Corporate governance: role and responsibilities of boards and directors

Presents a new comparative theory to explain the divergence between governance systems of Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The three pillars of sustainability - Environmental protection, Social sustainability, and Economic sustainability - are well known since the Brunndtland Commission report.

Across the world, organizations continue to be damaged and brought down by systemic non-compliance or the misdeeds of a few, and newspapers abound with examples of corporate and NGO scandals and crimes.

The Ethical Leader showcases the necessity and practicality of using an ethics-based business model for competitive advantage and long-term organizational success.

As the position of nonprofit ED becomes more demanding, there is a need for an up-to-date resource.

In this book world-renowned experts present a timely investigation of the prospects for reformed market-regulation after the financial crisis.

Filip Reyntjens''s book analyzes political governance in post-genocide Rwanda and focuses on the rise of the authoritarian Rwandan Patriotic Front.

Offers comprehensive coverage of the key topics and emerging themes in private sector corporate governance.

Get an inside look at how companies with cutting-edge sustainability programs are innovating in the face of extreme conditions related to climate change.

More than 80% of the financial assets in the United States fall under the purview of a trustee.

This book provides the first systematic account of the relationship between competition law and corporate governance.

This textbook on corporate governance is written for advanced undergraduate and graduate law students, as well as scholars working in the field.

Corporate Governance, Employee Voice, and Work Organization explores the dynamic relations between corporate governance, employee voice, and the organization of work in the automotive supply industry.

This book explores the governance mechanisms and their implications for interorganizational relationships (IORs) in the context of disruptive technological change, with a focus on the automotive industry's transition to electric vehicles (EVs).

Existing research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) is written from a largely Westernized viewpoint, but what is the relationship between CSR, organizational - and wider - culture on the sustainability of businesses in the Arab region?

This book continues the discussion in the first two volumes on the challenges that organizations face in order to implement sustainability, ethics, and effective corporate governance, all of which are important elements of "e;standing out"e; from other companies.

This title provides clear and readily applicable guidance to corporate board members on the involvement of boards of directors in information technology (IT) governance.

This book discusses and analyses fraud and corruption cases from many industries including construction, finance, pharmaceutical, transport, retail, medical, health, communication, education and military.

A critical study of the concept of leadership within both a historical and cultural context.

A multi-disciplinary 2010 book that focuses on how social, organisational and policy systems manage the anticipation of risks in contemporary societies.

Design thinking is widely recognized as an alternative approach to innovation, but it can be challenging to implement, often conflicting with organizational structures, cultures, and processes.

This book is intended for human resources management academics, researchers, students, organizational leaders and managers, HR Practitioners, and those responsible for helping support employees in the 21st-century workplace.

The fundamental goal of any business is to be different-to be better than those with whom it is competing.

Connecting Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) with Corporate Governance (CG) is a 21st Century challenge.

This 2007 book looks at boards and how they can best achieve their task expectations.

An investigation of the potential and limitations of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the oil and gas sector.

This edited collection provides a structured and in-depth analysis of the current use of quota strategies for resolving the pressing issue of gender inequality, and the lack of female representation on corporate boards.

Recent experience from the global financial crisis suggests that the future of corporate governance will bring radical changes, surprises and challenges.

This book explores the ''clean hands'' doctrine, a safety valve in the legal system designed to correct injustice.

This book offers a new, nuanced, and comprehensive look at how CSR is practiced and disclosed in terms of corporate transparency, sustainability, and accountability, from the perspective of developing and emerging economies.

The financial crisis that erupted in 2007 has brought the issues of the size, risk, and regulation of banks to the attention of a wide audience.

In this newest book on the Policy Governance approach to board leadership created by John Carver, Caroline Oliver gives readers practical, hands-on tools for getting the most from the system in the day-to-day operation of their boards.

In einer Welt, die sich ständig verändert, ist agiles Arbeiten mehr als ein Trend – es ist eine Notwendigkeit.

Investigates how and to what extent the self-employed and micro-enterprise workers can be represented in the social arena.

Over the past two decades public accountability has become not only an icon in political, managerial, and administrative discourse but also the object of much scholarly analysis across a broad range of social and administrative sciences.

From award-winning economic historian Sanford M.

Aufbau, Implementierung und Gelebtwerden einer Compliance-Organisation in Unternehmen erfordern eine ganzheitliche Sichtweise auf das Thema.

Boards That Dare offers actionable solutions to help board directors, chairs and CEOs move away from outmoded thinking and practices.

Managerial forensics is the practice of gathering relevant corporate information for the purpose of analyzing and identifying reasons for managerial obstacles, mismanagement, bankruptcy, and corporate demise.

Seeking Adam Smith provides a fascinating insider's explanation for why business school faculty members, including the author, bear some responsibility for the highly destructive corporate practices evident throughout the first sixteen years of the 21st century.

Often highlighted for being a microcosm within the greater global context, Icelandic businesses and institutions provide the perfect opportunity to advance knowledge of corporate governance and business ethics amidst once-in-a-lifetime events such as the 2008 Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.

This book attempts to establish an inter-disciplinary discourse evaluation framework to analyze multi-dimensional discursive features along 4 dimensions in Chinese and American banks' CSR reports: sentiment, readability, CSR keyword, and visualization.

This book argues that three powerful symbiotic forces (globalization, competitiveness, and governability) are disrupting business in the 21st century, resulting in an impact on the economic and business environment far greater than the effects of any of these three individually.

Complex companies are characterized by high turnover, a wide range of products and services, international operations, a significant number of employees, and decentralized production.