Corporate Governance is a fully-updates, comprehensive study of the law and practice of corporate governance in an international setting but with particular reference to Australia and New Zealand. INDICE: Part 1: Basic Concepts. 1. The Concept of Corporate Governance. 2.A Brief Thematic History of Corporate Governance. 3. The Concept of the Corporation. 4. The Concept of Corporate Control and its Relevance. 5. The Corporation, its Constitution, and Legal Actions: Questions of Risck, Authority, and Liability. Part 2: The Legal Core. 6. Division of Power Between the Board of Directors and the General Meeting. 7. Meetings. 8. The Legal Role of the Board of Directors, Delegation and Reliance and Duties Below the Board Level. 9. Definition of Director and Officer: Appointment, Retirement and Removal of Directors. 10. Duties of Directors and Officers: Overview. 11. The Basic Duties to Act in Good Faith in the Best Interest of the Company and for a Proper Purpose. 12. The Duty to Avoid Self-Dealing. 13. Duties of Care and the Business Judgement Rule. 14. Directors' Duties and Corporate Governance in Troubled Companies. 15. Shareholder Rights and Duties. 16. Relieving and Protecting Directors. 17. Holding Directors Accountable: Remedies of the Company. 18. Holding Directors Accountable: Minority Shareholder Remedies. 19. Disclosure and the Role of the Auditor and Audit Committee in Corporate Governance. 20. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission and Statutory Penalty Regime, and the Disqualification of Directors in Australia and New Zealand. 21. Use and Abuse of Corporate Groups. 22. Insider Trading. 23. Investigation of Serious Fraud. Part3: The Self-Regulation Penumbra. 24. Key Relationships: Chairperson, ManagingDirector/CEO, Company Secretary and the Board. 25. Determining the Appropriate Roles of the Board and Management. 26. The role of Institutional Investors in Corporate Governance. 27. Systems of Self-Regulation. 28. Part 4: Contemporary Issues in Corporate Governance Current Issues in Corporate Governance of Listed Public Companies. 29. Corporate Governance and the Judges Introduction. 30. Corporate Governance in Small and Medium - sized Enterprises. 31. CorporateGovernance in Not for Profits. 32. Corporate Governance in Corporatised Enterprises. 33. Business Ethics. 34. The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility, citizenship and Sustainability in Modern Corporate Governance. 35. Case Studies in Corporate Governance. Part 5: The Impacts of Globalization. 36. Comparative Corporate Governance Systems: An overview. 37. The Globalization of Corporate Governance. 38. Thinking New Thoughts on Corporate Governance
- ISBN: 978-0-19-555145-7
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 600
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés