Entries in the Category "MGMT251"
Google Stock Issues
In an upcoming stockholders meeting for Google, it will be voted on whether or not Google will do away with its two class stock structure.
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Corporate voted fraud
It seems that there were not just voter irregularities in our national elections, but in corporate elections as well.
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Business learn to deal with SOX
Spending by companies to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley law decreased on average of 44% for the past year.
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Verizon fails, rewards CEO
Ivan G. Seidenberg, of Verizon Communications, was given a large pay raise this past year.
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Stop giving execs pay raises!
Recent studies have shows that companies may want to cut back on giving their executives such large pay raises.
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Principles for Responsible Investment
Recently, the heads of some of the largest institutional investors, joined by UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, signed the "Principles for Responsible Investment."
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Analysts care!
In a recent report, the numbers show that analysts really do care about corporate governance.
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And another thing
Despite having a good environment and good internal controls as I mentioned in my last 3 blogs, somtimes it comes down to hiring the right people.
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Structural Frame
The structural frame deals with how the company is set up.
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Political Frame
The politics of a business can also have a strong effect on corporate governance.
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Cultural Frame
The culture of a business can have a profound effect on a business's corporate governance.
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Governance and Frames
I have recently been thinking more about how I can tie corporate governance into some topics discussed in the mgmt 251 discussions.
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Change
Recently in the MGMT classroom the topic of change was discussed.
Good Governance = Profits
A recent study of 5,300 U.S. companies
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California
As I mentioned in my last posting, Enron's poor corporate governance had a negative effect on a community in Houston.
Houston
A recent article in the Washington Post described Enron's effect on the city of Houston.
Citizenship
Corporate Citizenship is a crucial part of corporate governance.
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Corporate Governance
For this semester's blog I will be writing a little bit about corporate governance