Institutional shareholders, financial journalists and NGOs are only some of the most important stakeholder groups that increasingly have an interest in learning more about companies’ corporate governance structures. This is also increasingly formalized for example by international disclosure standards which put corporate governance at the heart of sustainability strategies. Corporate representatives dealing with stakeholders need to be ready to answer governance questions and put their own governance structures in context with their corporate strategy. The crux with corporate governance is that there is no one-size-fits-all approach and thus often not a simple fix to every problem. What is needed are individual, company-specific, and strategically consistent solutions. In this course, we establish a sound understanding of the key elements of corporate governance, how they are intertwined and how external views on a company’s governance frameworks are evolving.

Participants:

• understand the main concepts of corporate governance
• how those concepts apply to their company
• how corporate governance can help increase the reputiation of their organization

• Corporate Governance
• Structures
• Strategy
• Communication

Mandatory attendance, active classroom participation, and case.

From 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Center for Continuing Education of the University of Zurich at Schaffhauserstrasse 228 in 8057 Zurich.

CHF 1'800 including electronic lecture notes.