Corporate Governance and International Business
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788776817374
Table of contents: title: Content; title: 1 Introduction to Corporate Governance; title: 1.1 Introduction; title: 1.2 Governance; title: 1.3 Corporate Governance; title: 1.4 Governance systems and corporate social responsibility; title: 1.5 Relating corporate governance and corporate social responsibility; title: 1.6 References; title: 1.7 Further reading; title: 1.8 Self-test questions; title: 2 Development of codes of governance and international comparisons; title: 2.1 Introduction; title: 2.2 Systems of governance; title: 2.3 Developing a framework for corporate governance; title: 2.4 Company management; title: 2.5 References; title: 2.6 Further reading; title: 2.7 Self-test questions; title: 3 The principles of corporate governance; title: 3.1 Introduction; title: 3.2 The principles of governance; title: 3.3 Good governance and corporate behaviour; title: 3.4 Corporate Governance Principles; title: 3.5 Good Governance and Sustainability; title: 3.6 References; title: 3.7 Further reading; title: 3.8 Self-test questions; title: 4 Stakeholders & the social contract: a broader view of corporate governance; title: 4.1 Introduction; title: 4.2 The Social Contract; title: 4.3 What is a stakeholder?; title: 4.4 Multiple stakeholdings; title: 4.5 The classification of stakeholders; title: 4.6 Stakeholder Theory; title: 4.7 Governance and stakeholders; title: 4.8 Relating corporate governance and corporate social responsibility; title: 4.9 Relating social responsibility with governance: the evidence; title: 4.10 Conclusions; title: 4.11 References; title: 4.12 Further Reading; title: 4.13 Self-test Questions; title: 5 Issues concerning Sustainability; title: 5.1 Introduction; title: 5.2 Defining sustainability; title: 5.3 The Brundtland Report; title: 5.4 Critiquing Brundtland; title: 5.5 Sustainability and the Cost of Capital; title: 5.6 Redefining sustainability; title: 5.7 Distributable sustainability; title: 5.8 Summarising Sustainability; title: 5.9 ISO 26000; title: 5.10 Conclusions; title: 5.11 References; title: 5.12 Further reading; title: 5.13 Self-test Questions; title: 6 Ethics, corporate governance and corporate behavior; title: 6.1 Introduction; title: 6.2 Defining ethics; title: 6.3 Ethical philosophies; title: 6.4 Corruption; title: 6.5 Culture; title: 6.6 The Gaia Theory; title: 6.7 Corporate Behaviour; title: 6.8 Governance, Ethics and Corporate Behaviour; title: 6.9 Corporate Reputation; title: 6.10 Conclusion; title: 6.11 References; title: 6.12 Further Reading; title: 6.13 Self-test Questions; title: 7 Risk Management and Corporate Governance; title: 7.1 Introduction; title: 7.2 Attitudes to risk; title: 7.3 Managing risk; title: 7.4 Risk Management Strategies; title: 7.5 Risk probability profiles; title: 7.6 A Typology of risk; title: 7.7 Risk analysis: the cost of capital; title: 7.8 The Capital Asset Pricing model; title: 7.9 The cost of capital for a business; title: 7.10 Summary; title: 7.11 References; title: 7.12 Further reading; title: 7.13 Self-test questions; title: 8 The Audit function and the role of regulation; title: 8.1 Introduction; title: 8.2 The role of audit; title: 8.3 The Audit Committee; title: 8.4 Agency theory and asymmetric power; title: 8.5 Agency Theory; title: 8.6 Conclusions concerning the theory; title: 8.7 Rating Agencies; title: 8.8 Regulation; title: 8.9 The 2008 financial crisis; title: 8.10 Failures in regulation; title: 8.11 Conclusions; title: 8.12 References; title: 8.13 Further reading; title: 8.14 Self-test questions; title: 9 Corporate Governance in non-commercial organisations; title: 9.1 Introduction; title: 9.2 Definitions; title: 9.3 The role of NGOs; title: 9.4 Inflation and NGOs; title: 9.5 Distinguishing features of sector; title: 9.6 Types of NFP organisation; title: 9.7 Motivation for NFPs; title: 9.8 Implications for managers; title: 9.9 Available resources; title: 9.10 Structure of a charity; title: 9.11 Accounting issues; title: 9.12 Governance issues in NFPs; title: 9.13 Conclusions; title: 9.14 References; title: 9.15 Further reading; title: 9.16 Self-test questions; title: 10 Globalisation and corporate governance; title: 10.1 Introduction; title: 10.2 Globalisation; title: 10.3 The concept of global governance; title: 10.4 Global perspectives; title: 10.5 How Globalisation Affects Governance; title: 10.6 Globalisation, Corporate Failures and Corporate Governance; title: 10.7 Conclusion; title: 10.8 References; title: 10.9 Further Reading; title: 10.10 Self-test Questions; title: Endnotes