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Lawrence A. Cunningham (born July 10, 1962) is the Director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware. He is a corporate director and advisor, author, professor and lawyer. He is the founder and managing partner of the Quality Shareholders Group and special counsel with an international law firm.
"Corporate governance" may be defined, described or delineated in diverse ways, depending on the writer's purpose. Writers focused on a disciplinary interest or context (such as accounting, finance, law, or management) often adopt narrow definitions that appear purpose-specific.
Domain specific GRC vendors understand the cyclical connection between governance, risk and compliance within a particular area of governance. For example, within financial processing — that a risk will either relate to the absence of a control (need to update governance) and/or the lack of adherence to (or poor quality of) an existing control.
Corporate Governance: An International Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal published six times a year by Wiley. This most prestigious journal publishes international business research on comparative corporate governance , covering topics such as shareholder activism , mutual funds , regulations and shareholder rights .
Corporate Governance in ESG includes issues from the Board of Director's view, Governance Lens watching over Corporate Behavior of the CEO, C-Suite, and employees at large includes measuring the Business ethics, anti-competitive practices, corruption, tax and providing accounting transparency for stakeholders.
He also developed Obama administration proposals on executive compensation and corporate governance that became part of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [5] and testified before the Senate Banking Committee about agency shortcomings on proposed rules for bonus compensation, rules which were later amended.
The chief governance officer (CGO) is normally a senior vice executive reporting to the CEO; however, in the not-for-profit sector, when an organization uses policy governance, the chair of the board often takes on the role of CGO, who is tasked with directing the people, business processes and systems needed to enable good governance from inside the corporation in support of the board of ...
This was first described in an article by HG Manne, "Mergers and the Market for Corporate Control". [1] According to Manne: The lower the stock price, relative to what it could be with more efficient management, the more attractive the take-over becomes to those who believe that they can manage the company more efficiently.