Corporate governance : practical guidance on accountability requirements /

Helps you conform to the demands of the law; control business risks; structure the delegation of authority; develop social responsibility programmes; and adopt codes of ethics. This report is an analysis of the practical application of Corporate Governance. It guides the reader through various aspec...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Martin, David M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Thorogood, ©2006.
Colección:Specially commissioned report.
Throgood professional insights.
Temas:
Corporate governance.
Gouvernement d'entreprise.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Workplace Culture.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Corporate Governance.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Leadership.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Organizational Development.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Corporate scandals
  • Putting morality into capitalism
  • 'corporate governance'
  • Across the Atlantic
  • Social responsibility
  • 1 CADBURY, GREENBURY AND HAMPEL
  • A. The Cadbury Code of best practice
  • B. The Greenbury committee report
  • C. The Hampel Committee
  • 2 HIGGS, SMITH AND THE 'PARTICIPANTS' ROLES
  • A. The Higgs and Smith Committees
  • B. The participants' roles
  • Evaluation
  • 3 TURNBULL AND RISK
  • The recommendations
  • Risk management
  • Disaster recovery in action
  • Preparation
  • Safety and the Board
  • An increasing legal obligation
  • 4 THE COMBINED CODE
  • Combined Code of Corporate Governance
  • The detailed requirements
  • Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)
  • The EU Good Governance Code
  • International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)
  • 5 REPORTING OUR RESPONSIBILITIES
  • A. The operating and financial (or 'business') review
  • Publication
  • Complexity of reporting
  • B. Human Capital Management
  • C. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
  • Using society's resources
  • Employee appeal
  • Adverse publicity
  • The sexual revolution
  • Stakeholders
  • The pertinent questions
  • 6 THE EMPLOYEE INTERFACE
  • Legal requirements
  • Employees' financial involvement
  • Works Councils
  • Information/Consultation Forums
  • The administration
  • Elected representatives
  • Reporting financial results
  • Employee reports
  • The future
  • 7 ETHICS, FRAUD AND WHISTLEBLOWING
  • A. Codes of Ethics
  • B. Fraud
  • C. Whistleblowing
  • Course of action
  • Legal actions
  • APPENDICES
  • 1 Directors' familiarisation
  • Legal obligations
  • Finance
  • Board work
  • Morality
  • Accountability
  • Employees
  • 2 Draft rules and constitution for a Pre-existing agreement for an Information and Consultation Forum (ICF)
  • A. Background
  • B. Constitution
  • 3 Draft non-executive directors combined contract for service
  • 4 A gift policy
  • 5 Corporate Social Responsibility/Risk Management checklist
  • A. Items the Annual Report could address
  • B. Additional questions for investment trusts
  • C. Further reference
  • 6 Directors assessment
  • 7 Security policy
  • Last Page.

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