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The Governance of Risk.
Title:
The Governance of Risk.
Author:
Aras, Guler.
ISBN:
9781781907818
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (255 pages)
Series:
Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility ; v.5

Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility
Contents:
FRONT COVER -- THE GOVERNANCE OF RISK -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION -- REFERENCES -- SUSTAINABLE PRACTICE: THE REAL TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE BRUNDTLAND REPORT AND AFTER … -- BRUNDTLAND AND SUSTAINABILITY -- THE DESCENDANTS OF BRUNDTLAND -- ACCOUNTING AND STEWARDSHIP -- SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- IS CSR IN CRISIS? -- INTRODUCTION -- CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY -- CSR AND ECONOMIC CRISIS -- ECONOMIC CRISIS IN SPAIN -- METHOD AND SAMPLE -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- UNDERSTANDING STAKEHOLDER ACTIVISM, MANAGING TRANSPARENCY RISK -- CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: STOCKHOLDER VERSUS STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES -- TRANSPARENCY: DIMENSIONS AND DILEMMAS -- PERSPECTIVES ON CORPORATE TRANSPARENCY -- ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- FURTHER READING -- CORPORATE RISKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN LOW CARBON ECONOMY -- CLIMATE CHANGE AND LOW CARBON ECONOMY -- VIEWS ON LOW CARBON ECONOMY -- RISKS OF ENTERPRISES IN LOW CARBON ECONOMY -- OPPORTUNITIES AND BENEFITS OF LOW CARBON RESPONSIBILITY -- REFERENCES -- GOVERNANCE AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION -- INTRODUCTION -- SUSTAINABILITY AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING -- PILLARS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- ENERGY CONSUMPTION -- RISK REDUCING -- APPLYING IE TECHNIQUES TO UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES -- RISK ANALYSIS -- GAMES THEORY -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- GOVERNANCE IN CAPITAL MARKET INSTITUTIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- SEVERAL ASPECTS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE -- GOVERNANCE OF CAPITAL MARKETS INSTITUTIONS -- CURRENT ISSUES REGARDING GOVERNANCE IN CAPITAL MARKETS -- THE ROLE OF STOCK EXCHANGES IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE -- CONCERNS INTRODUCED BY THE RECENT TRENDS -- CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES.

THE ELEMENT OF RISK IN RELATION TO IMPORTING FROM LESSER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES USING PREFERENTIAL TARIFFS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE RISKS OF GENERALISED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCE -- CANCELLATION OF GENERALISED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCE -- COMPLIANCE -- A SURVEY OF IMPORTERS WITH REGARDS TO RISK OF IMPORTING USING PREFERENTIAL TARIFFS -- USE OF SHIPPING AGENTS -- COUNTRY OF ORIGIN -- CHANGE OF PREFERENCE ALLOCATION -- IS THE GENERALISED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCE CONSIDERED AS PART OF BUSINESS STRATEGY? -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- WITHDRAWAL OF GENERALISED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCE -- COMPLIANCE -- COUNTRY OF ORIGIN -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- GOVERNANCE, RISK AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT: WHAT LESSONS CAN BE LEARNT FROM MINING? -- INTRODUCTION -- PLATINUM MINING IN SOUTH AFRICA -- DIAMOND MINING IN BOTSWANA -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THE TERRITORIAL SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CITY OF VOLTA REDONDA, BRAZIL: THE CASE OF CSN -- INTRODUCTION -- THE TRAJECTORY OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF CSN IN VOLTA REDONDA -- THE IMPACT OF STEEL INDUSTRY IN A TERRITORY: THE CASE OF CSN -- FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: BEYOND 'GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE' - THE TERRITORIAL SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- FURTHER READING -- DECIPHERING THE DIVERSE NATURE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN THE INDIAN PUBLIC SECTOR: A STUDY OF PUBLIC SECTOR BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED (BHEL) COMPANY -- PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE -- HIGHLIGHTS OF THE STUDY AT BHEL -- THE WAY FORWARD -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.
Abstract:
The relationship between economic or social or political activity and risk is widely recognised at a societal level, a market level and a business level, and equally widely discussed. The relationship between governance and risk at all of these levels is equally widely recognised but much less widely discussed. But the consequences of poor governance in this arena have been exposed to all in the recent financial and economic crisis as financial institutions and even countries have collapsed or come close to collapsing. The relationship between governance and risk is particularly important in the global environment in which we operate and needs to be more fully discussed and theorised. This book is designed to address important aspects of this topic and set it within the context of the global business and societal environment.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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