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Corporate Governance and Accountability » (3rd Edition)

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Authors: Jill Solomon
ISBN-13: 9780470695098, ISBN-10: 0470695099
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: April 2010
Edition: 3rd Edition

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Author Biography: Jill Solomon

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).

Book Synopsis

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.

Features:

  • Provides a full discussion of corporate governance issues taking the broadest view of the corporate governance agenda.

  • Draws on the extensive and original research carried out by the authors and demonstrates the close relationship between academic research and professional practice.

  • Contains numerous contemporary illustrations and case studies, including a chapter dedicated to the collapse of Enron.

  • Focuses on the relevance of corporate governance reform throughout the world.

  • Highlights the importance of corporate social responsibility to companies and institutional investors from a corporate governance perspective.

  • Includes an appendix containing the Combined Code on Corporate Governance issued by the Financial Reporting Council in July 2003.

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

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction1
Pt. ICorporate governance: frameworks and mechanisms9
1Defining corporate governance11
2Enron: a case study in corporate governance failure31
3Corporate governance reform in the UK45
4The role of boards in corporate governance65
5The role of institutional investors in corporate governance89
6The role of transparency in corporate governance119
Pt. IIGlobal corporate governance145
7An introduction to corporate governance systems worldwide147
8A reference dictionary of corporate governance systems161
Pt. IIIBroadening the corporate governance agenda185
9Discharging a broader corporate accountability187
10Socially responsible investment213
11The future of corporate governance and accountability243
AppThe Combined Code on Corporate Governance (July 2003)249
References271
Index289

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