Corporate Governance: Volume 6 Issue 5

Codes of ethics in corporate Sweden

Göran Svensson, Greg Wood, Michael Callaghan

The purpose of the study is to examine and describe the use of codes of ethics in the top 100 companies operating in the Swedish corporate sector. This paper reports on the…

The role of audit committees in Barbados

Philmore Alleyne, Michael Howard, Dion Greenidge

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role and function of audit committees in public companies in Barbados since the corporate scandals of Enron and WorldCom in the USA.

Board structure and ownership in Malaysia: the case of distressed listed companies

Shamsul Nahar Abdullah

This study seeks to examine the influence of board independence, CEO duality and ownership structure on the firm financial distressed status using a sample of distressed companies…

Corporate social responsibility: a trend and a movement, but of what and for what?

Kerstin Sahlin‐Andersson

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has emerged as a global trend involving corporations, states, international organizations and civil society organizations. It is far from…

The link between corporate governance and performance of the non‐traditional export sector: evidence from Ghana

Anthony Kyereboah‐Coleman, Nicholas Biekpe

The purpose of this paper is to examine how corporate governance affects performance of firms in the non‐traditional export (NTE) sector in Ghana.

Board process attributes and company performance of family‐owned businesses in Turkey

Veysel Kula, Ekrem Tatoglu

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between board process attributes and company performance of family‐owned companies within an emerging country context.

Corporate internal investigations: balancing firm social reputation with board fiduciary responsibility

Thomas A. Hemphill

The subject of corporate internal investigations engenders a special challenge for the final arbiters of a company's strategy, the boards of directors. The taint to corporate…

Financial distress and corporate governance in Zimbabwean banks

Zororo Muranda

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between corporate governance failures and financial distress in Zimbabwe's banking sector.

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