Chapter 1 Introduction Corporate governance (CG) is an important effort to ensure accountability and responsibility and is a set of principles‚ which should be incorporated into every part of the organization. The need for corporate governance arises from the potential conflicts of interest among stakeholders in the corporate structure. These conflicts of interest often arise from two main reasons. First‚ different stakeholders have different goals and preferences. Second‚ the stakeholders
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Achem Pte Ltd (Achem) was in the business of trading in industrial chemicals. The company was founded by Heng and Tan. Both were directors and shareholders of the company. Other than Heng and Tan‚ the other shareholders include Heng’s and Tan’s relatives and some of these relatives were also employees of Achem. Employee turnover was low and every employee was treated as part of one big family. After several years‚ Tan decided to sell his 55% stake in Achem to Union Pte Ltd (Union) because he
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The boards of directors are responsible for the governance of their companies so there has to be transparency in company reporting. Transparency is key aspect of corporate governance because of implementing corporate governance this will allow stakeholders and shareholders to review and evaluate performance of management and the company this ensures that the board of directors and the executive directors of corporations act in the best interest of shareholders and the corporations. It is implemented
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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 in their
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Unit 5 Paper- The Waterbee Toy Company Analysis Waterbee Toy Company began designing and manufacturing wooden water toys in 1906. By the late 1990 ’s Waterbee had evolved its wooden toy business into other categories such as action figures‚ musical instruments and even electronics. Waterbee had recently seen sales grow very quickly but staffing levels had actually decreased by nearly 50%. This meant employees were spending more and more time in the office. With the advent of the internet and the
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criticized for improving their firm’s bottom line at any moral or social cost. Ethics essentially “refers to the issues of right‚ wrong‚ fairness and justice.” Clearly‚ examples such as Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and even Conrad Black tested society’s views on sound ethical business and the link to what society sees as “good” governance practices. Although the controversies involve issues matched in variety only by the types of companies‚ they all virtually involve some form of abuse of stakeholders trust. These
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Good corporate governance helps to ensure 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. Stakeholders typically include investors‚ managers and employees‚ customers‚ suppliers and other business partners‚ and local communities. Corporate
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"Summarazation of Code of Corporate Governance of Bangladesh" Introduction Since the early 1990s‚ Corporate Governance has been receiving increasing attention from regulatory bodies and practitioners worldwide. Corporate sectors are still in its initial stage; nevertheless awareness of the importance of CG is growing. Bangladesh’s small size and lack of natural resources have necessitated an open trade policy. Bangladesh also has a liberal policy towards foreign direct investment (FDI). However
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Understanding of Professional Ethics Professional ethics concerns the moral issues that arise because of the specialist knowledge that professionals attain‚ and how the use of this knowledge should be governed when providing a service to the public. Conducting oneself in an ethical manner is an essential part of being a professional. The concept of Professional Ethics is partly comprised of what a professional should or should not do in the work place. It also encompasses a much greater part of
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Like most business professions‚ there has to be a strong sense of ethics and responsibility. Especially professions like law or public accounting. They must have strong standards of integrity. In public accounting‚ people rely heavily on the information being provided on companies. Any mistakes or intentional cover up will have high costs to the economy and dire consequences. Even though there are laws and standards that regulate auditing‚ it does not completely stop or prevent firms from doing
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