Corporate Governance: The Director’s Guide

Product Details:
Author(s):
Wixley, T ,
Everingham, G and
Louw, K
Year Published:
2019
Edition
5th Edition
Type:
Print | Soft Cover
Language:
English
About this publication
What does Corporate Governance mean in the post-Steinhoff-collapse era in South Africa? It has become more important than ever. Companies, whether public, private or state-owned, their directors and officers, their shareholders and the public are all affected by new and sweeping changes to corporate governance codes, company legislation and regulations.  
 
Since the publication of the fourth edition in 2015 we have seen the issue of the King IV Report, and a rash of failures of corporate governance in both the private and public sectors, in many instances striking at the credibility of the assertions of those charged with governance. Any complacency which may have crept into corporate governance practices has been swept away and directors need to be more alert than ever as to their responsibilities and their exposure, both reputationally and in law.   
 
This fifth – and significantly expanded – edition of Corporate Governance, now established as the leading independent South African work on the subject, continues to inform readers comprehensively on a subject that is assuming ever-growing importance in both the private and public sectors. It incorporates a new and comprehensive summary of the King IV code, as well as updated examples and current thinking on an increasingly important sphere. 
Content
Why Corporate Governance? 
International developments in Corporate Governance 
Types of business entities 
Strategy and its Execution 
Composition and Selection of the Board of Directors 
Directors and their Responsibilities 
Functioning of the Board 
Board Committees 
Risk Management and Internal Control 
The Social and Ethics Committee 
The audit committee 
Financial Reporting and Communication 
Integrated Reporting 
Stakeholder Relationships 
External Audit 
Internal Audit 
Compliance 
Remuneration of Directors and Executives — Principles and Disclosure 
Public Sector 
Corporate Governance in Private Businesses and other Small Organisations 
Appendices 
Specimen letter of appointment as a non-executive director 
Draft questionnaires to be used in assessing boards, committees and directors 
Summary of the King IV Code of Governance for South Africa  
Index 
Interest / Benefit to
Directors, company secretaries and managers of listed and unlisted companies
Investors
Legal advisors
Executives
Office bearers of businesses and NGOs
Anyone who aspires to be a business leader