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Informationen zum Autor Andrew Chambers chairs FEE's Corporate Governance and Company Law Working Party. FEE ( www.fee.be ) is the federation of European professional accounting bodies. He was twice mentioned in House of Lords' debates as an authority on corporate governance and by The Times as 'a worldwide authority on corporate governance' . He was Dean of the leading Cass Business School where he is professor emeritus. Appointed in 2010 as the Specialist Advisor to the House of Lords' Economic Affairs Select Committee's Inquiry into Auditors: market concentration and their role that led to audit market reforms. Andrew was one of a seven member UK committee that in 2013 published enhanced ' Internal Audit Guidance for Financial Services'. Andrew is a jurist for the Hawkamah Bank Corporate Governance Awards in the MENASA region and for the ICSA Hermes Transparency in Governance Awards. Chambers’ Corporate Governance Handbook ensures that companies and individuals function within the best practice parameters of corporate governance providing invaluable advice on the legal, ethical and practical parameters of corporate governance. Zusammenfassung Many firms have implemented corporate governance, yet have fallen into collapse and scandal involving their operations. What has gone wrong? Chambers’ Corporate Governance Handbook is the definitive, practical guide to the ever changing corporate governance landscape highlighting the potential pitfalls, tackling the issues, placing blame where appropriate, and recommending possible solutions to these problems . Providing invaluable, practical guidance Chambers’ Corporate Governance Handbook ensures that you are up to date and compliant with best practice giving you complete confidence that you are continuing to function within the legal, ethical and practical parameters of corporate governance. New for the Seventh edition: Completely revised and updated, the new seventh edition includes new chapters on: Positioning internal audit for effective CSR and ESG - scope, competence and reporting; Board evaluation; Recalibrating internal audit; The independence and of different corporate governance parties; Relationships between different corporate governance parties; The risk conversation at board level/In addition: Includes coverage of the autumn 2016 release of the updated UK Corporate Governance Code; Family Firms and their Governance expanded to cover SMEs; Corporate Social Responsibility, Integrated Reporting and Sustainability (Chapter C5) will be expanded to cover ESG (Environment, social and governance) and a new ESG checklist will be included. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part A: Effective Boards and DirectorsChapter A1 The Effective Board Chapter A2 Considering Joining a Board Chapter A3 Independence Issues Chapter A4 Resigning a Directorship Chapter A5 Board Committees Chapter A6 Board Policies and Policy Statements Chapter A7 SME and Family Company Corporate Governance Chapter A8 Governance of International Organisations Chapter A9 Directors with Company Loans: Independence and Conflict of Interest Implications Part B: Contributed ChaptersChapter B1 Avoiding the Pitfalls in Running a Private Company Chapter B2 Evaluating Board Effectiveness Chapter B3 Diversity: Making it to the Top Chapter B4 The Chairman’s Perspective Chapter B5 The Non-Executive Director’s Perspective Chapter B6 The Effective Board Chapter B7 Survey of Non-Executive Director’s Views Part C: Understanding Corporate GovernanceChapter C1 Understanding Corporate Governance Chapter C2 Grand Themes in Corporate Governance Chapter C3 Applying the Theories that Underpin Corporate Governance Chapter C4 Do Non-Executive Directors Add Value? Chapter C5 Corporate Social Responsibility, Integrated Reporting and Sustainability Chapter C6 Culture, Ethics and the Board Part D: Corporate Governance in Prac...
