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The Rockefeller-Morgan Family Tree (1904), which depicts how the largest trusts at the turn of the 20th century were in turn connected to each other. A trust or corporate trust is a large grouping of business interests with significant market power, which may be embodied as a corporation or as a group of corporations that cooperate with one another in various ways.
In the most basic sense of the term, a corporate trust is a trust created by a corporation. [1]The term in the United States is most often used to describe the business activities of many financial services companies and banks that act in a fiduciary capacity for investors in a particular security (i.e. stock investors or bond investors).
The Court of Chancery, which governed fiduciary relations in England prior to the Judicature Acts. A fiduciary is a person who holds a legal or ethical relationship of trust with one or more other parties (person or group of persons).
The following terms are in everyday use in financial regions, such as commercial business and the management of large organisations such as corporations. Noun phrases [ edit ]
Swift trust is a form of trust occurring in temporary organizational structures, which can include quick starting groups or teams. It was first explored by Debra Meyerson and colleagues in 1996. In swift trust theory, a group or team assumes trust initially, and later verifies and adjusts trust beliefs accordingly. [1]
Trust has focal meaning for the success of every transaction. It stimulates the human activities. In countries with trust culture there is higher social well-being and economic growth. [4] In distrust culture those who trust in others are believed to be naive and simple-minded and they are the victims of unfair transactions.
Credibility dates back to Aristotle's theory of Rhetoric.Aristotle defines rhetoric as the ability to see what is possibly persuasive in every situation. He divided the means of persuasion into three categories, namely Ethos (the source's credibility), Pathos (the emotional or motivational appeals), and Logos (the logic used to support a claim), which he believed have the capacity to influence ...
In 2009, the International Finance Corporation and the UN Global Compact released a report, "Corporate Governance: the Foundation for Corporate Citizenship and Sustainable Business", [65] linking the environmental, social and governance responsibilities of a company to its financial performance and long-term sustainability.