Short description Corporate Governance and Accountability, Third Edition will provide readers with an up-to-date summary of the most recent developments in corporate governance. The aim of the book is to provide a full discussion of corporate governance issues and it adopts a holistic approach to corporate governance. It provides a full discussion of corporate governance issues, taking the broadest view of the corporate governance agenda, including both theory and practice. The new edition is comprehensively updated and incorporates new codes of practice, policy documents and academic research.
From the contents Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
Part I Corporate governance: frameworks and mechanisms.
1 Defining corporate governance.
2 Corporate governance failure.
3 Corporate governance reform in the UK.
4 The role of boards in corporate governance.
5 The role of institutional investors in corporate governance.
6 The role of transparency in corporate governance.
Part II Global corporate governance.
7 An introduction to corporate governance systems worldwide.
8 A reference dictionary of corporate governance systems.
Part III Broadening the corporate governance agenda.
9 Discharging a broader corporate accountability.
10 Environmental, social and governance considerations in institutional investment.
11 Future directions for corporate governance and accountability.
Appendix A The Combined Code on Corporate Governance (July 2003).
Appendix B The OECD Principles of Corporate Governance.
