The purpose of this paper is to apply existing knowledge to counter climate change. The contribution to knowledge is to ground institutional analysis, individual behaviour, political science, economics, management and the management of global sustainability in the practices and science of...

This paper was presented to generate debate about proposals developed by a 'Corporate Governance Council' set up by the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) to advise on new guidelines. The paper identifies the invalidity of the assumptions implicit in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the US and the...

Transaction Byte Analysis (TBA) is introduced as a basis to ground corporate governance in the science of information and control described as cybernetics. TBA provides fundamental criteria for evaluating the governance integrity of any type of organisation because all individuals possess...

The paper identifies the manifold conflicts of interest inherent in firms governed by a single board and how a unitary board exacerbates information overload and bounded rationality while paradoxically not providing sufficient information, independent of management, to direct, monitor, control,...

The paper identifies the manifold conflicts of interest inherent in firms governed by a unitary board and how they exacerbate information overload and bounded rationality while paradoxically not providing sufficient information, independent of management, to direct, monitor, control, and change...

This paper provides orientation in understanding the topic of corporate governance to further research, analysis and reform. Limitations in the theories and practices of the dominant Anglo paradigm are identified. Various viewpoints used in analysing corporate governance are described with their...

This paper indicates why the integrity of financial institutions cannot be assured with a unitary board with its manifold conflicts of self-interest that can jeopardise the financial integrity of the institution. While block holders can mediate conflicts of director self interest they may...

This paper considers how appropriately designed financial institutions can allow economic development to become self-financing, and improve the management of the currency and the economy. The business concept of self-financing, not found in leading economic text books, is described. Related...