Parmalat accounting scandal Which factors were relevant in the Parmalat scandal? Describe the causes and consequences of the scandal. Parmalat scandal is one of biggest fraud in the world‚ for years the company can eluded responsibilities with financial analysts and investors but was in December 2003 when Parmalat went bankrupt. In this summary it can appreciate the most significant events: In 1990‚ Parmalat started buying milk producers around the world‚ in order to hide a huge debt
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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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Parmalat‚ Europe’s Enron of fraud‚ undermined European accounting and reporting standards. The fraud‚ totaling nearly 18 billion euros‚ brought down the Italian dairy giant and ruined investors across the globe. Such a enormous fraud‚ some would assume‚ would need to be highly complex and fully developed in plan as well as execution. However‚ as Parmalat executives began to cooperate in the investigation‚ it was uncovered how rudimentary their fraud was despite the enormity in which it occurred.
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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 to
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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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Working Paper May 2008 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND THE TIMELINESS OF FINANCIAL REPORTING: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Robert W. McGee‚ Florida International University Xiaoli Yuan‚ California State University‚ East Bay ABSTRACT Timeliness of financial reporting is one of the attributes of good corporate governance identified by the OECD and World Bank. Shareholders and other stakeholders need information while it is still fresh and the more time that passes between year-end
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controlling and watching over Parmalat‚ including the independent directors‚ accountants and the auditors. The atmosphere of laxity amongst the financial analysts‚ the rating agencies and the banks (as creditors‚ brokers‚ dealers‚ etc.)‚ allowed Callisto Tanzi‚ the founder and the chairman of the group‚ and the other managers to perpetrate the fraud which eventually resulted in Corporate Collapse of Parmalat. The paper will not discuss on those areas. 1. INTRODUCTION Parmalat was the largest Italian
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OF HONGKONG 1. Overview of recent corporate governance reforms A. Recent initiatives There have been numerous recent changes in Hong Kong in relation to corporate governance matters‚ extending well beyond legislation and nonbinding codes. The roles of relevant regulators have also been examined and proposed changes made. As far as legislation is concerned‚ the most significant change is the introduction of the Securities and Futures Ordinance‚ which came into force on
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Corporate Governance regime in the UK As a result of the banking crisis‚ a review of the corporate governance regime in the UK was carried out by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). The review resulted in two principal changes to the regime. Following a review of the Combined Code on Corporate Governance‚ the FRC issued a new edition of the Code- the “UK Corporate Governance Code”. The UK Corporate Governance Code applies for accounting periods beginning on or after 29 June 2010 and is the key
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Phillips (2007) “Corporate governance is an encompassing policy‚ processes and people‚ which serves the needs of shareholders and other stake holders by directing and controlling management activities with good business savvy‚ objectivity and integrity”. The author stated that sound corporate governance is dependent on external market place commitment and legislation plus a healthy board culture that safeguards policies and processes. Magdi and Nadereh (2002) stress that corporate governance is about ensuring
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