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Corporate Governance

Financial Responsibility,Controls and Ethics

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  • © 2004

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Authors:
  1. Erik Banks
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Part of the book series: Finance and Capital Markets Series (FCMS)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Function of Corporate Governance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Governance Defined

      • Erik Banks
      Pages 3-31

    3. Internal Governance Mechanisms: Corporate Accountability

      • Erik Banks
      Pages 32-53

    4. External Governance Mechanisms: Systemic Accountability

      • Erik Banks
      Pages 54-82

    5. Protecting Internal and External Stakeholders

      • Erik Banks
      Pages 83-100

  3. Corporate Governance Problems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Common Failures in the Governance Process

      • Erik Banks
      Pages 103-146

    3. The Impact of Governance Problems on Corporate Operations

      • Erik Banks
      Pages 147-165

    4. Studies in Flawed Governance I: Companies

      • Erik Banks
      Pages 166-230

    5. Studies in Flawed Governance II: Sectors and Industries

      • Erik Banks
      Pages 231-256

  4. Corporate Governance Reforms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 257-257
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    2. Strengthening the Governance Process I: Micro Reforms

      • Erik Banks
      Pages 259-290

    3. Strengthening the Governance Process II: Macro Reforms

      • Erik Banks
      Pages 291-317

    4. Improving Corporate Ethics

      • Erik Banks
      Pages 318-326

    5. Summary: Towards Substantive Governance

      • Erik Banks
      Pages 327-334

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 335-496
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About this book

Corporate Governance is a text which considers the problems surrounding governance and proposes solutions to help restore investor confidence in the corporate world. The book is intended for board members, corporate executives, regulators, auditors, creditors and analysts seeking a concise analysis of the governance issues facing financial and non-financial corporations round the world. The book is fully international in context and includes real-life examples and cases to emphasize the practical nature of governance problems and solutions.

About the author

ERIK BANKS has held senior risk management positions at several global financial institutions, including Partner and Chief Risk Officer of Bermuda reinsurer XL Capital's derivatives subsidiary, and Managing Director of Corporate Risk Management at Merrill Lynch, where he spent 13 years managing credit risk, market risk and risk analytics/technology teams in Tokyo, Hong Kong, London and, latterly, New York. He received early bank training at Citibank and Manufacturers Hanover, and is the author of a dozen books on risk management, emerging markets, derivatives, alternative risk transfer, merchant banking, and electronic finance.

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