This shortform textbook, a concise overview of the development and current state of corporate governance, provides a critical narrative on the field.
Beginning with insightful historical background, the author shows how value-adding corporate governance involves more than unthinking compliance to a recitation of statutes, regulations and principles, devoid of context. Features include basic definitions, reviews of theoretical governance problems, and a worldwide review of current governance provisions along with more detail on the UK situation. Revealing the geology of governance in the business world, the book highlights its progress set into a framework of regulation and law.
This textbook provides a brief, authoritative summary of the field for two core audiences: as a reference for specialist readers, and as an concise introduction for non-specialist readers.
Author(s): Stephen Bloomfield
Series: Absolute Essentials of Business and Economics
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2020
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
1 What is corporate governance?
2 Conceptual problems in corporate governance
3 A brief history of corporate governance
4 The current position of corporate governance in the UK: Part 1: overall position
5 The current position of corporate governance in the UK: Part 2: individual provisions
6 Corporate governance around the world: particular features
7 The future of corporate governance
8 Conclusion
Appendix: accounting and corporate scandals
Glossary (by point of introduction)
Index
