in Private and Public Sector Governance Anona Armstronga‚ Xinting Jiab and Vicky Totikidisc Centre for International Corporate Governance Research‚ Victoria University‚ PO Box 14428‚ Melbourne‚ VIC 8001‚ Australia a bc Private sector governance‚ i.e. governance in major listed companies‚ has caught much public attention in recent years due to the collapses of major corporations around the world. The result has been a plethora of standards for corporate governance in public and private companies
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Corporate Governance‚ Internal Control and the Role of Internal Auditors – A Survey of Chinese Managers Author details: Dr. Jane J. Zhang School of Accounting‚ Economics and Statistics Edinburgh Napier University Business School Craiglockhart Campus Edinburgh EH11 1DJ‚ UK Tel: 00-44-131-4554448 Fax: 00-44-131-4554460 Email: ja.zhang@napier.ac.uk -1- Corporate Governance‚ Internal Control and the Role of Internal Auditors – A Survey of Chinese Managers Abstract This study investigates
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Corporate Governance has many definitions that academic and business professionals defined. However‚ in simple words‚ we can understand that governance is a set of processes‚ customs‚ policies and laws that control the corporation. Corporate governance is the most important key in business nowadays‚ mainly after financial crisis. The financial crisis pointed out many corporate governance failures. According to the organization for economic co-operation and development (OECD)‚ they reported that
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Audit & Assurance Corporate Governance Malik Kashif Awan 3 Audit & Assurance 5 THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Overview of the concept The regulatory environment and corporate governance Corporate governance codes Auditors’ communication with those charged with governance Audit committees Internal control and risk management Malik Kashif Awan 4 Audit & Assurance 5.1 Corporate Governance Corporate governance is the system by which
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388 Corporate Governance: An International Review‚ 2009‚ 17(3): 388–404 Convergence of Corporate Governance: Critical Review and Future Directions Toru Yoshikawa* and Abdul A. Rasheed ABSTRACT Manuscript Type: Review Research Question/Issue: Convergence in corporate governance across countries has been a subject of interest and controversy in a variety of disciplines. We attempt to address a number of related research questions: (1) what constitutes convergence? (2) what are the drivers that
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Corporate governance refers to the system by which corporations are directed and controlled. The governance structure specifies the distribution of rights and responsibilities among different participants in the corporation (such as the board of directors‚ managers‚ shareholders‚ creditors‚ auditors‚ regulators‚ and other stakeholders) and specifies the rules and procedures for making decisions in corporate affairs. Governance provides the structure through which corporations set and pursue their
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January 2007 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN MALAYSIA: THE EFFECT OF CORPORATE REFORMS AND STATE BUSINESS RELATION IN MALAYSIA Nor Azizah Zainal Abidin 1 and Halimah @ Nasibah Ahmad2 1 Faculty of Public Management and Law‚ 2 Faculty of Accountancy Universiti Utara Malaysia‚ 06010 Sintok‚ Kedah‚ Malaysia ABSTRACT The Asian Financial Crisis in 1997 not only introduced the term of corporate governance but also drew attention of the public about the weaknesses of Malaysian corporate governance practice
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THE BUSINESS VALUE OF GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Companies that take a strategic approach to the challenge of complying with tough new corporate governance requirements can create opportunities to strengthen their internal processes and enhance their business. This article is one in a series from Microsoft Office System that explores issues and perspectives facing finance executives. Making Sense of the Global Regulatory Patchwork Even For the global economic system to function as it should‚ investors
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interests 1 The role of stakeholders Good corporate governance helps… to ensure Good that corporations take into account the interests of a wide range of constituencies‚ as well as of the communities within which they operate‚ and that their boards are accountable to the company and the shareholders. This‚ in turn‚ helps to assure that corporations operate for the benefit of society as a whole. -Preface‚ OECD Principles of Corporate Governance (1999) -Preface‚ OECD (1999) (OECD quote
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Business Horizons (2008) 51‚ 535—540 www.elsevier.com/locate/bushor EXECUTIVE DIGEST Corporate social responsibility‚ corporate governance‚ and financial performance: Lessons from finance Robert Neal‚ Philip L. Cochran * Kelley School of Business‚ Indiana University‚ 801 West Michigan Street‚ Indianapolis‚ IN 46202-5151‚ U.S.A. 1. Just how influential is corporate social responsibility? What can management and‚ in particular‚ business ethics learn from recent research in finance? One of the problems
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