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Overview
What you will study
Corporate governance procedures help a business become more efficient while reducing both risk and the potential for corruption and mismanagement.
If you are not trained in law, you may be surprised by the number of rules, regulations and laws you may break while operating a business, without even knowing it! A good corporate governance programme can boost your reputation and limit the potential of employee fraud and conflicts of interest. Companies following a set of best practices will tend to act in the best interest of the business and stakeholders, gaining the trust of investors, customers, the community, as well as enjoying greater profits and faster growth. The Corporate governance - Practical insights course offered by University of Cape Town will explore these themes.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- An overview of corporate governance
- International corporate governance trends
- The evolution of corporate governance in South Africa
- An in-depth review of King IV including ethical and effective leadership
- Regulation and legal entities
- Directors' and prescribed officers' including role and responsibilities and business judgement rule
- Board committees including Audit/ Risk/ Social & Ethics/ Remuneration/ Nomination
- Role of the Company Secretary
- Risk governance and risk management
- Integrated reporting/transparency and disclosure
- ESG and sustainability
- Remuneration governance
- Institutional shareholders critical role and review of second Code for Responsible Investing in South Africa in 2022 (CRISA 2)
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 3 days
- Part-time
- 5 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before
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More details
- Registrations close seven days before the course starts.
Language
English
Delivered
On Campus, Online
Disciplines
Corporate Social Responsibility Risk Management View 11 other Short Courses in Risk Management in South AfricaAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:
- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Small business owners, corporate lawyers, compliance officers, risk managers, company secretaries, sustainability and stakeholder managers, aspirant directors, board committee members, senior managers, and officers/executives charged with governance duties in an organisation.
Tuition Fee
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International
8950 ZAR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 8950 ZAR for the full programme during 3 days. -
National
8950 ZAR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 8950 ZAR for the full programme during 3 days.
- Remote (most likely on Zoom): R7,250
- Face-to-face at UCT: R8,950
Living costs for Cape Town
9088 - 15529 ZAR /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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