Corporate Governance & Accountability in the International Economy - MAN00007H

Department: The York Management School
Credit value: 20 credits
Credit level: H
Academic year of delivery: 2022-23

Module summary

Module will run

Occurrence	Teaching period
A	Spring Term 2022-23 to Summer Term 2022-23

Module aims

The module examines corporate governance from theoretical, international political economy, practical experience and comparative business and international systems perspectives. It considers the social accountability of corporations, including MNCs and ethical conflicts that arise e.g. through trade, development and inward investment. It considers tools for accountability, e.g. standards, codes, supply chain systems, and perspectives on whom corporations are accountable to, for example stakeholder relations are linked to processes of accountability and corporate governance. The instruments of governance are examined, including directors, organisational and financial structure, and the market for corporate control. A significant element of business history is involved.

Module learning outcomes

Analyse the role of the corporation in modern society and the nature of the constraints it operates under
Challenge the existing models of ownership, control and reward in modern capitalism.
Critically describe the nature and process of socially responsible management
Evaluate the effectiveness of governance and accountability structures in a variety of business contexts
Develop an understanding of the role of corporate governance codes, both formal and informal, and of unwritten approaches to the management of corporate governance.
Identify research and incorporate key resources and examples into academic examinations of corporate governance

Module content

Students will be required to identify key academic and non-academic sources of their own and incorporate them in the exam
Students will be required to learn how to combine and share individual private study to produce greater understanding and illumination.
Students will need to prepare a bibliography prior to the exam to demonstrate research and include it with the exam paper, citing it as appropriate.

Indicative assessment

Task	% of module mark
Essay/coursework	33
Open Exam (2 days)	67

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task	% of module mark
Essay/coursework	100

Module feedback

4 office hours a week

1 to 1 meeting to discuss mock mark

Module assessment reports to students are written by the module leader for all assessments (open and closed) and placed on the VLE after the Board of Examiners has received the module marks.

The timescale for the return of feedback will accord with UYMS policy.

Indicative reading

Set Text and Film

LEWIS, M. (2011). The big short: inside the doomsday machine. Detroit, Large Print Press.

MCKAY, A., GOSLING, R., BALE, C., PITT, B., & CARELL, S. (2016). The big short.