OECD Principles of Corporate Governance Since they were issued in 1999‚ the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance have gained worldwide recognition as an international benchmark for good corporate governance. They are actively used by governments‚ regulators‚ investors‚ corporations and stakeholders in both OECD and non-OECD countries and have been adopted by the Financial Stability Forum as one of the Twelve Key Standards for Sound Financial Systems. The Principles are intended to assist in the
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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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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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McBride Transparency in Corporate Governance MMPBL/570 May 7‚ 2012 Thomas Kershaw McBride: Transparency In Corporate Governance Many recent corporate governance scandals have caused government to implement a number or regulatory modifications. One factor in relation to these changes is improved disclosure requirements. An example‚ Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)‚ created because of Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and additional public governance malfunctions‚ with detailed reporting of off-balance sheet financing
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issue of corporation governance has long been a heated topic among business communities‚ especially the relationship between the level of CEO’s compensation and firms’ performance. Before the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation (SOX thereafter)‚ which regulates the unethical wrongdoings‚ CEOs enjoyed unreasonable high remuneration despite of their mediocre performance. The overall focus of this report is to identify the relationship between CEO’s compensation and performance of the company‚ and
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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 disclosure decreases firm value. Holding all else equal
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To answer this‚ a review of the company`s board structure and ownership structure was made. Thereafter two specific situations that has occurred in recent times was used as case examples to enlighten the agency problems suggested to emerge by the corporate structure. Ownership Structure Whinston and Segal defines ownership as a set of rights and obligations concerning assets (Thomsen and Conyon‚ 2012‚ p. 122). The ownership structure‚ naturally‚ highly affects the actions of the company. Hershey
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000 $1‚500‚000 Internal Rate of Return 25.0% 12.0% 20.0% The firm uses a discount rate of 15% to evaluate its investment projects. What should the firm do‚ and why? (5 marks) b) Firm ABC is considering investing in a new project due to the expected increase in sales next year. ABC has the following two mutually exclusive projects. The annual discount rate used for the projects is 12%. Which machine should the firm choose at this discount rate‚ and why? End of Year Project A Project
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