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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The Gdansk Institiute for Market Economics Reporting on Corporate Social Responsibility by Banks‚ Financial Institutions and Listed Companies in Poland Gdansk‚ December 2003 This publication and the research that enabled it were co-financed by a grant from the Partners for Financial Stability (PFS) Program‚ a cooperative program of East-West Management Institute‚ Inc. and USAID. The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the PFS Program
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Corporate stakeholders and their roles A corporate stakeholder is a party that affects or can be affected by the actions of the business as a whole. Corporate stakeholders can also refer to those groups without whose support the organization would cease to exist. The following are some of corporate stakeholders and their roles: Employees An employee is a person in the service of another under any contract of hire‚ express or implied‚ oral or written‚ where the employer has the power
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REPORT ON MARKS AND SPENCER & THE CORPORATE CODE Contents Executive Summary 1. Introduction (pj4) 1.2 Company background (pj4) 1.3 Combined Code (pj5) 1.4 Cadbury Committee (pj6) 1.5 Greenbury Committee (pj6) 1.6 Turnball Committee (pj6) 1.7 Provisions for the board (pj6) 1.8 Provisions for chairman and chief executive (pj7) 1.9 Provisions for chairman and chief executive
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Market Place As the leader in the bottled water industry in Malaysia‚ in dealings with our suppliers‚ customers‚ shareholders and other stakeholders‚ Spritzer holds firm to corporate ethics which include doing business responsibly and in the interest of our stakeholders in the long term. The Group practises the principals of good corporate governance and ethical business conduct‚ in addition to complying with the rules and regulations of the law. Spritzer’s commitment
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Tyco International- Corporate Malfeasance Case Summary Tyco began in 1960 when it was founded by Arthur Rosenberg and started as an investment holding firm. In 1973 Joseph Gaziano took over for Rosenberg as CEO and pursued many hostile acquisitions. He was successful and was able to grow the company to a net worth of $140 million before he passed away in 1982. The CEO who took his place was John Fort who came in with the basic strategy of maximizing shareholder wealth through dramatically
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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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Mallory ordered the corporate treasurer to cover his mortgage payments of $20‚000 per month using Techno-Corp funds. Subsequently‚ when Techno-Corp began to have financial trouble Mallory borrowed a $1 million unsecured loan in the corporation’s name from Milhouse‚ a wealthy investor. Mallory was given express authority to borrow money for Techno-Corp; unfortunately‚ he has defaulted on this loan. Is Techno-Corp or Mallory liable to Milhouse for the $1 million corporate loan? RULE The general
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Riordan Corporate Compliance Plan University of Phoenix Introduction Riordan Manufacturing was founded in 1991 with patent awards from processing polymers into strong plastic substrates (University of Phoenix‚ 2003). In Albany‚ Georgia‚ the organization’s first manufacturing plant saw growth through the production of plastic beverage containers in 1993. Today‚ Riordan Manufacturing has custom plastic parts produced in Pontiac‚ Michigan as well as plastic fan parts in Hangzhou‚ China.
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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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