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MAN 686 Responsible Corporate Governance

General Information

Lecturer	Dr. Nicola Gesing
Examiner	Prof. Dr. Laura Marie Edinger-Schons
Course Format	Seminar
Credit Points	6 ECTS
Frequency	Spring term 2022
Hours per Week	2 (in-class) + 15 (self-study)
Language	English
Grading	70% Final assignment; 30% Group presentation
Formal Prerequisites	none
Recommended Prerequisites	General interest in the topic of sustainable business

Topic	Date	Time
Kickoff and Introduction to the Topic	28th April 2022	15:30 – 18:45
Group Presentations of First Reviews of the Topics and Feedback	29th April 2022	15:30 – 18:45
Group Presentations of Interim Results and Discussion	5th May 2022	15:30 – 18:45
Final Presentations	6th May 2022	15:30 – 18:45

Brief Description
Environment-Social-Governance – Governance is one of the three key pillars of sustainable business and the key to realizing positive impacts on people and planet. Various organizations have redesigned their governance to not only ensure responsible business practices, but also to incentivize and thereby shape the sustainability transformation.
In this course, participants…
Learn about the basic concepts of responsible corporate governance;
discuss how corporate governance can support and enable an organization‘s sustainability transformation;
and engage in an discussion about potential future developments in the area of responsible corporate governance.
Application
Registration/Application via Portal2 is required.
Contact
If you have any questions regarding this seminar, please don't hesitate to contact sustainablebusiness bwl.uni-mannheim.de.

Updated: January 2022