Course: Compliance‚ Ethics and Corporate Governance Date: October 7‚ 2013 Case Study Re: The continuous wave of financial scandals and whether regulators are often slow to respond by bringing enforcement actions against corporate wrong doers and so preventing widespread negative effects. Discuss the key reasons why this would occur and make recommendations to reduce the impact. Waves of corporate shenanigans continue to shadow the financial sectors despite the near cataclysmic collapse
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE [pic] BY SHIRLENE KOLA-BANKOLE 03005093 CLIMATE CHANGE AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE “We believe Climate Change is one of the most significant environmental challenges of the 21st century... voluntary action alone cannot solve the problem.” Henry Paulson‚ CHAIRMAN‚ GOLDMAN SACHS INTRODUCTION Environmental challenges‚ particularly climate change are something we all have to think about. Politicians from David Cameron to Gordon
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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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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ESSAY Can Corporate Governance Mechanism Prevent Corporate Fraud? Executive Summary This paper will reviews the extent to which corporate governance acts as efficient tool to protect investors against corporate fraud‚ thus contributing to summarize the literatures on role of corporate governance on preventing occurrence of corporate fraud. In a more recent study‚ corporate fraud is part of earnings manipulation done outside the law and standards. Whereas‚ the activities
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OECD Principles of Corporate Governance Since they were issued in 1999‚ the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance have gained worldwide recognition as an international benchmark for good corporate governance. They are actively used by governments‚ regulators‚ investors‚ corporations and stakeholders in both OECD and non-OECD countries and have been adopted by the Financial Stability Forum as one of the Twelve Key Standards for Sound Financial Systems. The Principles are intended to assist in the
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systemic‚ corporate‚ and individual issues raised by this case? This case discusses the story of Enron‚ the infamous American energy company that December 2‚ 2001 filed the largest bankruptcy case in US history‚ totaling losses around 66 billion US dollars‚1 forcing 4‚000 unemployed‚2 and bringing down Arthur Andersen‚ 3 its auditing company. For many of the “bad” and publicly convicted Enron executives it has been the worst nightmare come true‚ a personal travesty. Cliff Baxter‚ an Enron executive
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Corporate Governance Practices in China Scope Statement Corporate governance is the system by which companies are directed and controlled. Corporate Governance is important because it is part of the institutional infrastructure (laws‚ regulations‚ institutions and enforcement mechanisms) underlying sound economic performance. I would like to perform my research on the topic of corporate governance practices in China for the following reasons: The political system in China is unique‚ not like
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[Dec-13] [MPRBA 203C/MPCBA 203C/MPRHR-203B] MBA‚ Twinning MBA (CMU) & MHRM Degree Examination II TRIMESTER ETHICS IN BUSINESS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (Effective from the admitted batch 2013–14) Time: 3 Hours Max.Marks: 60 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instructions: All parts of a section must be answered in one place only. Figures in the right hand margin indicate marks allotted. ---------------------------------------------
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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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