Law of Good Governance and Ethics in Government and Business (LAW292H1F)

One of the most important ongoing legal issues for all governments and businesses is good governance. How to ensure informed, impartial, ethical, open, responsible and accountable decision-making is a major challenge that has legal implications for every area of government and business operations. This course will: cover Canadian laws and leading court rulings that set out government and business governance, ethics, transparency, sustainability and stakeholder rights standards; compare federal Canadian and Ontario standards, with some comparison also to the U.S. and other jurisdictions, and; explore research on effective incentives and disincentives for ensuring good governance and ethical decision-making, and reasons for different standards in governments compared to businesses.