Keeping Good Companies articles from July 2006

Keeping Good Companies archives from July 2006

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and corporate governance: politics, resources and trickle-down effects.(APPLIED CORPORATE GOVERNANCE)
July 1, 2006... * SMEs are the forgotten stakeholders in the fair and efficient management of Australian corporate governance because the 'corporate governance market' is essentially aimed at listed and other public companies * It is assumed that rules,...

Risk assessment.(reducing corporate failures)
July 1, 2006... * Following the trail of corporate failures to new legislation and guidelines * An overview of key issues in risk assessment and management Development of legislation and guidelines Over the last few years significant corporate...

Corporate minute-taking: a general counsel's guide.(COMPANY SECRETARY)(Reprint)
July 1, 2006... * Traditional approaches to minute-taking may no longer be sufficient to serve the organisation and its board * How to re-evaluate your minute-taking process * Practical suggestions for effective minute-taking The...

Component pricing: contemplating consumer calculations.(COMPETITION LAW)
July 1, 2006... * Analysing the proposed changes to how prices can be displayed * Examining how the proposed changes may operate in practice * Exploring whether the proposed changes are, in fact, necessary Component pricing occurs when a trader...

Corporate culture in the spotlight: criminal offences.(CORPORATE LAW)
July 1, 2006... * Can a company be liable for the actions of an employee through its culture? * Recent developments in criminal offences for corporations * Examining how corporate culture can be assessed Many of the legislative changes relating...

New criminal penalties for company officers involved in cartels.(State Focus)
July 1, 2006... A committee headed by retired High Court judge Sir Daryl Dawson handed its Review of the Competition Provisions of the Trade Practices Act (the Dawson Review) to the Commonwealth Government in January 2003. That report recommended that...

What will I do next? Moving from regular employment to self-employment.(EMPLOYMENT LAW)
July 1, 2006... * Why do people move from regular to self-employment? * What is the experience of people who have made this transition? * Do you need to be an 'entrepreneur' to become self-employed? Increasingly, people need to address the...

Changes to New South Wales environmental laws make personal liability exposure for directors and management too onerous.(ENVIRONMENT LAW)
July 1, 2006... * Directors and management face new personal liability for environmental pollution, with removal of the 'no knowledge defence' * Up to fivefold increases in penalties for polluting water, noise, air, waste and now land in New South Wales...

Document destruction? Caution!(Crimes (Document Destruction) Act 2006)
July 1, 2006... Victoria has a new criminal offence concerning the destruction of documents that are likely to be required as evidence in a legal proceeding. The Crimes (Document Destruction) Act 2006 (Vic) will insert new provisions into the Crimes Act 1958...

Critical thinking for risk mitigation: the missing vertical dimension.(MANAGEMENT)
July 1, 2006... * Enterprise-wide risk management depends on high standards of disclosure of the thinking behind key management decisions * Succinct methods for structuring, presenting, assessing and recording the logical justification for management...

Achieving sustainable compliance with technology and culture.(NEWS AND VIEWS)
July 1, 2006... As the trials of former Enron executives are drawing to a close in the US and the corporate world awaits the judge's sentencing decision with great interest, it's an appropriate time to turn our thoughts to building a truly sustainable...

Just how is business done? A review of Australian business's approach to bribery and corruption.(RISK MANAGEMENT)
July 1, 2006... * When is a bribe a facilitation payment? * What are current corporate practices around bribery and corruption? * What are the legal and the regulatory positions? This article examines the approach taken by Australian companies...