These firms and their Chinese government sponsors should be held to the same standards of transparency, disclosure and accountability that will apply to their U.S. counterparts in the aftermath of this country's corporate governance crisis.
The ongoing crisis has governance experts trying to make sense of HP's implosion.
In Africa, the most important of these is the continent's crisis of governance.
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Dismay at Washington's shenanigans is so common as to be a cliche, but a growing number argue this isn't simply individuals behaving badly but about a quiet crisis of governance in America.
IR I could not agree more with Christopher Lingle's assertion (Letters, January 31st) that the main cause of the East Asian crisis is poor governance.
The European leaders state that the only way to solve the current crisis is more European governance.
While each of these recent tales of chief-executive woe is a sign of progress, none provides much evidence that the crisis in American corporate governance is yet over.
"The issue that led to this crisis is the issue of governance, " says Arroyo, a petite and charismatic 53-year-old, when FORBES GLOBAL pays a Saturday morning visit to her in her tastefully appointed penthouse apartment in Manila.
Some banks which performed best during the crisis flouted the rules of good corporate governance: Santander had a familial culture and a powerful executive chairman.
The debate on economic governance was held in the wake of the Greek debt crisis - which saw an emergency aid package agreed by Eurozone members in collaboration with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The President of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, told Forbes that global governance is extremely necessary if we want to prevent another financial crisis.
They include implementing greater budgetary discipline, creating an effective crisis management mechanism, and the need to strengthen economic governance across the eurozone.
While the drought was regional, the crisis only led to famine in southern Somalia, where a governance failure and lack of access obstructed international relief efforts.
Following the financial crisis, attacks by activists on executives' lavish bonuses and murky corporate governance may get a more sympathetic hearing from other shareholders.
What effects will the financial crisis have on a country better known for corruption and red tape than good governance?
Having come through the financial crisis relatively unscathed, the impetus for raising the standards of financial regulation and corporate governance seems to have ebbed away over the past two years, according to a study released Wednesday.
QUIST-ARCTON: But Gladwell Wazonio Otieno(ph), a political activist who heads the Africa Center for Open Governance based here in Nairobi, says that's why politics have played a central role in the crisis, the issues go much deeper.
News Corp demonstrates the importance of the role of the General Counsel in ensuring strong corporate governance and sound business practices from the top down, and when necessary, guiding the company through times of crisis.
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When the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission issued its reports in January, they raised significant issues about systemic accountability, oversight, governance, justice, ethics and leadership.
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