Corporate Governance Principles

Corporate governance, the OECD Principles and their implementation, both in member and non-member economies are the central areas of corporate affairs activities. The integrity of corporations, financial institutions and markets is particularly central to the health of our economies and their stability. The OECD Steering Group on Corporate Governance co-ordinates and guides the Organisation's work on corporate governance.

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The OECD releases a report about how to implement the OECD Principles in the boardroom

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.

OECD Secretary-General to open the 2008 International Corporate Goverance Network (ICGN) Conference

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.

2008 OECD Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance

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.

The OECD Steering Group on Corporate Governance continues dialogue with alternative investors

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

The OECD examines the issue of proportionality and corporate governance

07-Feb-2008

At its meeting on 14 November 2007, the Steering Group on Corporate Governance agreed on a common position based on the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance about the issue of whether there should be proportionality between ownership and control (also known as one-share-one-vote)  in listed companies. 

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Practical advice on how to implement the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance in the boardroom.

Using the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance: A Boardroom Perspective

Publication

An evalution of the extent to which the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance have been implemented in Turkey.

Corporate Governance in Turkey: A Pilot Study