Commentary & Opinion

November 3, 2009 Shareholders Need a Say on Pay

Source:Working Knowledge, Harvard Business School

"Say on pay" legislation now under debate Washington D.C. can be a useful tool for shareholders to strengthen the link between CEO pay and performance when it comes to golden parachutes, says Harvard Business School professor...

November 2, 2009 Policy Makers Miss the Mark

Source:Seeking Alpha

It was nice to see FDIC Chairwoman Sheila Bair endorse the Financial Services Oversight Council (FSOC) as the systemic regulator and also endorse as its head an independent director with long-term appointment. Readers might want...

September 18, 2009 Profits with principles: being socially responsible can pay

Source:INSEAD

For the sake of the environment, you shouldn’t wash your jeans each time you wear them; you should wait until you’ve worn them two or three times. This somewhat unusual advice comes courtesy of John Anderson, President and CEO of...

September 18, 2009 Bove: Wells Fargo Sitting On A Volcano About To Explode (WFC)

Source:Business Insider

As we wrote earlier this week, outside experts hired by Wells Fargo to examine its books are reportedly shocked at the bank’s exposure to derivatives trades it took on when it acquired Wachovia, fearing these may trigger huge...

September 17, 2009 Protecting shareholders' rights a must to stabilise stock market

Source:The New Nation - Bangladesh

Protecting shareholders' rights by streamlining rules and regulations is seen as a prerequisite to ensure stability in stock market, particularly in a country like Bangladesh. Making this observation, the Corporate Governance...

September 16, 2009 Internet greatly expands government accountability

Source:Island Packet

One of government's greatest tools in offering openness and accountability to the people it serves is the Internet. Many have put this tool to very good use in recent years.

September 13, 2009 Free the market from greed and fear

Source:Times of India

It's rumoured the free market died in September 2008. Ever since, some people have been gleefully shovelling in the dirt in an attempt to make sure 'free market' ideology is truly buried. Others are proclaiming, "the 'free...

September 13, 2009 Trust is the business issue of the decade

Source:Malta Independent - By Joe Gerada

In the last few years, a lot of training has gone into people management and organisational development. Models and tools have been developed to measure performance and considerable investment was channelled into change...

September 11, 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility-Beyond Going Green

Source:CNBC

Last week I attended a very interesting workshop. Called the CSR Practitioner Workshop, hosted by leading European think tank Center for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE). Surrounded by individuals from across industries, some...

September 11, 2009 Cash Flow On Steroids: Why Companies Cheat

Source:Alibaba

It seems that every year another top athlete is exposed in a doping scandal. But these are people who are trained since birth to believe that all that matters is their performance, so they naturally take a risk on anything likely...

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