Students who have taken this course will:

• Learn what corporate governance is and understand the difference between management and corporate governance

• Grasp the great diversification in governance and organization structure of the companies worldwide
• Discuss the importance of corporate governance in all types of companies, listed, unlisted, closely-held, widely-held, SMEs, family owned
• Driving forces behind corporate governance (privatization, company ratings, mergers and acqusitions, stock echange rules
• Learn the importance of boards, management (CEOs, CFOs)
• Learn the rights of shareholders, the role and the importance of institutional investors,
• Learn the responsibilities of institutional investors (hedge  funds,private equity investors soverign funds etc), and their governance challenges
• Discuss the role of stakeholders
• Understand the importance of transparency accountability in financial reporting and auditing
• Understand the relationship between internal control, risk management and corporate governance
• Evaluate and measure the impact of good corporate governance on financial performance
• Learn the implication of Basel II from the Corporate Governance perspective, and the corporate governance of financial institutions
• Discuss the impact of corporate governance on financial markets
• Discuss the importance of responsible business conduct and sustainability (especially in multionationals)
• Finally corporate governance developments in Turkey, new commercial code and the coming corporate governance principles of non-listed companies