International Journal of Business, Management and Commerce (IJBMC)

Corporate governance is accepted as culturally related, but there is less evidence on its impact when teaching the subject. This paper examines the pedagogic issues of teaching postgraduate students from China in a Canadian university. A total of 72 students completed a questionnaire and this paper analyses the results. The majority of students did not consider that corporate governance should be abandoned in the pursuit of profits. However, when asked whether China should focus on economic progress before Corporate Governance, almost 20 percent of the students did not voice an opinion and the rest were evenly divided in their opinions. Statistical analysis showed that students with prior business knowledge are more likely to view the responsibility and implementation of Corporate Governance as resting with the individual managers and not by rigid government regulations. The research captures the ambiguities and contradictions of debating Corporate Governance in specific economic environments.