Corporate Governance and Accounting Conservatism in China* Donglin Xiaa and Song Zhub‚** b School of Economics and Management‚ Tsinghua University‚ China School of Economics and Business Administration‚ Beijing Normal University‚ China a Abstract A principal-agent relationship exists among creditors‚ shareholders and management‚ and information asymmetry among them leads to asymmetric loss functions‚ which induces conservative accounting. This paper investigates the determinants of accounting
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OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Asst. Prof. Loganathan Krishnan Abstract Auditors examine company’s accounts and report to the company on the accounts. Fundamentally‚ the concern is how auditors carry out these duties effectively. Legislations namely Companies Act 1965‚ Securities Industry Act 1983 which has been consolidated as Capital Market and Services Act 2007 have made major inroads to ensure that auditors carry out their duties and obligations effectively. Additionally‚ the Code of Corporate Governance
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Finance Secretary Jesus Estanislao once compared good corporate governance as keeping one’s house in order. Most people want well-run households‚ one that keeps a lid on expenses while keeping things neat and clean and takes care of the various needs of family members. In the business setting‚ a clean house is more attractive to prospective investors. Good corporate governance promotes transparency‚ accountability and responsibility. Corporate governance is not just about ethical conduct or being transparent
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Corporate governance convergence practice in Japan Introduction In recent years‚ there are a number of literatures with regard to the debatable and inevitable convergence in the corporate governance practices (Yoshikawa & Rasheed‚ 2009). In general‚ corporate governance convergence relate to the models of corporate governance‚ in which merge in practices and theoretical views especially at national or multinational level (West‚ 2009). West (2009) also stated that the completely convergence which
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The Role of the External Auditor in Corporate Governance The external auditor has long played an important role in the corporate governance function. However‚ before we begin our analysis on how the external auditor plays this role and its importance‚ we must first examine the responsibilities and duties of such an auditor. Similarly‚ we need to clearly define what corporate governance is before we discuss in detail the role that auditors play in it. 1. Introduction 1.1 The External Auditor External
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Corporate Governance in Banking: A Conceptual Framework Penny Ciancanelli E-mail: p.ciancanelli@strath.ac.uk And Jose Antonio Reyes Gonzalez E-mail: areyes@eh.quik.co.uk Department of Accounting and Finance Strathclyde University Glasgow‚ G4 0LN Tel: (44) (0) 141 548-3896 Fax: (44) (0) 141 548-3547 This paper can be downloaded from the Social Science Research Network Electronic Paper Collection: http://papers.ssrn.com/paper.taf?abstract_id=253714 Paper submitted for presentation at the
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE - ROLE OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS People often question whether corporate boards matter because their day-today impact is difficult to observe. But‚ when things go wrong‚ they can become the center of attention. Certainly this was true of the Enron‚ Worldcom‚ and Parmalat scandals. The directors of Enron and Worldcom‚ in particular‚ were held liable for the fraud that occurred: Enron directors had to pay $168 million to investor plaintiffs‚ of which $13 million was out of pocket
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A. The Implications for corporate governance and financial institutions In Enron’s case‚ we may see that the principle weakness of corporate governance today is the excessive concentration of power in the hands of top management. Enron involve allegations of massive accounting fraud and huge losses in shareholder value. In May 2002‚ the Business Roundtable released its Principles of Corporate Governance. This is a set of principles intended to assist corporate management and boards of directors
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Common themes in Corporate Governance Scandals According to ACCA (2014) “Corporate governance is the system by which companies are directed and controlled”‚ also the corporate governance definition in the ACCA (2014) and Financial Times (2015) are quite different but similar at the same time‚ “How a company is managed‚ in terms of the institutional systems and protocols meant to ensure accountability and sound ethics. The concept encompasses a variety of issues‚ including disclosure of information
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Labor Relations Board. 13. The hostile work environment form of sexual harassment occurs when employment outcomes such as hiring‚ promotion‚ or simply keeping one’s job depend on whether an individual submits to being sexually harassed. 14. Full compliance with federal law is enough to ensure that an organization cannot
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