Corporate Governance: Volume 6 Issue 2

Corporate governance reforms: fact or fiction?

Steven T. Petra

Reforms set forth in Sarbanes‐Oxley and the NYSE, AMEX, and NASD are designed to prevent the reoccurrence of corporate collapses at companies such as Enron Corp., WorldCom Inc.…

Corporate governance in Islamic perspective

Masudul Alam Choudhury, Mohammad Ziaul Hoque

The purpose of this conceptual paper is to develop a discussion expounding the Islamic perspective of corporate governance as a special case of a broader decision‐making theory…

Board configuration: are diverse boards better boards?

N. Van der Walt, C. Ingley, G.S. Shergill, A. Townsend

The purpose of this research paper is to explore the proposition that diversifying the board in terms of gender, ethnicity or skill base may require consideration of the specific…

Executive incentive pay strategies in entrepreneurial UK initial public offering companies: an empirical study

Deborah Allcock, Christopher Pass

The purpose of this paper is to use a sample of UK entrepreneurial initial public offering (IPO) companies to investigate whether they change their compensation strategies as they…

Directors' remuneration, firm's performance and corporate governance in Malaysia among distressed companies

Shamsul Nahar Abdullah

The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent to which firm's performance, the structure of the board of directors and ownership determine directors' remuneration in…

Corporate social responsibility strategy: strategic options, global considerations

Jeremy Galbreath

To further the dialogue on corporate strategy and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Specifically, to describe four options with respect to CSR strategies and to offer points…

Corporate social responsibility: what role for law? Some aspects of law and CSR

Karin Buhmann

The purpose of this article is to discuss the role that law plays for corporate social responsibility (CSR) in substance, action and reporting, including whether CSR functions as…

Organizational conformity and contrarianism: regular irregular trading at National Australia Bank

Gregory B. Vit

To provide a conceptual framework and case study of organizational conformity and contrarianism that will be of interest and utility to both corporate governance theorists and…

The Washing Machine: How Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Soils Us

Helen Parry