Corporate governance: the system and its purpose -- Corporate governance: the link between corporations and society -- Governance and accountability -- The board of directors: role and composition -- Recent U.S. governance reforms --The board's responsibilities -- CEO selection and succession p...

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1. Verfasser:	De Kluyver, Cornelis A. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	[New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) Business Expert Press 2009
Ausgabe:	1st ed
Schriftenreihe:	Corporate governance collection
Schlagworte:	Corporate governance
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Zusammenfassung:	Corporate governance: the system and its purpose -- Corporate governance: the link between corporations and society -- Governance and accountability -- The board of directors: role and composition -- Recent U.S. governance reforms --The board's responsibilities -- CEO selection and succession planning -- Oversight, compliance, and risk management -- The board's role in strategy development -- CEO performance evaluation and executive compensation -- Responding to external pressures and unforeseen events -- Creating a high-performance board -- The future -- Epilogue: the future of corporate governance -- Appendix A: Sarbanes-Oxley and other recent U.S. governance reforms -- Appendix B: red flags in management culture, strategies, and practices -- Appendix C: enterprise risk management: questions for the board This book is a primer on corporate governance--the system that defines the distribution of rights and responsibilities among different participants in the corporation, such as the board, managers, shareholders, and other stakeholders, and spells out the rules and procedures for making decisions on corporate affairs. Corporate governance also deals with how a company's objectives are set and the means of attaining those objectives and monitoring performance. The importance of this subject can hardly be overstated. As recent corporate scandals have shown and the current financial crisis reminds us, the efficacy of corporate decision making and our regulatory systems directly affect our well-being. Sound corporate governance not only pays by producing value for all stakeholders of the firm but also, even more importantly, it is the right thing to do--for investors, other stakeholders, and society at large. In other words, sound corporate governance is also a moral imperative
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-225) and index
Beschreibung:	Online-Ressource (x, 242 p.)
ISBN:	9781606490051 1606490052