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Session Unit 10:
           LOS 34.a:
           Describe corporate governance, p.1                     34. Corporate Governance and ESG: An Introduction



          “framework or system of internal controls and procedures by which individual companies are
          managed. It defines:



          •   the rights, roles and responsibilities of various groups within an organization.


          •   The checks, balances, and incentives required to minimize and manage the conflicting interests

              between insiders and external shareowners.”
                                                         tanties


                                             2 perspectives to corporate governance,
                                                       Narrow and Broad:




               Shareholder theory – paramount is                                Stakeholder theory considers
               interests of common shareholders                                 conflicts among the several

               (value maximisation); it focuses on                              stakeholder groups: shareholders,
               agency problem: conflicts between                                employees, suppliers, and

               the managers and its owners                                      customers, among others.
               (shareholders) dye to information
               asymmetry.
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