WHAT IS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE? Nowadays people in the business world are talking about good corporate governance. Companies with good corporate governance are perceived by the public as a company that been handled properly by its management. Few companies had been names as among the worst in corporate governance like Enron‚ World.com and Barings. But what is exactly corporate governance? The term ‘corporate governance’ is coming from two words. The adjective ‘corporate’ comes from the noun
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Introduction: A discussion on corporate regulation and governance is of great importance in today’s economic world. A number of high profile collapses such as HIH‚ One Tel‚ Harris Scarfe‚ Ansett‚ focuses ones attention on governance issues. Nevertheless‚ corporate governance is not a static thing and even if basic structures remain the same‚ policies and procedures surrounding those structures should constantly be reviewed to ensure that the structure is working properly. Globalisation yields challenges
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With reference to the Oxford English Dictionary (2012)‚ ethics is described as the science of morals. It is also the agency of study with regards to the values of moral obligations of what is right or wrong. It also covers human behaviour. A company makes many decisions in a course of one day. It may include‚ launching new products‚ doing Public Relations‚ making sales‚ rewriting company policies and the recruitment or retrenchment of people‚ just to name a few. All business aims to do so ethically
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Analysis of Corporate Governance of BAJAJ AUTO LTD. Company Profile Bajaj Auto Limited is one of India’s premier two and three wheeler automobile manufacturing companies. It was founded in the year 1945. For the financial 2009-10‚ the company had sales of Rs. 12152.74 crores and net income of Rs. 1597.22 crores. It exports its two and three wheeler vehicles to more than 50 countries. The company as of 2010 accounts for 24.3% of the Indian motorcycle market. Corporate Governance practices of Bajaj
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are the key characteristics of the U.S. model of corporate governance? How does the U.K. model compare with the diverse models in continental Europe and differ to the US model? There are many characteristics of the U.S. model of corporate governance that contribute to its effectiveness. We describe governance in regards to the board of directors‚ external auditors‚ the SEC‚ state laws‚ and stock exchanges. We then compare the U.S. governance model to that of U.K. and other models in continental Europe
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442 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE A Framework for Diagnosing Board Effectiveness* Gavin J. Nicholson** and Geoffrey C. Kiel Pressure on boards to improve corporate performance and management oversight has led to a series of inquiries and reports advocating governance reform. These reports largely reflect an agency perspective of governance and seek to ensure greater board independence from and control of management. While board independence is important to good governance‚ we contend that frameworks
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consists of three main bodies: The shareholders general meeting as the highest authority which appoints the board of directors (executive) which in turn is being inspected by the supervisory board. More detailed information concerning the corporate governance and the organizational structure will be given in Chapter 2. 1.1. History The gigantic China Petrochemical Corporation Group (Sinopec Group) has been established in 1998 based on the former China Petrochemical Corporation. The Group is completely
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Corporate Governance refers to the way a corporation is governed. It is the technique by which companies are directed and managed. It means carrying the business as per the stakeholders’ desires. It is actually conducted by the board of Directors and the concerned committees for the company’s stakeholder’s benefit. It is all about balancing individual and societal goals‚ as well as‚ economic and social goals. Corporate Governance is the interaction between various participants (shareholders‚ board
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Enter IT Governance: Why? What? How? Why do organization need IT Governance? One of the goals of IT Governance (ITG) is to balance the functional needs of the business with the (technical) needs of the IT organization. In other words: ITG needs to ensure that the business gets from IT what they need (which is
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Next Generation Mobile Analytical Instruments Palm Nuclear Magnetic Resonance System (PNMR) University Research & Entrepreneurship Symposium April 1‚ 2010 Dr. Marcus Semones WaveGuide Corporation WaveGuide is an early stage mobile analytical instrument company building a suite of next generation handheld (i) infrared and (ii) nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers for portable use in multiple untapped markets. WaveGuide’s business model: •Acquire exclusive worldwide licensing for existing
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