Word length: 1500 (+-10%)
You will be assigned a corporate governance analysis task, focusing on the same allocated company for both assignments (assignment 1 and 2). The initial task (assignment 1) involves analyzing the corporate governance of the assigned company. Your report should address the following issues using data based on the most recent financial reports (most recent year-end) and any additional information available on the company, dated no more than one month prior to your submission date.
Guidance for CG report
This serves as a guide for composing your corporate governance report. You may use this as a structural framework or exercise creativity in your report.
Note: Ensure your report maintains a focus on corporate governance.
Tips: Include a cover page, contents page, tables, figures, and a reference list for a comprehensive research report. If you choose to incorporate tables or figures, ensure proper citation if outsourced and integrate them into your discussion.
Cover Page
(Allocated Company Name, Student Name, Student ID, Workshop Day, and Time)
Brief Company Description
(Provide a concise overview of the assigned company)
The CEO (5 marks)
(You can address each question in separate sections or summarize) (Refer to notes and tips for a successful research business report)
This section requires you to answer:
Who is the CEO of the company? How much did the CEO make last year? What form did the compensation take (salary bonus, options)? How much equity in the company does the CEO own? The Board of Directors (5 marks)
(You can address each question separately or summarize) (Refer to notes and tips for a successful research business report)
This section necessitates answers to:
Who are the board of directors of the company? How long have they served as directors? What is their remuneration? How many directors have other connections to the firm (as suppliers, clients, customers, etc.)? Are they independent? How many directors are CEOs of other companies? Do any directors possess significant stockholdings? Note: Correlate the above to corporate governance of the company. Although six separate questions are listed, you can answer them as a continuous discussion, highlighting corporate governance issues within your responses.
Financial Market Considerations (5 marks)
(You can address each question separately or summarize) (Refer to notes and tips for a successful research business report)
This section requires you to answer:
How widely held and traded is the stock? Do many analysts follow the firm? How much trading volume is associated with this stock? Note: Relate the above to corporate governance of the company. Although three separate questions are listed, you can answer them as a continuous discussion, highlighting corporate governance issues within your responses.
Societal Constraints (5 marks)
(You can address each question separately or summarize) (Refer to notes and tips for a successful research business report)
This section necessitates answers to:
How does the firm address the issue of Corporate Social Responsibility? Does the firm possess a particularly good or bad reputation as a corporate citizen? If so, how has it earned this reputation?
