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The Role Of Boards And Stakeholders In Corporate Governance, Victor C. S. Yeo, Pearlie M. C. Koh Apr 2001

The Role Of Boards And Stakeholders In Corporate Governance, Victor C. S. Yeo, Pearlie M. C. Koh

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

This paper was written specifically for the OECD Third Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance, held in Singapore in April 2001, the theme of which was "the Role of Boards and Stakeholders in Corporate Governance". It goes without saying that a significant part of corporate governance is about managerial control and accountability. The duties imposed on directors, how Board members are chosen, Board composition, the interaction between members, the roles and responsibilities that Boards undertake, both as a whole and by their individual members, all have significant impact on the efficacy and propriety of the Board in fulfilling its functions. This …

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Corporate Caregiver, Dipali Sikand Mar 2001

Corporate Caregiver, Dipali Sikand

IIMB Management Review

My career as a Human Resources manager had led me to specialising in HR in the telecom business, first with the Essar group, then with JT Mobiles and the Northern Telecom group in Singapore as a Resourcing Director. I saw that people mainly took time off during office hours to do personal jobs - small jobs like paying their bills or buying tickets. This took up a major chunk of their time and it cost the organisation. I began to realize how vital it was for companies to find new ways of retaining employees and helping them use their office …

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Morality And God, John Hare Feb 2001

Morality And God, John Hare

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Paper presented at the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society at Western Michigan University, January 18,2001 with the title, "Does Morality Need God?"

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The Drama Of Dysfunction: Value Conflict In Us Managed Care, Diana D. Mrotek Feb 2001

The Drama Of Dysfunction: Value Conflict In Us Managed Care, Diana D. Mrotek

WCBT Faculty Publications

The transformation of the American health care environment from retrospective fee-for-service to managed care has been both rapid and chaotic. This period of change has been infected by value conflict, evoking unconscious processes in system participants as they have attempted to cope with personally threatening situations. This article attempts to elucidate this process by presenting an account of events and accompanying value conflict as it occurred over time. It also includes a systems analysis of the rapidly changing mosaic of unconscious processes that resulted from the divergent values held by the public and health care professionals, using various organization behavior …

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Farm Animals And Their Welfare In 2000, David Fraser, Joy Mench, Suzanne Millman Jan 2001

Farm Animals And Their Welfare In 2000, David Fraser, Joy Mench, Suzanne Millman

State of the Animals 2001

Farm animals have been a traditional concern of the modern animal protection movement. In the early 1800s, when the movement emerged as a significant sociopolitical force in the United Kingdom, its first priority was protection of farm animals, with particular emphasis on cattle and horses. Subsequently priorities changed, and throughout most of the 1900s, animal protectionism in Europe and the English-speaking world focused more strongly on the use of animals for scientific research and on the rescue of abandoned or ill-treated companion animals. Today, however, with vigorous public debate over animal agriculture and its effects, farm animals are re-emerging as …

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Qualitative Assessment Of Animal Behaviour As An On-Farm Welfare-Monitoring Tool, Françoise Wemelsfelder, Alistair B. Lawrence Jan 2001

Qualitative Assessment Of Animal Behaviour As An On-Farm Welfare-Monitoring Tool, Françoise Wemelsfelder, Alistair B. Lawrence

Sentience Collection

There is a growing need to monitor the health and welfare of farm animals, and to develop methods which do so efficiently and reliably. A crucial problem with current methods is the integration of separate measurements taken during farm visits into accurate judgements of an animal’s overall welfare state. This paper proposes that the qualitative assessment of animal behaviour may serve as an integrative methodology which could guide the interpretation of other, more detailed welfare measurements. Recent research has demonstrated qualitative behaviour assessment to be reliable and repeatable under controlled experimental conditions. The paper concludes with a discussion of ways …

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Employee Relations Ethics And The Changing Nature Of The American Workforce, Chong W. Kim, Dennis Emmett, Andrew Sikula Sr. Jan 2001

Employee Relations Ethics And The Changing Nature Of The American Workforce, Chong W. Kim, Dennis Emmett, Andrew Sikula Sr.

Management Faculty Research

Much is being written today about the changing nature of the American workforce. This article summarizes 10 of these changes: (a) global competition; (b) the changing skills of work; (c) the declining impact of unions; (d) the altered human composition of the workforce; (e) the effects of continuous improvement, downsizing, and reengineering; (f) the growing use of part-time employees; (g) the widening income gap; (h) lessened employer and employee loyalty and commitment; (i) early retirement programs; and (j) telecommunications and virtual employees. Rather than just identifying and documenting these trends, this article discusses the ethical implications of such movements. In …

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Mekanisme Al-Murabahah Dan Al-Bay Bi-Thaman Ajil Dalam Sistem Pembiayaan Di Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad (Bimb), Mazran Mohd. Nazim Jan 2001

Mekanisme Al-Murabahah Dan Al-Bay Bi-Thaman Ajil Dalam Sistem Pembiayaan Di Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad (Bimb), Mazran Mohd. Nazim

Student Works (2000-2009)

This dissertation will discuss the mechanisme of interest-free financing applied in the famous islamic financial institution in Malaysia, Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad (BIMB). The two important mechanisme discussed are al-murabahah and al-bay bi-thaman ajil. The discussion will comprise the whole concept of the mechanisme fr.om the Islamic perspective and their application in the operation of Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad (BIMB).

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A "New" Theory Of Management, Andrew Sikula Sr., Kurt Olmosk, Chong W. Kim, Stephen Cupps Jan 2001

A "New" Theory Of Management, Andrew Sikula Sr., Kurt Olmosk, Chong W. Kim, Stephen Cupps

Management Faculty Research

This article presents a "new" theory of management for the new millennium: "new" not because singularly the ideas are recent, but because the combination of these older ideas collectively is novel. To some extent, this article represents the reestablishment of previously existing employment ethics that for various and sundry reasons lapsed into disuse in the past several decades. This article discusses employee relations ethics (ERE) in terms of an ERE credo and a set of assumptions. The modern millennium mission states that all organizations (public and private) should primarily be employee centered, not owner or administrator controlled, customer or client …

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A Comparative Analysis Of Conventional Insurance And Islamic Insurance (Takaful) In Malaysia : An Emphasis On Pricing Issues, Kamaruzaman Noordin Jan 2001

A Comparative Analysis Of Conventional Insurance And Islamic Insurance (Takaful) In Malaysia : An Emphasis On Pricing Issues, Kamaruzaman Noordin

Student Works (2000-2009)

The existence of commercial contract of insurance since long time ago has greatly alleviated the impact of fortuitous happenings upon unfortunate community. This is due to its primary objective which is to provide a necessary economic security against unexpected catastrophes through the concept of risk sharing and mutual co-operation. Nevertheless, the conventional contract of insurance, which is based on the contract of sales, has been declared by most Muslim jurists as invalid from the sight of Shari'ah. Alternatively, they have come up with the idea of takaful which is based on the contract of donation (tabarru). Yet, many Muslims are …

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Wage Discrimination Against Working Women, Sarah M. Ganasegeram Jan 2001

Wage Discrimination Against Working Women, Sarah M. Ganasegeram

Student Works (2000-2009)

This research generally sets out to study wage discrimination against working women. Specifically, the study has three objectives. First, it examines sex-role stereotypes resulting from a colonial background, as a cause of wage discrimination. Second, the study explores gender-related job segregation existing in government policies, as a cause of wage discrimination. Lastly, it examines gender differences in human capital resulting from lack of access to education, as a cause of wage discrimination against working women. The study uses legal research methodology. The nature of this method incorporates advocacy and persuasion. Case studies based of decided equal pay claim cases are …

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Job-Related Ethics Of Four-Star Hotel Employees In Kuala Lumpur, Syed Sabeer Ali Ahmed Khan Jan 2001

Job-Related Ethics Of Four-Star Hotel Employees In Kuala Lumpur, Syed Sabeer Ali Ahmed Khan

Student Works (2000-2009)

This research aims to investigate the job-related ethical beliefs of four - star hotel employees in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The results show that the four­dimensional factors model as suggested by Vitell and Muncy (1992) can explain hotel employees' job-related ethics. The result revealed that employees working in departments, which have direct contact with hotel guests such as Food & Beverage, have higher tolerance for unethical behaviours. Significant differences were observed when analyzing the demographic variables (i.e. sex and education level) with the four factors identified including: no harm; unethical behaviours; actively benefiting; and passively benefiting. There were no significant differences …

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Corporate Governance And Political Ownership, David Seong Wei Lo Jan 2001

Corporate Governance And Political Ownership, David Seong Wei Lo

Student Works (2000-2009)

This paper makes an attempt to study the concept of corporate governance in a political ownership environment. It emphasizes the relationship between political objectives and governance objectives. The paper first gives a preliminary view of corporate governance and political ownership. It investigates whether political ownership will restrict the functioning of the governance mechanism. By making a case study of several privatised firms with strong political ownership, it shows that there is a strong possibility that political objectives will undermine the governance objectives without a proper check and balance system in place. There are indications that the situation is starting to …

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Changing Role Of The Company Secretary In Malaysia, Cheng Luan Ooi Jan 2001

Changing Role Of The Company Secretary In Malaysia, Cheng Luan Ooi

Student Works (2000-2009)

The role and responsibilities of the company secretary may not be so well known as that of the other profession like the accountants, advocates and solicitors, architects and doctors. It is also not well defined in company legislation nor does the Act in its present state distinguish between full time and professional company secretary. Thus the role of a company secretary in this context is somewhat confusing to outside parties as far as the scope of responsibilities is concerned. From the traditional role as a mere keeper of company's documents, in recent years, the role of company secretary calls for …

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Walking The Walk --- The Reality Of Ethics In The University Presidency, Elson Floyd Dec 2000

Walking The Walk --- The Reality Of Ethics In The University Presidency, Elson Floyd

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Papers presented for the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University.

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Ethics In Academia, Diether Haenicke Dec 2000

Ethics In Academia, Diether Haenicke

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Papers presented for the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University.

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The Quality Of Mercy, The Public Trust, And Ethical Issues In Higher Education, Elise Bickford Jorgens Dec 2000

The Quality Of Mercy, The Public Trust, And Ethical Issues In Higher Education, Elise Bickford Jorgens

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Papers presented for the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University.

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The Ethics Center At Fifteen Years, Michael Pritchard Dec 2000

The Ethics Center At Fifteen Years, Michael Pritchard

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Papers presented for the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University.

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Preventing Fraudulent Financial Reporting, Mark S. Beasley, Joseph V. Carcello, Dana R. Hermanson Dec 2000

Preventing Fraudulent Financial Reporting, Mark S. Beasley, Joseph V. Carcello, Dana R. Hermanson

Faculty Articles

Provides information on a study conducted by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations regarding the detection and prevention of financial fraud. Discussion on the nature of financial frauds; Characteristics of unreliable financial reporting; Views on the role of auditing firms in the prevention of fraud.

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Ethics In Academia, 2000, Wmu Center Of The Study Of Ethics In Society Dec 2000

Ethics In Academia, 2000, Wmu Center Of The Study Of Ethics In Society

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Papers presented for the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University.

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A Clean And Transparent Market, N Balasubramanian Sep 2000

A Clean And Transparent Market, N Balasubramanian

IIMB Management Review

Patil speaks to N Balasubramanian in depth about what led to the setting up of the NSE and its phenomenal success in the very first year of its existence; about what makes this exchange not only unique but also a role model for other countries to follow. He considers the challenges and prospects ahead and chalks out his personal vision for the exchange. He describes at length the initiatives that have been taken and are proposed to establish India as an international financial centre, to enable research., to bring about a clean and transparent market, and to improve corporate governance …

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Playing It Straight, Ganesh Sherman Sep 2000

Playing It Straight, Ganesh Sherman

IIMB Management Review

Part of being a good manager is being aware of the moral dimensions of one's role in the network and in the organisation. Managers can unwittingly engage in a wide range of role-related acts that are ethically questionable.

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Trends. Blowing Smoke: Tobacco Machinations And The World Health Organization, Ibpp Editor Aug 2000

Trends. Blowing Smoke: Tobacco Machinations And The World Health Organization, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses actions of agents of the tobacco industry and their attempts to undermine World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco control activities as reported in a WHO report.

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Trends. Correct Political Incorrectness: Can Germans Be Right About Jews?, Ibpp Editor Jul 2000

Trends. Correct Political Incorrectness: Can Germans Be Right About Jews?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses former Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl's analogy, which compared boycotts of his fundraising campaign to pay for fines incurred on his political party because of his illegal and illicit fund-raising initiatives to Nazi-era boycotts of Jewish shops.

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Enabling Business - Community Partnerships, Seema Gupta Jun 2000

Enabling Business - Community Partnerships, Seema Gupta

IIMB Management Review

The decade of the 1990s has perhaps seen the most profound changes in global economic structures. The effects of structural adjustment and globalisation and the emergence of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have meant that the role of business has dramatically changed throughout the world. Statistics of the number of corporations that are larger than nation-states abound and only illustrate the importance of the corporate sector and its impact on the world order.

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The Socially Responsible Corporation In India: The Value Of Leadership, Amol Karnad Jun 2000

The Socially Responsible Corporation In India: The Value Of Leadership, Amol Karnad

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.

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Social Accounting And Reporting, Kishore S Rao Jun 2000

Social Accounting And Reporting, Kishore S Rao

IIMB Management Review

This article is based on a presentation made by Kishore Rao at IIMB. The presentation was followed by a discussion in which the participants were, Srinivas Kalburgi, Professor Emeritus, University of Regina, Canada; David Kimber, Associate Professor, School of Management, RMIT, Melbourne; Fran Siemensma, Member of the Faculty, Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne; N Balasubramanian, Visiting Faculty IIMB and Chief Editor, Management Review, and PGP students of IIMB.

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Corporate Citizenship – Convergence In Corporate Governance?, Vikram Rajaram Jun 2000

Corporate Citizenship – Convergence In Corporate Governance?, Vikram Rajaram

IIMB Management Review

In an almost seamless manner good corporate governance is seen to include corporate citizenship and, through an extension of good citizenship - corporate philanthropy. Corporate India seems to have accepted the nexus between the creation of wealth and the distribution of wealth. In the same manner that recommended corporate governance practices of yesteryear have now been enshrined in statutes, it is probably a portent of things to come that what constitutes good corporate Round Table 90 citizenship today will, with the passage of time, be decreed by law.

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Corporate Governance, Reputation And Competitive Credibility, N Balasubramanian, David Kimber Jun 2000

Corporate Governance, Reputation And Competitive Credibility, N Balasubramanian, David Kimber

IIMB Management Review

The decade of the 1990s has perhaps seen the most profound changes in global economic structures. The effects of structural adjustment and globalisation, and the emergence of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have meant that the role of business has dramatically changed throughout the world. Statistics of the number of corporations that are larger than nation states abound and only illustrate the importance of the corporate sector and its impact on the world order

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Privatisation In India: Concerns And Methods, Subhashish Gupta, N S Venkatesh Jun 2000

Privatisation In India: Concerns And Methods, Subhashish Gupta, N S Venkatesh

IIMB Management Review

The recent past has seen a spurt of proposals regarding privatisation. The most famous has been the Kelkar proposal, which was almost immediately countered by a proposal from the chairman of the Disinvestment Commission (DC), G V Ramakrishna, for the setting up of a National Shareholding Trust. In between, the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry had come up with its own proposal regarding disinvestment. These proposals sparked off a debate regarding the privatisation process and brought into focus the issues and concerns regarding privatisation in India

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