BSE - Education and Training

TARGET AUDIENCE:
Top and Middle Management Corporate Executives, and Officers associated with process of compliance, Corporate Legal and Strategic Consultants and representatives of accountancy firms.

DURATION & TIME: 2 Days ( 9.30 am to 5.30 pm )

PROGRAMME CONTENTS:

Corporate Governance and Corporate Accountability.

An introduction and general mapping of the issues and the only session which will make any reference to the academic literature on the subject; the topics to be covered are;
- The legal model of the company, and its failure;
- Forces driving corporate governance since the 90s;
- The Cadbury model and codes of corporate governance.
The Board as a Mechanism of Governance.

The presenters will seek to elicit the views of participants while defining the issues, summarizing research, and making their own suggestions; the topics to be covered are;
- Responsibilities of the Board;
- What constitutes "independence " of directors?
- What should NEDs be doing?
- Audit Committees;
- Institutional Nominees;
- The need for a legislative statement of directors' duties.
Corporate Governance and the Market.
- Disclosure and transparency issues;
- Accounting standards and auditor independence;
- Do Institutional Investors have governance responsibilities?
- Corporate governance and takeover regulations;
- Shareholder voting rights.
Between Self-Regulation and Compliance
- Corporate law and the Department of Company Affairs;
- The SEBI Code of Corporate Governance and Clause 49 of the listing Agreement;
- Compliance issues and some company responses.