Category: Management

Boardmember.com has put many useful videos – short lectures or interview – on its web site. They span a broad range of categories. Not all are pertinent to boards in Japan, but many of them are, or the core concepts are. (You can select from the categories on the right.)

https://www.boardmember.com/brc_boardgovernanceseries.aspx

Transparency International UK ( http://www.transparency.org.uk/) has released a very useful report on this topic. Introductory excerpts:

Purpose of this guidance: Anti-bribery due diligence can help purchasers to manage their investment risk in transactions more effectively. However, it is often not undertaken, neglected, or allocated insufficient time and resources. A recent survey found that:

Inaugural address by Mijntje Lückerath-Rovers of Nyenrode Business University.Abstract:How, without switching to increasing degrees of legislation with hard controls, do we nevertheless provide direction to desirable conduct in the boardroom and thus to more effective corporate governance?

The following entry appeared as part of GovernanceMetrics International’s GMI Blog. GMI is the leading independent provider of global corporate governance and ESG ratings and research. Corporate stakeholders – including leading investors, insurers, auditors, regulators and others – use GovernanceMetrics services to identify and monitor risks related to non-financial measures covering key environmental, social, governance and accounting risk factors.

[From: The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation]Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr., Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance and Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Editor’s Note: Ben W. Heineman, Jr. is a former GE senior vice president for law and public affairs and a senior fellow at Harvard University’s schools of […]

The following entry appeared as part of GovernanceMetrics International’s GMI Blog. GMI is the leading independent provider of global corporate governance and ESG ratings and research. Corporate stakeholders – including leading investors, insurers, auditors, regulators and others – use GovernanceMetrics services to identify and monitor risks related to non-financial measures covering key environmental, social, governance and accounting risk factors.

A Risk Intelligent EnterpriseTM is one where boards and executive-level management integrate risk considerations into strategic decision making, where business units and functions incorporate Risk Intelligence into every action they undertake. And managing with confidence begins by staying on top of hot topics such as cyber security, compliance and reputational risk. Explore the links below to learn more

From the web site of the Monetary Authority of Singapore: Singapore, 10 May 2012 … The Corporate Governance Council (Council) has today released its Risk Governance Guidance for Listed Boards (Guidance).

1. Overview

Under Japan's Companies Act of 2005, which consolidated corporate law regulations in Japan, a corporate auditor (kansayaku) is a mandatory organ of a joint-stock company with two exceptional situations. Specifically, a small-scale closely-held company is not required to have kansayaku, and a committee company is required to have three committees (the audit committee, the nominating committee and the compensation committee) but not kansayaku.

March 29, 2012- Announcment by The Japan Corporate Auditors Association (JCAA), The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (JICPA) —->