implement their strategy e.g. to reduce carbon emission. The company UBS is seriously active in corporate responsibility (CR) for some time. However‚ according to environmental specialists and senior executives at UBS‚ UBS lagged behind its competitors concerning their public commitment to help mitigate global warning. The working group suggested the adoption of a more progressive policy. Policy options range from stabilizing UBS’ current carbon emission‚ which means no CO2 reduction‚ to carbon neutrality
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High Court Ruling Only Tweaks Sarbanes-Oxley Act Article Review Calvin Fritz LAW/421 August 5‚ 2013 Instructor Nadia Bishop High Court Ruling Only Tweaks Sarbanes-Oxley Act Article Review The Supreme Court made a ruling in Free Enterprise Fund vs. PCAOB saying that Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) will remain “fully operative as law” with the exception that The Securities and Exchange Commission will be able to remove at will members of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Previously they
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Corporate governance broadly refers to the mechanisms‚ processes and relations by which corporations are controlled and directed.[1] Governance structures identify the distribution of rights and responsibilities among different participants in the corporation (such as the board of directors‚ managers‚ shareholders‚ creditors‚ auditors‚ regulators‚ and otherstakeholders) and includes the rules and procedures for making decisions in corporate affairs. Corporate governance includes the processes through
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A large number of UBS senior staffs have left the company because they felt unfairly rewarded for their contribution to the company. The unsatisfied feeling has greatly compromised their commitments to the company. I infer that UBS has yet to reduce the high turnover especially of its senior staffs‚ and they have to improve the job satisfaction level of their employees. High turnover might cause company to incur unnecessary cost (Shehan‚ Tom) and it may also cause other problems such as corrosion
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Law‚ Ethics‚ and Corporate Governance – LEG 500 Explain if it matters that a parent literally had nothing to do with a biological child in order for the child to take advantage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for that parent. Under the Family and medical Leave Act (FMLA)‚ a child can take care of their biological parent. This is even true even if that parent literally had nothing to do with the child growing up. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides an
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Valuation & Accounting Global November 2001 Valuation Multiples: A Primer Global Equity Research www.ubswarburg.com/researchweb In addition to the UBS Warburg web site our research products are available over third-party systems provided or serviced by: Bloomberg‚ First Call‚ I/B/E/S‚ IFIS‚ Multex‚ QUICK and Reuters UBS Warburg is a business group of UBS AG Valuation Primer Series Peter Suozzo +852-2971 6121 ■ peter.suozzo@ubsw.com Stephen Cooper +44-20-7568 1962 ■ stephen.cooper@ubsw.com Issue
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Working Title: * The Effects of Regulatory Responses to the Recent Corporate Failures Aim: I. To consider if the responses to the recent corporate failures are yielding the desired results. Background: 1. The development of Bretton Woods and Glass Steagull Agreements were in response to post WWII financial crisis. 2. The Cadbury Report came about as response the financial crisis of the 90s. 3. Following the Cadbury Report was the Greenbury Report which was advanced to curb
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responsibilities. Moreover‚ governance is the board’s legal authority to exercise power and authority over an organization on behalf of the community it serves (BoardSource Staff). It is the job of the board to establish a foundation for the organization at hand and is authorized to make decisions that will affect that organization. Finally‚ there are four types of governance models the board can adhere to including; the traditional model‚ the corporate model‚ the policy governance model‚ and lastly the
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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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ASSIGNMENT # 1: EMPLOYMENT AT WILL DOCTRINE by Mohammed A Khan November 1‚ 2013 LEG 500: Law‚ Ethics and Corporate Governance Prof. Charles E. Wilson Employment at will doctrine is a doctrine of American Law that defines an employment relationship in which either party (employer and employee) can immediately terminate the relationship at any time with or without any advance notice and with no subsequent liability‚ provided there was no express contract for a
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