Responsible Corporate Governance: Towards Sustainable And Effective Governance Structures (csr, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance)

This book discusses the tasks and functions of corporate governance in the light of current challenges and the dynamics that arise from a broader approach to company management and the integration of corporate governance with corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability. Addressing the corporate governance shortcomings that are believed to have contributed to the recent financial crisis, it explores the interplay between corporate governance and CSR, and includes examples of company practice to show how such changes affect the practices of shareholders, boards of directors and regulators. In particular, the book examines shareholders’ activities, their different investment strategies, specific reporting expectations and the submission of proposals to the annual meeting. Further, for boards of directors it explores the need to revise their tasks with respect to the criteria for executive appointments, their corporate strategy, performance measures and diversity recommendations, while for directors it provides recommendations to reconsider the structure of executive pay and performance incentives. Lastly, for regulators the book investigates the need to introduce new laws addressing, for instance, the need for integrated reporting, limiting the voice of short term oriented shareholders and providing guidelines for executive compensation. Front Matter....Pages i-xxii Responsible Corporate Governance: An Introduction....Pages 1-7 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Responsible Corporate Governance in Europe....Pages 11-32 Perspectives on the Integration of Corporate Governance in Equity Investments: From the Periphery to the Core, from Passive to Active....Pages 33-49 Company Social Investments: Growth of Capitalization and Risks (The Case of Russia)....Pages 51-71 Corporate Governance in Europe: Has the Crisis Affected Corporate Governance Policies?....Pages 73-96 Corporate Governance Best Practice: Tasks and Shortcomings....Pages 97-110 Front Matter....Pages 111-111 Extending the Frontiers of Responsible Corporate Governance: Exploring Legitimacy Issues of Multi-stakeholder Initiatives....Pages 113-129 New Categories for Responsible Corporate Governance Starting from the “Unity in Multiplicity”....Pages 131-149 Relationship Between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Corporate Governance (CG): The Case of Some Selected Companies in Ghana....Pages 151-174 Stakeholder Perception of Corporate Governance Codes and Frameworks in the Nigerian Banking Industry....Pages 175-203 Front Matter....Pages 205-205 Investigating the Concept of Socially Responsible Executive Pay....Pages 207-222 Integrated Reporting: State of the Art and Future Perspectives....Pages 223-246 Integrated Reporting in Nigeria: The Present and Future....Pages 247-263 Ownership and Liability Decision....Pages 265-285 Back Matter....Pages 287-292 Annotation This text discusses the tasks and functions of corporate governance in the light of current challenges and the dynamics that arise from a broader approach to company management and the integration of corporate governance with corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability