This week we want to address what regulatory compliance means and the role of IT in maintaining corporate compliance and what can happen to organizations and their senior management if they ignore compliance mandates. To start with we need to explain what regulatory compliance means. "Regulatory compliance is an organization’s adherence to laws‚ regulations‚ guidelines and specifications relevant to its business. Violations of regulatory compliance regulations often result in legal punishment‚ including
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Urban Governance for sustainable development 1 URBAN GOVERNANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Dr. Alka Bharat‚ Professor‚ Dept. of Architecture & Planning‚ M.A.N.I.T.‚ Bhopal – 462007‚ India. E-mail: alka_bharat@yahoo.com Ms. Chandan Chawla‚ Architect / Urban Planner.E mail: ccassociates@rediffmail.com INTRODUCTION The importance of sustainability in the urban setting cannot be over emphasized‚ as it concerns the very survival of a city. Healthy cities contribute to a healthy nation. Clean
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The Independent Commission for Good Governance in Public Services‚ chaired by Sir Alan Langlands‚ worked throughout 2004. Through two rounds of consultation‚ the Commission drew on the views of a wide range of people with experience of governance‚ and of service users and citizens‚ to produce the Good Governance Standard for Public Services. The Standard presents six principles of good governance that are common to all public service organisations and are intended to help all those with an
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Introduction 2- Participatory Governance 2-1 Participation 2-2 Cornwall’s Definition of Participation Governance 2-3 Participatory Governance in Fragile Settings 3- The Case Study: Bangladesh 4- Conclusion 5- References Chapter1: Introduction Many developing countries have adopted poverty reduction strategies‚ but the mixed results of conventional poverty reduction strategies are disappointing. Research carried out by Merilee S. Grindle on Good Enough Governance suggests that lack of progress
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What is ICT Governance ICT Governance is the term that describes the general processing and communication of information through technology. In the case of the current study‚ it includes a number of technologies‚ such as mobile technology; email; two-way instant messaging; chat rooms; blogs; personal web pages; online shopping rating systems; download of images‚ audio‚ and video; and video games. ICT governance provides the framework for controlling and managing the use of ICTS in the organization
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what is meant by the term ‘clinical governance’ AND discuss the implications and impact of clinical governance on practicing pharmacists and pharmacy services. Throughout the world‚ societies are striving to determine how best to organise their health systems and deliver services. Increasingly‚ there is recognition that the development and evaluation of new therapies and diagnostic tools is only part of the answer to better health care(1). Clinical governance first began to appear in the NHS vocabulary
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rights and freedom of expression. Therefore‚ internet needs reasonable governance. What is internet governance? "The development and application by governments‚ the private sector and civil society‚ in their respective roles‚ of shared principles‚ norms‚ rules‚ decision-making procedures‚ and programmes that shape the evolution and use of the Internet."(UN Working Group on Internet Governance‚ 2005) Meanwhile‚ Internet governance is a ’network of networks’‚ involving many types of actor and a high
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BUSM3199 Ethics & Governance Introduction to ethics and governance Questions for tutorial 1 I. Questions a) What are the differences between immoral and amoral management (Carroll‚ 2001)? b) What are the differences between intentional and unintentional amoral management (Carroll‚ 2001)? c) How should an organisation deal with an activity that is legal but unethical? d) Why is plagiarism an ethical issue? II. Case study: The not-so-great Gatsby The hourly employees at Appleberg Electric
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1 Back ground Information Good governance is now accepted as vital to achieving the Millennium Development Goals and as a pre-condition for sustainable economic growth. Ensuring better governance of corporations‚ financial institutions and markets is increasingly recognized for developing countries despite of the limited number of firms there with widely traded shares. For developing countries‚ significant benefits can be linked to higher corporate governance standards in the private sector. These
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“Do Current Corporate Governance Practices Help Protect Investors’ Interests in Canada?” In the year 1720‚ the British parliament passed the Bubble Act. The act was passed to improve corporate governance and provide investor the protection from the companies making extravagant rumours to inflate stock prices. Over the years‚ many laws have been framed worldwide for protecting the shareholders from manipulations by management. The year 2002 witnessed very big corporate scandals such
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