McBride Transparency in Corporate Governance MMPBL/570 May 7‚ 2012 Thomas Kershaw McBride: Transparency In Corporate Governance Many recent corporate governance scandals have caused government to implement a number or regulatory modifications. One factor in relation to these changes is improved disclosure requirements. An example‚ Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)‚ created because of Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and additional public governance malfunctions‚ with detailed reporting of off-balance sheet financing
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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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BUSINESS ETHICS & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE BUSINESS ETHICS Distinguishing: • Ethics • Ethics in Business • Business Ethics • Governance • Corporate Governance • Good Corporate Governance In brief: • Ethics: code of conduct for personal behaviour. • Ethics in Business: Applying personal ethics into business. • Business Ethics: Ethics of business‚ what is good & bad‚ right or wrong for business. • Governance: Methods and practices
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE What is Corporate Governance? It is a set of systems‚ principles and processes by which a company is governed. It provides guidelines as to how the company can be directed or controlled so that it can fulfil its goals and objectives in a manner that adds to the value of the company and is also beneficial to all the stakeholders in the long run. The term was first used by Robert Ian in his book in the year 1984. It addresses the issues facing the Board of Directors such as
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article “Examining Corporate Governance Policies‚” by Bitner and Dasher (2007) is a magazine article of a reputable magazine called “Commercial Lending Review.” The purpose of article is to explain the business relations of earning management to the corporate governance and the necessity of corporate governance in order to maintain business’s relationship with the management and the public. This article is very useful source for the report because it explains what the corporate governance is and relates
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OF HONGKONG 1. Overview of recent corporate governance reforms A. Recent initiatives There have been numerous recent changes in Hong Kong in relation to corporate governance matters‚ extending well beyond legislation and nonbinding codes. The roles of relevant regulators have also been examined and proposed changes made. As far as legislation is concerned‚ the most significant change is the introduction of the Securities and Futures Ordinance‚ which came into force on
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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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SEC Building‚ EDSA‚ Greenhills Mandaluyong City SEC Memorandum Circular No. 6 Series of 2009 REVISED CODE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Pursuant to its mandate under the Securities Regulation Code and the Corporation Code‚ the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)‚ in a meeting held on June 18‚ 2009‚ approved the promulgation of this Revised Code of Corporate Governance (the “Code”) which shall apply to registered corporations and to branches or subsidiaries of foreign corporations
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Under-reserving Like we say in the HLL case under-reserving is a tactic used by firms but in the long run it cant stop companies from collapsing. Role of independent directors The question Are independent directors really independent has been topic of debate for ages. In the case the role played by independent directors is insignificant. Also it is questionable whether independent directors were present and in the number advised by law or not. Audit Committee The case talks about KPMG and the arguable
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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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