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Corporate governance /

This book - one in the four-volume set, Global Governance and the Quest for Justice - focuses on the role of corporations in an increasingly globalised world. Against the backcloth of perceived abuse of corporate power - alleged violations of human rights, degradation of the environment, abuse of la...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: MacLeod, Sorcha, Parkinson, J. E. (John E.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart, 2006.
Colección:Global governance and the quest for justice ; v. 2.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Half Title Page; Half Title verso; Title Page; Title verso; Preface; Contents; List of Contributors; 1. Corporate Governance and the Regulation of Business Behaviour; INTRODUCTION; MODEST CSR; REFORMING CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; RADICAL CSR; 2. Corporate Governance and Constitutional Law: A Legal Pluralist Perspective; INTRODUCTION; THE CONSTITUTIONAL RELEVANCE OF THE CORPORATION; CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND LEGAL PLURALISM; A (CRITICAL) LEGAL PLURALIST ANALYSIS OF RIGHTS CONSTITUTIONALISM; CONCLUSION; 3. Enron and the End of Corporate Governance; INTRODUCTION; CONCLUSION.
  • 4. European Integration and Globalisation: The Experience of Financial Reporting RegulationINTRODUCTION; EU FINANCIAL REPORTING POLICY IN A GLOBALISED CONTEXT; THE NEW ACCOUNTING LEGISLATION; THE NEW ACCOUNTING REGIME; COMING BACK TO GLOBALISATION-THE GENERAL IMPLICATIONS; CONCLUSION; 5. Imperialism and Accountability in Corporate Law: The Limitations of Incorporation Law as a Regulatory Mechanism; INTRODUCTION; VARIETIES OF NATIONAL CONTROL; MATCHING THE REGULATION TO THE REGULATED; 6. Creating a Globalised Insolvency Law; INTRODUCTION; THEORETICAL BACKGROUND.
  • THE EC REGULATION 1346 ON CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGSTHE MODEL LAW ON CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCY; OTHER CO-ORDINATION AND HARMONISATION MEASURES; CONCLUSION; 7. Global Transparency; INTRODUCTION; THE ARGUMENT; CONCLUSION; 8. Ecological Modernisation and Environmental Regulation: Corporate Compliance and Accountability; INTRODUCTION; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND EXTERNAL REGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION THROUGH THE LENS OF ECOLOGICAL MODERNISATION; CORPORATE POWER AND THE CHALLENGE FOR NATIONAL REGULATION; CONCLUSION.
  • 9. Legislating for Responsible Corporate Behaviour: Domestic Law Approaches to an International IssueABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; IS SELF-REGULATION THE SOLUTION?; DOMESTIC LAW AND POLICY APPROACHES; WHAT ACTIONS HAVE GOVERNMENTS TAKEN?; CONCLUSIONS; 10. Self-Regulation of Transnational Corporations: Neither Meaningless in Law Nor Voluntary; INTRODUCTION; PUBLIC STATEMENTS AND CONSUMER CONFIDENCE; LIABILITY OF PARENT COMPANIES; CONCLUSION; 11. The IMF and its Relation to Private Banks: Risk Free Banking?; INTRODUCTION; THE FINANCIAL POLICY OF THE IMF.
  • 12. Towards an Acquisition of Human Rights by way of Business PracticesINTRODUCTION; CORPORATIONS AS GLOBAL GOVERNANCE PARTNERS; SETTING THE SCENE FOR CORPORATE VOLUNTARISM: THE IGO INITIATIVES; THE VOLUNTARY CODES OF CONDUCT AND HUMAN RIGHTS NEXUS; CORPORATE VOLUNTARISM: QUO VADIS?; CONCLUSIONS.