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100 1 _aFarrar, John H.
245 1 0 _aCorporate governance in Australia and New Zealand /
_cJohn Farrar.
260 _aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2001.
300 _axxvi, 524 p. :
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_c23 cm.
365 _bRS.1799
505 _a1: The concept of corporate governance ; 2: A brief thematic history of corporate governance ; 3: The concept of the corporation ; 4: The concept of corporate control and its relevance ; 5: The corporation as legal actor: questions of risk, authority and liability ; 6: Division of power between the board of directors and the general meeting ; 7: Meetings ; 8: The legal role of the board of directors and delegation and reliance ; 9: Definition of director and officer: appointment, retirement and removal of directors ; 10: Duties of directors and officers: overview ; 11: The basic duties to act in good faith and for a proper purpose ; 12: The duty to avoid self-dealing ; 13: Duties of care and business judgment ; 14: Directors’ duties and corporate governance in troubled companies ; 15: Shareholder rights and duties ; 16: Excusing directors ; 17: Holding directors accountable: remedies of the company ; 18: Holding directors accountable: minority shareholder remedies ; 19: The role of the auditor and audit committee in corporate governance ; 20: The Australian securities and investments commission, the statutory penalty regime and disqualification of directors in Australia and New Zealand ; 21: Use and abuse of corporate groups ; 22: Insider trading ; 23: Investigation of serious fraud ; 24: Key relationships: chairperson, managing director/CEO, company secretary and the board ; 25: Determining the appropriate roles of the board and management ; 26: The role of institutional investors in corporate governance ; 27: Systems of self-regulation ; 28: Current issues in corporate governance of listed public companies ; 29: Corporate governance in small and medium-sized enterprises ; 30: Corporate governance in not for profits ; 31: Corporate governance in corporatised enterprises ; 32: Business ethics ; 33: Comparative corporate governance systems: an overview ; 34: Globalisation, the new financial architecture and effective corporate governance ; 35: Thinking new thoughts on corporate governance .
650 0 _aCorporate governance
650 0 _aDirectors of corporations
650 0 _z.
650 0 _aCorporation law
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