controlling shareholders their most important characteristic should be accountability rather than mere independence. JEL Classifications: G32; G34; K22 Keywords: Independent directors, Board of directors, Concentrated ownership, Monitoring, Corporate Law (*)The authors wish to thank, Jesus Alfaro, Magda Bianco, Fernando Gómez Pomar and Assaf Hamdani and seminar audiences at AEDE 2010 and SIDE 2011 for many useful comments. The contents of this paper are the sole responsibility of the authors
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Jocelin Butler Kristinia Coombs Shelby Harman Devony Jones Lesley Kuffour Cara Turley Billy Lott Franklin Wilson MGMT 2209 - 02 Jocelin Butler Kristinia Coombs Shelby Harman Devony Jones Lesley Kuffour Cara Turley Billy Lott Franklin Wilson MGMT 2209 - 02 4/22/2014 4/22/2014 HP Cancels the Board and the Beautiful HP Cancels the Board and the Beautiful No one will make it through life without facing struggles and challenges. These occurrences are what
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CHRISTINA L. LAIG- Corporate Executive Officer II mclaig@nhmfc.gov.ph Tel. # 812-6577, Telefax 892-5146 AIREEN B. OGRIMEN- Corporate Executive Officer I aogrimen@nhmfc.gov.ph Tel. # 812-6577, Telefax 892-5146 Risk Management Department (Functional Structure) PAZ DIVINA A. CABALLERO pdcaballero@nhmfc.gov.ph Officer In-Charge Loc. 390 Public Assistance & Information Office ICONN MEL D. CAYABYAB Officer In-Charge iconncayabyab@gmail.com Tel. # 892-5243 Corporate Planning Division
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D1: Evaluate the influence different stakeholders exert in one organisation Stakeholders are groups or individuals that are affected by the operations of a business and have an interest in the objectives of the business. Every stakeholder holds a different opinion and therefore tries to influence the business in the most beneficial way to themselves and their aims; however stakeholder conflict may arise when the aims and objectives of some stakeholder groups compromise the aims and objectives
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Accounting fraud is something that seemed to spark roughly in the 2000s. A few examples of accounting fraud would be Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom. In 2002 the US congress passed an act called The Sabranes-Oxley Act. This act was passed to protect a company’s investors from the possibility of fraudulent accounting activities by corporations. There are two basic portions of the act, Section 302 and 404. Section 302 basically states that senior managers have to certify the accuracy of the accounts
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credibility of Islamic finance operations. Bank Negara Malaysia (the Bank) places great importance in ensuring that the overall Islamic financial system operates in accordance with Shariah principles. This is to be achieved through the two-tier Shariah governance infrastructure comprising two (2) vital components, which are a centralised Shariah advisory body at the Bank and an internal Shariah Committee formed in each respective Islamic financial institution (IFI). The Shariah Advisory Council of Bank
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Oxley Act Article Review Corporate fraud and mismanagement scandals in publically held companies, along with the public outcry for stricter regulations and accountability in early 2000 led to the passing of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX Act) of 2002. The primary purpose of the SOX Act is to overhaul the structure of corporate governance regulatory structure and impose stricter regulation and controls on the auditing, financial reporting and internal corporate governance procedures of corporations
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Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, UK 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803, USA First edition 2009 Copyright © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s
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REVISION 1 September 23, 2014 Board Meeting Agenda and Notice Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. Board Room or the Ada L. Williams Auditorium 3700 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 75204 The Board shall govern and oversee the management of the public schools of the District. Education Code 11.151(b) Vision: Dallas ISD seeks to be a premier urban school district Mission: Educating All Students for Success Accomplishments • The Dallas Independent School District is home to two of the top 10
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4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 3. INTRODUCTION: 6 4. CONTEXT OF THE COMPANY: 7 5. WHAT IS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: 8 6. THE PURPOSE AND BENEFIT OF GOOD GOVERNANCE: 8 7. GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF GOOD GOVERANCE: 9 8. REVIEW OF REPUBLIC BANK LIMITED’S CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: 9 8.1 Organisation Structure: 10 8.2 Republic Bank Limited’s Core Values: 11 8.3 Republic Bank Limited’s Code of Conduct and Ethics: 12 8.4 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Republic Bank Limited: 12 8.5 Policies and Procedures
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