Governance, Risk and Ethics

Governance and Responsibility: The scope of governance,
Agency relationships and theories, The board of directors, Board
committees, Directors’ remuneration, Different approaches to
corporate governance, Corporate governance and corporate social

responsibility, Governance: reporting and disclosure, Public sector
governance

Internal control and review: Management control systems in
corporate Governance, Internal control, audit and compliance
Incorporate governance, Internal control and reporting,

Management information in audit and internal control

Controlling risk: Targeting and monitoring risk, Methods of
controlling and reducing risk, Risk avoidance, retention and
modelling

Identifying and assessing risk: Risk and the risk management
process, Categories of risk, Identification, assessment and
measurement of risk

Professional values, ethics and social responsibility: Ethical
theories, Different approaches to ethics and social responsibility,
Professions and the public interest, Professional practice and codes
of ethics, Conflicts of interest and the consequences of unethical Behavior; Ethical characteristics of professionalism; social and environment issues in the conduct of business and of ethical behavior.