Corporate Governance and International Business
Publisher: Bookboon
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788776817374
Table of contents: title: Innhold; title: Introduction to Corporate Governance; title: Introduction; title: Governance; title: Corporate Governance; title: Governance systems and corporate social responsibility; title: Relating corporate governance and corporate social responsibility; title: References; title: Further reading; title: Self-test questions; title: Development of codes of governance and international comparisons; title: Introduction; title: Systems of governance; title: Developing a framework for corporate governance; title: Company management; title: References; title: Further reading; title: Self-test questions; title: The principles of corporate governance; title: Introduction; title: The principles of governance; title: Good governance and corporate behaviour; title: Corporate Governance Principles; title: Good Governance and Sustainability; title: References; title: Further reading; title: Self-test questions; title: Stakeholders & the social contract: a broader view of corporate governance; title: Introduction; title: The Social Contract; title: What is a stakeholder?; title: Multiple stakeholdings; title: The classification of stakeholders; title: Stakeholder Theory; title: Governance and stakeholders; title: Relating corporate governance and corporate social responsibility; title: Relating social responsibility with governance: the evidence; title: Conclusions; title: References; title: Further Reading; title: Self-test Questions; title: Issues concerning Sustainability; title: Introduction; title: Defining sustainability; title: The Brundtland Report; title: Critiquing Brundtland; title: Sustainability and the Cost of Capital; title: Redefining sustainability; title: Distributable sustainability; title: Summarising Sustainability; title: ISO 26000; title: Conclusions; title: References; title: Further reading; title: Self-test Questions; title: Ethics, corporate governance and corporate behavior; title: Introduction; title: Defining ethics; title: Ethical philosophies; title: Corruption; title: Culture; title: The Gaia Theory; title: Corporate Behaviour; title: Governance, Ethics and Corporate Behaviour; title: Corporate Reputation; title: Conclusion; title: References; title: Further Reading; title: Self-test Questions; title: Risk Management and Corporate Governance; title: Introduction; title: Attitudes to risk; title: Managing risk; title: Risk Management Strategies; title: Risk probability profiles; title: A Typology of risk; title: Risk analysis: the cost of capital; title: The Capital Asset Pricing model; title: The cost of capital for a business; title: Summary; title: References; title: Further reading; title: Self-test questions; title: The Audit function and the role of regulation; title: Introduction; title: The role of audit; title: The Audit Committee; title: Agency theory and asymmetric power; title: Agency Theory; title: Conclusions concerning the theory; title: Rating Agencies; title: Regulation; title: The 2008 financial crisis; title: Failures in regulation; title: Conclusions; title: References; title: Further reading; title: Self-test questions; title: Corporate Governance in non-commercial organisations; title: Introduction; title: Definitions; title: The role of NGOs; title: Inflation and NGOs; title: Distinguishing features of sector; title: Types of NFP organisation; title: Motivation for NFPs; title: Implications for managers; title: Available resources; title: Structure of a charity; title: Accounting issues; title: Governance issues in NFPs; title: Conclusions; title: References; title: Further reading; title: Self-test questions; title: Globalisation and corporate governance; title: Introduction; title: Globalisation; title: The concept of global governance; title: Global perspectives; title: How Globalisation Affects Governance; title: Globalisation, Corporate Failures and Corporate Governance; title: Conclusion; title: References; title: Further Reading; title: Self-test Questions; title: Endnotes