Multiple factors are promoted by these guidelines such as transparency in communication with investors, clear appointment process, performance related awards for CEO, promoting board performance evaluation, establishing board committees and independent audit committees, balancing competencies and director skills, ensuring optimal size of the board, ensuring that independent or non-executive directors are included in the board, and separating the role of CEO and the Chairman. 4.2.3. Examination of Corporate Governance Effectiveness at Meggitt PLC Some significant factors related to corporate governance and its contribution to performance have been identified in the current literature. Explanations for some of these factors have been provided in terms of Meggitt PLC and its competitors. 4.2.3.1.
But there is a debate going on across the corporate world whether the separation of role is good or role duality is better(one person at both the positions). Two contradicting views are there on this issue, one is supported by agency theorists and the other one by the stewardship theorists. The proponent of agency theory say that separating the CEO and Board chair ensures a balance of power and no one has unfettered authority of decision making (Stiles and Taylor, 1993; Blackburn,1994). The CEO is responsible for the initiation and implementation of plans and policies; the board chairman is responsible to see that board of directors monitor and guide the CEO. By combining the roles of CEO and chairman, one person is having so much power that the board
Kock (2012) suggested that in order to determine the level of the corporate governance and the performance of the corporate governance in the companies, for the corporate governance, the score card are used with the corporate governance and also earnings per share and the net profit margin is also sued. The analysis is required a lot of data so that first of all the company collect the data from the data. A research is conducted and takes a sample of 19 big companies that were registered in the official market. In order to evaluate the defect for the implementation of the corporate government. The scorecard analysis helps to evaluate the standards followed by the company.
The company is committed to good corporate governance for sustainable success. It provides detailed information on various issues concerning the company’s business and financial performance. The company respects the inalienable right of the shareholders to information on the performance of the company and considers itself a trustee of its shareholders. They believe that sound corporate governance is critical to enhance and retain investors trust. Accordingly, they always seek to ensure that they attain their performance rules with integrity.
Corporate Governance as stated in the statement above, function as agents of shareholders, within the corporate governance ecosystem. Shareholders who exercise their rights as shareholders, directly influenced the boards, can ensure responsible actions by companies. Gatekeepers and influencers, insinuated between the shareholders and company, play an important role in promoting self and market discipline, hence in reducing the need for regulatory discipline. Last but not least, private and public enforcement have an important role in ensuring that corporate governance are held accountable through actions by the regulators parties. Proactive actions by the various parties is crucial and this reinforces the corporate governance culture and ultimately
Corporate Governance is the set of rule, customs, policies and laws and regulations affecting the way a corporation is focused, administered or controlled (Stiglitz, 1999). Corporate Governance comprises the relationships among the many players involved (the stakeholders) and the objectives for which the organization is controlled. The key players are the shareholders, management and the Board of Directors. Other stakeholders include employees, suppliers, customers, banks and other lenders, regulators, the environment and the community at large. Corporate Power deals with matters of accountability and fiduciary obligations, essentially addressing the application of rules and mechanisms to enable good conduct and protection of shareholders
Internal Mechanism of Corporate Governance Internal mechanisms of corporate governance is the way of companies to conduct a controlling by use internal structure and process, in this research the internal mechanism will be measured by board size and CEO duality. The number of directors constituting the board of a company can influence its performance positively or negatively. Larger board size provides more monitoring resources, which may enhance firm performance. Dalton et al. (1999) found the positive relationship between board size and firm performance.
Concept of corporate governance: While the Cadbury Report’s (1992, p2) definition of corporate governance as ‘the system by which companies are directed and controlled’ is frequently cited, other authors have also attempted to characterise and define governance. The OECD’s Principles of Corporate Governance (OECD, 2004, p11) suggests: Corporate governance involves a set of relationships between company’s management, its boards, its shareholders and other stakeholders. According to O’Donovan (2003), he found that corporate governance is an internal system that includes processes, policies and people that serve the requirements of shareholders as well as other stakeholders by controlling and directing activities by the firm’s management with good business objectivity and Goal of firm , savvy and integrity. Sound corporate governance is related to external marketplace legislation and to a commitment to adding a healthy board culture that protects processes and policies. In other words, corporate governance is defined as the moral, ethical and legal corporation values that safeguard stakeholders’ interests.
Introduction In the globalised era, the future of any company depends on the reputation of the company, ‘how the company is viewed by its key stakeholders such as shareholders, investors, consumers, employees etc’ (pg ). This task of formation and sustenance of the company’s reputation relies on corporate communication. Therefore if given power and authority I would like to improve internal corporate communication in my company. What is corporate communication? Corporate communication is the total communication activity performed by the company in order to achieve its objectives.
The board of directors is ultimately responsible for the company’s business affairs and governance. One of the element of corporate governance is good board practice where roles and authorities of board of directors must clearly define and board of directors must understand their roles and responsibilities before being appointed as a member of the Board. The role and responsibilities of the board of director must be comply with the four pillars of corporate governance. Four pillar of corporate governance are accountability, fairness, transparency and independence. One of the responsibility of the Datuk Abdul Farid Alias as the Executive Director of Maybank is to mapping the medium for the long term plans for Board approval and is accountable