Corporate Governance and International Business

It is clearly accepted that good governance is fundamental to the successfully continuing operating of any organisation. Corporate governance has gained tremendous importance in recent years, due to the developments brought about through globalisation concerning the harmonisation of procedures and structures and through the emergence of global norms for corporate governance. One factor which is significantly affected by such governance is that of risk assessment and management. Good governance reduces risk and facilitates its management. This is the focus of this book.

1. Introduction
2. Governance
3. Corporate Governance
4. Governance systems and corporate social responsibility
5. Relating corporate governance and corporate social responsibility
6. References
7. Further reading
8. Self-test questions

1. Introduction
2. Systems of governance
3. Developing a framework for corporate governance
4. Company management
5. References
6. Further reading
7. Self-test questions

1. Introduction
2. The principles of governance
3. Good governance and corporate behaviour
4. Corporate Governance Principles
5. Good Governance and Sustainability
6. References
7. Further reading
8. Self-test questions

1. Introduction
2. The Social Contract
3. What is a stakeholder?
4. Multiple stakeholdings
5. The classification of stakeholders
6. Stakeholder Theory
7. Governance and stakeholders
8. Relating corporate governance and corporate social responsibility
9. Relating social responsibility with governance: the evidence
10. Conclusions
11. References
12. Further Reading
13. Self-test Questions

1. Introduction
2. Defining sustainability
3. The Brundtland Report
4. Critiquing Brundtland
5. Sustainability and the Cost of Capital
6. Redefining sustainability
7. Distributable sustainability
8. Summarising Sustainability
9. ISO 26000
10. Conclusions
11. References
12. Further reading
13. Self-test Questions

1. Introduction
2. Defining ethics
3. Ethical philosophies
4. Corruption
5. Culture
6. The Gaia Theory
7. Corporate Behaviour
8. Governance, Ethics and Corporate Behaviour
9. Corporate Reputation
10. Conclusion
11. References
12. Further Reading
13. Self-test Questions

1. Introduction
2. Attitudes to risk
3. Managing risk
4. Risk Management Strategies
5. Risk probability profiles
6. A Typology of risk
7. Risk analysis: the cost of capital
8. The Capital Asset Pricing model
9. The cost of capital for a business
10. Summary
11. References
12. Further reading
13. Self-test questions

1. Introduction
2. The role of audit
3. The Audit Committee
4. Agency theory and asymmetric power
5. Agency Theory
6. Conclusions concerning the theory
7. Rating Agencies
8. Regulation
9. The 2008 financial crisis
10. Failures in regulation
11. Conclusions
12. References
13. Further reading
14. Self-test questions

1. Introduction
2. Definitions
3. The role of NGOs
4. Inflation and NGOs
5. Distinguishing features of sector
6. Types of NFP organisation
7. Motivation for NFPs
8. Implications for managers
9. Available resources
10. Structure of a charity
11. Accounting issues
12. Governance issues in NFPs
13. Conclusions
14. References
15. Further reading
16. Self-test questions

1. Introduction
2. Globalisation
3. The concept of global governance
4. Global perspectives
5. How Globalisation Affects Governance
6. Globalisation, Corporate Failures and Corporate Governance
7. Conclusion
8. References
9. Further Reading
10. Self-test Questions