Corporate governance: role and responsibilities of boards and directors

This book examines anti-corporate activism in the United States, providing a nuanced understanding of the changing focal points of challenges to corporations.

Initially, introducing compliance functions within the financial industry had been forced by regulatory scrutiny.

This book provides a unique analysis of the complex relationship between governance and the global commons.

This book focuses on the legal and social aspects of corporate governance through doctrinal and empirical research papers presented at the 9th International Conference on Governance Fraud Ethics and Social Responsibility held at National Law University Delhi in 2018.

The book explores how the influence by the corporate sector in the economic interactions globally leads to the international governance framework pertaining to CSR, that is primarily based on soft law attributes.

The International Security Programs Benchmark Report presents and analyzes the findings of a broad survey conducted by the Security Executive Council of corporate international security programs.

Boards of directors are a central feature of any corporate governance regime.

Of those in management education who debates whether business ethics should be taught as a stand-alone course or in an embedded manner, most recommend combining both approaches for optimal results.

The globalization of financial markets worldwide has progressively pushed toward simultaneous globalization of accounting information.

Die gedruckte Ausgabe des Buches ist leider vergriffen und wird nicht wieder aufgelegt.

Educating Social Entrepreneurs: From Business Plan Formulation to Implementation appears at a time of unprecedented environmental disasters, natural resources depletion, and significant failure of governments and global businesses to attend to worldwide social problems.

Strategic alliances have emerged as an important element of firms' strategies.

Presents a new model of boards of directors, focused on purpose, strategy and culture, to successfully navigate corporate disruptions and crisis.

Corporate governance continues to evolve, especially in a South African context where companies must deal with the combined effects of environmental challenges, socio-political uncertainty and impediments to economic growth.

This book explores the challenges and opportunities presented by the formulation of a global code of conduct for transnational corporations.

This book focuses on microeconomic foundations of capital structure theory.

This book provides comparative perspectives on the purpose of the modern company, its role in society and its regulation.

Despite decades of efforts to promote gender equality, most leadership positions in business, politics, education, and even NGOs are occupied by men, and most people still work in occupations dominated by one sex.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an increasingly heated topic since the 1980s.

Argues that the global, informal process supervising the financial system is an overlooked form of international governance that actually works.

Robert Helbig präsentiert erstmals mittels eines systemtheoretisch orientierten Ansatzes ein einheitliches und systematisches Begriffsverständnis von Steuerkomplexität – eines in Wissenschaft, Politik und Öffentlichkeit kontrovers diskutierten Begriffs.

This book provides a concise and authoritative guide to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and related paradigms, including environmental responsibility, corporate sustainability and responsibility, creating shared value, strategic CSR, stakeholder engagement, corporate citizenship, business ethics and corporate governance, among others.

Is European Corporate Governance really dysfunctional?

Grappling with the Gray offers a collection of case studies, real and hypothetical, intended to ignite thoughtful consideration of ethical dilemmas in our personal and professional lives.

This book discusses the concepts of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) that are the core of various paradigms used in strategic management to understand competitive advantage as well as flexibility in organizational boundaries.

This book responds to an increasingly pluricentric, reflexive, and flexible society as a result of globalization and economic liberation from the bureaucratic-political system.

Providing a much-needed critique of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practice and scholarship, this book seeks to redress CSR advocacy, from a political and critical perspective.

Succeeding in today's corporate and not-for-profit boardrooms is tougher than ever before, with new and established board directors facing myriad new and rapidly globalizing governance challenges.

Although much consideration has been given to the relationship between a corporation and its stakeholders, less attention has been given as to who those stakeholders might consist of.

Maximilian Gehring analysiert, welche Bedeutung der Reputation eines Unternehmens zur Gewinnung von hochqualifizierten Nachwuchskräften in Professional Service Firms wie Unternehmensberatungen und Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaften zukommt.

Crony Capitalism in India provides a comprehensive and scholarly examination of the important topic of crony capitalism, filling an important gap in the market.

Every consulting project has its governance, which is not always explicitly agreed with the client.

Economic studies which examine the financing patterns of firms, particularly in emerging markets seldom consider the market environment in which they operate.

Direkte Demokratie hat aus dem Armenhaus Europas das beste Land der Welt gemacht.

This book provides a brief overview of the fundamental presumptions underlying the idea of management.

This book provides an extensive overview of family business-related topics such as context and uniqueness, lifecycle and ownership configurations, conflict management, corporate governance, succession challenges, internationalization, innovation, and socioemotional wealth.

This book introduces readers to the main types of corporate sustainability practices.

Over the years, the education sector has witnessed substantial transformations and developments, driven primarily by the rapid growth of technology and inventive pedagogical approaches.

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

President Theodore Roosevelt once proclaimed, "e;Great corporations exist only because they are created and safeguarded by our institutions, and it is therefore our right and duty to see that they work in harmony with those institutions.

This book delves into corporate governance, sustainability, and information systems related to the aviation sector.

Studies in Public and Non-Profit Governance (SPNPG) publishes double-blind peer reviewed articles in a growing area of governance research.

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