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Corporate Governance and Ethics (CGE) articulates what ethics entails, taps from the various perspectives of ethical theories, and analyses honest relationships in business and corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues. Different corporate governance frameworks such as African Round Table, King Code I, II, III and IV, the National Code of Corporate Governance of Zimbabwe, and the Ubuntu Framework help to define good corporate governance. Topics include:- the definition of ethics, practical/ utilitarian ethics, deontological ethics, virtue theory, theories of justice, agency theory, stakeholder theory, stewardship theory, ethical discussion and ethical relationships in business and social responsibility, the definition of cooperate governance, separation of ownership and control, corporate scandals and reaction.
Second, the case studies and discussion topics and aspects will come from scenarios in current public news briefs, corporate ownership challenges worldwide, board composition, boards and committees' functions, corporate governance and the media, information management and disclosures, risk governance, and corporate conflict prevention and resolution.