I invited Kenneth Kendrick, who has experience of whistle-blowing, for his views on how companies should communicate their openness to such reporting on their corporate websites. Kenneth is looking for work at the moment: he’s open to various types of work, but is looking for quality assurance or advocacy work. If you can help, you can contact him by email.
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Corporate governance affects all of us – yes, even those who don’t hold stock in any companies – because the way that businesses are run matters, as we’ve all learnt over the last few years.
Paul Nixon (CEO) recently interviewed Mark Hynes from Transparency Matters, to find out what he thought about how companies communicate their corporate governance and risk management – and how it could be improved. Mark is known to be expert … Read the rest
It’s hard to know where the boundary of investor relations activities ends and that of corporate governance starts up. Many of the things each area is concerned with tend to overlap. It is the investors (shareholders) who vote upon management that runs the company and major decisions such as mergers and changes to a company’s charter documents. If for no other reason than good public relations, corporations wish to appear to be sensitive and responsive … Read the rest
On Sept. 23, 2010 the NYSE Euronext (NYX) released the final report (PDF) of the NYSE–sponsored Commission on Corporate Governance.
One of the ten key items is –
Good corporate governance should be integrated with the company’s business strategy and not viewed as simply a compliance obligation. [Almost a year earlier our post The Board's Role In Corporate Strategy suggested a more active Board role in Business Strategy.]
The Commission believes that sound corporate governance Read more
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During my online journeys I’ve visited some interesting Corporate Governance sites. I found that too often I make quick judgments and that I need to take more time to assess the attributes of a visited site.
This was put in play when I observed the Corporate Governance page of Li & Fung Ltd an export trading company that manages supply chains. My immediate reaction was somewhat negative since the design wasn’t glitzy –
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