Articles on Corporate Governance

• Corporate Governance – An Overview

  Corporate Governance as a practice has been gaining importance ever since the economic turmoil caused by the bursting of the...

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• What is a Corporation: Evolution, Features and Purpose

  The corporation has been defined in many ways as interpreted by individuals; however lawyers and economists call it a nexus...

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• What is Good Corporate Governance ?

  Corporate Governance is the art of directing and controlling the organization by balancing the needs of the various stakeholders. This...

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• The Role of the Government: Legislation and Regulation

  The often discussed and much criticized role of the government in regulating the corporate has gained all the more importance...

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• The Morality and Accountability of Corporate Decisions

  In our previous discussion we have come across the fact that it is hard to establish the accountability and responsibility...

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• The Significance and Impact of Corporate Behavior

  The corporate behavior tends to have a direct or sometimes an indirect impact on the economic state of the countries...

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• Factors Directing Corporate Behavior

  The business landscape of the 21st century is littered with companies that have failed to keep abreast of the changing...

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• Corporate Governance and Financial Crisis

  The ongoing financial crisis has proved that Corporate America and the Corporates in other countries around the world have exhibited...

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• Broadening the Corporate Governance Agenda: The Corporate Social Responsibility

  In recent years, there has been an increasing emphasis on governing corporations according to social and environmental norms and ensuring...

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• The Role of Institutional Investors in Promoting Good Corporate Governance

  We have discussed how corporate governance and the practice of ethical and normative business practices are essential for companies to...

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• Need for a Uniform International Corporate Governance Code

  With the globalization of the world economy starting in the 1970s, continuing through the 1980s and accelerating since the 1990s...

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• The Role of the Independent Directors

  With the explosion of scandals pertaining to corporates due to mismanagement and fraud in recent years, the regulators all over...

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• Introduction to the Concept of Board of Directors

  Any public limited or private company needs to have a board of directors constituted for the purpose of oversight and...

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• The Role and Duties of the Board of Directors

  Any public limited or a private company needs to have a board of directors which would ratify the management decisions...

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• The Relationship between the Board of Directors and the Management

  The relationship between the board of directors and the management cannot be described as just being that of a relationship...

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• Corporate Governance and Expectations from the Management

  The field of corporate governance exists in a symbiotic relationship between the management and the board of directors. It is...

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• The Responsibilities of the Shareholders

  Any public limited or private limited company has shareholders who contribute capital towards the setting up and running of the...

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• Various Forms of Shareholders Ownership

  The previous articles discussed how shareholders play an important role in promoting good corporate governance. This article looks at the...

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• A Comparison between Shareholder Ownership and Control

  In previous articles, we discussed the roles and responsibilities of the shareholders. In this article, we look at the distinction...

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• Should Long Term Shareholders Have Double Voting Rights ?

  The long term success of a company depends on the decisions made by its management. The appointment of management is...

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• Book Building Process – How Are Prices of Shares Decided in an IPO ?

  Companies all over the world use either fixed pricing or book building as a mechanism to price their shares. Over...

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• Corporate Governance in the West and the Rest of the World

  The previous articles discussed how good corporate governance is imperative to the existence of a structured and functioning economy. In...

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• What is Auditing, Its Types, Purposes, and Some Current Issues

  What is Auditing? Auditing is the process of assessment and ascertaining of financial, operational, and strategic goals and processes in...

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• Need for Auditors, Certifiers, and Consultants to be Ethical and Manage Conflicts of Interest

  How Corporates and Auditors, Certifiers, and Consultants Partner with Each Other In the corporate world, companies have relationships with a...

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• Should Asian Firms Adopt American Corporate Governance Frameworks ?

  Need for Global Governance Frameworks The key aspect to note about how global corporate governance has evolved to the point...

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• Effective Corporate Governance Has to be Practiced at all Levels of the Organization

  Some Recent Scandals Involving Corporate Governance The recent months have seen a spate of scandals involving corporates pertaining to corporate...

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• Why Corporate Governance Must Change with the Times

  Corporate Governance under Fire It would be an understatement to say that corporate governance in recent years has been in...

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• How Generational Differences can explain the Corporate Governance Issues in Infosys

  The Genesis and the Root Cause of the Problems Faced by Infosys In 2019, the venerable IT (Information Technology) firm...

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• Importance of Whistleblowers in Contemporary Times and How to Deal with Them

  Whistleblowers and Whistle Blowing in Contemporary Times We often hear the terms, whistleblowers, and the practice of whistleblowing mentioned in...

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• Making Corporations Accountable for their Actions by Voluntary and Involuntary Means

  Why Corporations Must be Made Accountable for Their Actions Throughout the history of the modern corporations, there have been cases...

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• How Contemporary Corporate Philanthropy Works and Its Impact on Societies

  The Why and How of Corporate Philanthropy Corporate and business leaders often have humanitarian urges and instincts to help society...

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• How to End the Culture of Business As Usual After Instances of Corporate Scandals

  The Worrying Decline of Corporate Governance Standards Worldwide Of late, there has been a worrying decline in corporate governance standards...

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• Corporate Reputation Management in the Post Truth Era and the Age of Fake News

  What is Fake News and What is Post Truth We live in times that have been called the Era of...

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• The Wirecard and Infosys Scandals are a Lesson on How NOT to Treat Whistleblowers

  What is the Wirecard Scandal all about and Why it is a Wakeup Call for Whistleblowers Anyone who has been...

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