Module Title: Finance Principles Module Code: 5AC002 Module Leader: William Coffie Student Name and Number: Qianhui MA(1223583) Date of Submission: 14th Jan 2013 Words: 1441 Agency Theory and Corporate Governance Introduction In 26th February 1995‚ the Barings Bank‚ one of the oldest banks of the United Kingdom was declared bankrupt. Nick Leeson‚ the trader of the bank in Singapore had lost $1.4 billion on derivatives trading while the bank reported capital was only about
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A Company Secretary is a person at very high position in a private sector company or public sector organization‚ normally at a managerial position. In some countries in a public sector the company secretary is reoffered as Corporate Secretary or Secretary. There is a requirement to appoint company secretary. It is already understood that a company is the creation of law‚ having rights‚ duties and obligations just as that of human being. The so-called legal entity may therefore sue and be sued: Saloman’s
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Aditya Sinha Corporate Governance – Final Project Is there evidence that rewarding senior executives on the basis of measure accounting and/or market performance induces them to generate more wealth in total for society as a whole? What are the pros and cons of using statistical correlation between measured performance and compensation as evidence to support the idea that performance based compensation is a good policy to help increase wealth in society?
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International Corporate Governance with Chinese Characteristics” describes the major concerns about PetroChina’s corporate governance when and after it was listed on NYSE and HKSE‚ which was the first Chinese state-owned enterprise launched IPO overseas. This paper is based on the information provided by the article and will discuss in three aspects: Firstly‚ why corporate governance was important for China’s SOEs? Secondly‚ what were the special problems associated with PetroChina’s corporate governance
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Legality and Ethicality of Corporate Governance ETH 376 Ethics Case 3-3: United Thermostatic Controls Case The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the legality and ethicality of the corporate governance activities that occurred in an ethics case presented in the text. The paper will provide relevant details regarding the legality of the activities‚ the criteria by which Sarbanes-Oxley would apply to this case‚ the ethicality of the activities‚ whether or not the activities were equitable
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A Study on Effective Implementation of Internal Audit Function to Promote Good Governance in the Public Sector Zeleke Belay (BA‚ BSc‚ ACCA‚ MSc‚) Lecturer at College of Telecommunication and Information Technology Department of Telecommunication Management Email: zelekebly@yahoo.com Mobile: 251 9 11 66 98 61 Office : 251 11 416 99 00 P.o Box: 1413‚ Code 1110 Addis Ababa Presented to the “The Achievements‚ Challenges‚ and Prospects of the Civil Service Reform Program Implementation in Ethiopia”
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employers by the Financial Post. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto-Dominion_Bank‚ 2013) Organizational structure overview TD Bank group has a strong‚ independent Chairman with a clear leadership mandate in corporate governance. The responsibilities of corporate governance are assigned as follows: • The Board oversees management‚ considers and approves‚ on a continual basis strategic alternatives and plans‚ and approves all major strategy and policy recommendations for TD Bank Group
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SUMMARY Governance is as defined as the rule of the rulers. In Islamic financial institutions (IFIs) corporate governance plays significant and substantial role in sustaining the existence of IFIs as it promotes transparency‚ accountability and fairness while dealing with the industry but it depends on the regulation‚ legal and institutional environment in which company operates. At present‚ two concept of governance being practice are corporate governance and shariah governance being imply in Islamic
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organisation with particular reference toward Australia’s largest and most successful telecommunications provider‚ Telstra (Telstra‚ 2013). Applying widely recognised theoretical frameworks and concepts against these focus areas‚ a critical analysis has been conducted and assessed with the findings referenced throughout the report determining the positive and negative impacts each are having on Telstra the organisation and its stakeholders. The three focus areas of power‚ control and resistance are major
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: EFFECTS ON FIRM PERFORMANCE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH by Maria Maher and Thomas Andersson ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT © OECD 19992 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: EFFECTS ON FIRM PERFORMANCE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY.................................................................................................................................................... 3 I. Introduction......................................................
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