Assignment topic:

This assignment topic is based on a real-world case study involving the Collingwood Football Club (CFC). On February 1, 2021, the CFC (which is a corporate entity) publicly released a report titled 'Do Better - Independent review into Collingwood Football Club's responses to incidents of racism and cultural safety in the workplace'. In this assignment, you will look at this report within the broader context of corporate governance. The aim of this assignment topic is to allow students to learn about corporate governance in practice and to move beyond a theoretical understanding.

Required: Prepare a research essay entitled 'The Collingwood Football Club and the Do Better Report - a corporate governance case study'. In your answer, at a minimum, you should address the following:

The events that led to the commissioning of the report.

An overview of the contents of the report.

The way the report was released and the response to the report in the media.

The implications of the report for the board of directors and individual directors, including known events after the release of the report (you may choose a cut-off date for your study - you must specify this date in your essay). You should refer to the law relating to directors' duties. There is no need to consider the ASX Corporate Governance Council's Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations as the CFC is not a listed entity.

Whether you consider the report will have broader implications for other corporations. You should feel free to explore aspects of the report or the broader context that are of particular interest to you, provided these aspects have some relevance to corporate governance.