Corporate governance in Australia and New Zealand / John Farrar.
2001
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Author
Title
Corporate governance in Australia and New Zealand / John Farrar.
Published
South Melbourne ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Call Number
KU956.3 .F37 2001
ISBN
0195513142
Description
xxvi, 524 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)47117977
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Record Appears in
Table of Contents
Preface
List of Figures
List of Tables
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Pt. I
General Concepts
1
1The Concept of Corporate Governance
3
2A Brief Thematic History of Corporate Governance
7
3The Concept of the Corporation
20
4The Concept of Corporate Control and its Relevance
42
5The Corporation as Legal Actor: Questions of Risk, Authority and Liability
53
Pt. 2
The Legal Core
67
6Division of Power between the Board of Directors and the General Meeting
69
7Meetings
72
8The Legal Role of the Board of Directors and Delegation and Reliance
88
9Definition of Director and Officer: Appointment, Retirement and Removal of Directors
94
10Duties of Directors and Officers: Overview
100
11The Basic Duties to Act in Good Faith and for a Proper Purpose
103
12The Duty to Avoid Self-dealing
110
13Duties of Care and Business Judgment
122
14Directors' Duties and Corporate Governance in Troubled Companies
142
15Shareholder Rights and Duties
156
16Excusing Directors
162
17Holding Directors Accountable: Remedies of the Company
165
18Holding Directors Accountable: Minority Shareholder Remedies
169
19The Role of the Auditor and Audit Committee in Corporate Governance
203
20The Australian Securities and Investments Commission, the Statutory Penalty Regime and Disqualification of Directors in Australia and New Zealand
212
21Use and Abuse of Corporate Groups
227
22Insider Trading
253
23Investigation of Serious Fraud
273
Pt. 3
The Self-Regulation Penumbra and Other Contemporary Issues in Corporate Governance
301
24Key Relationships: Chairperson, Managing Director/CEO, Company Secretary and the Board
303
25Determining the Appropriate Roles of the Board and Management
307
26The Role of Institutional Investors in Corporate Governance
318
27Systems of Self-regulation
331
28Current Issues in Corporate Governance of Listed Public Companies
342
29Corporate Governance in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
360
30Corporate Governance in Not for Profits
371
31Corporate Governance in Corporatised Enterprises
385
32Business Ethics
408
33Comparative Corporate Governance Systems: An Overview
416
34Globalisation, the New Financial Architecture and Effective Corporate Governance
429
35Thinking New Thoughts on Corporate Governance
462
App. 1
Corporate Practices and Conduct
475
App. 2
IFSA Guidelines
504
App. 3
Institute of Directors in New Zealand (Inc.) Code of Proper Practice for Directors
508
App. 4
OECD Principles of Corporate Governance
513
App. 5
The Caux Round Table Principles for Business
516
Index
519