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The Landmark James Hardie Case In Australia: A Wakeup Call For Non-Executive Directors, S M. Solaiman
The Landmark James Hardie Case In Australia: A Wakeup Call For Non-Executive Directors, S M. Solaiman
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Company directors are not an ornament, but they are an essential component of corporate governance, and vigilant non-executive directors (NEDs) are believed to be crucial to good governance of corporations.' Recent corporate failures in the developed world underscore the need for an active role of private actors such as directors in good governance of corporations.
A company in legal concept is an entity created by law conferring artificial personality to represent individuals who operate it for profits or other purposes with perpetuity in its existence and simplicity in its contractual relations. • Corporations emerged as a division of society and …