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Good corporate governance is key to the integrity of corporations, financial institutions and markets, and central to the health of our economies and their stability. OECD work on in this area revolves around the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance and their implementation in economies throughout the world. The Steering Group on Corporate Governance co-ordinates and guides this work with the regional roundtables providing a key forum for dialogue.
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11-Jun-2008
This book provides practical help for boards that navigate their way from principles to practice. Their reflections are frank and illuminating - and their conclusions are not simple or without challenge to conventional wisdom. Good boardroom practice requires more than law and regulation : judgement, diplomacy and integrity.The aim is to describe how they can practice good corporate governance in reality. The initiative reflects the importance that the OECD attaches to the private sector as a force in implementing good corporate governance.
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from 25-Jun-2008 to 26-Jun-2008
Senior policy makers from Asia will meet in New Delhi, India, on 25-26 June 2008 to discuss challenges in the corporate governance of state-owned enterprises, particularly in the area of transparency and disclosure and the equitable treatment of shareholders.
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from 18-Jun-2008 to 20-Jun-2008
Taking place in Seoul, Korea, this event will focus on the globalisation of capital markets and its impact on corporate governance. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, will give a keynote address on the progress of international corporate governance reform and next steps.
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from 13-May-2008 to 14-May-2008
Senior decision makers from OECD and Asian economies met on 13-14 May 2008 in Hong Kong, China, to discuss improving monitoring and disclosure of related party transactions as a key corporate governance enforcement challenge.
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from 06-May-2008 to 07-May-2008
Organised in Cape Town, South Africa, this meeting addressed a number of high priority issues for the region, including the establishment and composition of effective boards, and the role and structure of state ownership entities. This meeting also provided an opportunity to discuss the OECD’s recent Global Network meeting on transparency and accountability, which was instrumental in the finalisation of the OECD’s Implementation Guide to Ensure Accountability and Transparency in State Ownership.
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22-May-2008
On 16 April 2008, the OECD Steering Group on Corporate Governance invited representatives from the activist hedge fund industry and other activist investors to discuss potential policy issues including their use of shareholders rights (such as board nomination), the impact of their activism on market abuses prevention, the scope for shareholder cooperation into the light of “acting in concert” regulations, as well as the use of derivatives instruments to boost investors’ voting power
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Key Material
Recommendations for good practice in corporate behaviour with a view to rebuilding and maintaining public trust in companies and stock markets
OECD Principles of Corporate Governance
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