The case Satyam fraud was an eye opener for everyone who has a part to play in the business chain – the promoters‚ employees‚ auditors (both internal and external)‚ customers‚ shareholders‚ board-members‚ executives‚ creditors‚ institutional banks‚ regulatory bodies and even the Government. Just because regulators and Government were not directly linked to the functioning of the company they cannot deny that they were faultless or knew nothing or were not supposed to know anything. Satyam case especially
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possible to analyze the Satyam case under two main different perspectives. The first addresses the conditions that made possible‚ and eventually stimulated‚ the existence of the accounting fraud perpetrated from the company top management. The second one is about the issue of gaps in the company’s control framework‚ which failed miserably in identify and properly address the problems in company financial statements. Analyzing the first aspect listed above‚ seems that Satyam scandal originated‚ in
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Issues December 16‚ 2008: Satyam board approved a 51% stake acquisition of Maytas Infra‚ a listed company in the Bombay Stock Exchange for US$1.3 billion and 100% stake in unlisted firm Maytas Properties for US$300 million. Both of these firms were in the construction and real estate business and Satyam’s chairman‚ Ramalinga Raju family held a 36% stake in Mayta’s Infra and 35% stake in Maytas Properties. Implication: The deal was seen as a way of diverting cash from Satyam’s shareholder to Satyam’s
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Mehta Case‚ Satyam‚ Ketan Parikh and UTI on national level and Lehman Brothers on international level are some of the examples resulting in topics on corporate Governance and Business Ethics being included by many universities and autonomous institutions in their curriculum post liberalization. January 7‚ 2009 will be etched in the annals of India ’s corporate history as it brought to light one of the biggest scams in India. It was on this day that chairman B Ramalinga Raju of Satyam Computer
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PROJECT ON: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Presented by students of Department of Business Studies‚ DeenDayal Upadhyaya College‚ University of Delhi. Devesh D Lalwani 10/BBS/0165 Shivam Gupta 10/BBS/0177 Abhinav Goel 10/BBS/0179 Jai Singh Gambhir 10/BBS/0157 Declaration We student of Bachelor of Business Studies (1st semester)‚ in Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College‚ University of Delhi‚ hereby declare that I have made this academic project titled ‘Corporate Governance’ as a
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| | | | | 4 | 2 | Corporate Governance-An Academic Review | | | 5 | | 2.1 | Corporate Governance Mechanisms | | | 5 | | 2.2 | Overview of the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance. | 6 | | 2.3 | Corporate Governance in India | | | | 7 | 3 | Satyam Computer Services Limited - Overview | | | 9 | | 3.1 | The Satyam Scandal | | | | | 10 | | 3.2 | Satyam’s Corporate Governance Issues | | | 12 | 4 | Corporate Governance Recommendations-Satyam Compute Services Ltd. |
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PAGE 1. INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………… 1 1.1 Defining Corporate Governance………………………………………… 2 1.2 Principles of Corporate Governance……………………………………. 3 1.3 Importance of Corporate Governance………………………………….. 4 1.4 Objective…………………………………………………………………… 5 1. DIRECTORS & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE in INDIA……………….. 6 2.5 Need for Directors- Who is a Director…………………………………... 7 2.6 Statutory Definition of
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Corporate Governance is essentially all about how corporations are directed‚ managed‚ controlled and held accountable to their shareholders. In India‚ the question of Corporate Governance has come up mainly in the wake of economic liberalization and de-regularization of industry and business. The objective of any corporate governance system is to simultaneously improve corporate performance and accountability as a means of attracting financial and human resources on the best
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Week 1 Essay Questions (80 Points) 1. Why is corporate governance important? a) good corporate governance produces direct economic benefit to the organization b) To avoid scandal c) To imbibe trust in investors d) The perception of good corporate governance is an important ingredient of the image of an organization‚ whether public‚ private‚ or nonprofit. e) A perception of unethical conduct by an organization can be very costly in legal cases Reference:
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Corporate Governance Case Studies Edited by Mak Yuen Teen Foreward Strong corporate governance and transparency are critical for business success. For investors‚ good governance is a good indicator of wellmanaged‚ resilient businesses. For companies‚ a measure of success is the ability to internalise the values‚ spirit and purpose behind governance rules. While the governance standards in Singapore have brought us to where we are today‚ we have some way to go if we want to be seen as leaders
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