Running Head: Whistleblowing and Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblowing and Sarbanes-Oxley Gary Noguera Strayer University LEG-500 Law, Ethics, & Corporate Governance January 25, 2015 Whistleblowing and Sarbanes-Oxley A whistleblower is someone that exposes misconduct or any illegal behavior within an organization or business. These individuals are known to be infamous for their actions. A whistleblower discloses
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Management Corporate Governance www.iibmindia.in Chapter 1 Corporate Governance Corporate governance refers to the system by which corporations are directed and controlled. The governance structure specifies the distribution of rights and responsibilities among different participants in the corporation (such as the board of directors, managers, shareholders, crors, auditors, regulators, and other stakeholders) and specifies the rules and procedures for making decisions in corporate affairs
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The Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 66, no. 3, pp. 353–366 doi:10.1111/j.1467-8500.2007.00545.x RESEARCH AND EVALUATION From New Public Management to Public Value: Paradigmatic Change and Managerial Implications Janine O’Flynn The Australian National University Both practitioners and scholars are increasingly interested in the idea of public value as a way of understanding government activity, informing policy-making and constructing service delivery. In part this represents
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Congo Tanja A. Börzel/Jana Hönke SFB-Governance Working Paper Series 25 • October 2011 DFG Sonderforschungsbereich 700 Governance in Räumen begrenzter Staatlichkeit - Neue Formen des Regierens? DFG Research Center (SFB) 700 Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood - New Modes of Governance? SFB-Governance Working Paper Series Edited by the Research Center (SFB) 700 „Governance In Areas of Limited Statehood - New Modes of Governance?“ The SFB-Governance Working Paper Series serves to disseminate
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public and non-public SMEs’ corporate governance strategies in Turkey Gülsevim Yumuk Günaya , Sudi Apakb, a c a Trakya University, 22030, Turkey Beykent University, Istanbul, 34396, Turkey Abstract Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are very important for economic development. If proper corporate governance strategies are implemented by SMEs, their growth opportunities are expected to increase. In order to understand the impact of proper corporate governance strategies of SMEs, public
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(2001) 139 –156 A study of the relationship between corporate governance structures and the extent of voluntary disclosure Simon S.M. Ho*, Kar Shun Wong School of Accountancy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong Abstract The primary objective of this study is to test a theoretical framework relating four major corporate governance attributes with the extent of voluntary disclosure provided by listed firms in Hong Kong. These corporate governance attributes are the
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CASE STUDY 8.1 PG 287 Disclosure of environmental liability By Lindene Patton C.I.H, Senior Vice President and Counsel, Zurich Around the world, companies are being required to meet higher levels of disclosure of environmental liability … in the United States, for example, the US Financial Accounting Standard Boards (FASB) issued provisions in 2002 for accounting for environmental liabilities on assets being retired from service. The provision for accounting for assets retirement obligations
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REPORT Corporate Social Responsibility: Innovation and Business Skills Australia March 2011 Better business through innovation... Acknowledgements IBSA wishes to acknowledge the work of the project team who have prepared this report. CSR Sydney www.csrsydney.com David Morrissey Franziska Kleedehn Sustainability Learning Institute Bruce McKenzie Cheryl Hardie Ian Hardie Andrew McKenzie Damian Collins www.sustainabilitylearning.com.au IBSA is grateful to the large number
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The Australian Financial System in the 2000s: Dodging the Bullet Kevin Davis* Abstract The global financial crisis (GFC) occupied only a quarter of the decade of the 2000s but, because of its severity and implications for future financial sector development, dominates the decade. The Australian financial system coped relatively well with the GFC, raising the question of whether there was something special about its structure and prior evolution which explains that experience. This paper reviews
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Strategic Management Name Course Tutor Date Executive Summary These have been unstable times for the Australian airline industry. It has been faced with a marked decline in global tourism after the September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. Recently, there has been traffic loss which is attributed to the war in Iraq and severs acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) occurrences in parts of Canada and Asia. In addition, to this mayhem the industry has gone through main structural
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