FIN 515 Week 6 Discussion Question 1 and 2

FIN 515 - Managerial Finance

DeVry - Updated

Week 6: Financial Planning, Forecasting, Corporate Valuation, Value Based Management, and Corporate Governance – Discussion Topics

Discussion 1 - Examples of Real Agency Problems and How They Could Have Been Prevented (graded)

Do some research and find some historical or current real life examples of agency problems. Will the measures discussed in the text help to prevent problems like your examples in the future? What else would you advise? You may provide examples of agency problems from your own experience. If you do that, be careful to provide enough anonymity that you won't get in trouble.

Discussion 2 - The Role of Financial Managers in Ethical Corporate Governance (graded) 

 Does the financial manager have a greater responsibility or a lesser responsibility for maintaining ethical corporate governance? Why or why not? What is or will be your approach to ethical corporate governance now or in the future?