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Good Corporate Governance: The Role Of The Accountant, Professor Ben C Osisioma May 2013

Good Corporate Governance: The Role Of The Accountant, Professor Ben C Osisioma

Prof Ben Chuka Osisioma

Corporate governance deals with the mechanism by which stakeholders of a company exercise control over corporate managers and provide overall direction to the firm, such that stakeholders’ interests are protected. In such a situation, the firm operates more responsibly and profitably, relations are enhanced between the firm and all stakeholders - shareholders, policyholders, employees, suppliers and society at large - the quality of executive and non-executive directors is improved, the firm thinks long-term, information needs of all stakeholders are satisfied, and executive management is monitored properly in the interest of shareholders. The role of the accountant in this setting, is …


Determinants Of Financial Restatement : Does The Ceo-Board Relationship And Ceo Compensation Influence The Risk Of Financial Restatement?, Kimberly A.M. Melinsky Jan 2013

Determinants Of Financial Restatement : Does The Ceo-Board Relationship And Ceo Compensation Influence The Risk Of Financial Restatement?, Kimberly A.M. Melinsky

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

The cataclysmic business failures of the past decade clearly outline the necessity for effective governance research and policy. These failures have prompted prominent investors, politicians, and researchers to show an ever-increasing interest in corporate fraudulent activity and its relationship to executive compensation packages and the CEO-board relationship. Further research is needed to better understand these relationships, especially the relationship between governance mechanisms and their influence on financial restatement, an outcome of fraud. This study looks to answer that need by examining the CEO-board relationship, as well as CEO compensation components, the combined effects of CEO compensation and CEO-board relationship variables, …