Articles on Corporate Governance

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...

What is Good Corporate Governance?

Corporate governance is the art of directing and controlling an organisation by balancing the needs of its various stakeholders —...

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...

Factors Directing Corporate Behavior: Profit, Consumers and Regulation

Corporate governance matters more than ever in a business landscape littered with companies that failed to keep pace with changing...

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...

Corporate Governance: The Role of Institutional Investors, Government Regulation & Global Governance Frameworks

Corporate governance has become one of the most important subjects in modern management because it determines how organizations are directed,...

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...

Board of Directors: Role, Duties, and Relationship with Management

Every company — public or private — needs someone to keep the management in check. That is the board of...

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...

A Comparison between Shareholder Ownership and Control

Many public limited companies have a large body of shareholders who invested in and helped set up the company. It’s...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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