This study investigates the extent to which South African (SA) listed corporations voluntarily disclose information on black economic empowerment (BEE) in their annual and sustainability reports and examines the possible motivations and resulting ownership and board factors influencing BEE...

We explore how audit committees (ACs) oversee risk management in UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), using semi-structured interviews, attendance at AC meetings and analysis of documentation. We find that the AC's oversight seems constrained by a fixation on the process of risk management,...

Such evaluations of the effectiveness and performance of the committee should be disclosed publicly as a matter of good governance and best practice. Recommendation 8: The governance-related activities (inclusive of the audit committee's activities in relation to controls, risk and value for...

This study investigates the extent to which South African listed corporations voluntarily disclose information on black economic empowerment (BEE) in their annual and sustainability reports using a sample of 75 listed corporations from 2003 to 2009. BEE is a form of socio-economic affirmative...