Undergraduate - UnitBTW2313 - Malaysian corporate governance

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Business Law and Taxation
Offered	Not offered in 2013
Coordinator(s)	Ms Elsa Satkunasingam

Synopsis

The Unit will focus on the law relating to corporate governance in Malaysia. It will begin with the need for good corporate governance in Malaysia and the factors that are involved in ensuring good corporate governance. It will focus on directors duties and the need for the board to be independent of majority shareholders and their nominated directors and on the role that auditors and shareholders play in ensuring good corporate governance practices. The Unit will also include the disclosure obligations of companies and how these rules are currently enforced. In all instances the essential elements of the law is examined, as are the implications of each law on business practice.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

identify the political, economic and social factors that contribute towards corporate governance in public listed and government linked companies in Malaysia
describe and analyse the role that directors, auditors, creditors and shareholders as well as the public play in achieving high corporate governance standards
demonstrate awareness of latest developments upholding good corporate governance in foreign jurisdictions
critically analyse the impact if these latest developments are implemented in Malaysia.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination: 70%

Chief examiner(s)

Ms Elsa Satkunasingam

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

Students must have passed BTG1200 or BTW1200 before undertaking this unit.