Journal of Global Responsibility: Volume 11 Issue 2

Editorial

Simon Robinson, William Sun, Adalberto Arrigoni

Introduction to special issue on King Reports

Mervyn King

Corporate governance practice in the context of the political situation in South Africa over the last 25 years

Suresh Parbhoo Kana

This study aims to demonstrate, with reference to developments in the four King Reports on Corporate Governance for South Africa, that institutional culture should be governed…

The evolution of the stakeholder-inclusive approach in the King Reports

Annamarie van der Merwe

The purpose of this paper is to provide the reader with a high-level overview of the key messages of each of the four King Reports on Corporate Governance for South Africa…

The evolution and alignment of institutional shareholder engagement through the King and CRISA reports

Richard Foster

The purpose of this study is to provide a high-level review of the evolution of shareholder activism and institutional investor engagement in the corporate governance ecosystem in…

The evolution and significance of the “apply and explain” regime in King IV

Parmi Natesan

This paper aims to delve into the progress in governance application regimes over the years.

Corporate governance: the inputs to outcomes evolution

Linda de Beer

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that there was a clear shift from the First King Report in 1994, which advocated an input approach to corporate governance, to the…

The King Reports and the common law in South Africa

J. Michael Judin

This paper aims to discuss the King Reports and Codes and the development of South Africa’s common law. The role of developing the common law is explicitly recognised in the…

The distinctive stance of the King Reports on corporate governance from a global perspective

Anna Ramalho

The purpose of this paper is to provide a perspective on the distinctive stance of the King Report on Corporate Governance in South Africa, 2016 (King IV) in relation to a number…

The ethics of governance and governance of ethics in the King Reports

Gedeon Josua Rossouw

The purpose of this paper is to explore the prominence and positioning of ethics in the four editions of the King Report on corporate governance for South Africa that were…