Corporate Governance and Ethics
Admissions tutor: Dr Suzanne Konzelmann
Our courses are concerned with the complex and changing relationships between business corporations, their various stakeholders and the societies within which they operate. They are fully international in scope, covering European, American and Asian systems of corporate governance and adopting a cross-cultural perspective on contemporary issues of business ethics and society.
Find out more
- tel: 020 7631 6775
- email: postgrad@mbs.bbk.ac.uk
- More information at Birkbeck central course listings
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- MRes Corporate Governance and Ethics (Part-time)
- MRes Corporate Governance and Ethics (Full-time)
- MSc Corporate Governance and Ethics (Part-time)
- Msc Corporate Governance and Ethics (Full-time)
Course content
Following is a table outlining the modules you would take on these study programmes.
| MSc | MRes | |
|---|---|---|
| Module 1 | Research methods in management 1 | |
| Module 2 | Principles of organization and management | |
| Module 3 | Corporate governance | |
| Module 4 | Corporate responsibility | |
| Module 5 | International business ethics | |
| Module 6 |
Free choice from all approved modules, including those offered in collaboration with the Department of Geography |
Research methods in management 2 |
For modules 7 and 8 in the MSc, you can concentrate on a particular area:
Management
2 modules from a choice of:
- The business environment
- Current issues in employment relations and human resource management
- Economics and governance of institutions and innovation
- European management and political economy
- Globalisation: forces, players and management
Environmental issues in corporate governance and ethics
2 modules from a choice of:
- Climate change and sustainable business practice
- Environment and policy
- Environmental management and business policy
- Philosophy and politics of environmentalism
Public sector governance
MSc / MRes dissertation
MSc dissertation: 15,000 words
MRes dissertation: 25,000 words
