Syllabus

Time

Chapter 1：Bluebook Citation

4 Weeks

Chapter 2：Overview of Corporate Governance and ESG

3Weeks

Chapter 3：Presentations

1. Corporate Governance
   
   
   
   
   • Reference: Joseph Lee, The Corporate Governance Officer as a Transformed Role of the Company Secretary: An International Comparison, 14 S.C.J. Int'l L. & Bus. 107 (2018).
   
   
   
   


2. Proxy Advisor and its Regulations
   
   
   
   • Reference: Andrew F. Tuch, Proxy Advisor Influence in A Comparative Light, 99 B.U. L. Rev. 1459 (2019).
   
   
   
   


3. Stewardship of Institutional Investor and ESG
   
   
   
   • Reference: David William Roberts, Agreement in Principle: A Compromise for Activist Shareholders from the UK Stewardship Code, 48 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 543 (2015).
   
   
   
   


4. D&O Insurance

• Reference: René Otto & Wim Weterings, D&O Insurance and Corporate Governance: Is D&O Insurance Indicative of the Quality of Corporate Governance in A Company?, 24 Stan. J.L. Bus. & Fin. 105 (2019).

5. Mandatory Disclosure of ESG Reports
   
   
   
   
   • Reference: Thomas Lee Hazen, Social Issues in the Spotlight: The Increasing Need to Improve Publicly-Held Companies' CSR and ESG Disclosures, 23 U. Pa. J. Bus. L. 740 (2021).
   
   
   
   


6. Misrepresentation of ESG Reports
   
   
   
   • Reference: Aisha I. Saad & Diane Strauss, The New "Reasonable Investor" and Changing Frontiers of Materiality: Increasing Investor Reliance on ESG Disclosures and Implications for Securities Litigation, 17 Berkeley Bus. L.J. 391 (2020).
   
   
   
   


7. Board and its ESG Accountability
   
   
   
   • Reference: Lisa M. Fairfax, Board Committee Charters and ESG Accountability, 12 Harv. Bus. L. Rev. 371 (2022).
   
   
   
   


8. Sustainability Bonds and its Regulations
   
   
   
   • Reference: Stephen Park, Investors as Regulators: Green Bonds and The Governance Challenges of the Sustainable Finance Revolution, 54:1 Stan. J. Int'l L. 1, 5-6 (2018).
   
   
   
   

8 Weeks