importance of corporate governance in organizations With the recent financial crisis‚ companies’ defaults and crushes‚ the importance of corporate governance has risen significantly. Corporate scandals that have impacted companies all over the world have led to the re-examination of the role of corporate governance in their day to day operations. The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD‚ April 1999) defines corporate governance as follows: "Corporate governance is the system
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & RISK MANAGEMENT July 2012 Agenda 1 What is Corporate Governance? 2 What is Risk Management? 3 How do they intersect ? 4 Why is Risk Governance important - What is consequence of failure? 5 What to do (how do we respond?) 5 Discussion 2 1 WHAT IS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE? Corporate Governance • What is Corporate Governance? • There are many definitions. The CBN Code of Corporate Governance defines it as follows: • Corporate governance refers to the processes and
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Costs and Corporate Governance I Introduction Before analysing problems that occur when institutional ownership and control are separated‚ it should be outlined why institutions exist at all. Therefore‚ chapter two examines why organizations occur in economy. Chapter three addresses the agency problem‚ based on this organization. Chapter four addresses the common ways to solve the agency problem and chapter five gives a comparison over the three most important corporate governance systems‚ namely
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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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Discuss the reasons for motivating the increasing interest in corporate governance and the benefits of good corporate governance Corporate governance is defined by the OECD principles as the relationship between management of a company‚ its shareholders‚ its board and other stakeholders. It is a system which is used for the purpose of controlling and directing the companies. Corporate governance is not a new concept but it has got popularity in the last few decades due to various crises such as:
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HILTON WORLDWIDE AND IT’S CORPORATE GOVERANCE Hilton Hotels and Resorts is an international chain of full service hotels and resorts and it’s a flagship brand of Hilton Worldwide. The original company was founded by Conrad Hilton and is now owned by Hilton Worldwide. Hilton hotels are owned‚ managed‚ or franchised to independent operators by Hilton Worldwide. Hilton Hotels became the first coast-to-coast hotel chain of the United States in 1943. As of 2013‚ there are now over 540 Hilton branded
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BUSINESS ETHICS & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OCS AGENDA • Understanding Ethics • Managing Business Ethics • Corporate Social Responsibility • Complexity of Ethical Issues • Ethical Leadership • Evaluation of Corporate Governance • Internal & External Corporate Governance mechanisms • Corporate Governance Ratings OCS Scams OCS Values • Fundamental beliefs • Principles for good‚ right and just • Evaluate something vis-à-vis a Standard • Integrity‚ Patriotism‚ Fairness OCS Morals • Values attributing
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BUSINESS ETHICS & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE BUSINESS ETHICS Distinguishing: • Ethics • Ethics in Business • Business Ethics • Governance • Corporate Governance • Good Corporate Governance In brief: • Ethics: code of conduct for personal behaviour. • Ethics in Business: Applying personal ethics into business. • Business Ethics: Ethics of business‚ what is good & bad‚ right or wrong for business. • Governance: Methods and practices
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Global Transformations: Politics‚ Economics and Culture. Cambridge: Polity. 1-31 R Roulier‚ ¡§Governance Issues and Banking System Soundness¡¨‚ Banking Soundness and Monetary Policy‚ International Monetary Fund (1997) at 450 Justin O¡¦Brien‚ ¡§Governing the Corporation¡¨‚ Publisher Weliy 2005‚ Chapter 2 Stephen S Cohen and Gavin Boyd ¡§Corporate Governance and Corporate Performance¡¨‚ Corporate Governance and Globalisation: Long Range Planning Issues‚ Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (2000) at 59 ¡V 94
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Definitions of corporate governance B. Theories behind corporate governance 1. Agency problem 2. Stewardship theory 3. Resource dependency theory 4. Stakeholder theory 5. Political theory 6. Transaction cost economics 7. Ethical theory C. Principles of corporate governance D. SOX Act‚ E. Enron Scandal‚ Conclusion I. Introduction: The concept of corporate governance in legal and economic terms is equivalent to “the defense of shareholders”. Corporate governance is the response to
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