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Unit2 - Arisha
Unit2 - Arisha
Unit2 - Arisha
Noida
Unit: 2
S. No. Index
10. Program Specific Outcomes (PSOs)
11. Cos and PSOs Mapping
12. Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)
13. Result Analysis
14. End Semester Question paper Templates
15. Prequisite/Recap
16. Brief Indtroduction about the Subject with Videos
17. Unit Contents
18. Unit Objectives
19. Topic Objectives/Topic Outcome
S. No. Index
20. Lecture related to topic
21. Daily Quiz
22. Weekly Assignment
23. Topic Links
24. MCQs
25. Glossary Questions
26. Old question papers
27. Expected Questions
28. Recap of unit
Text books
• 1. Fernando A C – Business Ethics & Corporate Governance, 2e, Pearson
• 2. Kumar T N Satheesh- Corporate Governance, Oxford University Press
• 3. Mandal S K – Ethics in business and corporate governance, 2e, McGraw-Hill
Reference Books
• 1. Hartman Laura P & Chatterjee Abha - Business Ethics, Tata McGraw Hill
• 2. Mohapatra, Sreejesh- Case Studies in Business Ethics & Corporate Governance, 1e,
Pearson
Being a core subject this subject will help the students gain understanding
of :
• the functions and responsibilities of Employees.
• It shall provide students the tools and techniques to be used in the
performance of the managerial job.
• And will also enable them to analyze and understand the complex
values and ethics at organization.
CO3: Develop the ability to practice various aspects, factors related value in
business.
1 CO1 1 2
2 CO2 2 2
3 CO3 2 2 3
4 CO4 3 1
5 CO 5 2 1
PEO2: Apply appropriate tools for decision making for solving complex
managerial problems in local or global context.
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Brief Introduction about the Subject
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_btNIdvEfo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx83q3mW0oo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXuj-Kj6_wE
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unit content
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Noida Institute of Engineering and
Technology, Greater Noida
S No Topic CO
1 Understand the meaning of Corporate CO 2
Boards and Its Powers, Responsibilities and
Disqualifications
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Session Learning Objective with CO mapping
Topic Course
Outcome
CO2
1. to make them understand the meaning of
Corporate Boards and Its Powers, Responsibilities
and Disqualifications
Structure
India, like most countries which have common law traditions, has a one-tier, or
unitary board structure
Management
• The board is the governing body of the company which consists of executive
(managing director) and non-executive directors. The board delegates the day-to-
day executive control to manage and operate the business of the company to its
managing director or full-time director.
• The Companies Act 2013 also prescribes different classes of directors such as
independent, female, resident and nominee directors for specific companies.
Board members
Only individuals can be appointed to the board of a company.
Employees' representation
Employees do not have a right to be represented on the board. However, the
Companies Act 2013 provides that minority shareholders can appoint a
representative to the board of a listed company.
• The Companies Act 2013 provides that at least three directors can be appointed to
the board in a public company. It also states that there must be at least two
directors in the board of a private company and one director in a one-person
company board, and that there can be up to 15 directors.
• A company can appoint more than 15 directors after passing a special resolution of
the shareholders. As per LODR (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations, by April 1, 2020, top 2000 listed entities are required to have a
minimum of six directors.
• As mentioned above, a private company should have at least two members and can
have up to 200 members. A public company requires at least seven members and
can invite the public to subscribe to its securities.
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General restrictions
• The person has been accused of the offence dealing with related party
transactions in the last five years.
• The person has not complied with the provisions of director
appointment (section 152 and 165, Companies Act 2013).
• The person has failed to comply with section 165(1).
• The person was not a director of a company which has either not filed
annual returns or financial statements for continuously for any three
financial years, or has failed to repay deposit, pay declared dividend or
redeem debentures or pay interest thereon for a period of one year
(section 164(2), Companies Act 2013).
Appointment of directors
• All directors (except the first director, additional director, nominee
director, alternate director and a director appointed in a casual vacancy)
must be appointed by the company in a general meeting (section 152,
Companies Act 2013).
• A person intending to become a director must obtain an identification
number from the central government, without which he or she cannot
be appointed. The person must also give his or her consent for the
appointment, and this consent must also be filed with the ROC.
• The director must not be subject to a disqualification order (section 164,
Companies Act 2013).
Removal of directors
Removal of directors
Restrictions
For certain specified activities, the board cannot exercise its powers without the
consent of the company by way of a shareholders’ resolution (section 180,
Companies Act 2013). The powers of the board can be further restricted by the
provisions of the articles of association of the company.
Duties
Liability
If a director breaches the Companies Act 2013 or the LODR Regulations, he/she is
subject to a fine and/or imprisonment depending on the nature of contravention.
Some of the instances in which a director can be criminally held liable include the
following:
•Failure to file annual returns.
•The company failing to fulfil its corporate social responsibility obligations under
the Companies Act 2013.
•The issue of prospectus with a misleading statement.
•Breaching provisions in relation to related party transactions.
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Daily quiz
S No Topic CO
1 to understand the meaning of Corporate CO 2
Boards and Its Powers, Responsibilities and
Disqualifications and board committees
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Session Learning Objective with CO mapping
Topic Course
Outcome
• Any person can hold the position of Director. Company law in India does not
prescribe any qualifications for Directors. Therefore, the Indian companies
may, in its Articles, lay down qualifications for Directors.
Effects of Disqualification
• Once disqualified, a person is not eligible for being appointed as Director of
that company or any other company.
• This restriction is imposed for a period of five years or as the case may be.
Since the year 2017, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has been
strictly enforcing these provisions of the Companies Act.
• It has recently published the names of the disqualified Directors on the
government website.
•Disqualifications
. of Directors
Under company law, a director can be disqualified for any of the following reasons:
•He is of an unsound mind and is declared so by the court.
•He is insolvent.
•He is in the process of declaring insolvency and his application is pending.
•He has been convicted by a court of any offence (whether or not involving moral
turpitude) and has been imprisoned for at least six months.
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•If an order has been passed disqualifying him from being appointed as a
director by a court or Tribunal.
•He has not paid any calls with respect to any shares of the company held by
him, whether alone or jointly with others, and a period of six months has
elapsed from the last day fixed for the payment of the call.
•He has been convicted of offences dealing with related party transactions at
any time during the last preceding five years.
•He has failed to acquire a Director Identification Number.
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• A HAND BOOK Audit Committee is one of the main pillars of the corporate
governance mechanism in any company. Charged with the principal oversight of
financial reporting and disclosure, the Audit Committee aims to enhance the
confidence in the integrity of the company’s financial reporting, the internal
control processes and procedures and the risk management systems.
• Under the Companies Act, 1956, every public company in India having paid-up
capital of not less than rupees five crores was required to constitute an Audit
Committee under Section 292A The Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement , applicable
only to the listed companies, requires all listed companies to duly constitute an
Audit Committee with a prescribed set of responsibilities.
Column A Column B
of trust as the board is
entrusted with the
Responsibilities cast upon directors are responsibility to act in the best
a quite a interests of the company.
direction, control, conduct
The position of board of directors is management and supervision
b that b of the company’s affairs.
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Noida Institute of Engineering and
Technology, Greater Noida
S No Topic CO
1 to understand the meaning of Corporate CO 2
Boards committees
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Session Learning Objective with CO mapping
Topic Course
Outcome
1. to make them understand the meaning of CO2
Corporate Boards committees
• The Board shall be responsible for farming, implementing and monitoring the
risk management plan for the company.
• Further, the Board shall define the roles and responsibilities of the Risk
Management Committee and may delegate monitoring and reviewing of the risk
management plan to the committee and such other functions as it may deem fit.
Applicability
As per section 178 of the Act read with rule 6 of the Companies (Meetings of the Board
and its Powers) Rules, 2014, the Board of directors of every listed company and the
following classes of companies are required to constitute a Nomination and
Remuneration Committee of the Board
(i) all public companies with a paid up capital of ten crore rupees or more;
(ii) all public companies having turnover of one hundred crore rupees or more;
(iii)all public companies, having in aggregate, outstanding loans or BOARD
Functions:
Sub- sections (2), (3) and (4) of section 178 deal specifically with the
functions of the Committee. The Nomination and Remuneration Committee
shall:
1. identify persons who are qualified to become directors and who may be
appointed in senior management in accordance with the criteria laid down,
recommend to the Board their appointment and removal.
1. While formulating the policy, the Committee shall consider the following:
(a)the level and composition of remuneration is reasonableand sufficient to
attract, retain and motivate directors of the quality required to run the
company successfully;
(b)relationship of remuneration to performance is clear and meets appropriate
performance benchmarks; and
(c)remuneration to directors, key managerial personnel and senior management
involves a balance between fixed and incentive pay reflecting short and long-
term performance objectives appropriate to the working of the company and
its goals.
Applicability
Sub-Section(5) of section 178 provides that the Board of Directors of a
company which consists of more than one thousand shareholders,
debenture-holders, deposit-holders and any other security holders at any
time during a financial year shall constitute a Stakeholders Relationship
Committee.
Functions
The main function of the committee is to consider and resolve the
grievances of security holders of the company.
• On similar terms revised clause 49 of the listing agreement provides that a
committee under the Chairmanship of a non-executive director and such
other members as may be decided by the Board of the company shall
be formed to specifically look into the redressal of grievances of
shareholders, debenture holders and other security holders.
• The grievances of the security holders of the company may include
complaints related to transfer of shares, non-receipt of balance sheet, non-
receipt of declared dividends, which shall be handled by this committee.
Applicability
Sec 135 (1) read with rule 3 of Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules,
2014, mandates every company (which may include a holding company or a
subsidiary company) having:
(a)net worth of rupees five hundred crore or more, or;
(b)turnover of rupees one thousand crore or more or;
(c)a net profit of rupees five crore or more
S No Topic CO
1 Framework of corporate governance, CO 2
guidelines and regulatory acts.
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Session Learning Objective with CO mapping
Topic Course
Outcome
1. to make them understand the Regulatory CO2
Framework of Corporate Governance in India
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which, in 1999,
published its Principles of Corporate Governance gives a very comprehensive definition
of corporate governance, as under:
"a set of relationships between a company's management, its board, its shareholders
and other stakeholders. Corporate governance also provides the structure through
which the objectives of the company are set, and the means of attaining those
objectives and monitoring performance are determined. Good corporate governance
should provide proper incentives for the board and management to pursue objectives
that are in the interests of the company and shareholders, and should facilitate effective
monitoring, thereby encouraging firms to use recourses more efficiently."
1. The Companies Act, 2013 inter alia contains provisions relating to board
constitution, board meetings, board processes, independent directors, general
meetings, audit committees, related party transactions, disclosure requirements
in financial statements, etc.
The Government of India has recently notified Companies Act, 2013 ("New Companies
Act"), which replaces the erstwhile Companies Act, 1956. The New Act has greater
emphasis on corporate governance through the board and board processes.
The New Act covers corporate governance through its following provisions:
•New Companies Act introduces significant changes to the composition of the boards of
directors.
•Every company is required to appoint 1 (one) resident director on its board.
•Nominee directors shall no longer be treated as independent directors.
•Listed companies and specified classes of public companies are required to appoint
independent directors and women directors on their boards.
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•New Companies Act mandates following committees to be constituted by the board for
prescribed class of companies:
• Audit committee
• Nomination and remuneration committee
• Stakeholders relationship committee
• Corporate social responsibility committee
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SEBI has amended the Listing Agreement with effect from October 1, 2014 to align it
with New Companies Act.
Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement can be said to be a bold initiative towards
strengthening corporate governance amongst the listed companies. This Clause intends
to put a check over the activities of companies in order to save the interest of the
shareholders. Broadly, cl 49 provides for the following:
1. Board of Directors
• The Board of Directors shall comprise of such number of minimum independent
directors, as prescribed. In case where the Chairman of the Board is a non-executive
director, at least one-third of the Board shall comprise of independent directors and
where the Chairman of the Board is an executive director, at least half of the Board
shall comprise of independent directors. A relative of a promoter or an executive
director shall not be regarded as an independent director.
1. Board of Directors
• The Board of Directors shall comprise of such number of minimum independent
directors, as prescribed.
• In case where the Chairman of the Board is a non-executive director, at least one-
third of the Board shall comprise of independent directors and where the Chairman
of the Board is an executive director, at least half of the Board shall comprise of
independent directors.
• A relative of a promoter or an executive director shall not be regarded as an
independent director.
2. Audit Committee
• The Audit Committee to be set up shall comprise of minimum three directors as
members, two-thirds of which shall be independent.
3. Disclosure Requirements
• Periodical disclosures relating to the financial and commercial transactions,
remuneration of directors, etc, to ensure transparency.
4. CEO/ CFO Certification
• To certify to the Board that they have reviewed the financial statements and the same
are fair and in compliance with the laws/ regulations and accept responsibility for
internal control systems.
5. Report and Compliance
• A separate section in the annual report on compliance with Corporate Governance,
quarterly compliance report to stock exchange signed by the compliance officer or CEO,
company to disclose compliance with non-mandatory requirements in annual reports.
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• All the relevant links are being added under the notes
of that same slide.
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GLOSSARY QUESTIONS
1.
Attempt all parts (4×1=4) CO
a. Who is a primary stakeholder? (1) 1
b. Write the full form of SEBI. (1) 1
c. Ethics and social responsibility mean the same thing. (1) 1
(TRUE/FALSE)
d. Business ethics refers to principles and standards that determine (1) 1
acceptable conduct in business organizations.
(TRUE/FALSE )
2.
Attempt all parts (2×2=4) CO
a. Define corporate ethics and values. (2) 1
a. What are the basic principles of corporate governance? (2) 1
SECTION – B
3.
Answer any two of the following- [2×5=10] CO
a. Discuss the social responsibility issue of businesses toward its employees. (5) 1
b. Explain corporate governance transparency. (5) 1
SECTION – C
4 Answer any one of the following- (Anyone can be applicative if applicable) [2×6=12] CO
a. Question- Manoj, an assistant pharmacist at Mahajan Inc., stole money (6) 1
from the cash counter to purchase cocaine. In this scenario, discuss the
ethics that have been violated by Manoj in his workplace.
b. Question- Discuss the measures that companies have taken to address (6) 1
environmental concerns and to become more sustainable.
5. Answer any one of the following-
a. Raj, an employee at Shield Corp., bullies new employees in the (6) 1
workplace. In this context, discuss the kind of misconduct that Raj
engages in.
b.
Site a CSR activity example for any organisation. (6) 1
SECTION – A [08Marks]
b. At least three directors can be appointed to the board in a public company. (True/False) (1) CO2
SECTION – B [10Marks]
3. Answer any two of the following- (2×5=10)
a. What is a procedure for appointing a director? (5) CO2
b. What is an independent director? (5) CO2
c. What is the role of the chair of the board of directors? (5) CO2
SECTION – C [12Marks
]
4 Answer any one of the following- (1×6=6)
a Question- (6) CO2
. What is the main functions of Audit Committee?
https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/business-ethics/resources/the-role-of-the-
corporate-board-in-ethics/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV8_EXPtvLE&t=75s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMXPmVlB7jw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmwI0QrqQAE
• Qualification of directors,
• Appointment of directors
• Disqualification of directors
• Duties and responsibilities of directors
• Mandatory committees
• Clause 49
• SEBI guidelines framework for India