Chapter 1 - What is Corporate Governance

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Chapter 1 - Principles and issues
What is corporate governance,
What are the 2 main theories of c...,
What is the shareholder primacy t...
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Chapter 1a - Approaches to Corporate Governance
What are the 4 main approaches to...,
What is meant by shareholder valu...,
What is meant by stakeholder appr...
15  cards
Chapter 1b - Principles of corporate governance.
What are the 4 main principles of...,
What do we mean by fairness,
What do we mean by responsibility
11  cards
Chapter 1c - The Corporate Governance framework
What does the corporate governanc...,
Under applicable laws regulations...,
What is the rules based approach
27  cards
Chapter 3 - The importance of good corporate governance practices
What does the adoption of good go...,
The adoption of good governance l...,
What are the requirements of a co...
25  cards
Chapter 3a - The Company Secretary as the conscience of the company
Why is the company secretary refe...,
Qualifications and skills of a co...,
What are the key challenges faced...
20  cards
Chapter 3b - Company Secretary's Position in the organisation
What is the company secretary s p...,
Remuneration for the company secr...,
Ways to conduct a company secreta...
14  cards
Chapter 4 - Corporate Governance outside the UK
Corporate governance outside the uk,
Explain south africa and the king...,
Explain the corporate governance ...
8  cards
Chapter 4a - Key Issues in Corporate Governance
What are the key issues in corpor...,
Why is composition of boards a ke...,
Why is financial reporting a key ...
9  cards
Chapter 5 - Directors duties and powers
1 where might you find limitation...,
2 identify at least two special p...,
3 is setting the company s strate...
26  cards
Chapter 6 - The role and membership of the board of directors
What is the overarching role of t...,
Cite three examples of things tha...,
List three functions that the boa...
18  cards
Chapter 7 - Board composition and succession planning
If a board is comprised of a chai...,
List the factors that will typica...,
What is a skills matrix
28  cards
Chapter 8 - Board Effectiveness
How is corporate culture related ...,
Why in particular might pay and p...,
How might the company secretary b...
17  cards
Chapter 9 - Financial reporting to shareholders and external audit
In what way is financial reportin...,
What is the purpose of financial ...,
How can a company mislead the mar...
29  cards
Chapter 10 - Corporate social responsibility and stakeholders
Explain the difference between cs...,
Why did companies give up respons...,
What changed to create an interes...
28  cards
Chapter 11 - Reporting on non financial issues, including CSR
What are some of the major proble...,
Define narrative reporting,
What parts of an annual report an...
12  cards
Chapter 12 - Systems of risk management and internal control
What is risk appetite and risk to...,
What are the main categories of risk,
List the responses to risk
28  cards
Chapter 13 - Risk structures, policies, procedures and compliance
What does the board need to consi...,
Why might an organisation decide ...,
Who are the main governance playe...
26  cards
Chapter 14 - Shareholders' rights and engagement
What are the four types of market...,
Why might there be more successfu...,
What is inside information and wh...
30  cards
Chapter 15 - Board Engagement with shareholders
What ways in addition to general ...,
What are the limitations to the u...,
What is a virtual agm and why do ...
5  cards
Chapter 16 - Remuneration of directors and senior executives'
What are the typical components o...,
What company performance targets ...,
What are the problems with linkin...
30  cards
Chapter 2 - Corporate Governance in the UK
What relevance does knowing the h...,
What type of uk companies can be ...,
What is the difference between a ...
8  cards
Corporate Governance across the world
Name 4 cg across the world,
What is the south africa king cod...,
China s cg
6  cards

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