The impact of corporate governance on the timeliness of corporate internet reporting by Egyptian listed companies Amr Ezat and Ahmed El-Masry Plymouth Business School‚ Plymouth‚ UK Abstract Purpose – This study seeks to examine the key factors that affect the timeliness of corporate internet reporting (CIR) by the Egyptian listed corporations on the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use firm characteristics and corporate governance variables to investigate
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Employment-at-Will Doctrine John Simpson Professor Steve Harris Law‚ Ethics and Corporate Governance November 6‚ 2014 1. Summarize the employment-at-will doctrine discussed in the text and then evaluate three (3) of the six (6) scenarios described by determining: a. Whether you can legally fire the employee; include an assessment of any pertinent exceptions to the employment-at-will doctrine. b. The primary action(s) that you should take to limit liability and impact on operations; specify
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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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BUSINESS ETHICS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Assignment on RELEVANCE AND IMPORTANCE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES BY Abhijith Sudesh Gujaran FSB 2013003061 Family-Owned Businesses Family-owned businesses are the spine of many economies around the globe and their sustainability is crucial to global economic growth. Many of the world’s greatest corporations were started and are still run by family lines. In fact‚ some of the largest publicly listed companies are family-owned‚ including
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The Legality of Security Work Name: University: The Legality of Security Work Private security is non-governmental security related protection. It includes private investigation (PI)‚ uniformed security (armed or unarmed)‚ and executive protection‚ private security companies (PSC)‚ security systems and private limited companies. Civil liability‚ which is a factor of private security‚ arises when an offence is both a crime and a tort. Civil actions can be brought against any private security
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CHAPTER 1 Goals and Governance of the Firm Answers to Problem Sets 1. a. real b. executive airplanes c. brand names d. financial e. bonds f. investment g. capital budgeting h. financing 2. c‚ d‚ e‚ and g are real assets. Others are financial. 3. a. Financial assets‚ such as stocks or bank loans‚ are claims held by investors. Corporations sell financial assets to raise the cash to invest in real assets such as plant and equipment. Some
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MURERIWA ON A CALL FOR GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN ZIMBABWE. ADV ISIAH MURERIWA LLB (UP) LLM (UP) (Advocate of the High Court of South Africa) The legal realty is that in Zimbabwe‚ as in many other economies‚ those who own companies (shareholders) are different from those who are involved in the day-to-day operations of the companies (managers and directors). This position thus put the managers and directors in a fiduciary relationship vis-a vis the actual owners of companies and
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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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THE BENEFITS OF SARBANES-OXLEY AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MEASURED AGAINST THE COSTS Salim Motala A research project submitted to the Gordon Institute of Business Science‚ University of Pretoria‚ in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration. 14 November 2007 ABSTRACT The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) is the only legislated corporate governance structure‚ and is aimed at increasing investor confidence in public companies by forcing them
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IMPACT OF INFORMATION TEHNOLOGY ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL REPORTING 1.0 INTRODUCTION The introduction of the computer and advent of the Internet has changed the way we live in the modern world. This spans across every aspect of human life. Modern innovations have led to the description of the age in which we live as “the Information age”. Information technology and management therefore plays a vital role to the extent that timely access to Information could save a life while improper
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