are less prone to lose their temper or be alpha males when a lady joins the board‚” say McMaster business school Professor Chris Bart. And having one or more women on a board translates into higher sales‚ better returns for shareholders and fewer corporate bankruptcies. Most countries put the quota at least at a certain minimum level of participation of women in the board of directors. There are also countries that do not put a quota of men and women ’s involvement in the board of directors. Countries
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RECENT CORPORATE SCANDALS IN MALAYSIA Air-freight firm Transmile Group Berhad hit the business news headline for the wrong reason in 2007. The share price suffered turbulence when it was revealed that auditors of Deloitte & Touche were unable to substantiate the accounts of year 2006. The fraud was discovered after a special audit conducted by Moores Rowland Risk Management Sdn. Bhd.‚ stating that the company has been overstating its revenue between the periods of 2005-2007 to reduce the net loss
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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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CR Leaders Corner Business‚ Finance‚ and Media That Matters: A Conversation Back in the 1990s‚ then-Harvard Business School professor J. Gregory Dees described the convergence of characteristics and principles governing non-profit and profit organizations‚ a nexus he dubbed “social entrepreneurship”. At that time‚ he was developing HBS’ Social Enterprise Initiative‚ and then went on to launch Stanford’s Center for Social Innovation and Duke’s Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship
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Corporate Governance in Hong Kong 1. Corporate Governance in Hong Kong Hong Kong’s position as an international economic and financial center is attributed to its exemplary corporate governance. With Hong Kong’s various authorities and regulatory bodies emphasizing on transparency and accountability for listed companies‚ Hong Kong was ranked first for corporate governance among 11 Asian countries in 2007. (Refer to Appendix 1) The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK) describes corporate
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examples resulting in topics on corporate Governance and Business Ethics being included by many universities and autonomous institutions in their curriculum post liberalization. January 7‚ 2009 will be etched in the annals of India ’s corporate history as it brought to light one of the biggest scams in India. It was on this day that chairman B Ramalinga Raju of Satyam Computer Services considered to be one of the torchbearers of India ’s new economy‚ confessed to a corporate fraud amounting to Rs 7
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Final Exam Different committees have to be established and put into process in order for a company to represent good corporate governance. The Audit Committee is significant in regards to corporate governance because it assist the board of directors in achieving the fiduciary and financial responsibilities to shareholders as well as assuring corporate governance accountability. Audit committees are mainly accountable for the quality connected to such matters as: • Regulatory and
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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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development of society. A complete public governance system with all its strengths will help to build a great and potential culture and society. Like public governance‚ corporate governance is governance of affairs of a company by its stakeholders. As public governance is people’s democracy‚ corporate governance is stakeholders’ democracy. Corporate governance looks at the complete governance of corporations from their very beginning in entrepreneurship‚ through their governance structures‚ legal framework
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CORPORATE FINANCE Formative Assessment Some reading: Adams‚ R. B.‚ Hermalin‚ B. E.‚ and Weisbach M. S. (2010) The Role of Boards of Directors in Corporate Governance: A Conceptual Framework and Survey‚ Journal of Economic Literature‚ Vol 48‚ No.1‚ pp. 58–107. Aggarwal‚ R. et al (2009) Differences in governance practices between US and foreign firms: measurement‚ causes and consequences‚ Review of Financial Studies‚ Vol. Bhagat‚ S.‚ and Bolton B. (2008) Corporate Governance and Firm
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