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Corporate Governance


ISBN13: 9780409344028
Published: December 2016
Publisher: LexisNexis Australia
Country of Publication: Australia
Format: Paperback
Price: £100.00



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Written by highly respected academics, Corporate Governance is a comprehensive study of Australian corporate governance. It locates current law and practice squarely within contemporary debate about the role of corporations and how, and in whose interests, they are to be governed.

Using a clear, easy-to-understand structure, this book covers a broad range of issues in modern corporate governance from basic concepts, the law, self-regulation and special cases, to emerging themes including the impact of globalisation and financialisation on the relationships within corporations, and between corporations and their investors and stakeholders.

Features

  • Comprehensive study of the history and development of the modern corporation
  • Commentary on issues in contemporary corporate governance, including corporate social responsibility and impacts of globalisation
  • Well written by highly respected authors

Subjects:
Other Jurisdictions , Australia
Contents:
PART I - FOUNDATION CONCEPTS
The concept of corporate governance
The nature of corporations, corporate authority andcorporate groups
Control

PART II – THE LEGAL CORE
Role and operation of the board and the general meeting
Appointment of officers, their duties and liabilities
Corporate information and insider trading
Shareholder rights, duties and remedies

PART III – THE SELF-REGULATION PENUMBRA
Systems of self-regulation and business ethics
Board structure and the role of management
The role of institutional investors in corporate governance

PART IV – SPECIAL CASES
Corporate governance in small and medium-sized enterprises, not-for-profits, state owned enterprises and financial institutions
Corporate governance in troubled companies

PART V – CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
Corporate social responsibility, citizenship and sustainability
Corporate governance and the courts
Comparative corporate governance systems
Globalisation and the Global Financial Crisis