is not possible.

Important hints:

 
  • Permitted for the exam are permanent writing utensils (please do not use pencils or similar!), a non-programmable calculator, a ruler and law text HGB (inclusive the rules of the BilMoG). Please refer to the guidelines for using legal texts. It is necessary to bring your student ID to the exam.
  • Please note that electronic dictionaries are not allowed in the exam.

Auditorium classification


Auditorium Study courses Letters
Room 1.26, HeHo 22 all all
General information
Module Basic principles of corporate governance
Dates

Monday, 14:00 - 18:00, Heho 18/E60

Tuesday, 14:00 - 18:00, HeHo18/220

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Course language German