Piercing the Corporate Veil in Australia Ian M Ramsay Harold Ford Professor of Commercial Law and Director‚ Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation The University of Melbourne David B Noakes Solicitor‚ Allen Allen & Hemsley‚ Sydney‚ and Research Associate‚ Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation The University of Melbourne There is a significant amount of literature by commentators discussing the doctrine of piercing the corporate veil. However‚ there has not been a comprehensive
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE INTRODUCTION This corporate governance statement describes our corporate governance framework‚ policies and practices as at 4 November 2013. Framework and approach Our approach to corporate governance is based on a set of values and behaviours that underpin day-to-day activities‚ provide transparency and fair dealing‚ and seek to protect stakeholder interests. This approach includes a commitment to excellence in governance standards‚ which Westpac sees as fundamental
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What is Corporate Communication? * A department with many functions * A set of communication products * A process to communicate key messages Corporate communications are a powerful management tool if approached with strategic integrity‚ alignment and focus. An organisation performing with coherence and its energy focused on a specified goal is far more effective than one that allows confused and inconsistent messages to disseminate from management. Communications is the only vehicle
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Corporate governance refers to the system by which corporations are directed and controlled. The governance structure specifies the distribution of rights and responsibilities among different participants in the corporation (such as the board of directors‚ managers‚ shareholders‚ creditors‚ auditors‚ regulators‚ and other stakeholders) and specifies the rules and procedures for making decisions in corporate affairs. Governance provides the structure through which corporations
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CORPORATE FINANCE The word Corporate Finance can be defined in terms that may vary considerably across the world. Corporate Finance is one of the three areas of the discipline of finance and can be defined broadly as a field of finance dealing with acquisition and allocation of a corporation ’s funds or resources‚ with the goal of maximizing shareholder wealth i.e. stock value. This division of a company is basically concerned with the financial operation of the company from company’s point of view
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A discussion on company’s corporate governance statement. This statement sets out the key corporate governance principles adopted by the Directors in governing David Jones and reflects the corporate governance policies and procedures which applied during the year ended 28 July 2012. The corporate governance statement of David Jones is very specific and coherent. It provides the information very clearly and shows the detail that how their behaviors applies the Australian Securities Exchange requirement
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What is Corporate Finance? It�s all corporate finance. My unbiased view of the world Every decision made in a business has financial implications‚ and any decision that involves the use of money is a corporate financial decision. Defined broadly‚ everything that a business does fits under the rubric of corporate finance. It is‚ in fact‚ unfortunate that we even call the subject corporate finance‚ because it suggests to many observers a focus on how large corporations
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An insight into corporate culture & its role in promoting efficiency in a global economy Liandri Boonzaier Matrikel nr: 2585923 Theory of the Firm Porf. Dr. Christian Cordes 1 INDEX 1. Introduction……………………………………………………………………Page 3 2. Important elements of Edgar Schein’s theory on corporate culture 2.1 Definition of corporate culture………………………………………..Page 3 2.2 Levels of corporate culture…………………………………………....Page 3 2.3 Origins of organizational culture……………………………………..Page 4 2.4 Strength of organizational
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Ontario K1N 6N5‚ and 1 HEC Montreal‚ 3000 Côte-Sainte-Catherine Road‚ Montreal‚ Quebec H3T 2A7‚ Canada Email: benamar@telfer.uottawa.ca‚ claude.francoeur@hec.ca‚ taieb.2.hafsi@hec.ca‚ real.labelle@hec.ca This study investigates the joint effect of corporate ownership and board of directors’ diversity configurations on the success of strategic merger and acquisition (M&A) decisions. Board diversity is defined as the extent to which its demographic diversity as measured by the culture‚ nationality‚ gender
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Corporate welfare is a government’s special treatment to companies or even tax breaks and or grants given to a company on behalf of the government. Corporate welfare is usually at the expense of the citizens of America‚ even though it could also be at the expense of some corporations as some of these corporations receive more ‘special treatment’ than others. Our country has always had corporate welfare. It seems unfair to so many that tax breaks are given to corporations who cannot seem to take
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