AFT3073 – RESEARCH METHODOLOGY |GROUP ASSIGNMENT (25%) – RESEARCH TERM PAPER TOPICS | |Current Strategic Management Issues | |This course assignment is a term paper on current strategic management issues. Possible themes/issues for your research term paper | |include (but are not limited to) the following:
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Chapter 2 Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance and Corporate Regulation 2.1 Introduction CSR is increasingly an essential issue for companies.1 It is a complex and multidimensional organisational phenomenon that is understood as the scope for which, and the ways in which, an organisation is consciously responsible for its actions and non-actions and their impact on its stakeholders. It represents not just a change to the commercial setting in which individual companies
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CONTROLS IN ENSURING GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS KOSMAS NJANIKE, MARGARET MUTENGEZANWA, FUNGAI B. GOMBARUME * ABSTRACT: This paper assessed factors that influence the internal controls in ensuring good corporate governance in financial institutions in developing economies with special reference to Zimbabwe. The research paper assessed how lack of internal controls affected good corporate governance and aimed to bring out elements of good corporate governance. It emerged that failure
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depend on reported accounting numbers” (He and Yang 2013). So either way one looks at it, earnings management is a form of deceit. In Shafer’s (2013, p.45) paper, the author defines ethical climate by referencing Victor and Cullen (1988) as, “the prevailing perceptions among employees of organizational practices and procedures that have ethical content.” More often than none, findings have shown that companies tend to engage in earnings management through management’s actions, and not just through
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Ethics and Social Responsibility Paper Ralph L. Kendrick MGT/ 498 September o4, 2013 Glenn O'Steen Ethics and Social Responsibility Paper Ethics and social responsibility has to be a part of any organization’s strategic management plan. Without the presence of these key elements the company could face some tough times. In this paper, the author will explain the ethical and social responsibilities of organizations as they relate to strategic management. In addition, the many ways an organization
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FUSION OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & CSR PRACTICES BUSINESS ETHICS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Submitted to: Prof. I Sridhar Submitted by:
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The Consequences of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting Ioannis Ioannou London Business School George Serafeim Harvard Business School Abstract We examine the effect of mandatory sustainability reporting on several measures of socially responsible management practices. Using data for 58 countries, we show that after the adoption of mandatory sustainability reporting laws and regulations, the social responsibility of business leaders increases. We also document that both sustainable
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Class Policies: Attendance Policy Students are expected to attend all regularly scheduled classes. Should absences be necessary, students are responsible for the material covered during the absences. Faculty cannot grant requests for excessive amounts of make-up material, and they may request written documentation detailing the reason for the absences. Excessive absences make it almost impossible for a student to meet the academic objectives of a course; they frequently cause a student to receive
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the pace and getting started in NGO Corporate governance. An Assessment of corporate governance for Non Governmental Organizations in Zimbabwe By Lasford Flackson lasyflackson@gmail.com .Tel:+263773931949 Table of contents Introduction Chapter one An overview of corporate governance The evolution of governance Development of corporate governance Approaches to corporate governance Chapter two Adaptation and adoption of corporate governance Ngo sector in Zimbabwe Requirements
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Assignment 3: Corporate Governance and Ethical Responsibility Research Paper Due Week 6 and worth 250 points Dr. Do Right has recently been hired as the President of the “Universal Human Care Hospital”, where he oversees all departments with over 5,000 employees and over 20,000 patients at the medical facility. He has been provided with a broad set of duties and oversight of numerous departments, including business development, customer services, human resources, legal, patient advocacy, to name
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