Tolley's Corporate Governance Handbook

2nd edition
Price £69.95 excl delivery

Authors: Andrew Chambers
Publisher: Butterworths Tolley LexisNexisTM
Softback: ISBN 0-7545-2411-6

Despite the huge amount that has been written about the subject, it remains time-consuming to find out what corporate governance means in practical terms.

This extensively updated handbook will save you time by explaining the effect of the latest developments in corporate governance on internal and eternal controls, audits, risk management, corporate ethics, executive remuneration and company policy.

 As well as being of prime importance to listed companies, this handbook will prove invaluable for private companies and other entities.  This important new edition is also indispensable for corporate governance standards setters, regulators, researchers, instructors and students.

 

About the author: Andrew Chambers, BA CEng, FCA, FIIA, FBCS, FRSA is Director of Management Audit Ltd.  He is author of many management books, and general editor of the International Journal of Auditing and editor of Corporate Governance newsletter published by FTMS.

·                    Commentary on the FRC’s revised Combined Code

·                    Disclosure requirements and accounting standards

·                    Appointing non executive and independent directors

·                    Fiduciary duties of directors, officers and controlling shareholders

·                    Internal and external auditing

·                    The issue and sale of securities

·                    Bankruptcy and creditor’s rights

·                    Corporate Governance in the public sector

Contents

Part A

·                    The 2003 Combined Code

·                    Understanding The 2003 Combined Code

 Part B

·                    Introduction

·                    The Corporate Governance Framework

·                    Early Corporate Governance Pronouncements – UK

·                    Reporting On Internal Control And The Turnbull Report

·                    External Control

·                    External Audit

·                    Voting Policies

·                    Risk Management And Internal Control

·                    Corporate Governance In The Public Sector

·                    Being A Director

·                    The Effective Board

·                    Board Policies and Policy Statements

·                    Remuneration Packages – The Corporate Governance Framework

·                    Remuneration Disclosure Requirements

·                    Best Practice Guidance

·                    The Remuneration Committee

·                    The Total Remuneration Package

·                    Communicating Directors Pay

·                    Board Committees

·                    Audit Committees

·                    Board Committees – Terms of Reference

·                    Stakeholders and Reputation Management

·                    Internal Audit

·                    Fraud

·                    Sustainability

·                    International Dimensions

·                    Appendix 1: Bibliography

·                    Appendix 2: Contact Details

·                    Appendix 3: Corporate Governance Special Interest Groups

·                    Appendix 4: Research Centres In Corporate Governance

·                    Appendix 5: Websites on Corporate Governance

Second expanded edition includes new and revised material throughout:

·                    Incorporation of 2003 Combined Code and commentary on the Code.

·                    Corporate Governance in the NHS

·                    New and expanded content on remuneration packages

·                    Focus on new key Practice Advisories for Internal Auditors

·                    US corporate governance developments including Sarbanes-Oxley

·                    Updated material on implementing the Turnbull Report

·                    Implications of the Smith Report on audit committees

·                    New material on appraising your external auditors

·                    And much, much more