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Ethics, Governance Controls and Financial Accountability

BM604 · Financial Decision Making — Week 11 of 16

CourseBM604
Week11 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Ethics, Governance Controls and Financial Accountability

  1. Codes of professional accounting ethics
  2. Corporate governance compliance mechanisms
  3. Internal control environments and forensic oversight
  4. Whistleblowing and institutional accountability
  5. CIMA E1 Ethics and Corporate Governance
  6. CIMA BA4 Ethics, Sources of professional rules and guidance
  7. Course 3.6 Corporate Governance Best Practice: Roles, Culture & Board Effectiveness

What you will be able to do

  • 4.4 Differentiate between business ethics, governance and accounting ethics as controls on business accountability.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: differentiate between business ethics, governance and accounting ethics as controls on business accountability.

Study materials

Videos

  • CIMA E1 Ethics and Corporate Governance · YouTube · OpenTuition · 43 min · for registered students
  • CIMA BA4 Ethics, Sources of professional rules and guidance · YouTube · OpenTuition · 31 min · for registered students
  • Course 3.6 Corporate Governance Best Practice: Roles, Culture & Board Effectiveness · YouTube · ThreeTicks · 25 min · for registered students
  • Day 1 | Session 3: Corporate Governance and Ethics · YouTube · The Open University Business School · 14 min · for registered students
  • Reforming Corporate Governance · YouTube · Gresham College · 51 min · for registered students
  • ICAEW Insights In Focus: The BEIS White Paper – is ARGA the corporate governance regulator we need? · YouTube · ICAEW · 35 min · for registered students
  • Session 2: Corporate Governance - The Board of Directors · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 90 min · for registered students
  • Session 3 (Undergraduate): Corporate Governance · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 82 min · for registered students
  • Facebook (Meta) Lesson 1: Corporate Governance - The What, Why and What now? · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 47 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 · PDF · Frc, guidance; 19 pages · for registered students
  • Mastering Strategic Management, ch. 10: Leading an Ethical Organization: Corporate Governance, Corporate Ethics, and Social Responsibility · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 313–337 · for registered students
  • Corporate Governance, ch. 6: Oversight, Compliance, and Risk Management · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 107–120 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Business Decision Making and Financial Drivers
  • Week 2: Business Risk Assessment in Financial Decisions
  • Week 3: Accounting Foundations and Expenditure Classification
  • Week 4: Structure and Interpretation of Final Accounts
  • Week 5: Financial Performance Metrics and Long-Term Sustainability
  • Week 6: Sources and Selection of Business Finance
  • Week 7: Capital Expenditure Appraisal Techniques
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Off-Balance Sheet Financing and Risk Management
  • Week 10: Ownership Structures, Governance and Agency Dynamics
  • Week 11: Ethics, Governance Controls and Financial Accountability
  • Week 12: Applying Financial Decision Making in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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