Second, I would argue that social media governance is not a component of IT, rather it is corporate governance of social media, which must be overseen by the CEO of the company.
In response, the company says it has implemented corporate-governance reforms, and that it has recently begun looking for a replacement to take over from Mr Eisner when his contract runs out in 2006.
Though it issued a corporate governance code, its largest company, Samsung Electronics, sees no need to tell what its top executive earns.
In 2011, a number of institutional investors criticized Sino-Forest for not following globally recognized best practices when it comes to corporate governance.
Despite the ire U.K. companies are facing from activists in their own backyard, across the globe they are recognized as leaders when it comes to corporate governance and transparent, shareholder-friendly executive compensation policies.
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For that reason you may put a holding company in a low tax country and you may choose that country because it has strong corporate governance and you want to know your money is safe.
If China wants to continue selling its firms and attracting foreign capital to build successful multinationals, it will have to practise good corporate governance, not just pay lip service to it.
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The company also said Monday that it has agreed to corporate governance reforms including a whistleblower hotline and an annual review of the independence of current and prospective board members.
This change of policy may be convenient for ISS but it ignores the realities of corporate governance.
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At times, the book reads as if it were titled The Greatest Corporate Governance Reform Writings of the 20th Century.
Corporate governance and IT security leaders will need to consider the commercial benefits of a hybrid IT stack that is comprised of both internal and external services, versus any perceived or real risk.
From a corporate governance standpoint, it is difficult to argue against more transparency, however.
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"I'm not going to lead the revolution on it, " he said of corporate governance.
"We are very pleased to see that people are taking note of good corporate governance because we believe it can lead to good corporate performance, " a spokesman said.
But if it was, it raises a very important question about corporate governance and corporate responsibility at LIPA: should the interests of unions come ahead of customers, the-rate payers, even in a state of emergency?
And Infosys stands out in another way--it holds itself to executive compensation and corporate governance standards that meet or exceed the best practices of most companies in developed countries, let alone the opaque norms of most Indian companies.
If the Swiss can live with four languages, if they can withstand the diversity of a federal system that delegates many powers to the cantonal level, we dare say it can afford more than one corporate-governance model too.
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The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), the nation's largest pension fund and a leader in promoting corporate governance, said Friday it welcomed any move by the SEC that would help U.S. investors make educated decisions about their foreign exposure.
If enacted, it will represent a boost to shareholder and corporate governance advocates who have called for greater oversight of management decisions, particularly on a sensitive topic like political contributions.
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It also recommends that the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley corporate governance act of 2002 be incorporated into the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, giving regulators more authority over corporate issues.
It turns out that the NYSE's usual corporate governance requirements don't apply to foreign firms or those with 50% or more control in the clutches of a single entity.
But it also based its new criteria on issues of corporate governance: assessing the openness of a capital market, the sorts of protection offered to investors, and how effectively a market is regulated.
Because the Co-Op would become so large in the sensitive business of taking deposits, with care of tens of billions of pounds of savings for many millions of customers, it would be forced to change its corporate structure and governance, and dedicate more capital to banking, to protect depositors from losses.
Reputation Institute then analyzed what it calls the seven dimensions of corporate reputation, including workplace, governance, citizenship, financial performance, leadership, products and services, and innovation.
It even went so far as to praise its Western-style corporate governance, which protected all shareholders equally.
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Not only does it cost money to be active, but the benefits of improved corporate governance are spread among all shareholders.
The move, if it happens, is aimed to improve "efficiency, management, corporate governance and transparency" at Thailand's five airports, the government says.
Social entrepreneurship is just a buzz word, and it never succeeds without a deep understanding of the local environment, corporate governance, and long-term infrastructure.
Indeed, it can be argued that this was the cause of the weak corporate governance that contributed mightily to the spectacular business failures of recent years, both on Main Street and Wall Street.
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But it said that after a year of dialogue it was not satisfied that News Corp was committed to implementing the necessary corporate governance reform.
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