Center for International Private Enterprise ECONOMICREFORM Feature Service® January 12‚ 2006 Business Ethics: The Essential Component of Corporate Governance John D. Sullivan‚ Ph.D. Executive Director‚ CIPE Aleksandr Shkolnikov‚ Program Officer‚ Global‚ CIPE Given financial scandals and the resulting new mandates on business‚ firms find themselves pressed to develop strong codes of ethics to guide the behavior of board members‚ managers‚ and employees. Although the concern with ethics has always
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CORPORATE HISTORY. Akio Morita‚ Masaru Ibuka‚ and Tamon Maeda (Ibuka’s father- in- law) started Tokyo telecommunications Engineering in 1946 with funding from Morita’s father’s sake business. The company produced the first Japanese tape recorder in 1950. Three years later‚ Morita paid Western Electric (US) $25‚000 for transistor technology licenses‚ which sparked a consumer electronics revolution in Japan. His firm launched one of the first transistor radios in 1955‚ followed by the first
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Costs and Corporate Governance I Introduction Before analysing problems that occur when institutional ownership and control are separated‚ it should be outlined why institutions exist at all. Therefore‚ chapter two examines why organizations occur in economy. Chapter three addresses the agency problem‚ based on this organization. Chapter four addresses the common ways to solve the agency problem and chapter five gives a comparison over the three most important corporate governance systems‚ namely
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE – CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK INTRODUCTION: The great Indian master of Political Science Kautilya mentioned four functions of a king in his well-known book Arthashastra -1.Raksha or protection‚ 2.Vriddhi or enhancement‚ 3.Palana or maintenance‚ and 4.Yogakshema or wellbeing or safeguard. It is the sacred duty of the state to protect the person and property of its subject to enhance their wealth‚ to maintain them and to safeguard their interest in general. This noble concept
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HILTON WORLDWIDE AND IT’S CORPORATE GOVERANCE Hilton Hotels and Resorts is an international chain of full service hotels and resorts and it’s a flagship brand of Hilton Worldwide. The original company was founded by Conrad Hilton and is now owned by Hilton Worldwide. Hilton hotels are owned‚ managed‚ or franchised to independent operators by Hilton Worldwide. Hilton Hotels became the first coast-to-coast hotel chain of the United States in 1943. As of 2013‚ there are now over 540 Hilton branded
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Law‚ Ethics & Corporate. Governance Corporate Governance and Ethical Responsibility 16 May 2013 In submitting this paper I will show the stake holders Dr. DoRight (described latter in this paper as just the Doctor) has to interact with on a daily basis as the President of the “Universal Human Care Hospital.” I will also compare and contrast the conflicts of interest that could surface among internal and external stakeholders
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Title Corporate Governance Assignment Topic Governance at the St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited Executive Summary This report was written to the Chairman of the St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited – Mr. Trevor A. Byer. St. Lucia Electricity Services Ltd principal activities consist of the generation‚ transmission and distribution of electricity. This The Company has been the sole commercial supplier of electrical energy in Saint
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Overview of Corporate Governance Corporate Governance is more than just corporate management. In broader sense‚ it includes a fair‚ efficient and transparent administration to meet certain well defined objectives. It is a system of structuring‚ operating and controlling a company with a view to achieve long term strategic goals to satisfy shareholders‚ creditors‚ employees‚ customers and suppliers and complying with the legal and regulatory requirements‚ apart from meeting environmental and local
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THE JOURNAL OF FINANCE • VOL. LXVII‚ NO. 1 • FEBRUARY 2012 Information Disclosure and Corporate Governance BENJAMIN E. HERMALIN and MICHAEL S. WEISBACH∗ ABSTRACT Public policy discussions typically favor greater corporate disclosure as a way to reduce firms’ agency problems. This argument is incomplete because it overlooks that better disclosure regimes can also aggravate agency problems and related costs‚ including executive compensation. Consequently‚ a point can exist beyond which additional
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A Taxonomy of Systems of Corporate Governance This paper argues that debate on corporate governance in an international context is hampered by the lack of a coherent framework. A taxonomy of systems of corporate governance is proposed as a remedy. The taxonomy is based upon eight related‚ yet discernible characteristics: (1) the prevailing concept of the firm‚ (2) the board system‚ (3) the salient stakeholders able to exert influence on managerial decision-making‚ (4) the importance of stock markets
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