554.033 (16W) English III: Advanced Professional Communication c: Law and Corporate Government
Overview
- Lecturer
- Course title german English III: Advanced Professional Communication c: Law and Corporate Government
- Type Course (continuous assessment course )
- Hours per Week 2.0
- ECTS credits 3.0
- Registrations 21 (20 max.)
- Organisational unit
- Language of instruction no language of instruction was specified
- Course begins on 01.10.2016
- eLearning Go to Moodle course
Time and place
Course Information
Intended learning outcomes
To create an appreciation and analytical framework for the problems facing stakeholders in public corporations (shareholders, directors, officers, and the public), particularly in light of the world wide financial and corporate crisis.
Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools
Lectures in English by native-speaker U.S. business lawyer; case studies; in-class discussions and presentations.
Course content
The financial crisis, the Hypo Bank in Austria, Volkswagen test result scandal, Bernie Madoff, and the earlier dramatic collapse of ENRON and WORLDCOM in the United States (and banking scandals, SIEMENS bribery, in Germany and PARMALAT in Italy) have focused world attention on how public corporations are governed, regulated and monitored. Over the last years, Europe and the United States reacted with new laws, new regulations, new initiatives and a new sense that investors in corporations need to be protected (even from themselves). This course will cover these developments and how corporate "culture" contributes to the need for corporate "governance."
Topics
- Corporate structure and bodies
- Corporate culture
- Case study: ENRON
- Case study: PARMALAT
- Mini-Case study: TECHVILLE
- International business legal environment
- Regulatory bodies
- Issues: remuneration, nomination, capital maintenance, audit committees, etc.
- USA: Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- EU: Action PLan
- Austrian Code of Corporate Governance
- Corporate social responsibility
- Wirtschaft und Recht
- Corporate culture
Literature
Handouts; excerpts from laws and regulations; internet readings; "Corporate Goverance," Robert A.G. Monks and Neil Minow, eds. (2003).
Link to further information
Instructor's website (www.wagneruslaw.com)Examination information
Examination methodology
Evaluation of in-class exercises, mini-case studies, and final presentation.
Examination topic(s)
Corporate governance and corporate culture as applied to student-selected companies.
Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations
Evaluation of in-class discussions, mini-case studies and final presentation on a student-selected company.
Grading scheme
Grade / Grade grading schemePosition in the curriculum
- Bachelor's degree programme Applied Business Administration
(SKZ: 518, Version: 14W.3)
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Subject: Business Language in Context
(Compulsory subject)
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§9(1) English III: Advanced Professional Communication (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 554.033 English III: Advanced Professional Communication c: Law and Corporate Government (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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§9(1) English III: Advanced Professional Communication (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Business Language in Context
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor's degree programme Applied Business Administration
(SKZ: 518, Version: 12W.1)
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Subject: Business Language in Context
(Compulsory subject)
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English III: Advanced Professional Communication (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 554.033 English III: Advanced Professional Communication c: Law and Corporate Government (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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English III: Advanced Professional Communication (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Business Language in Context
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor's degree programme Information Management
(SKZ: 522, Version: 12W.1)
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Subject: Englische Wirtschafts- und Technikkommunikation
(Compulsory elective)
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4.1.1 Englische Wirtschafts- und Technikkommunikation (
0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
- 554.033 English III: Advanced Professional Communication c: Law and Corporate Government (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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4.1.1 Englische Wirtschafts- und Technikkommunikation (
0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Englische Wirtschafts- und Technikkommunikation
(Compulsory elective)
Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts
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Wintersemester 2019/20
- 554.033 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication c (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2019
- 554.033 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication c: Human Resources Management (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2018/19
- 554.033 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication c: Human Resources Management (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2018
- 554.033 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication c: Human Resources Management (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2017/18
- 554.033 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication c: Human Resources Management (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2017
- 554.033 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication c: Human Resources Management (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2016
- 554.033 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication c (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2014/15
- 554.031 KU English III: Advanced Professional Communication a (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)