Corporate Governance and Sustainability

Recommended Prerequisites

 Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

a) Presentation by the teacher, followed by discussion in class;

b) Resolution of practical cases;

c) Presentation of themes and practical cases by students.

Learning Outcomes

Overall Objective:

Critical thinking of leaders to, based on complex information, make informed business decisions.

Specific objectives

1.Distinguish the corporate types, from the perspective of corporate risk, governance, partners and stakeholders;

2.Understand the legal implications of the "corporate purpose";

3.Understand corporate sustainability, namely the ESG factors, and its effects on the duties of directors;

4. Understand the relevance of the duties of loyalty of the administrators in its relation with the business ethics in a global context.

5.Identify the liability risks and the protection instruments. 

Competences:

1. Know how to choose the adequate corporate type to the characteristics of each business project;

2.know the governance of joint stock and limited companies, competences, in the perspective of the "corporate purpose" and sustainability;

3. Distinguish between licit and illicit entrepreneurial decisions;

4. Know D&O Insurance.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. corporate types, corporate risk, governance, partners and stakeholders

2. Corporate purpose and its legal implications

3. Corporate governance and sustainability

4. Directors' duties and business ethics

4. Directors' civil liability for the management of the company

5. Directors' civil liability insurance (D&O Insurance)

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Elisabete Gomes Ramos

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

DIAS, Gabriela Figueiredo, "Sustentabilidade, grupos de interesses e propósito empresarial: um novo paradigma para a empresa e para o mercado de capitais", Cadernos do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários, 20 anos do Código dos Valores Mobiliários, Coimbra/Lisboa: CMVM/Almedina, 2021.

DIAS, Rui Pereira / SÁ, Mafalda de, “Administração, Deveres dos administradores e sustentabilidade”, Administração e governação das sociedades, Coimbra: Almedina, 2020.

Domingues, João Pedro da Silva, Interesses (não) lucrativos e sustentabilidade empresarial, Coimbra: Almedina, 2023

RAMOS, Maria Elisabete, Direito das sociedades, Coimbra: Almedina, 2022.