Title: Corporate Governance Assignment topic Option 1 Conduct a review of the governance of your organisation (or one with which you are familiar) in the form of a report to the Chairman (or President) of the Governing Board of Directors. In the brief report use the concepts‚ tools and techniques learned in this subject to review the structure‚ process and effectiveness of the governance of the organisation and make recommendations for appropriate improvements. Executive summary This report
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The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 The Act The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 took effect on 6 April 2008. Companies‚ organisations and Government bodies can now be prosecuted as a consequence of a gross breach of the duty of care resulting in the death of an individual‚ if ‘the way in which its activities are managed or organised by its senior management is a substantial element in the breach’ (Section 1(3)) [1]. Prior to 2007‚ successive Governments
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Corporate Fraud: Case Studies in Detection and Prevention Fraudulent financial reporting‚ corruption‚ and misappropriation are often investigated by the internal audit department. Because these types of crimes can be the source of large losses‚ security professionals would do well to familiarize themselves with how they are carried out and how they can be detected. Corporate Fraud provides a clear window into that world. Author John D. O’Gara was the director of internal audit at a Fortune 500
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The Corporate Culture Robert Alford Grantham University BA560 Business Ethics Dr. Janice Spangenburg March 19‚ 2013 The Corporate CultureLegal Case: Adelphia Case: Feds drop fraud case against Adelphia founder‚ son A six-year legal battle involving the jailed father-son duo who headed now-defunct Adelphia Communications has ended after prosecutors withdrew tax fraud charges related to their earlier conviction in a $1.9 billion fraud case. Prosecutors said they withdrew the tax-related
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Utilising the video case study of Egg Finance’ (Slave Nation‚ Channel 4)‚ critically examine the extent to which corporate culture is used as an effective tool for the achievement of organizational goals. Corporate Culture is widely used in many organisations and has a variety of definitions. It has been defined by Koozes‚ Caldwell & Posner cited by Moorhead/Griffin‚ (1989:494) as: "a set of shared‚ enduring beliefs communicated through a variety of symbolic media‚ creating meaning in people’s
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Introduction The main concept in the assignment is about corporate personality. First of all‚ we need to clarify the meaning and characteristics of company. In short‚ company means a body of persons combined for a common object. A company exist there must be a group of persons that more than 1 persons. In eyes of law‚ a company is a separate legal personality from its members. In Section 16(5) CA1965‚ it stated that a body corporate obligations and liabilities are its own‚ and not those of its
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htm EJM 40‚7/8 Seven dimensions of corporate identity A categorisation from the practitioners’ perspectives T.C. Melewar Brunel Business School‚ Brunel University‚ London‚ UK‚ and 846 Received August 2003 Revised September 2004 and April 2005 Accepted May 2005 Elif Karaosmanoglu Istanbul Technical University‚ Istanbul‚ Turkey Abstract Purpose – This paper investigates what organisations perceive as the essential components of corporate identity concept and their contents. It proposes
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these‚ there are hidden realities that would surprise one. Even services such as corporate hospitality come under this understanding because of the fact it masks the relationship of companies and their clients. Though it boosts productivity and promotes better relationships it is nevertheless a means of covering up failures and misunderstandings and promotes closeness between companies and clients. In discussing corporate hospitality‚ one can assert that its importance is immense because of the fact
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Corporate identity – the management of the process of change in the name/logo in the context of brands’ merger Joana César Machado Paulo de Lencastre Pedro Dionísio Universidade Católica Portuguesa E-mail: jcmachado@porto.ucp.pt E-mail: plencastre@porto.ucp.pt Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa E-mail: pedro.dionisio@imr.pt Abstract The creation of strong corporate identity‚ including identity signs‚ is crucial for companies to encourage positive attitudes in
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profitability and responsibility. To create value for all stakeholders‚ corporate leaders meet these demands with integrated strategic philanthropic programs. More and more companies encourage and embrace greater collaboration and cooperation between corporations and communities. I. The competitive advantage of corporate philanthropy In this first part‚ we will demonstrate that usually businesses that choose to employ corporate giving attitude benefit in many different ways from their actions.
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