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    AGENCY THEORY AND ACCOUNTING CHOICE: ISSUES AND HALLENGES BY OMEJI IKECHUKWU MAT NO MGS0803060 DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF BENIN‚ BENIN-CITY‚ EDO STATE‚ NIGERIA. OCTOBER‚ 2012. AGENCY THEORY AND ACCOUNTING CHOICE: ISSUES AND HALLENGES BY OMEJI IKECHUKWU MAT NO MGS0803060 DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT

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    Corporate Governance & Board of Directors The Corporate Governance of any business is the relationship among the board of directors‚ management and shareholders to help in determining the path and performance of the corporation (Hunger & Wheelen‚ 2007‚ p. 18). Although laws and standards vary‚ the board of directors is: · Those who set the overall path‚ vision and mission within the business. · Those who make the decisions to hire and‚ or fire any top management member (Hunger & Wheelen‚ 2007

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    According to board structure‚ the difference of corporate governance among different countries is may be unitary or dual board on the country. In the UK and the USA‚ a unitary board of directors in the form of board structure‚ characterized by one single board comprising executive and non-executive directors. (Aguilera‚ 2003) It is responsible for all aspects of the activities of the corporation. A dual board of directors is including a supervisory board and executive board of management. Nevertheless

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    INTRODUCTION An agency in general‚ is the relationship between two parties‚ where one is a principal and the other is an agent who represents the principal in transaction with a third party. Agency relationship occur when the principal hire the agent to perform a service on the principal behalf. In common‚ principal will delegate decision making authority to the agent. Agency Theory is concerned with resolving problems that may exist in agency relationship; that is‚ between principals (such as

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    The Supremes: Wendy Banjo Latangela Kendrick Chansidy Mathis Stacy Williams February 16‚ 2012 Summarization of Article: Angel Agents: Agency Theory Reconsidered Financial Management/Cohort BB320 Shorter University Dr. Gerald Sullivan AGENCY THEORY “Angel Agents: Agency Theory Reconsidered” is an article that explores the relationship between agents and company owners. The article opens by stating the premise that company executives‚ who fail to operate under the every

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    Question: Contracting theory‚ which forms part of the second wave in the positive theory of accounting‚ focuses among other things on agency theory. What is agency theory? Elaborate the components of agency costs as described by Jensen & Meckling (1976). Answer: Agency theory is based upon the more general contracting theory that the most cost effective form of organizing economic activity is through a firm based structure. Jensen & Meckling describe agency theory is a contract under one

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    Agency Theory Agency theory is widely used in different companies‚ businesses and organizations Agency Theory is basically about the association between the boss‚ which is the Principal‚ and the worker‚ which is the Agent. A good example for an application of the Agency Theory would be sharecropping‚ where the Principal is the landowner and the Agent is the farmer. Another example for the Agency Theory in a more familiar organizational structure would be the relationship between a company’s shareholders

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    Proposal to Zilack Board of Directors By: Blue Team Accounting and Finance Manager – Katie Dahle Marketing Manager – Mike Dadey Production and Operations – Chad Leibe Human Resources Manager – Lenora Box November 19‚ 2010 Introduction Zilack Corporation is a medium-sized manufacturing company with 250 employees. It directly markets one product: the Zilack coffee cup with a patented ball bearing sliding mechanism. James Jr. and a group of 15 other executives run the company

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    Agency Theory Description Agency theory describes the relationship between principals (shareholders‚ investors and owners) and agents (management). Theoretical discussions in business and academia may be a modern phenomena‚ however the dynamics surrounding agency relationships have been around since the dawn of barter and exchange. Most business relationships are fundamentally agency relationships. In simplistic terms principals have interests and goals to which they have transferred the

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    The Role of a Board of Directors By Jean Kelsey At first glance‚ one might think that the role of a Board of Directors (“Board”) would be based upon a standard set of criteria that would ultimately make the formation and function of a Board more straightforward. As I researched into the special role a Board would have within a non-profit‚ I discovered that the role is also determined by the functionality of that same Board. Functionality of a non-profit’s Board is clearly dependent upon several

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