APPENDIX A: RESEARCH PROPOSAL RESEACH PROPOSAL COVER SHEET | Surname | PHILLIPS | First Name/s | LUNGILE | Student Number | 105024 | Subject | RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | Supervisor | Prof. Raga | Tutor’s Name | | Examination Venue | East London | Date Submitted | 18 – 02 - 2013 | Submission (√) | First Submission | x | .resubmission | | Postal Address | 17 INVERARY STREET | | HAVEN HILLS | | AMALINDA | | | | EAST LONDON |
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Chapter One Introduction 1.1 Corporate Governance: Corporate governance is a combination of corporate policies and best practices adopted by the corporate bodies to achieve its objectives in relation to their stakeholders. It is also the field of economics‚ which studies the many issues arising from the separation from ownership and control. The fundamental objective of corporate governance reforms is to enhance transparency and transparency enhances accountability. It is widely recognized that
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILTY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE (ACCO 2073) TRUE OR FALSE: 1. CSR provides an opportunity for differentiation and awareness. 2. It is possible to develop CSR if it is not linked to the corporate identity. 3. In Europe‚ the main issues regarding CSR revolve for the most part around management in relation to stakeholders‚ the establishment of relations with the community and business action at society. 4. Incorporating CSR into the public: economic
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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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Act of 2002 and the legacy of Enron. This act was passed after corporate scandals that involved the regulatory mismanagement and fraud of Enron. This article review will cover topics on how the Sarbanes-Oxley and the collapse of Enron in which affected the ethical decision-making processes in business environments and criminal penalties for which the act provides. Decision-Making in Business Environment “A new generation of corporate leaders has entered the boardroom since Enron’s bankruptcy in
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implemented through national legislation – e.g. environment‚ labour conditions‚ human rights‚ anti-corruption etc. The Significance and Impact of CSR * The narrow focus of corporate governance exclusively upon the internal control of the firm and simply complying with regulation is no longer tenable * Corporate objectives described as ‘wealth generating’ too frequently have resulted in the loss of well being to communities and the ecology * Trend towards monitoring not just the financial
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY The term social responsibility means different things to different people. Generally‚ corporate social responsibility is the obligation to take action that protects and improves the welfare of society as whole as well as organizational interests. According to the concept of corporate social responsibility‚ a manager must strive to achieve both organizational and societal goals. Current perspectives regarding the fundamentals of social responsibility of businesses
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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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subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t791720496 Comparative and International Corporate Governance Ruth V. Aguileraa; Gregory Jacksonb a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign‚ b Freie Universität Berlin‚ First published on: 05 July 2010 To cite this Article Aguilera‚ Ruth V. and Jackson‚ Gregory(2010) ’Comparative and International Corporate Governance’‚ The Academy of Management Annals‚ 4: 1‚ 485 — 556‚ First published on: 05 July 2010 (iFirst) To link
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In “The Skeleton in the Corporate Closet‚” some very significant and profound ethical dilemmas are presented‚ which cut directly to the core of the corporate culture of the organization involved – General Parkelite Company (GPC). I begin my evaluation with a brief overview of the case‚ and then proceed to identification of the central and peripheral issues involved‚ delineation of the facts and suppositions used in my analyses and as the basis of my recommendations‚ and finally I present my analyses
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