Corporate Governance and Accountability. Jill Solomon (Revised) Revised ed. Edition
Recent examples of massive corporate failures, such as Enron, have highlighted the need to reform corporate governance at an international level. The importance of effective corporate governance for corporate success as well as for social welfare cannot be overstated.
Corporate Governance and Accountability has been written to provide readers with an up-to-date summary of both theory and practice in the area. Features:
- Provides a full discussion of corporate governance issues, taking the broadest view of the corporate governance agenda.
- Draws on the extensive and original research carried out by the authors and demonstrates the close relationship between academic research and professional practice.
- Contains numerous contemporary illustrations and case studies, including a chapter dedicated to the collapse of Enron.
- Focuses on the relevance of corporate governance reform throughout the world.
- Highlights the importance of corporate social responsibility to companies and institutional investors from a corporate governance perspective.
- Includes an appendix containing the Combined Code on Corporate Governance issued by the Financial Reporting Council in July 2003.
Corporate Governance and Accountability has been written as a core textbook for students taking undergraduate and MBA courses in corporate governance and corporate social responsibility.
A website containing answers to end of chapter questions for lecturers can be found at www.wileyeurope.com/go/solomon
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From the Back Cover
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Recent years have witnessed an exponential growth in corporate governance. The recent (and on-going) global financial crisis has made corporate governance issues even more relevant to business and society. The fourth edition of Corporate Governance and Accountability illustrates the ways in which corporate governance policy worldwide is attempting to adjust in the aftermath of the crisis. It covers emerging issues and mechanisms that are crucial to the development of a holistic approach to governance, which include integrated reporting, institutional investor stewardship, governance convergence and ethical conduct.
The new edition draws on the extensive and original research carried out by the author, the academic community and practitioners, and demonstrates the close relationship between academic research and professional practice. It has been comprehensively updated to include:
- New policy developments which incorporate new codes of practice and policy documentation globally.
- A discussion of the relevance of corporate governance reform throughout the world and the need for global convergence.
- The importance of corporate social responsibility to companies, institutional investors and society as a whole.
- A new focus on international developments and country developments, bringing in studies of corporate governance in developed and developing economies around the world.
- The latest literature on boards of directors as mechanisms of effective governance and international comparisons of governance and legal systems.
- Emerging literature on responsible investment, boardroom diversity and an analysis of repercussions from the global financial crisis.
- The development of integrated reporting.
- Numerous contemporary illustrations and case studies, including a chapter dedicated to cases of corporate governance failure.
- Questions for reflection and discussion.
Corporate Governance and Accountability is an essential read for undergraduates, Masters, MBA, Executive MBA and doctoral students studying corporate governance, corporate social accountability, and accounting as well as professionals in business, finance and institutional investment.
A website containing answers to end of chapter questions for lecturers can be found at:
www.wiley.com/college/solomon
About the Author
Jill Solomon is Professor of Accounting and Financial Management at Henley Business School as well as Director of the Henley Centre for Governance, Accountability and Responsible Investment (GARI).
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Product details
- Publisher : John Wiley & Sons; Revised ed. edition (October 1, 2013)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 430 pages
- ISBN-10 : 111844910X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1118449103
- Item Weight : 1.72 pounds
- Dimensions : 7.5 x 0.87 x 9.25 inches
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