Though it issued a corporate governance code, its largest company, Samsung Electronics, sees no need to tell what its top executive earns.

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The UK's Corporate Governance Code should be extended to ensure sufficient long-term incentives are incorporated into the pay of executives and non-executive directors, he suggested.

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Singapore issued its own corporate governance code earlier this year.

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Germany's corporate governance code, introduced in February 2002, is "a big step in getting German companies to think the right way, " says Christian Strenger, director at German mutual fund house DWS Investment.

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The Germans have produced a legally binding corporate-governance code, to be reviewed once a year.

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Last month, a government-appointed commission produced a code of corporate governance.

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