This study examines whether board-level codetermination (inclusion of employee representatives on the board) reduces aggressive financial reporting, i.e. tax aggressiveness and earnings management. Consistent with prior research, we expect employees to prefer lower tax aggressiveness and less...

The effectiveness and efficiency of the internal corporate governance structure depends on different governance bodies within the organization. As crucial parts of good governance they provide constituting, monitoring and controlling tasks concerning the risk management and internal control...

In addition to the well-known facilitators of good corporate governance, such as executive boards (EBs) and audit committees (ACs), recent literature increasingly refers to the benefits of implementing an internal audit function (IAF). This may lead to imminent problems, which are discussed...