THE EFFECT OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MECHANISM ON THE QUALITY OF EARNINGS AMONG NIGERIAN DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS BY OZIWELE JAMES ISAAC Being Seminar Paper presented to the Department of Accounting‚ Ahmadu Bello University‚ Zaria in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Ph.D in Accounting and Finance Abstract This paper examines whether corporate governance mechanism variable – Board Size‚ Board Composition‚ Ownership Concentration‚ Institutional Shareholders‚ Dividend
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Title: Corporate Governance and the 2012 Failure of the Hastie Group (ASX) Assignment Topic: An outline of‚ and brief discussion of the importance of‚ the bases or criteria for the review of the organisation’s governance (eg‚ refer to which standards or guiding principles are relevant for the review) and why you need to use them. A brief critical review of the relevance of concepts‚ principles‚ standards or other tools and techniques learnt during this subject‚ in conducting your review A list
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A Comparison of Corporate Governance Systems in Four Countries Jüergen Schneider Ernst & Young Deutsche Allgemeine Treuhand AG Siu Y. Chan Hong Kong Baptist University A Comparison of Corporate Governance Systems in Four Countries Jüergen Schneider Ernst & Young Deutsche Allgemeine Treuhand AG‚ Heilbronn branch‚ Germany and Siu Y. Chan* Hong Kong Baptist University‚ Hong Kong * Address of Correspondence: Dr. Siu Y. Chan‚ Department of Accountancy and Law‚ Hong Kong Baptist University
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Copyright © 2004 Information Systems Audit and Control Association. All rights reserved. www.isaca.org. IT Governance Hands-on: Using COBIT to Implement IT Governance By Luc Kordel‚ CISA‚ RE‚ CISSP‚ CIA‚ RFA 1 I n the past‚ running an IT organization as a support function—a function separate and distinct from the business—was a common practice. Now‚ most IT infrastructure investments and new IT applications span business lines and functions. Some organizations even integrate partners
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Project Earnings Manipulation: An Ethics Case Based on Agency Theory ABSTRACT: The impact of accounting information on ethical behavior has been extensively documented. Additionally‚ agency theory is a widely accepted behavioral perspective. Despite this‚ there is an absence of instructional material in the accounting education literature that ties ethical issues to an agency-theory context. The primary objective of this case is to highlight control system ethical issues using an agency-theory context
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information gathered in “The Dangerous Morality of Managing Earnings‚” there are five generalizations in how to manage short term earnings. They are how managers manipulate records to benefit themselves or the company. It seems that there is no true uniformity in short term earnings and each felt that rules could be bent by manipulating operating procedures‚ accounting methods‚ deferring expenditures‚ budget target‚ or by changing the short term earnings in sales and expense was justifiable. Although
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capital is spent‚ how resources are allocated and what endeavours are undertaken by the company but do not themselves own the capital or resources. Experts in corporate and securities law‚ management consulting and academia have wrestled with reconciling the divergent interests of those who own corporations and those who control them. The corporate scandals - ENRON (2001)‚ WORLDCOM (2002)‚ Vivendi (2002) and Tyco (2002) - have shown that there are unresolved tensions. Whilst at the banquet of statutory
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ASSIGNMENT NO.1 Subject: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Topic: Business Ethics scenario Case Study Date: 7th March 2011 Submitted by: Miss. Janhavi R Joshi Submitted to: Professor Mrs. Monica Khanna 1. Receiving a Holiday Gift: A supplier sends a basket of expensive foodstuffs to your home at Christmas with a card: "We hope you and your family enjoy the ’goodies.’". What action(s) might you want to take? Answer: Ethical dilemma: There are two reasons for such generosity from the Supplier
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concerned with corporate social responsibility’. Critically discuss this statement.” Corporate social responsibility is a significant issue in the current business environment. There is now a significant shift in businesses to become recognized as being socially responsible whilst achieving the primary business objective of profit maximization. Business now strive particularly to reach the triple bottom line as a key objective as it incorporates; people planet and profit objectives. Corporate social
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AFIN858 Financial Management and Policy Week 1 S1 2014 “INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE FINANCE” “Where is This Slide From”? • Most of the slides we use in this unit are provided by the Publisher of the required text “…as down-loaded from Connect…” • Sometimes we modify slides by adding or removing content. Other times we use slides from other sources. Occasionally we ‘make’ slides. • Note that lecture slides are not numbered sequentially. • Slides are identified in the lower RHS corner
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