Stress Testing Corporate Governance

This compendium looks at the development of corporate governance since the financial crisis and asks whether governance rules and practices have developed in a way that positions companies better to address systemic risk. The occurrence of spectacu...

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Main Authors:	Sullivan, John D., Muis, Jules, Montagnon, Peter, Duverne, Denis, Hashimi, Fuad, Bertin, Marcos E.J.
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ACCOUNTABILITY POLITICAL CONTEXT SYSTEMIC RISK SOCIAL IMPACT CHECKS AND BALANCES DISCLOSURE REPORTING BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHISTLEBLOWING GENDER DIVERSITY SECURITIES REGULATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/273311532463258916/Stress-testing-corporate-governance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30206

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spelling	okr-10986-302062021-05-25T10:54:39Z Stress Testing Corporate Governance Sullivan, John D. Muis, Jules Montagnon, Peter Duverne, Denis Hashimi, Fuad Bertin, Marcos E.J. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ACCOUNTABILITY POLITICAL CONTEXT SYSTEMIC RISK SOCIAL IMPACT CHECKS AND BALANCES DISCLOSURE REPORTING BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHISTLEBLOWING GENDER DIVERSITY SECURITIES REGULATION This compendium looks at the development of corporate governance since the financial crisis and asks whether governance rules and practices have developed in a way that positions companies better to address systemic risk. The occurrence of spectacular corporate scandals since the crisis—Tesco, Toshiba, VW, and Wells Fargo, and the many institutions affected by the LIBOR scandal—suggests that the governance lessons have not been learned, certainly not universally. So we ask,What more needs to be done? How can investors, regulators, and the concerned publics beassured that the board of directors is, in fact, practicing good corporate governance? This compendium look at stress-testing governance from several angles: systemic risk in the financial system, risk at the individual corporate level, and the differentiated challenge as exists between companies with dispersed ownership, family ownership, controlling shareholders, and state ownership. 2018-08-14T16:33:26Z 2018-08-14T16:33:26Z 2018 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/273311532463258916/Stress-testing-corporate-governance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30206 English Private Sector Opinion;No. 41 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic	CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ACCOUNTABILITY POLITICAL CONTEXT SYSTEMIC RISK SOCIAL IMPACT CHECKS AND BALANCES DISCLOSURE REPORTING BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHISTLEBLOWING GENDER DIVERSITY SECURITIES REGULATION
spellingShingle	CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ACCOUNTABILITY POLITICAL CONTEXT SYSTEMIC RISK SOCIAL IMPACT CHECKS AND BALANCES DISCLOSURE REPORTING BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHISTLEBLOWING GENDER DIVERSITY SECURITIES REGULATION Sullivan, John D. Muis, Jules Montagnon, Peter Duverne, Denis Hashimi, Fuad Bertin, Marcos E.J. Stress Testing Corporate Governance
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description	This compendium looks at the development of corporate governance since the financial crisis and asks whether governance rules and practices have developed in a way that positions companies better to address systemic risk. The occurrence of spectacular corporate scandals since the crisis—Tesco, Toshiba, VW, and Wells Fargo, and the many institutions affected by the LIBOR scandal—suggests that the governance lessons have not been learned, certainly not universally. So we ask,What more needs to be done? How can investors, regulators, and the concerned publics beassured that the board of directors is, in fact, practicing good corporate governance? This compendium look at stress-testing governance from several angles: systemic risk in the financial system, risk at the individual corporate level, and the differentiated challenge as exists between companies with dispersed ownership, family ownership, controlling shareholders, and state ownership.
format	Brief
author	Sullivan, John D. Muis, Jules Montagnon, Peter Duverne, Denis Hashimi, Fuad Bertin, Marcos E.J.
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title	Stress Testing Corporate Governance
title_short	Stress Testing Corporate Governance
title_full	Stress Testing Corporate Governance
title_fullStr	Stress Testing Corporate Governance
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publisher	International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/273311532463258916/Stress-testing-corporate-governance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30206
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