Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics & Corporate Governance Central

Course details

Good corporate governance is needed for sustainability and can achieve long-term performance and higher share prices. The corporate scandals such as Enron and Worldcom highlighted the importance of good governance practices including company disclosures, accountability and transparency principles. The management and administration of companies should meet the requirements of the business processes and the expectations of the shareholders.

This course deals with “corporate social responsibility (CSR), as well as the closely related principles of corporate governance in both private and the public sectors.

Programme Highlights

• CSR strategy for responsible business & sustainability
• Best way to discuss business ethics is look at how companies have incorporated ethics into their business operations.
• Business Ethics versus Business Profits
• Reputation for Unethical Behaviour
• Case –Study – The 5 R’s in Waste Management
• Corporate Citizenship as part of the Business Model
• Understanding and implementing the legislative and regulatory framework
• Learn risk management and be able to apply it to an organization or company
• How the principles of Corporate Governance can be applied to private and the public sector organizations generally – OECD principles

Who should attend

It is for company directors, business managers, financial controllers, marketing managers & executives, business advisers, bankers, consultants, company secretaries, administrators, credit executives, finance, operation executives and ANYONE who wants to know about the successful and sustainable management of a business.

Course Topics

• Corporate Social Responsiblity
  • investing in CSR
  • key drivers of CSR
  • reputation Risks management
  • influence of corporate disasters
  • customer loyalty
  • personnel
  • bottom-line effect
  • why charity is not enough?
  • responsible corporate advertising messages
  • what differentiates organization to customers and employees?
  • case-studies – waste managements and recycling
  • industry leaderships
  • the need for integrity
  • challenges for business - reputation management
  • how do companies respond to challenges
  • some legal perspectives on CSR
• Corporate Governance in Private Sector
  • the Guardians of Corporate Governance
  • director and manager
  • company secretary
  • auditors
  • shareholders
  • disclosure responsibilities to achieve corporate governance
  • ethical and responsible decision making
  • the whistle-blowing employee
• Framework for Corporate Governance in Private Sector
  • Effective Board
    • independent directors
    • role of chairman, non-executive director
    • nominee directors
    • nominating committees
    • board performance
    • access to information
    • the chairman v chief executive officer
  • Remuneration
    • transparency and appropriateness
    • remuneration committee
    • disclosure, level and mix of remuneration
    • performance appraisal and indicator
  • Accountability and Audit
    • Audit Committee
    • Internal Controls
  • Communication with Shareholders
  • Implementation of Corporate Governance Strategy
    • conduct corporate governance audit
    • constantly review internal control systems
    • terms of references of different committees
    • appointment of additional directors if needed
    • organize structures and reporting lines e.g. finance, risk management and human resource, etc.
  • Corporate Governance in Private Sector
    • Organization Economic Co-operation Development (OECD) Principles of Corporate Governance
    • international best proactive guidelines
    • (UK) Cadbury Committee
    • the Seven (7) Principles of Public Life
    • accountability process for Public Sector
    • consequences of bad Corporate Governance for the public sector
    • practical operational benefits that ought to result from the application of the principles