554.034 (19W) English III: Advanced Professional Communication d: Law and Corporate Government
Overview
- Lecturer
- Course title german English III: Advanced Professional Communication d: Law and Corporate Government
- Type Course (continuous assessment course )
- Hours per Week 2.0
- ECTS credits 3.0
- Registrations 10 (20 max.)
- Organisational unit
- Language of instruction English
- Course begins on 11.10.2019
- 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. Focus on managerial decision making.
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
Prior knowledge expected
None. This course can also be part of an inter-disciplinary program.
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
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)
- 554.034 English III: Advanced Professional Communication d: 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)
-
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)
- 554.034 English III: Advanced Professional Communication d: 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: 17W.1)
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Subject: Englische Wirtschafts- und Technikkommunikation
(Compulsory elective)
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8.1 Englische Wirtschafts- und Technikkommunikation (
0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
- 554.034 English III: Advanced Professional Communication d: Law and Corporate Government (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
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8.1 Englische Wirtschafts- und Technikkommunikation (
0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Englische Wirtschafts- und Technikkommunikation
(Compulsory elective)
- 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)
- 554.034 English III: Advanced Professional Communication d: 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)
- Bachelor's degree programme Business and Law
(SKZ: 519, Version: 12W.3)
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Subject: Business English in Context
(Compulsory elective)
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English III: Advanced Professional Communication (
2.0h KU / 3.0 ECTS)
- 554.034 English III: Advanced Professional Communication d: Law and Corporate Government (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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English III: Advanced Professional Communication (
2.0h KU / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Business English in Context
(Compulsory elective)
- Bachelor's degree programme International Business and Economics
(SKZ: 516, Version: 19W.1)
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Subject: Languages/Gender Studies
(Compulsory elective)
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Languages (
0.0h KS / 8.0 ECTS)
- 554.034 English III: Advanced Professional Communication d: Law and Corporate Government (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
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Languages (
0.0h KS / 8.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Languages/Gender Studies
(Compulsory elective)
- Bachelor's degree programme International Business and Economics
(SKZ: 516, Version: 19W.1)
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Subject: Languages
(Compulsory elective)
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Languages (
0.0h KS / 16.0 ECTS)
- 554.034 English III: Advanced Professional Communication d: Law and Corporate Government (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
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Languages (
0.0h KS / 16.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Languages
(Compulsory elective)
Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts
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Sommersemester 2019
- 554.034 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication c (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2018
- 554.034 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication d: Law and Corporate Government (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2017/18
- 554.034 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication d: Law and Corporate Government (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2017
- 554.034 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication d: Law and Corporate Government (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2016/17
- 554.034 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication d (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2016
- 554.034 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication d: Law and Corporate Government (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2015
- 554.034 KU English III: Advanced Professional Communication d (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2014/15
- 554.034 KU English III: Advanced Professional Communication d (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2014
- 554.034 KU English III: Advanced Professional Communication D (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)