Jill Solomon

Corporate Governance and Accountability. Jill Solomon (Revised)

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Corporate Governance and Accountability, 4e providesreaders with an up-to-date summary of the most recent developmentsin corporate governance. Presenting a full discussion ofcorporate governance issues, the book adopts a holisticapproach, taking the broadest view of the corporate governanceagenda, including both theory and practice. The new edition iscomprehensively updated and incorporates new codes of practice,policy documents and academic research.

Draws on the extensive and original research carried out by theauthor and demonstrates the close relationship between academicresearch and professional practice
Contains numerous contemporary illustrations and case studies,including a chapter dedicated to cases of corporate governancefailure
Focuses on the relevance of corporate governance reformthroughout the world and the need for global convergence
Highlights the importance of corporate social responsibility tocompanies, institutional investors and society as a whole
Questions for reflection and discussion
Chapters moulded around a one semester specialist module incorporate governance for students on any business-relatedundergraduate or postgraduate programme
Short case studies for discussion and debate
Jill Solomon currently is Professor of Accounting andFinancial Management at Henley Business School, University ofReading.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 4. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 430
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 776g
• ISBN-13: 9781118449103
• ISBN-10: 111844910X
• Artikelnr.: 37245889

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I Corporate governance:
frameworks and mechanisms. 1. Defining corporate governance. 2. Corporate
governance failure. 3. Corporate governance reform in the UK. 4. The role
of boards in corporate governance. 5. The role of institutional investors
in corporate governance. 6. The role of transparency, internal control and
risk management in corporate governance. Part II Global corporate
governance. 7. An introduction to corporate governance systems worldwide.
8. A reference dictionary of corporate governance systems. Part III
Corporate governance and stakeholder accountability. 9. Discharging a
broader corporate accountability. 10. Environmental, social and governance
considerations in institutional investment. Appendix A The Combined Code on
Corporate Governance (July 2003). Appendix B The OECD Principles of
Corporate Governance. References. Index.