CORPORATE GOVERNANCE - ROLE OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS People often question whether corporate boards matter because their day-today impact is difficult to observe. But‚ when things go wrong‚ they can become the center of attention. Certainly this was true of the Enron‚ Worldcom‚ and Parmalat scandals. The directors of Enron and Worldcom‚ in particular‚ were held liable for the fraud that occurred: Enron directors had to pay $168 million to investor plaintiffs‚ of which $13 million was out of pocket
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Chapter 1 Comparative Corporate Governance and Financial Goals End-of-Chapter Questions 1. Corporate goals: shareholder wealth maximization. Explain the assumptions and objectives of the shareholder wealth maximization pmodel. Answer: The Anglo-American markets have a philosophy that a firm’s objective should follow the shareholder wealth maximization (SWM) model. More specifically‚ the firm should strive to maximize the return to shareholders‚ as measured by the sum of capital gains and dividends
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A Comparison of Corporate Governance in China and India With the U.S. Dr. Steven Mintz‚ California Polytechnic State University‚ San Luis Obispo‚ CA Dr. Sudha Krishnan‚ California State University‚ Long Beach‚ CA ABSTRACT We examine corporate governance systems in China and India and compare them to provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and NYSE listing requirements in the U.S. In China‚ the influence of the State as the primary investor in state-owned enterprises restricts the degree to which the
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Chapter 1 Introduction Corporate governance (CG) is an important effort to ensure accountability and responsibility and is a set of principles‚ which should be incorporated into every part of the organization. The need for corporate governance arises from the potential conflicts of interest among stakeholders in the corporate structure. These conflicts of interest often arise from two main reasons. First‚ different stakeholders have different goals and preferences. Second‚ the stakeholders
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summary……………………………………………………………. …12 2.0 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW……………………………… 13 2.1 Introduction..…………………………………………………………………....13 2.2 theoretical framework…………………………………………………………..13 2.3 Good corporate governance and operating costs…………………………….…18 2.4 Correlation between good corporate governance and performance ratios……...20 2.5 Chapter summary……………………………………………………………… 24 3.0 CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLGY………………...……25 3.1 Introduction …………………………………………………………………… 25 3.2 Research design…………………………………………………………………25
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8th Annual Corporate Governance Summit Session I: Forum (March 19‚ ’13 @ 9.15am) “Is self-regulation in corporate governance achievable? NOTES 1. Regulating behaviour v self-governance (i) I am against over-regulation I am against complete self-governance I am for self-regulation within the confines of a well thought-out framework‚ where BoDs must be given the responsibility to act responsibly within the reformed system of CG‚ where-on the board will rely on AC‚ NC & RC‚ including RC (if needed)
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Good corporate governance helps to ensure that corporations take into account the interests of a wide range of constituencies‚ as well as of the communities within which they operate‚ and that their boards are accountable to the company and the shareholders. This‚ in turn‚ helps to assure that corporations operate for the benefit of society as a whole. Stakeholders typically include investors‚ managers and employees‚ customers‚ suppliers and other business partners‚ and local communities. Corporate
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IBM BOARD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE GUIDELINES 1. Board Size 10-14 directors on the Board is optimal. This approach is flexible depending on the circumstances and the qualifications of proposed candidates. 2. Number‚ Structure and Function of Committees The number‚ structure‚ and function of Board Committees are reviewed periodically by the Directors and Corporate Governance Committee. The Audit Committee‚ Executive Compensation and Management Resources Committee‚ and the Directors and Corporate
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Consolidating results to CEO and CFO for their final conclusion. Educating management and process owners on the importance of sound internal controls. Facilitating management’s conclusion on the effectiveness of the design and operations of internal controls within their respective areas Perform process documentation and tests of controls which will be used to support management’s overall evaluation Consolidating results to CEO and CFO for their final conclusion. Educating management
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Corporate Governance and Accounting Conservatism in China* Donglin Xiaa and Song Zhub‚** b School of Economics and Management‚ Tsinghua University‚ China School of Economics and Business Administration‚ Beijing Normal University‚ China a Abstract A principal-agent relationship exists among creditors‚ shareholders and management‚ and information asymmetry among them leads to asymmetric loss functions‚ which induces conservative accounting. This paper investigates the determinants of accounting
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