Protecting the organization requires integrating multiple disciplines into a single defense framework. The delivery of sustainable stakeholder value in the 21st century requires internal auditors to focus on both value creation (offense) and value preservation (defense). While internal audit's...

In September 2022 the G20/OECD published its draft revisions to their Principles of Corporate Governance for public consultation. This document presents draft revisions to the G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance 2015. They were submitted for public consultation with interested...

The financial crisis of 2008 and the resulting economic recession have cruelly exposed weaknesses in corporate oversight at all levels – organizational, sector, national, and international. Consequently stakeholders are now demanding higher standards of corporate oversight to provide them with...

This paper begins by comparing the concept of defense in both the sporting and corporate worlds. It then identifies the critical components which constitute an organization's program for self-defense, namely governance, risk, compliance, intelligence, security, resilience, controls and...

The financial crisis clearly highlighted that stakeholder interests were not adequately defended, and exposed failings in the traditional lines of defense that the stakeholders rely upon to defend their interests. This paper identifies these traditional lines of defense and suggests that...

The banking crisis has cruelly exposed how UK banks failed to adequately defend the interests of their multiple stakeholders and has resulted in the reputation of the banking sector being severely tarnished. This proposal specifically addresses measures to help to improve corporate governance in...

The preservation of Planet Earth for future generations will require a holistic approach to the effective governance of our planet. This in turn will require the adoption of an all-inclusive perspective and an ability to view Planet Earth as one single interconnected global entity. In this...