Global Corporate Compliance (2215.YR.004670.1)
Datos generales
Tipo: |
OPT |
Curso: |
1 |
Periodo: |
S semester |
Créditos ECTS: |
3 ECTS |
Profesorado:
Prerrequisitos
No specific prerequisites or incompatible elements.
Conocimientos previos
No previous knowledge required
Distribución de la carga de trabajo
The subject will be classroom-based, with students'participation and debates over the main current trends and case law
Contribución de la asignatura al programa
- Provide overview of legal and compliance differences between the US, the UK and the EU/Spain
- Prepare students to be strong governance/ compliance issue spotters to manage legal and reputational risks for their corporate clients
- Corporate law and governance philosophies & principles generally (US vs UK vs Spain/Europe) shareholders and stakeholders
- Introduction to the EntityDeputization approach to questions of corporate governance, monitoring and compliance matters
- Consideration of corporate anti-bribery/corruption requirements as key illustrative example of modern compliance and governance efforts: laws, regulations and recognized best compliance practices (consideration of the US vs the UK approach and how it affects Europe).
Objetivos de aprendizaje de la asignatura
- Describe the modern multinational corporation's approach to managing corporate governance and compliance matters and how legal risk management of private and public enforcement is fundamental
Contenidos
1. GLOBAL CORPORATE COMPLIANCE: CONTENTS 1) Introduction to an Anticorruption compliance program
2) Anticorruption. FCPA and UKBA cases
3) Compliance tools (I): Whistleblowing hotlines
4) Compliance tools (II): Investigations and labor law issues
5) Compliance tools (III): Compliance function and culture of compliance
6) Risk assessment and internal policies
7) Compliance as a corporate defense
8) Focus topics (I): Bidding procedures. Administrative and competition law
9) Focus topics (II): M&A and compliance. Successor liability
10) Case studies (I): DPAs and NPAs
11) Case studies (II): How to implement a compliance system
12) Case studies (III): How to monitor and review a compliance system
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Metodología
- Lectures and in-class discussions
Evaluación
Actividades de evaluación
| Descripción |
% |
| Exam |
60 |
| in-class participation |
40 |
Criterios de evaluación
- 40% in-class participation and 60% exam
Bibliografía
- "The compliance function: an overview?, 11-2014, Geoffrey Miller, NYU School of Law
- The Domains of Corporate Counsel in an Era of Compliance, American Business Law Journal, Vol. 53, 2, 203-249, Summer 2016
- U.S. Department of Justice Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs
- A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Readings (additional) short articles will be provided before the start of class.
Recommended textbook:
The Law of Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (Aspen Casebook) 2014, Geoffrey P. Miller (NYU School of Law).
