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Corporate Governance and International Business
Introduction
Governance
Corporate Governance
Governance systems and corporate social responsibility
Relating corporate governance and corporate social responsibility
References
Development of codes of governance and international comparisons
Introduction
Systems of governance
The Anglo Saxon model of governance
The Latin model of governance
The Ottoman model of governance
Developing a framework for corporate governance
Company management
References
The principles of corporate governance
Introduction
The principles of governance
Transparency
Rule of law
Participation
Responsiveness
Equity
Efficiency and Effectiveness
Sustainability
Accountability
Good governance and corporate behaviour
Corporate Governance Principles
Good Governance and Sustainability
References
Stakeholders & the social contract: a broader view of corporate governance
Introduction
The Social Contract
What is a stakeholder?
Multiple stakeholdings
The classification of stakeholders
Stakeholder Theory
Details of Stakeholder Theory
Informational needs
Research findings
Governance and stakeholders
Relating corporate governance and corporate social responsibility
Relating social responsibility with governance: the evidence
Conclusions
References
Issues concerning Sustainability
Introduction
Defining sustainability
The Brundtland Report
Critiquing Brundtland
Sustainability and the Cost of Capital
Redefining sustainability
Distributable sustainability
Summarising Sustainability
ISO 26000
Conclusions
References
Ethics, corporate governance and corporate behavior
Introduction
Defining ethics
Ethical philosophies
Deontological Ethics
Teleological Ethics
Utilitarianism
Ethical Relativism
Ethical Objectivism
Concluding remarks
Corruption
ISO 26000
Culture
The Gaia Theory
Corporate Behaviour
Governance, Ethics and Corporate Behaviour
Corporate Reputation
Conclusion
References
Risk Management and Corporate Governance
Introduction
Attitudes to risk
Risk seeking
Risk averse
Risk neutral
Managing risk
Risk assessment
Risk analysis
Risk management
Risk Management Strategies
Risk avoidance
Risk reduction
Risk protection
Risk managing
Risk transfer
Risk probability profiles
A Typology of risk
Global risk
Environmental risk
Social risk
Cultural risk
Financial risk
Long term/short term risk
Stakeholder/shareholder interests
Technical risk
Risk analysis: the cost of capital
Components of the cost of capital
Systematic risk
Unsystematic risk
The Capital Asset Pricing model
The cost of capital for a business
Summary
References
The Audit function and the role of regulation
Introduction
The role of audit
The Audit Committee
Agency theory and asymmetric power
Agency Theory
Moral hazard
Adverse selection
Conclusions concerning the theory
Rating Agencies
Regulation
The 2008 financial crisis
Failures in regulation
Conclusions
References
Corporate Governance in noncommercial organisations
Introduction
Definitions
The role of NGOs
Inflation and NGOs
Distinguishing features of sector
Types of NFP organisation
Public bodies
Quasi public body
Educational institution
Charity
Motivation for NFPs
Implications for managers
Available resources
Structure of a charity
Ultra vires
Intra vires
Accounting issues
Governance issues in NFPs
Stakeholders
Sustainability
Accountability
Transparency
Disclosure
Conclusions
References
Globalisation and corporate governance
Introduction
Globalisation
Competition
Exchange of Technology
Knowledge/Information transfer
Portfolio investment (Financial fund flows)
Regulation/deregulation and international standards
Market integration
Qualitative Intellectual capital mobility
Financial crisis-contagion effect-global crisis
The concept of global governance
Global perspectives
How Globalisation Affects Governance
Globalisation, Corporate Failures and Corporate Governance
Conclusion
References
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