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 definite term governing the employment relationship and that the employer does not belong to a collective bargaining
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Title: Corporate Governance and the 2012 Failure of the Hastie Group (ASX) Assignment Topic: An outline of‚ and brief discussion of the importance of‚ the bases or criteria for the review of the organisation’s governance (eg‚ refer to which standards or guiding principles are relevant for the review) and why you need to use them. A brief critical review of the relevance of concepts‚ principles‚ standards or other tools and techniques learnt during this subject‚ in conducting your review A list
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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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Law‚ Ethics and Corporate Governance November 6‚ 2014 1. Summarize the employment-at-will doctrine discussed in the text and then evaluate three (3) of the six (6) scenarios described by determining: a. Whether you can legally fire the employee; include an assessment of any pertinent exceptions to the employment-at-will doctrine. b. The primary action(s) that you should take to limit liability and impact on operations; specify the ethical theory that best supports your decision. The employment-at-will
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The impact of corporate governance on the timeliness of corporate internet reporting by Egyptian listed companies Amr Ezat and Ahmed El-Masry Plymouth Business School‚ Plymouth‚ UK Abstract Purpose – This study seeks to examine the key factors that affect the timeliness of corporate internet reporting (CIR) by the Egyptian listed corporations on the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use firm characteristics and corporate governance variables to investigate
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interest of all stakeholders be implemented‚ especially in quoted companies as the failings of the companies had far reaching consequences. Definition and Principles While there is no definition of corporate governance which is universally accepted‚ it was defined by OECD (2004) Principles of Corporate
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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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The Roles of Corporate Governance in Bank Failures during the Recent Financial Crisis Berger‚ Allen N.1 | Imbierowicz‚ Björn2 | Rauch‚ Christian3 July 2012 Abstract This paper analyzes the roles of corporate governance in bank defaults during the recent financial crisis of 2007-2010. Using a data sample of 249 default and 4‚021 no default US commercial banks‚ we investigate the impact of bank ownership and management structures on the probability of default. The results show that defaults
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THE BENEFITS OF SARBANES-OXLEY AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MEASURED AGAINST THE COSTS Salim Motala A research project submitted to the Gordon Institute of Business Science‚ University of Pretoria‚ in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration. 14 November 2007 ABSTRACT The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) is the only legislated corporate governance structure‚ and is aimed at increasing investor confidence in public companies by forcing them
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CHAPTER 1 Goals and Governance of the Firm Answers to Problem Sets 1. a. real b. executive airplanes c. brand names d. financial e. bonds f. investment g. capital budgeting h. financing 2. c‚ d‚ e‚ and g are real assets. Others are financial. 3. a. Financial assets‚ such as stocks or bank loans‚ are claims held by investors. Corporations sell financial assets to raise the cash to invest in real assets such as plant and equipment. Some
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