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A court may, and under section 6 shall, make against a person a disqualification order, for a period specified in the order, providing that: he shall not be a director of a company, act as receiver of a company’s property or in any way, whether directly or indirectly, be concerned or take part in the promotion, formation or management of a company unless (in each case) he has the leave of ...
Business ethics operates on the premise, for example, that the ethical operation of a private business is possible—those who dispute that premise, such as libertarian socialists (who contend that "business ethics" is an oxymoron) do so by definition outside of the domain of business ethics proper.
But s. 214(7) provides that in the section ‘director’ includes a shadow director. A shadow director is defined in s. 251 of the Insolvency Act 1986 in these terms: ‘“Shadow director”, in relation to a company, means a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of the company are accustomed to act …’
But to assist directors, he recently created a simple, research-based framework he calls the “Three Ds.” Boards need diversity, disagreement, and decisive decision-making to work through ...
Evaluation of board and directors' performance [14] It also incorporated a number of new principles to address elements not previously included in the King reports: IT governance; Business Rescue; Fundamental and affected transactions in terms of director's responsibilities during mergers, acquisitions and amalgamations. [14]
Non-executive directors are expected to outnumber executive directors and hold key posts, including audit and compensation committees. In the United Kingdom, the CEO generally does not also serve as chairman of the board, whereas in the US having the dual role has been the norm, despite major misgivings regarding the effect on corporate ...
As artificial persons, companies can only act through human agents. The main agent who deals with the company's management and business is the board of directors, but in many jurisdictions other officers can be appointed too. The board of directors is normally elected by the members, and the other officers are normally appointed by the board.
Although most of those directors surveyed say DEI is a primary boardroom agenda item, the share who believe their company is investing to support race equity and diversity goals fell seven ...