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Corporate Governance may be described as the system by which companies are directed and controlled. The corporate governance structure specifies the distribution of rights and responsabilities among different participants in the corporation, such as, board, managers, shareholders and other stakeholders and spells out the rules and procedures for making decisions on corporate affairs. By doing this, corporate governance also provides the structure through wich the company objectives are set, and the means of attaining those objectives and monitering performence. Corporate Governance has in recent years become a focus of attention because of widely articulated concerns that the monitoring and control of public corporations is defective due to various reasons. These concerns are frequently coupled with examples of the conflicts between shareholders and managers, the undefined role of the board of directors, financial scandals, the remuneration of the management, hostile takeovers and defenses, the role of institutional investors, and a need for transperency and accountability in public corporations. The course takes an international approach to corporate governance with a starting point in continental European governance structures. The course aims to give a thouroug insight in various approches to corporate governace structures, and understanding of EU and US regulations on corporate governance issues, varius codes of conducts and corporate social responsability among other. Read the full course description.