A poor ethical culture has been considered one of the reasons for the emergence of many corporate governance scandals. In this paper, I investigate the link between two corporate governance mechanisms – the composition of the board of directors and ownership structure – and ethical culture...

We investigate the relation between takeover performance and board share ownership in the acquiring company for a sample of 363 UK takeovers completed in the period 1985-96. In investigating this relationship we pay particular attention to the composition of board shareholdings as well as their...

We explore the effect of institutional directors on Chief Executive Officer (CEO) pay (total, fixed, and variable compensation). We delve particularly into the impact of pressure-sensitive and pressure-resistant institutional directors, who, respectively, represent institutional investors who...

This study aims to explore how the serotonin transporter gene affects corporate governance practices in an economy directly and indirectly through national culture. We investigate how the serotonin transporter gene affects corporate governance practices, especially board and management gender...

It is generally understood that women are under-represented in the boards of UK firms, with homogeneous boards increasingly perceived as being unfair. An organisation’s true gender diversity values, and the influence that women on boards have upon them, may be discernible from the language...

Historically the leading characterisation of corporate directors was that they were agents to their corporations, though it was understood that they concurrently served as ordinary employees where they entered into contracts of service. Today some deny that directors, qua their director...