Corporate Governance and Risk Management

To inquire more about our courses, you may call our Program Sales Officers at 830.20.50 or email us at cce-abib@aps.ateneo.edu.

Corporate Governance and Risk Management is a two-day course that reinforces awareness and understanding of the rationale and requirements of good corporate governance and at the same time initiating the use of tools to assess corporate governance practice. It advocates companies to strive for global competitive advantage by enhancing and developing the hard and soft aspects supportive of good corporate governance. The course highlights the provision of an opportunity to develop a plan or strategy in reinforcing organizational practice of good corporate governance and risk management.

The course also enables you to assess your firm’s exposure to risk and understand the risk management process of identification, measurement, monitoring and oversight of risk.

After the course, you will:

1. Discuss the requirements and the responsibilities of the organization to  initiate    and sustain the practice of good corporate governance;
2. Realize the urgency for institutionalizing good corporate governance and a culture of ethical responsibility and practice;
3. Assess the current organizational practice of corporate governance, risk management and control; and
4. Develop a strategy/plan to improve organizational practice of good governance and risk management in response to current and emerging Philippine and international business challenges.

This program is designed for Board Chairpersons, Board Directors, CEOs and Senior Management Personnel of publicly listed companies, corporations applying for secondary license, and Corporations wishing to enhance and upgrade their professional competence.

Module I:    Introduction to Corporate Governance

    A.    Lessons from the Global Financial Meltdown    
    B.    International Responses to the call for Good Corporate Governance
    C.    National Responses - BSP, SEC and OIC
    D.    Shift in Paradigm: A Conceptual Framework 
    E.     The role of a culture of ethics in corporate governance    
    F.    Discussion Theme: 

        1.    Code of Corporate Governance
        2.    Diagnostic and Questionnaire on Corporate Governance Practices 
        3.     Ethics in Corporate Governance

Module II:    Roles and Responsibilities of the Board per SEC Requirements
    A.    Duties and Responsibilities of the Board
    B.    Independent Directors
    C.    Qualifications/Disqualifications of Directors          
    D.    Chairman's Responsibilities
    E.    Board of Directors Role vis-a-vis Risk
    F.    Board Committees
    G.    Corporate Governance:  Investors Point of View

Module III:    Risk Management
    A.    Overview of Risk Management
    B.    Types of Risks
    C.    Case Studies
    D.    Risk Management Framework
    E.    Introduction to Value-at-Risk (VaR)

is one of the facilitators of Ateneo Center for Continuing Education’s flagship program, the Leadership and Management Development Program.

"This course really helps a lot of participants and the lectures touches all aspects regardless of business industry you have. The facilitators were also a big help because they are willing to answer all the questions."

- Evelyn D. Soriano Associate, Deutsche Knowledge Services

"I enjoyed the presentations because generally, they are out of the box and you will really learn while enjoying at the same time."

- Leila P. Paz Lawyer/Corporate Governance Specialist, Union Bank of the Philippines