Keeping Good Companies articles from February 2007

Keeping Good Companies archives from February 2007

Regulating corporate governors: rethinking board responsibilities and liabilities.(APPLIED CORPORATE GOVERNANCE)
February 1, 2007... Corporate governance is not a new concept. Time and again bad governance has seemed to be complicit in corporate failures, creating much fanfare and misconception about this issue. The emergence of competing theories by various disciplines has...

ASIC's Information Processing Centre.(NEWS AND VIEWS)(Australian Securities and Investments Commission)(Agency overview)
February 1, 2007... The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) Information Processing Centre (IPC), based at Traralgon, is part of the Public Information Program which forms part of our Operations Directorate. Who we are--Information...

Amending the constitution of a not-for-profit company.(COMPANY SECRETARY)
February 1, 2007... 'Not-for-profit' is a vague term covering many different structures by and purposes for which bodies are established. Essentially, a not-for-profit organisation does not distribute profits or assets to members with limited exceptions. The...

Can deals be too 'clubby'?(Department of Justice investigating private equity firms for antitrust regulations)
February 1, 2007... In October 2006, reports started filtering through that the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) had begun an informal investigation into the conduct of private equity firms in the United States. Apparently, letters sent to a number of...

The Corporate and Financial Services Regulation Review Proposals Paper: an overview.(CORPORATE LAW)(Law overview)
February 1, 2007... On 16 November 2006, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer released the Corporate and Financial Services Regulation Review Proposals Paper (the Proposals Paper) for comment. The Paper sets out 35 ways in which Australia's financial and...

Do non-profit organisations 'trade' under the new WorkChoices legislation?(EMPLOYMENT LAW)(Australia. Workplace Relations Amendment (Australia Workplace Agreements Procedures) Act 2001)
February 1, 2007... The new Workplace Relations Amendment (WorkChoices) Act 2005 (Cth) is having a significant impact on all employers and employees, but its applicability to non-profit corporations is unclear. The amended Workplace Relations Act 1996 as a...

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune: the NRMA foots the bill for a director's defamation claims.(NRMA Insurance Group Ltd., Nick Whitlam)
February 1, 2007... The NSW Supreme Court's ruling that the NRMA must pay the past and future legal costs of its former president, Nick Whitlam, in his defamation claims against 2GB and Channel Nine, is an unprecedented leap forward into new territory. It is...

The subtle art of persuasion: influencing key stakeholders.(MANAGEMENT)
February 1, 2007... Exercising a highly developed ability to appropriately influence the key stakeholders in governance decisions is a subtle--even simple--art which is too frequently overlooked by those in a position of potential influence within the company,...

Company Secretary and internal auditor: joint guardians of governance, risk management and control.
February 1, 2007... The internal auditor within any organisation is an important ally and supporter of the Company Secretary. Separately, they represent the two primary organisational managers who focus entirely on governance and risk. Together, they can represent...

Understanding content management.(RISK MANAGEMENT)
February 1, 2007... What is content management? Imagine a gargantuan filing cabinet that holds all the information, printed and computerised, that your company has ever generated. Although the data you need may reside somewhere in that vast filing cabinet,...