ELSA Webinars Academy on Corporate Governance and Accountability

ELSA U. Porto is pleased to present the 1st Edition of the ELSA Webinars Academy on Corporate Governance and Accountability!

This online initiative is dedicated to examining the evolving relationship between law and corporate responsibility. The initiative aims to bring different perspectives on the legal challenges faced by modern corporations and to provide law students and recent graduates with a deeper understanding of the rules, principles and responsibilities shaping today's corporate environment.

Throughout the program participants will delve into key aspects of corporate governance and accountability. Firstly, by examining how corporations are governed, whose interests they should serve and to what extent should companies be held responsible for their decisions and actions. The program aims to also address directors’ duties and liabilities, further addressing the legal implications of financial wrongdoing and corporate failures. Furthermore, it will explore the challenges posed by artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to corporate governance and decision-making. Finally, it will focus on the growing importance and expectations surrounding corporate sustainability, environmental responsibility and transparency.

Over these six webinars we hope to explore and provide participants with an understanding of the evolving legal responsibilities of corporations and how these various demands are reshaping the way businesses operate and are held accountable.

• Lecture 01: Corporate Governance: Principles, Models and Challenges - José Engrácia Antunes
• Lecture 02: Shareholders vs. Stakeholders: Who Should Corporations Really Serve? - Bruno Ferreira

• Lecture 03: Who Watches the Watchmen? Directors’ Duties and Corporate Liability - Paulo Câmara
• Lecture 04: “Too Big to Fail": Executive Liability in Financial Scandals, Bankruptcies and Tax Avoidance - Paulo Saragoça da Matta

• Lecture 05: Who Governs the Algorithm? The Role of Boards in Technology and AI Governance - Inês Antas de Barros
• Lecture 06: Corporate Sustainability Reporting and Environmental Accountability: Green Promises, Real Consequences - Rui de Oliveira Neves