Responsible Business Management Symposium
Pre-Assignment
Students:
Write your name, student number and the name of your university here!
Corporate Governance
RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM
PRE-ASSIGNMENT
Corporate Governance articles for reading
Please read the following five (5) journal articles:
1) Cohen, J., G. Krishnamoorthy & A. Wright (2004). The corporate governance
mosaic and financial reporting quality. Journal of Accounting Literature, 23, 87–
152
2) Carcello, J., D. Hermanson & Z. Ye (2011). Corporate governance research in
accounting and auditing: Insights, Practice Implications, and future research
directions. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, 30:3, 1-31.
3) Abraham, S. (2012). Information technology, an enabler in corporate
governance. Corporate Governance, 12:3, 281-291.
4) Pomeroy, B. (2010). Audit committee member investigation of significant
accounting decisions. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, 29:1, 173-205.
5) Finnish Corporate Governance Code 2010.
The CG articles are available from eResources. If you don’t find the articles listed
above, please contact Johanna Kurtti (johanna.kurtti@lamk.fi).
Reading the articles
When reading the articles please focus on the following four topics:
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Objectives of corporate governance
Actors of corporate governance
Corporate governance codes
Communication of corporate governance to outside parties
In the following there are six (6) slides with several questions related to the
above mentioned topics. Please answer to the questions based on the articles
and other resources as well as your previous understanding and empirical
findings of the topics. Please write your answers to the slides. The answers
should fit in the given space. The answers should be written in English.
1) Actors of corporate governance
Who are the main actors of company’s corporate governance? Explain how the different actors collaborate in
company’s corporate governance.
Write your answer here…
2) Objectives of corporate governance
What are the main objectives of corporate governance? Explain how corporate governance can improve
company’s financial reporting quality.
Write your answer here…
3) Corporate governance communication
How can companies communicate their corporate governance structure to outside parties? Which factors may
influence perceptions of corporate governance quality?
Write your answer here…
4) Corporate governance codes
Compare Finnish corporate governance code to some other country’s equivalent code. What are the main
differences between the codes? What is the future of corporate governance in these countries?
Write your answer here…
5) Corporate governance: Empirical case study 1
Give some examples of good corporate governance practices in the target country.
Write your answer here…
6) Corporate governance: Empirical case study 2
Give some examples of good corporate governance practices in the target country.
Write your answer here…
Corporate Social Responsibility
RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM
PRE-ASSIGNMENT
Corporate Social Responsibility articles for reading
Please read the following five (5) journal articles:
1) Moir, L. (2001) What do we mean by corporate social responsibility? Corporate
Governance, 1(2), pp. 16 – 22.
2) Claydon, J. (2011) A new direction for CSR: the shortcomings of previous CSR
models and the rationale for a new model. Social Responsibility Journal, 7(3),
pp. 405 – 420.
3) Green, T. & Peloza, J. (2001) How does corporate social responsibility create
value for consumers? Journal of consumer Marketing, 28(1), pp. 48 – 56.
4) Santos, M. (2011) CSR in SMEs: strategies, practices, motivations and
obstacles. Social Responsibility Journal, 7(3), pp. 490 – 508.
5) Adeyeye, A. (2011) Universal standards in CSR: are we prepared? Corporate
Governance, 11(1), pp. 107 – 119.
The CSR articles are available from eResources. If you don’t find the articles listed
above, please contact Ulla Kotonen (ulla.kotonen@lamk.fi).
Reading the articles
When reading the articles please focus on the following six (6) topics:
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2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
Definitions and terminology related to the concept of responsibility
Aspects, dimensions and models of responsibility
Responsibility for what and to whom
Motivations, benefits and obstacles of responsibility
Responsibility regulation
Responsibility practices
In the following there are seven (8) slides with several questions related to the
above mentioned topics. Please answer to the questions based on the articles
and other resources as well as your previous understanding and empirical
findings of the topics. Please write your answers to the slides. The answers
should fit in the given space. The answers should be written in English.
1) Definitions and terminology related to the concept of
responsibility
Define the concept of CSR in the target country context (your home country) and explain how it conceivably
differs from the international context or from the other countries. Illustrate how CSR have developed in the
service sector in generally and especially in the service sector of the target country.
Write your answer here…
2) Aspects, dimensions and models of responsibility
What kinds of elements are related to CSR in service sector? What are the most important issues faced by the
service sector in the target country. Explain how and why the importance of different elements of CSR differs
between sectors and companies.
Write your answer here…
3) Definitions and terminology related to the concept of
responsibility
Illustrate how CSR have developed in the service sector in generally and especially in the service sector of the
target country. Describe past and future trends on CSR in service sector in the target country.
Write your answer here…
4) Responsibility for what and to whom
For what and to whom service sector organization are responsible? What kinds of differences exist between
companies, regions, and countries?
Write your answer here…
5) Motivations, benefits and obstacles of responsibility
What are the main motivations, benefits and obstacles for responsible behaviour of companies in generally, in
the target country and in service sector organizations? How and why do the motivations, benefits and obstacles
differ between companies?
Write your answer here…
6) Responsibility regulation
How CSR is regulated in the target country and especially in the service sector? Which organizations promote CSR
in service sector in the target country? What kind of regulation is needed? And who should regulate it?
Write your answer here…
7) Responsibility practices: Empirical case study 1
Give some examples of responsibility practices of service sector organisations in the target country.
Write your answer here…
8) Responsibility practices: Empirical case study 2
Give some examples of responsibility practices of service sector organisations in the target country.
Write your answer here…
Submitting your pre assignment
When you have answered to the questions please
• write your names, student numbers and the name of the university to the first
slide
• Submission deadline is 15thMarch
• submit the assignment via email rbm@lamk.fi
Please notice that the submitted document should be in PowerPoint format.
Only one submission per a group.