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This 58 page paper look at the issue of corporate governance, including what it is, how it can emerge, different models of corporate governance, the approaches regulation including mandatory compliance and legislation which includes consideration of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and self regulation. Also included in are discussions on ethics in terms of corporate governance and cases, including Enron, Parmalat and Johnson & Johnson that demonstrate good and poor corporate governance practices. The bibliography cites 37 sources.
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58 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TS14_TEcorporateg.rtf
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4.1.2 The Sarbanes Oxley Act 27 4.1.3 Economic Forces 29 4.2 Self Regulation 31 4.2.1 The Use of Market Forces 31 4.2.2 The Motivation of Voluntary Measures 33 5. Ethics 37 6. Corporate Governance Cases 44 6.1 Enron 44 6.2 Parmalat 50 6.3 Johnson and Johnson 51 7. The Future 56 References 58
1. Introduction In recent years there has been increased attention paid to issues of corporate governance.
With scandals such as Enron, WorldCom and Parmalat as well as increasing concerns over environmental and ethical issues the way that firms are run has moved from being mainly the
domain of the boardroom to being a more public concern. Corporate governance is also an issue that appears to be evolving and changing as social attitude change.
There have been many reports which have been reflective of changes as well as influential, with the contents outlining views and opinions on the ways
companies should be run, these have ranged from the Cadbury Report in the UK and an OECD report to the way that corporate governance has become an issue of regulation
as seen with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the US which indicate the increasing involvement of government and imposition of standards other than through market forces.
The issue that remains unresolved is what the correct approach to corporate governance is and whether or not there is a single approach that can
be applied universally or if there is a need for a flexible code that can be adjusted by industry, culture or country or any other form of difference and the
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