Evolutions in Corporate Governance : Towards an Ethical Framework for Business Conduct

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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Figures, tables and boxes; Preface and acknowledgments; Part I Introduction; 1 Introduction; 2 Governance and ethics; Part II Responding to crisis; 3 Governance in the spotlight, again; 4 The expectations gap; Part II Regulatory frameworks: Form and function; 5 Common language, distinct paths; 6 The 'United Kingdom approach'; 7 The 'United States approach'; 8 European approaches; 9 Beyond the 'either/or' paradigm; Part IV Reframing regulatory discourse; 10 From debate to innovation; 11 A matter of form and substance

Part V The corporate structure: Challenging conventional boundaries12 Legal limits and moral boundaries: The corporate challenge to formal and narmative conventions; Part VI The changing governance landscape; 13 Reframing corporate governance; 14 Different voices: Evolving governance discourse; 15 Enabling change: Building a positive communication platform; 16 Governance: Setting new standards; Part VII Beyond disclosure: Evolution in governance discourse; 17 Understanding 'good' governance; 18 Discourse and conduct: From words to substantive change; Part VIII Ethics: Framing the way forward

19 Ethics as first-order regulation20 Commitment and action; Appendix 1 List of notable scandals; Appendix 2 Codes research sample; References; Index; Back cover

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