Corporate Governance aims to equip learners with the understanding of corporate governance and the role of corporate governance in a globalised market.
Main Topics of Study:
The role of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- The role of the FCA in enhancing market integrity
- The role of the FCA in promoting competition
- The role of the FCA in protecting consumers
- The FCA and international standards and regulation
- Authorisation and enforcement
Models of voluntary versus statutory corporate governance
- Rules based approaches to corporate governance
- Principles based approaches to corporate governance
- The advantages and disadvantages of self-regulation
- A statutory basis for the corporate governance framework
Socially and environmentally responsible approaches to business development, projects, markets and global trade
- The evolution of corporate social responsibility (CSR)
- CSR models and frameworks
- Social and global issues in CSR
- Environmental sustainability in CSR
- Stakeholders and CSR
- Involving stakeholders in CSR
Governance and ethics
- Codes of conduct, recognised good practice versus regulatory controls
- Corruption risks
- Anti-trust and fair competition initiatives
- Ethics and consumer perspectives
Example Candidate Response Booklet
Example Candidate Response (ECR) Booklets are a source of crucial information for Centres and Candidates as they use real candidate responses. We ask Senior Examiners to comment on five or more responses in terms of why the mark was awarded with commentary about how to improve the answer (if necessary).
