Real-World Corporate Governance

Under pressure from investors and regulators alike, governance is taking a larger role in corporations as an increasing focus on performance drives more active stewardship and demands more effective accountability. Success in this role drives long-term performance and helps safeguard the value of investments.

While public opinion and political debate define the new standards of governance, the questions for managers are: what does it mean in practice? What strategies and procedures need to, be in place? How exactly can it be introduced to improve bottom-line performance? How should these successes be publicised'

Real-World Corporate Governance moves beyond the core principles of best practice and compliance towards a robust framework for more active and performance-driven stewardship of the business. This book outlines clear structures and procedures to enable managers to make and implement business decisions which are objective, free from self-interest, well informed and thought out, and rationally achievable.

Real-World Corporate Governance takes the whole issue of ethical business and places it firmly in the realm of market reality - relating effective and implementable corporate governance to the bottom line.