Authors: Jill Solomon
ISBN-13: 9780470695098, ISBN-10: 0470695099
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: April 2010
Edition: 3rd Edition
Dr Jill Solomon is a lecturer in finance at Cardiff Business School and an associate member of BRASS (Centre for Business Relations, Accountability, Sustainability and Society).
Recent examples of massive corporate failures, such as Enron, have highlighted the need to reform corporate governance at an international level. The importance of effective corporate governance for corporate success, as well as for social welfare, cannot be overstated. Corporate Governance and Accountability has been written to provide readers with an up-to-date summary of both theory and practice in the area.
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Corporate Governance and Accountability has been written as a core textbook for students taking undergraduate and MBA courses in corporate governance and corporate social responsibility.
A website containing answers to end of chapter questions for lecturers can be found at www.wileyeurope.com/go/solomon
Preface | ||
Acknowledgements | ||
Introduction | 1 | |
Pt. I | Corporate governance: frameworks and mechanisms | 9 |
1 | Defining corporate governance | 11 |
2 | Enron: a case study in corporate governance failure | 31 |
3 | Corporate governance reform in the UK | 45 |
4 | The role of boards in corporate governance | 65 |
5 | The role of institutional investors in corporate governance | 89 |
6 | The role of transparency in corporate governance | 119 |
Pt. II | Global corporate governance | 145 |
7 | An introduction to corporate governance systems worldwide | 147 |
8 | A reference dictionary of corporate governance systems | 161 |
Pt. III | Broadening the corporate governance agenda | 185 |
9 | Discharging a broader corporate accountability | 187 |
10 | Socially responsible investment | 213 |
11 | The future of corporate governance and accountability | 243 |
App | The Combined Code on Corporate Governance (July 2003) | 249 |
References | 271 | |
Index | 289 |