IMPACT OF INFORMATION TEHNOLOGY ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL REPORTING 1.0 INTRODUCTION The introduction of the computer and advent of the Internet has changed the way we live in the modern world. This spans across every aspect of human life. Modern innovations have led to the description of the age in which we live as “the Information age”. Information technology and management therefore plays a vital role to the extent that timely access to Information could save a life while improper
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you noticed that it often appears that the senior directors involved walk away with a clear conscience and they seem to be unaffected by the corporate collapses they have created. They present themselves as glibly unbothered by the chaos around them‚ unconcerned about those who have lost their jobs‚ savings and investments‚ and lacking any regrets about what they have done. Some of these individuals display characteristics of psychopaths‚ and some of them are in fact psychopaths. In the Diagnostic
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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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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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Compensation………………………………………………………………………….6 5. The Board-Management Relationship……………………………………………………….6 6. Board selection……………………………………………………………………………….8 7. Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………...………9 8. References…………………………………………………………………………………...11 CORPORATE GOVERANCE 2 2 Introduction: Do you have Face Book yet? Today Face Book has becoming one part of our lives; almost everyone has their own Facebook and work on it every day. Facebook is the world’s largest social network web site‚ with over
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WHAT IS CORPORATE STRATEGY? Although strategy has different definitions by various authors‚ to understand Corporate Strategy we begin by defining strategy. "Strategy is the direction and scope of an organization over the long-term: which achieves advantage for the organization through its configuration of resources within a challenging environment‚ to meet the needs of markets and to fulfil stakeholder expectations” (Johnson‚ Scholes & Whittington‚ 2008). From the definition given by Johnson
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The key corporate view of finance is to ensure that the shareholders’ wealth is maximized. This at times is not realized because the shareholders‚ who are the owners of the firm‚ do assign duties of control to the managers of the firm. The managers therefore‚ act as agents to their principals (shareholders). The shareholders delegate all the duties to the management and directors of the firms due to a number of reasons for instance; they may be distant from the company location and might be involved
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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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chapter 1 Conceptual and regulatory framework Contents Introduction Examination context Topic List 1 Financial statements 2 Purpose and use of financial statements 3 Bases of accounting 4 The IASB Framework 5 International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation (IASCF) 6 International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 7 Inherent limitations of financial statements 8 Not-for-profit entities Summary and Self-test Technical reference
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A Comparison of Corporate Governance Systems in Four Countries Jüergen Schneider Ernst & Young Deutsche Allgemeine Treuhand AG Siu Y. Chan Hong Kong Baptist University A Comparison of Corporate Governance Systems in Four Countries Jüergen Schneider Ernst & Young Deutsche Allgemeine Treuhand AG‚ Heilbronn branch‚ Germany and Siu Y. Chan* Hong Kong Baptist University‚ Hong Kong * Address of Correspondence: Dr. Siu Y. Chan‚ Department of Accountancy and Law‚ Hong Kong Baptist University
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