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Let’s get ethical

Unexpected response to Higgs

The number of executive directors of FTSE companies has fallen by 20 per cent since 2002, as the ‘Higgs effect’ continues to rapidly change the structure of the UK plc boardroom, according to a recent report.

Breaking the cycle

A new report calls for an end to the ‘short-term obsession’ prevalent at the moment and suggests guidelines for achieving this by reforming practices involving earnings guidance, compensation and communications to investors.

European SRI

Kazakhstan initiative

New GRI guidelines

From audit to assurance

In the second of our series of articles looking at the current debate surrounding the audit profession Richard Anderson looks at the role of the modern audit and what it should be in the 21st century.

‘Not on my watch’ culture

In this article looking at the problems of short-termism from the perspective of the CEO, Adam Bloch argues that risk is being ‘institutionally discouraged’.

A tale from Latin America

Daniel Blume and Mike Lubrano summarize the progress which has been made in relation to corporate governance in Latin America.