that the extent of corporate disclosure is negatively associated with a higher management of ownership structure and the extent of corporate voluntary disclosures is positively related with a higher institutional ownership structure. But findings also show that the negative relationship is weaker if the firm has a higher proportion of independent non- executive directors. Introduction Ownership Structure is a mechanism that aligns the interest of Shareholders and Managers. Corporate governace is the
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Executive Summary Cardinal Health is a Fortune 22 company known as the business behind healthcare in America. Cardinal Health helps pharmacies, hospitals and ambulatory care sites focus on patient care while reducing costs, improving efficiency and quality, and increasing profitability. Cardinal Health was founded in 1971 by Robert D. Walter, who initially opened a small distribution center in Columbus, Ohio. In less than ten years, the then-named Cardinal Foods became a prominent regional food
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Corporate governance and Auditing Introduction Corporate governance is a method that the proprietors and financial providers of a business exercises power and necessitate accountability for the assets that is trusted to the business. The proprietors choose a board of directors to be responsible for overseeing the business’s actions and accountability to interested parties. Many parties have a stake in the quality of an organization’s corporate governance. In this assignment, I will discuss two
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The Transformation Continues QANTAS SUSTAINABILITY REVIEW 2013 This page has been intentionally left blank TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction Governance − − − − Corporate Governance Business Resilience Group Security Group Risk and Audit 2 4 4 9 10 11 13 15 19 22 31 38 45 49 56 57 Stakeholder Engagement Financial Safety and Health Customer People Environment Procurement Community Measures Glossary The Group Strategy, supported by environment
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------------------------------------------------- Corporate governance literature review Prepared by: Zainab Ashfaq (4525819) Unit Code: BGP8022 CEO DUALITY-THE COMBINATION OF CHAIRMAN AND CEO ROLES A literature review of different theories and empirical research about CEO Duality. INTRODUCTION Recent financial scandals like Enron, Mobily and WorldCom arise a demand for a better monitoring and controlling structure within the organizations. Conflict
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Corporate Governance Issues- Pre and Post financial Crisis By Unnikrishnan. P -ID No. 4317257 Session: Spring Year: 2013 Word Count: 1768
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COMPANY PROFILE Dell Inc. REFERENCE CODE: 8E2C53C7-29AC-4848-9511-9B752758E3B4 PUBLICATION DATE: 24 Sep 2012 www.marketline.com COPYRIGHT MARKETLINE. THIS CONTENT IS A LICENSED PRODUCT AND IS NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED OR DISTRIBUTED. Dell Inc. TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Company Overview..............................................................................................3 Key Facts.......................................................................................
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RECOMMENDATIONS Membership of audit committee According to the Malaysian Code of Corporate Governance, to ensure that no one individual group dominates the board’s decision making, there should be an equal number of executive and non-executive directors (inclusive of independent non-executive directors) in the Board of Directors. However, based on the hierarchy of the Board of Directors in Flat Cargo Berhad, there are more executive directors than non-executive directors. It is unhealthy
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............................................................. 11 2 1344493 1. Introduction Corporate Governance has become a fundamental problem for each corporation recently. The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers – the fourth largest investment bank in US and the largest bankruptcy in US history has started the US financial crisis and spread all over the world. Since then, the corporate governance failures have exposed massively and Barclays is one of the obvious examples with Libor manipulation
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China’s corporate dragon: Kelon and its old and new owners Guy S. Liu and Pei Sun INTRODUCTION The collapse of corporate empires in contemporary capitalist economies tends to be no less dramatic than the vicissitudes of political empires in history. While the political ones often slipped into a less than envious position through a gradual process, in which the decline could be discerned widely by both outside political observers and ordinary people, the sudden collapse of corporate dinosaurs
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