Clear rules are urgently needed to prevent a legal vacuum in South African boardrooms.
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From cyber attacks to artificial intelligence, no business can ignore the role of technology. New research shows Australia’s boardrooms are missing key expertise.
The head of the corporate watchdog says this court case ‘will be studied by directors, executive management and their advisers for years to come’. Here’s why.
A law review offers a chance to rethink whether NZ’s insolvent trading rules strike the right balance between creditor protection and business rescue.
Non-executive directors are supposed to provide a company’s management with independent perspectives. Does the experience gained by letting them stay long-term outweigh the independence lost?
The boards of directors for the top 50 Fortune 500 companies are slightly more diverse than they were in 2023.
There’s an urgent need to repair trust in the Australia’s business sector with strong, ethical governance standards.
South Africa’s laws and regulations aren’t clear about the role of the chair of a company. This carries huge risks for individuals and companies.
Women are increasingly present in top management positions, but they end up in so-called support functions, which rarely lead to CEO positions.
Directors should avoid accepting more directorships than they can handle.
Companies must strengthen their boards if they want to survive these uncertain times.
Boards of non-profit companies must be vigilant about who they appoint as directors and do proper screening.
Companies need to reset their mission so that profitability is a means to an end - the organisation’s social purpose - not an end in itself is essential.
The view that long-serving directors are so enmeshed with the company that they lack independence is gaining traction.
Director remuneration practices and policies are coming in for much greater scrutiny.
A new study involving extensive interviews with dozens of directors shows that they see their roles as more about supporting executives, not challenging them.
Between £16 billion and £27 billion is estimated to be unrecoverable from small businesses alone.
Following collapses like cake shop chain Patisserie Valerie, the UK government is trying to toughen up the rules around financial reporting.
The state capture inquiry shows that South Africa’s parliament needs to urgently end the uncertainty about whether or not shadow directors are governed by the Companies Act.
Director’s responsibilities are to the company, not the the owners, even if those owners are the government.
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Professor in Company Law, University of South Africa
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Finance, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, School of Accountancy, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Corporate Law, University of Sydney
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Dean, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
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Visiting Fellow, Macquarie University Applied Finance Centre, Macquarie University
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Academic in the Department of Business Management, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Innovation Studies, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Accounting, Durham University
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Lecturer in Governance, University of Reading
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Professor of Management, Texas A&M University
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Emeritus Associate Professor in Public Law, UCT. Visiting Adjunct Professor, WITS School of Governance; Director, Africa Programme, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
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Industry Fellow, Corporate Governance & Senior Lecturer, Swinburne Law School, Swinburne University of Technology
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Vice President and Executive Dean, College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University