Corporate Scandal I. Olympus Updated: April 20‚ 2012 Olympus Corporation‚ founded in 1919‚ is a manufacturer of digital cameras and electronic equipment. Based in Tokyo‚ the multibillion-dollar company has operations worldwide. In mid-October 2011‚ Olympus was rocked by scandal when its former chief executive and president‚ Michael C. Woodford‚ who is British‚ was suddenly fired. The company’s chairman‚ Tsuyoshi Kikukawa‚ blamed a culture clash‚ but Mr. Woodford‚ a 30-year Olympus employee‚
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CORPORATE GREED Have you noticed people around the country protesting near a government facility? It started on September 17‚ 2011. One month later similar thousands of people have joined the protest. It has spread in different parts of the world; protesting against “Corporate greed”. The group started in a park next to Wall Street‚ mainly by college kids spreading the word in social networks. They created a grass roots movement with a slogan “We are the 99%. Saying we the regular people work
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Subject: Corporate Finance (3 credits) Reference book: 1. Essentials of managerial Finance: Harcourt College 2000 2. Fundamentals of financial management: Mc Graw Hill 2007 Chapter 01: An overview of Finance What is finance? Finance is concerned with decisions about money (cash flows) Finance decisions deal with how money is raised and used Everything else being equal: * More vale is preferred to less * The sooner cash is received the more value it has * Less risky
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Corporate restructuring MENTION the name Schefenacker to the London bankers‚ lawyers and advisers who specialise in turning around insolvent companies‚ and you are likely to be greeted with knowing smiles. Schefenacker‚ which makes mirrors for carmakers such as BMW and Mercedes‚ almost went bust late last year. In April it emerged from a tortuous restructuring‚ during which it moved its headquarters from Germany to Britain to take advantage of the flexible insolvency laws there. Along the way
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The issue of this case is whether the board of Katia was in breach of the director’s duties. In determining this issue‚ the legal principles in Corporate Act section 181 as well as Howard Smith v Ampol Petroleum‚ Whitehouse v Carlton Hotel‚ Mills v Mills‚ Ngurli v McCann‚ Harlowe’s Nominees v Woodside Oil and Winthrop Investments v Winns should be considered. S 181 states that directors should exercise their powers in good faith and proper purpose. Subjective tests (which concerns whether the
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create a sustainable environment in order to achieve long-term profits. While all of the above relationships are valuable‚ none should be dominant over the others. The CEO should be accountable to set up a holistic strategy that captures the needs of corporate governance‚ which “emphasized a manager’s accountability to multiple constituencies besides the shareholders” (1). This will allow the organization to maximize its value in the long term. Companies are networks of parties and people working together
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Corporate Misgovernance at the World Bank Ashwin Kaja Eric Werker Working Paper 09-108 Copyright © 2009 by Ashwin Kaja and Eric Werker Working papers are in draft form. This working paper is distributed for purposes of comment and discussion only. It may not be reproduced without permission of the copyright holder. Copies of working papers are available from the author. Corporate Misgovernance at the World Bank Ashwin Kaja Eric Werker* Abstract We test for evidence of corporate misgovernance
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ITC’s Dairy Development Initiative CSR or CSV Submitted to Instructor: Prof. Asha Kaul Academic Associate: Sudhir Pandey In partial fulfillment of the requirements of the course Communicating Corporate Reputation By Jyotirmoy Pathak PGP – 12126 Section – A On 20th August 2013 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT‚ AHMEDABAD ITC Limited: A Prologue The journey that began way back in 1910 was very straight and simple for ITC Limited with only tobacco and tobacco products in their portfolio
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The University for business and the professions MSc Degree in Shipping‚ Trade and Finance MSc Degree in Supply Chain‚ Trade and Finance MSc Degree in Energy‚ Trade and Finance Cass Business School Module Code SMM586 Exam title Corporate Finance Full/Part time Date 1st May 2013 Time 10.00 -13.00 Division of Marks: Section A carries 36 marks‚ Section B carries 28 marks and Section C carries 36 marks. Instructions to students: Students should answer TWO questions
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2013 WL 425598 Page 1 [2013] UKSC 5 [2013] 2 W.L.R. 398 [2013] 1 All E.R. 1296 [2013] 1 All E.R. (Comm) 1009 [2013] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 466 [2013] 1 B.C.L.C. 179 Official Transcript [2013] UKSC 5 [2013] 2 W.L.R. 398 [2013] 1 All E.R. 1296 [2013] 1 All E.R. (Comm) 1009 [2013] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 466 [2013] 1 B.C.L.C. 179 Official Transcript (Cite as: 2013 WL 425598) [2013] UKSC 5 VTB Capital plc v Nutritek International Corp and others On appeal from: [2012] EWCA Civ 808 SC President Lord Neuberger‚ Lord Mance
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