Governance of Public Corporations (Silk/Hovatter)
Additional Information
Skills Training
Oral Presentations
Team Projects
Other Professional Skills: Communication/Public Speaking
Grading
30% Participation,
35% Paper,
35% Other (Final Presentation)
No
Class meets in person.
Course Continuity
Students are encouraged to stay home if you are ill or experience flu-like symptoms. If you miss a class for any reason, it is still your responsibility to make up the work missed.
I offer the following to students who miss class due to illness:
- I will make PowerPoint slides or other class materials routinely available on the course site to everyone in the class.
- When you are better, please make an appointment to meet with me and I will review/answer questions about what you missed.
Meeting Times/Location
MW 3:00PM - 4:20PM
Tanenbaum Hall 320
Category
Seminar
Credits
3.0
This seminar will explore the functions, duties and obligations of directors of public corporations, with a particular focus on high-pressure, highstakes situations. After discussing the skills and attributes that publicly traded corporations may seek in directors, reasons why individuals may want to become directors, and the duties, obligations and exposure of directors, we will focus on the types of problems addressed by public company boards. Our discussion topics will include corporate takeovers, shareholder activism, crisis management, and CEO succession, as well as strategic and risk oversight and other areas of concern for corporate directors.
Business and Corporate Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of business and corporate law; Perform legal analysis in the context of business and corporate law; Communicate effectively on topics related to business and corporate law; Demonstrate an understanding of the interconnection between the world of business and finance and that of business and corporate law, and how they affect other areas of law and society.