Current Topics Vocabulary III Corporate Governance Flashcards

(38 cards)

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Corporate Governance

A

Unternehmensführung, Unternehmensverfassung

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2
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code of conduct

A

Verhaltenskodex, Verhaltensregeln

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3
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stock corporation

A

Aktiengesellschaft

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4
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shareholders‘ meeting
stockholders‘ meeting
annual meeting
general meeting

A

Hauptversammlung

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5
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two-tier board system

A

zweistufiges Leitungssystem (Trennungsmodell)

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6
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Executive Board, Management Board

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Vorstand

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Chairman of the Executive Board, ~CEO, ~President

A

Vorstandsvorsitzender

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8
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member of the Executive Board

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Mitglied des Vorstandes

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9
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Supervisory Board

A

Aufsichtsrat

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member of the Supervisory Board (non-executive director)

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Mitglied des Aufsichtsrats

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chief executive officer, CEO

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CEO, ~Konzern-/Firmenchef

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chief financial officer, CFO

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CFO, Finanzvorstand

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13
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board of directors

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“board of directors”, das Board, der Board, Verwaltungsrat

Leitungs und zugleich Kontrollorgan im einstufigen System der US-amerikanischen Unternehmensführung

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14
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chairman of the board

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„Chairman“, ~Vorsitzender des Verwaltungsrates

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non-executive director

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Mitglied des Board, das keine Leitungsfunktion ausübt

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16
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inside directors/ outside directors

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interne/ (unternehmens-)externe Mitglieder des Board

17
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one-tier board system

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einstufiges Leitungssystem

18
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co-determination,

the German „Mitbestimmung“

A

Mitbestimmung

19
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works council

20
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(trade) union

21
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workers representative

A

Arbeitnehmervertreter

22
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shop floor

A

Fertigungsbereich, Produktionsstätte

aber auch: Belegschaft, Arbeiter

23
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to convene a meeting

A

eine Sitzung einberufen

24
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to take the floor

A

das Wort ergreifen

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to appoint somebody
jemanden ernennen
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to dismiss somebody
jemanden entlassen
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to oust somebody from office
jemanden seines Amtes entheben
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remuneration, executive pay
Managervergütung, Managergehalt
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senior/top executives | senior/top management
Führungskräfte
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to exercise share options
Aktienoptionen einlösen
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compensation | golden handshake, golden parachute
Abfindung
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annual financial statement
Jahresabschluss
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appropriation of profits
Gewinnverwendung
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auditor
Wirtschaftsprüfer
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auditing company
Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
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(financial) watchdog
(Finanz-) Aufsichtsbehörde
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to be implicated in a scandal
in einen Skandal verwickelt sein
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an allegation
eine Anschuldigung, Behauptung