Corporate governance refers to the structure and value, which determine corporate direction and performance. The framework depends on the legal, regulatory, institutional, and ethical environment of the company's stakeholder community.
- October 9, 2008 - Fred Cohen, the Chairman of PCI-Media Impact, a leading international NGO, today announced that Alan Court had joined its Board of Directors. Mr. Court is currently Senior Advisor to the United Nation's Secretary General's Special Envoy for Malaria....
Reporting on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by the Largest Listed Companies in Eleven Central and Eastern European (CEE) Countries; Fifth-Time Comparison with Peers in BRIC and Ukraine
Midland, MI. - September 30, 2008 - The Dow Chemical Company recently received the highest rating possible for corporate governance practices from GovernanceMetrics International (GMI), an independent research and ratings agency. Dow was awarded a perfect overall global score of 10. Only one...
ARMONK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 09/24/08 -- A new IBM (NYSE: IBM) consulting offering can help clients make their products more eco-friendly from development and manufacturing through delivery and use to end-of-life reclamation and recycling. Ranging across products as diverse as cars,...
Philadelphia Leaders in Governance, Media, and Civic Activism Offer Insights to the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy
Transparency: Risk or Opportunity? Conversations about corporate responsibility from the legal and investor perspective. For most companies, disclosure implies risk. Yet customers, communities, employees-and increasingly, investors-are demanding transparency around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. Join us for this highly interactive, one-day forum...
Laytonsville, Maryland & Phoenix, AZ. - September 19, 2008 - The Technology Council of thevOpen Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG) has established a provisional XBRL jurisdiction following strong interest in the use of XBRL by OCEG members and adoption by the organization's GRC-XML...