Corporate Governance Handbook, 4th Edition
By Professor Andrew Chambers
Including Board Remuneration by Cliff Weight
The new fourth edition of Corporate Governance Handbook is a comprehensive guide to how organisations are directed and controlled. It will provide you with an authoritative explanation of what makes boards and board members effective and what amounts to best practice in corporate governance.
This 'must-have' reference book contains advice, checklists and sample approaches to enable you not only to understand but to implement contemporary corporate governance best practices.
Essential updates and new content
Since the third edition appeared in 2005 there has been a consolidation of what is regarded as best practice in corporate governance. This completely revised fourth edition covers these changes in detail. It also contains an abundance of new content, including:
- New Foreword by Professor Lord Smith of Clifton
- Six completely updated chapters on remuneration
- Eight completely new chapters on audit committees
- New chapter on the corporate governance aspects of the UK's 2006 Companies Act
- New contributions by Sir Adrian Cadbury, Professor Bob Garratt and others
- New chapter on resigning a directorship
- New chapter on the corporate governance of private equity and hedge funds
- New chapter on narrative reporting
- Valuable appendices including an extensive completely updated directory of corporate governance websites
New user-friendly layout
The new edition has been rearranged into the following sections, for ease of reference:- Effective Boards and Directors
- Corporate Governance Best Practice
- Remuneration
- Audit Committees
- Risk Management and Internal Control
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics
- External Oversight
- The Corporate Governance Journey
- Public Sector Corporate Governance
You can now access a wealth of practical, expert experience in a logical and user-friendly manner.
This handbook is essential reading for chairmen, directors, company secretaries and anyone with an interest in for-profit, not-for-profit and governmental corporate governance.
Bibliographic detail
Corporate Governance Handbook
Fourth edition
By Professor Andrew Chambers
ISBN/ISSN: 978 1 84766 053 4
Publication Date: Jan 08
Format: Hardback
Availability: In Print