Corporate governance Books

Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part 1: Planning to Do a Transaction 9 Chapter 1: Explaining Mergers and Acquisitions 11 Chapter 2: Learning M&A Rules and Decorum 27 Chapter 3: Utilizing the M&A Process 37 Chapter 4: Making Sense of the Economics of M&A 43 Chapter 5: Finding Buyers and Sellers 67 Part 2: Marketing the Transaction 101 Chapter 6: Explaining and Influencing Valuation 103 Chapter 7: Creating and Reviewing an Offering Document 129 Chapter 8: Reading and Writing the Offers 161 Part 3: Selling the Transaction 177 Chapter 9: Selecting Advisors 179 Chapter 10: Hiring an Investment Banker 193 Chapter 11: Arranging Meetings Between Buyer and Seller 207 Chapter 12: Financing the Transaction 219 Chapter 13: Learning How to Negotiate Successfully 245 Part 4: Concluding and Combining 267 Chapter 14: Confirming Due Diligence 269 Chapter 15: Documenting the Transaction 283 Chapter 16: Closing and Integrating the Acquisition 293 Chapter 17: Ensuring a Successful Acquisition 309 Part 5: The Part of Tens 325 Chapter 18: Ten Transaction Pitfalls 327 Chapter 19: Ten Reasons Acquisitions Fail 331 Chapter 20: Ten Lurking Problems for Sellers 335 Index 339

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Book SynopsisA Financial Times Book of the Year 2020! Should companies be run for profit or purpose? In this ground-breaking book, acclaimed finance professor and TED speaker Alex Edmans shows it''s not an either-or choice. Drawing from real-life examples spanning industries and countries, Edmans demonstrates that purpose-driven businesses are consistently more successful in the long-term. But a purposeful company must navigate difficult trade-offs and take tough decisions. Edmans provides a roadmap for company leaders to put purpose into practice, and overcome the hurdles that hold many back. He explains how investors can discern which companies are truly purposeful and how to engage with them to unleash value for both shareholders and society. And he highlights the role that citizens can play in reshaping business to improve our world. This edition has been thoroughly updated to include the pandemic, the latest research, and new insights on how to make purpose a reality.Trade Review'I do not know whether capitalism is in crisis. But I do know Alex Edmans' superb book makes the case, compellingly and comprehensively, for a radical rethink of how companies operate and indeed why they exist. It is the definitive account of the analytical case for responsible business, but is at the same time practical and grounded in real business experience. It is a tour de force.' Andy Haldane, Chief Economist, Bank of England'Politicians are calling for large companies to be regulated or split up. In this compelling book Alex Edmans argues that there is indeed a problem with corporate behavior but that the solution may be simpler: change corporate purpose so that companies focus on growing the pie rather than grabbing more of it. Edmans's arguments are a powerful and persuasive antidote to much of the conventional wisdom about the corporate world.' Oliver Hart, 2016 Nobel Laureate in Economics'This is a brilliant and timely book, taking the business case for responsible capitalism to a whole new level. Edmans provides a rigorous, evidence-based approach, exploring numerous angles around how businesses can (and, as he shows, must) combine profit-seeking with purpose as well as the role investors and other stakeholders can play in driving a genuine win-win approach. He tackles counter-arguments head-on and has the courage to expose examples of virtue-signalling that falsely discredit responsible businesses. Citing case studies collated over decades, it's a great read, too, offering fascinating examples well beyond the usual suspects. Grow the Pie really has the power to convince the sceptics as well as encourage advocates consider new ways to embed the approach further in their businesses.' Dame Helena Morrissey, financier and founder of the 30% Club'This is a must-read book for anyone interested in reforming capitalism - particularly in its role of serving wider society. The book is grounded in academic evidence, but the ideas are highly practical, and recognize the need for business to be profitable as well as purposeful. Most companies have inspiring mission statements; Edmans provides a concrete framework for translating them into actual practice. He does not shy away from acknowledging the challenges with running a purpose-driven company - balancing multiple objectives, achieving investor buy-in, and making decisions where the key criteria cannot be quantified. Instead, he tackles them head-on, giving clear guidelines on how to navigate tough decisions, which he illustrates with powerful examples.' Dominic Barton, former Global Managing Partner of McKinsey'The quest to encourage companies to adopt positive values, for the benefit of all stakeholders, sometimes seems long on vision and short on firepower. Edmans, a finance professor, provides plenty of ammunition to support the idea that visionary leaders can expand the whole 'pie' in pursuit of purpose and profit.' Andrew Hill, Financial Times, Best Books of 2020'This is an original and important book that will help transform how business sees itself - and how we see business. Alex Edmans in his passionate advocacy of 'Pieconomics' challenges us all to adopt a mindset and unity of purpose in which all business actions contribute to pie growing. The implications are radical and far-reaching. Read it: it will challenge how you think.' Will Hutton, Principal of Hertford College, Oxford and Observer columnist'In Grow the Pie, Alex Edmans has provided us with a valuable contribution to contemporary thinking about how business can be a force for good in society. His thought-provoking, often contrarian, ideas are rigorously logical, delving beneath the superficial analyses we often see, which assume correlation implies causation. And Alex's engaging storytelling brings the principles of 'Pieconomics' to life with examples of prominent business people - not just those who understand the benefits of growing the pie - but also those who don't.' Sir James G. M. Wates, Chairman of Wates Group'Alex Edmans has done a great service to society by showing that business doesn't have to be a zero-sum game if we focus more on growing the pie rather than maximizing our slice of it. This is capitalism with a human face.' Andrew Lo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology'Just as Freakonomics encouraged readers to look beyond the conventional wisdom that underlies many public policies, now Professor Alex Edmans introduces the concept of Pieconomics. In Grow the Pie, he challenges popular rhetoric that the free enterprise system is broadly detracting from society. Instead, through many and varied examples, he offers an alternate lens through which we can interpret what constitutes responsible business. In this thoroughly readable book, Edmans debunks mythologies about corporate behavior and offers a new vocabulary by which we can have principled discussions about the role of business in society.  A 'must read' for leaders in government, business and the media that reports on both.' Paula Rosput, Reynolds, Director of GE, BP, and BAE'This book is a must-read for asset owners, fund managers and for the boards and executives who lead business enterprise. It provides evidence-based analysis and guidance on how the influence of well-designed stewardship can yield benefit in terms of both financial returns for savers and investors and returns for all stakeholders in a way that benefits society as a whole.' Sir David Walker, former Chairman of Barclays and Morgan Stanley International, author of the Walker Review'Alex Edmans has produced rigorous evidence that the choice between people and profits is a false dichotomy. Now he makes his work accessible to a broader audience and explains how it's possible to overcome the tradeoffs that hold so many leaders and companies back.' Adam Grant, author of Originals and Give and Take and host of the TED podcast WorkLife'This uplifting book provides powerful examples, as well as evidence, that socially responsible businesses generate even higher long term profits than corporations focused on short term profit maximisation. Value is created particularly in new economy enterprises by employee purpose, creation of brand and reputation which drives customer preference. The findings reflects my own real world experiences of striving for business excellence across the global LifeSciences industry.' David Pyott, former Chairman and CEO of Allergan'Finance Professor Alex Edmans defines his purpose in life as 'to use rigorous research to influence the practice of business.' This book, Grow the Pie, demonstrates his manifest success in fulfilling that purpose. Edmans mobilizes evidence - not anecdotes - to make a case, both accessible and compelling, for policies and practices that increase the value available for all stakeholders versus simply and simplistically maximizing profit. Edmans' critical contribution is to reframe arguments about business and capitalism from an all too prevalent short-term zero-sum game to collaborative games where, over time, all can benefit.' Bill Janeway, Warburg Pincus'Alex Edmans provides robust evidence against the claim that businesses must choose between shareholder value and social responsibility. Although there are trade-offs, there is no single trade-off. What is good for shareholders can be good for society: evidence matters.' Baroness Onora O'Neill, University of CambridgeTable of ContentsIntroduction; How to read this book; Part I. Why Grow the Pie? Introducing the Idea: 1. The pie-growing mentality: a new approach to business that works for both investors and society; 2. Growing the pie doesn't aim to maximise profits – but often does: freeing a company to take more investments, ultimately driving its success: 3. Growing the pie doesn't mean growing the enterprise: three principles to guide trade-offs and which projects to turn down; 4. Does pieconomics work?: data – not wishful thinking – shows that companies can both do good and do well; Part II. What Grows the Pie? Exploring the Evidence: 5. Incentives: rewarding long-term value creation while deterring short-term gaming; 6. Stewardship: the value of engaged investors that both support and challenge management; 7. Repurchases: investing with restraint, releasing resources to create value elsewhere in society; Part III. How to Grow the Pie? Putting it into practice: 8. Enterprises: the power of purpose and how to make it real; 9. Investors: turning stewardship from a policy into a practice; 10. Citizens: how individuals can act and shape business, rather than be acted upon; Part IV. The Bigger Picture: 11. Growing the pie more widely: win-win thinking at the national and personal levels; Conclusion; Action items; Appendix; Acknowledgements; Endnotes; Index.

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Book Synopsis'The ITIL pocket guides of Van Haren Publishing are since longrecognized as the industry classic guide on the topic of ITIL, in manylanguages. Over the years this authoritative guide has earned its placeon the bookshelves and in the briefcases of industry experts as theyimplement best practices within their organizations.

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Book SynopsisInternational leadership expert Michael Jenkins shines a light on the adverse effects of dysfunctional and toxic boards and how they have the potential to destroy an organisation’s culture. This can happen through erosion of brand value leading to talent attrition and increased mental health issues in employees due to a deterioration in trust and psychological safety. Combined with recent fundamental changes in the labour market and demographic changes in the workforce, there is a potent cocktail of Future of Work issues that will not go away. Enlightened leaders must tackle such issues head-on if they are to steward sustainable and responsible organisations and businesses. Based on extensive research, including interviews with board members from around the world, together with one-to-one interviews with leaders from the VAB (Virtual Advisory Board) network, Toxic Humans: Combatting Poisonous Leadership in Boards and Organisations outlines various experiences of toxic leadership and how successful directors managed to work with and through it. These interviews shape the final sections of the book where the reader is given a set of recommendations for action to help mitigate and manage the effect of toxic leadership – at the Board, senior leader and team levels - and to build a positive and productive workplace where all can flourish.Table of ContentsIntroduction. The Rise of the Toxic Humans Chapter 1. What Are “Toxic Humans”? Chapter 2. What Causes Humans to Be or to Become Toxic? Chapter 3. What Effect Do Toxic Humans Have at Board Level, in Senior Teams and on the Business or Organisation? Chapter 4. So What Does “Toxic Human Behaviour” Look Like in Real Workplace Life? Chapter 5. So What Experiences Have Real People Had of Toxic Humans at Work? Chapter 6. So What Approaches Do We Need to Adopt to Mitigate the Effect of Toxic Humans? Chapter 7. Now What Can Be Done From Early Childhood to Address Human Toxicity? Chapter 8. Now What Can Organisations Do to Address and Manage the Influence of Toxic Leaders and Toxic Humans? Chapter 9. Now What Can Individuals Do to Manage or Live with a Toxic Colleague? Chapter 10. Reflections on What Toxic Humans, Unchecked, Can Do to Organisations – and How to Contain or Stop Them

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Chapter 1: What Is OKRs Coaching? Why Is It So Important Now? 13 Current State of OKRs and Why Now is the Time to Develop OKRs Coaching Skills 14 Notes 25 Chapter 2: The OKRs Coaching Engagement: Phases, Duration, and Roles 29 Phases in an OKRs Coaching Engagement 31 Duration of an OKRs Coaching Engagement 33 Roles in an OKRs Coaching Engagement 35 Notes 43 Chapter 3: Playbook for Phase 1 – Deployment Coaching 45 Begin with “Why?” 47 Ten Universal Deployment Parameters 49 Notes 84 Chapter 4: Playbook for Phase 2 – Training 89 Begin with Introductions and Context 90 Theory and Application: The Two Parts of an OKRs Training Workshop 91 Notes 104 Chapter 5: Playbook for Phase 3 – Cycle Coaching 109 Step 1: Set and Align OKRs 111 Step 2: Check in and Monitor 123 Step 3: Reflect and Reset 127 OKRs Cycle Coaching Case Study 131 Notes 140 Epilogue 143 Appendix 157 Glossary 163 About the Contributors 169 Index 171

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Book SynopsisBehind Closed Doors is unique. It opens the doors to the boardroom and explains what happens inside. Using his thirty years of board experience, Simon Laffin describes board issues, all of which he has experienced, and how boards deal with them. He gives over 150 tips, including how better decisions could be taken and how board directors can better join in those debates. He doesn't shy away from difficult topics; from how a company responds to a hostile take-over, to how to remove an underperforming director, and even how to handle sex in the boardroom: To name but a few. He argues strongly that boardrooms need more female and ethnic minority directors, and pinpoints the problem that underrepresented groups lack board experience and knowledge, something that this book can start to address. This book is about being a real director. How do you get to be one? How does it feel to join a board for the first time? How do you develop relationships with other directors? How do you make the right decisions? What do those financials mean? How should the board handle shareholders? How do you set executive pay? The book answers all these questions and more in an engaging style, packed with amusing anecdotes and much painfully-earned, real-life experience. It is a manifesto for more informed and effective boards. Reading this book will give directors a better understanding of the issues that arise inside the boardroom. His tips on building relationships and working together will make boards more cohesive teams. These will make be bigger contributions to better governance than the plethora of corporate regulation that is being developed and implemented globally. Politically-driven, populist, rule changes are challenged as the book demands evidence-based and tested regulation, focussed on people doing a difficult job, not easy targets for lazy blame. Behind Closed Doors sheds new light on the hidden workings of company boards, and will appeal to anyone interested in the boardroom; current directors; aspiring directors; commentators on, and students, of business; and even enlighted regulators.Trade ReviewDr Maria Z Kempinska MBE, founder of Jongleurs; "I never thought I would pick up a business book at 6.30am and be so engrossed that I would not be able to put it down. But Behind Closed Doors is the book every woman and everyone in business must-read. It is the territory to a destination many people want to reach."; Roland Rudd, Chairman Finsbury Glover Herring; "Simon brings his formidable experience to bear in this must-read for anyone interested in how boardrooms have worked and how they should work".

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Book Synopsis'The 'Xperience Level Agreement (XLA)(R) is the framework and commitment to apply XM in tech- driven organizations and ecosystems. The three technology management philosophies that influenced our way of working are Lean, ITIL, and Agile. XLA is the missing piece of the puzzle. Why? In just two words: Lean is ?No Waste?, ITIL is ?No Chaos?, Agile is ?No Delay?, and XLA is ?No Frustration.?TOGAF(R) Standard, a standard of The Open Group, is a proven Enterprise Architecture methodology and framework used by the world's leading organizations to improve business efficiency. The TOGAF Certification Program has enabled more than 100,000 Enterprise Architects and trainers around the globe to demonstrate their proven knowledge of the framework and method.

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Book Synopsis“The next generation is our future.”Answering the most pressing thirty-five questions of Next Generation members in a short and concise, yet competent way—leading academics, practitioners, and enterprising families come together to empower Next Generation legacies.Masterfully detangling the intricate dynamics of the family, ownership, business, and wealth, the authors share best practices, real-life examples, and critical questions for reflection.Part 1: FamilyDefining family · Managing family dynamics · Dealing with conflicts · Family communication · Preparing generational transitions · Keeping the family unitedPart 2: OwnershipResponsibilities and rights · Preparation of future owners · Dealing with non-active owners · Ownership transfers · Board expectations and roles · Owner networksPart 3: BusinessPreparing business entry · Working with nonfamily executives · Hiring family members · Promoting family members · Letting go of family members · Engaging family business consultantsPart 4: WealthDealing with wealth · Pursuing a vocation outside of the family enterprise · Leaving the family enterprise · Selling the family business · Starting a family office · Pursuing philanthropy and impact investingEnabling Next Generation Legacies is a powerful guide for Next Generation members and their families to ask better questions, make better decisions, live better lives, and build stronger legacies.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"...an excellent read...Mr. Gramm has collected a series of deliciously rich letters, many of which were never before published, sent to chief executives by investors by everyone from Warren Buffett to Ross Perot." -- Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times "An engaging and informative book...Eight investor's letters that sum up some of the great agency-problem battles in the history of American business. It is a valuable set of stories." John Lanchester, The New Yorker -- John Lanchester, The New Yorker "...concise account of the spread of the particular form of corporate democracy called 'shareholder activism,'... a grand story." -- Wall Street Journal "Gramm ... is an engaging and critical guide to a century of US activism and activists" -- Financial Times (Summer Reading List) Jeff Gramm shows in his lively, well-researched book -- Business Strategy a revelation: a lively account of a long war against corporate and investor smugness -- The Financial Times "It's an illuminating read for those wondering what drives activists, and includes occasional references to music (another Mr. Gramm hobby) with lucid observations on investors and corporations." -- Wall Street Journal illuminating and often wildly entertaining -- Huffington Post "Jeff Gramm has a refreshing approach to the generations-long conflict between entrenched corporate management and shareholder activists. Gramm illustrates this seemingly never ending struggle for corporate control by examining specific well known and surprisingly interesting examples. Dear Chairman is an engaging and worthwhile read." -- -Alan Greenspan, Former Chairman of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System "Public companies face the high standards of the marketplace: fill a need, grow, and remember always that you are the trustee of your stockholders' money. Dear Chairman is a fascinating and colorful history. It should be required reading for anyone who wants to participate as investor or manager." -- -Charles R. Schwab, Chairman, The Charles Schwab Corporation -Charles R. Schwab, Chairman, The Charles Schwab Corporation "The story of the rise of shareholder activism has never been told as compellingly and instructively as Jeff Gramm offers it in Dear Chairman, a book that dissects the dramatic deals and brings to life the unbelievable characters of the past 100 years." -- -Arthur Levitt, Former Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission -Arthur Levitt, Former Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission "When major shareholders get actively involved, how do they think about companies and their value? Jeff Gramm breaks new ground in a book which is exciting, wise, well-written, and above all else instructive and useful." -- -Tyler Cowen, New York Times bestselling author of The Great Stagnation, professor of economics George Mason University "This is a rare book, masterful in both technical understanding and in narrative." -- -Amity Shlaes, author of Coolidge and The Forgotten Man "Jeff Gramm's fascinating archaeology of shareholder activism lays bare the foundation upon which today's turbulent, performance oriented stock market stands. Dear Chairman is an important, interesting, and insightful history." -- Frederick W. Smith Chairman & CEO FedEx Corporation Frederick W. Smith Chairman & CEO FedEx Corporation Frederick W. Smith Chairman & CEO FedEx Corporation Frederick W. Smith, Chairman and CEO, FedEx Corporation "The letters give insight into how shareholder activism can both benefit and harm companies. Gramm's findings will intrigue and inform history buffs and activist shareholders alike. " -- Publishers Weekly

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Book SynopsisThe Short Introduction to Corporate Finance provides an accessibly written guide to contemporary financial institutional practice. Rau deploys both his professional expertise and experience of teaching MBA and graduate-level courses to produce a lively discussion of the key concepts of finance, liberally illustrated with real-world examples. Built around six essential paradigms, he builds an integrated framework covering all the major ideas in finance over the past half-century. Ideal for students and practitioners alike, it will become core reading for anyone aspiring to become an effective manager.Trade Review'Raghavendra Rau has written a witty and thoroughly accessible introduction to how financial markets work and why they may fail to deliver. Highly recommended.' Sanjeev Goyal FBA, Fellow at Christ's College, University of Cambridge'To laypersons, finance often sounds like a bewildering array of jargon. Rau brilliantly explains key finance concepts using vivid real-world examples. Importantly, the material is accessible to a broad population. Thus, this is a unique text which should have wide-ranging appeal for beginners trying to obtain their first exposure to finance.' Avanidhar Subrahmanyam, Goldyne and Irwin Hearsh Chair in Money and Banking, Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles'Long overdue and very much welcome, Professor Rau's new handbook on the investment and financing decisions of a firm is logical, elegant, and remarkably easy to read. Reducing what we need to know into the six big ideas of corporate finance is bold, but audiences populated by undergraduates, graduate students or executives alike seeing it all for the first time will appreciate the simplicity. His humorous quips scattered throughout surely help to lift the burden of our field's more difficult concepts.' Andrew Karolyi, Harold Bierman Jr Distinguished Professor of Management, Cornell University, New York'Professor Rau successfully distils Corporate Finance into six basic ideas and through an understanding of these core tenets he has been able to cut through much of the complexity of Corporate Finance theory. Each of the six areas are explained in considerable detail but without an over reliance on mathematical models. The book will be equally valuable for financial professionals, students of finance theory and layman who are simply interested in how financial markets work.' Paul Warren, Clare College, University of Cambridge'Raghavendra Rau opens the gateway to an understanding of corporate finance in this book, moving us lucidly towards that nirvana of universal financial literacy - when people will not need a priesthood to work the world of finance for them. This gem of a book should be compulsory reading for everyone.' Indira Rajaraman, World Resources Institute, India and formerly a Member of the Thirteenth Finance Commission'Professor Rau provides a concise, coherent introduction to corporate finance that should be essential reading for current and aspiring managers. The text is interjected with examples that borrow from pop culture, which are only accentuated by Professor Rau's biting wit and quirky charm.' Kathleen M. Kahle, University of ArizonaTable of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; 1. Who are the players in corporate finance?; 2. NPV and the investment decision of the firm; 3. Portfolio theory and the discount rate; 4. Capital structure theory; 5. Option pricing theory; 6. Asymmetric information; 7. Market efficiency; 8. Wrapping it up; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Role of Business in the Responsibility to Protect closes the gap between research on the Responsibility to Protect and the private sector, as previous research has focused only on state responsibilities and state actors. This book examines in detail the developing research on the significant role that private sector actors can play in promoting peace and stability. Contributors to this volume explore the key arguments for where, why, and how private sector actors can contribute to the prevention and cessation of mass atrocity crimes; and how this can inform and extend the UN policy discussion around Responsibility to Protect. The contributors include lead voices in the Responsibility to Protect discourse as well as central voices in business and peace literature.Trade Review'In the past, predatory business practices have sometimes enabled crimes against humanity. This book identifies how some businesses have profited from human misery while also providing welcome examples of how the private sector can play a crucial role in undermining the politics of the machete and the mass grave. In doing so, this book broadens our understanding of the international community, of our collective responsibility to protect, and of how the private sector - whose wealth, resources and capacity can easily exceed those of failing or fragile states - can play a vital role in the prevention of mass atrocities.' Simon Adams, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, The Graduate Center, City University of New York'That business can be an instrument in building peace has now been firmly recognized. Including the business sector in the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) debate seems only natural, having in mind the capacity of the business community to influence societal attitudes and structures. In this new book professor John Forrer and Conor Seyle make an important effort in putting this agenda forward.' Per L. Saxegaard, Founder and Chairman, Business for Peace Foundation'The private sector is an increasingly influential actor in global governance - the network of arrangements that ensure order, stability and predictability even in the absence of world government. Business can sustain and profiteer from group violence. But it also has important roles to play before, in and after armed conflicts in underwriting peace, stability and prosperity as the pathway to sustainable profits. One important role is to partner with other key actors in implementing the responsibility to protect populations at risk of mass atrocities. This invaluable collection of essays by leading experts systematically explains why, how and with what prospects.' Ramesh Thakur, Australian National University, Canberra, International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS) Commissioner and Editor-in-Chief, Global Governance'This volume fills an important lacuna in the literature on how business relates to the responsibility to protect. The contributing authors offer practical and theoretical insights and examples that will be of interest to many on the ways the private sector can support (or undermine) the goals of the responsibility to protect.' Abi Williams, President, The Hague Institute for Global Justice'This book, with its focus on how business actors may contribute to the global Responsibility to Protect Agenda (R2P), pioneers a whole new agenda for research and policy formulation. In the process, the authors challenge our standard conceptions of both business and R2P.' Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)Table of ContentsOverview: the role of business in R2P John Forrer and Conor Seyle; Introduction: the private sector, the United Nations, and the Responsibility to Protect Edward Luck; 1. Selling R2P: time for action Victor MacDiarmid and Tina Park; 2. Why not business? Tim Fort and Michelle Westermann-Behaylo; 3. Responsibility to protect trumps business as usual: how corporate leaders build heroism to face atrocities Alain Lemperuer and Rebecca Herrington; 4. The Responsibility to Protect, Inc. Jonas Claes; 5. The Kenyan private sector's role in mass atrocity prevention, cessation and recovery Patrick Obath and Victor Owuor; 6. R2P and the extractive industries Jill Shankleman; 7. Information technology, private actors, and the Responsibility to Protect Kirsten Martin; 8. Corporate responsibility to protect populations from mass atrocities Vesselin Popovski; 9. The private sector and atrocities prevention Alex Bellamy; 10. The way forward: discovering the shared interests between business and R2P John Forrer and Conor Seyle.

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Book SynopsisWe have reached the point of no return. The existential threat of climate change is now a reality. The world has never been more vulnerable. Yet corporations are already planning a life beyond this point. The business models of fossil fuel giants factor in continued profitability in a scenario of a five-degree increase in global temperature. An increase that will kill millions, if not billions.This is the shocking reality laid bare in a new, hard-hitting book by David Whyte. Ecocide makes clear the problem won’t be solved by tinkering around the edges, instead it maps out a plan to end the corporation’s death-watch over us.This book will reveal how the corporation has risen to this position of near impunity, but also what we need to do to fix it.This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 13, Climate actionTrade Review'Ecocide is a refreshing analysis of the huge damage wrought on people and planet by the multinational corporations that play such a significant role in all of our lives. Rather than trying - and failing - to regulate these corporate behemoths, Whyte makes a compelling case that we must rid ourselves of private corporations altogether. Fast paced, original, and highly compelling, Ecocide should be required reading for activists and academics alike.'Grace Blakeley, author of Stolen: How to save the world from financialisation'This brilliant book not only offers solace to those struggling against invisible and, seemingly, invincible corporate power, it also throws us a lifeline through which we may be able to salvage everything we hold dear. Where the wall of callous indifference stands, Whyte paints a window to an alternative world away from this slow motion apocalypse. The survival of organised human life and avoidance of mass societal breakdown rests upon our ability to mobilise in demand of this alternative world. It is said “the corporation has no body to punish and no soul to condemn” and this book illustrates clearly that this kind of unaccountability is in no way exceptional to the neoliberal era, it is an inherent feature of the corporation as a shapeshifting structure of irresponsibility. Kill it so we may live.'Lowkey, rapper and activist'With a sense of urgency, but without despair, David Whyte powerfully deploys the concept of ‘ecocide’ to rigorously reveal how corporations and their reckless pursuit of profit are at fault for the existential threat posed by climate change. The time has come for solutions that are at once radical and possible.’ Joel Bakan, author of The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power'The timeliness of this brilliant account of the increasingly dire ecological consequences of the legal immunity of capitalist corporations could not be greater. At a moment when states everywhere are keeping corporations on life-support amidst the global pandemic of 2020, David Whyte's powerful rallying cry of 'death to the corporation' compels us to urgently address the question of 'what different form of industrial organization under what different forms of ownership' which has been for so long avoided, at such terrible cost.'Leo Panitch, author of Searching for Socialism: The Project of the Labour New Left from Benn to Corbyn'This book will have a good audience among the Extinction Rebellion movement, who may not understand the DNA of business but still feel the effects of its monopoly and expropriation of nature. It can help guide their protests and reform policies, as it is clear that corporations are at the centre of the ecological plunder we see today in the world. Ecocide is also written in an accessible way for both undergraduates and postgraduates who study political economy and business – it has excellent examples and case studies of modern business conduct. It is short, concise and easy to understand and follow, with excellent notes and references. I certainly will be putting it on my reading list.'LSE Review of Books‘Ecocide: Kill the corporation before it kills us provides an original, well-evidenced and scholarly argument that proceeds logically and in an engaging manner throughout the book. Each chapter can be taken alone, but when read together they not only alert the reader to the intrinsically ecocidal nature of the corporate form, they also provide a comprehensive and compelling argument for its dismantling. Although useful for an academic audience, this book will also be engaging for those beyond the academy with a more general interest in environmental harm.’Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime'A brilliant introduction to how to think and act to avoid the ultimate human catastrophe.' Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law, Princeton University and former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestinian Human Rights'A compelling read…which ranges across political economy, legal theory and environmental studies with a fluency that is easy to admire and doesn’t just dump jargon on the reader… and changes our perspective on the problem of climate change.'Morning Star'The analysis of the connections across racialised capitalism, ecocidal corporate chains and neocolonialism is excellent. A thoroughly stimulating and thought-provoking book.'Peter Somerville, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, College of Social Science, University of Lincoln'A fabulous book, informative and clearly argued. I learned a great deal from it.' William K. Carroll, Professor of Sociology, University of Victoria, Canada and Co-director, the Corporate Mapping Project'A hard-hitting look at the environmental impacts of all industries on our planet.'The Environment Magazine'Compellingly lays out the chilling reality of how capitalist corporations are responsible for the threat of climate change.'October Books Cooperative'Expertly situates how corporations are the driving engine of the ecological meltdown…Indispensable for a conversation we must have now, before its too late.'Occupy.com'Unique and urgently important weapon-book for climate activists.' Wolfgang Küchler -- .Table of ContentsPreface: from COVID-capitalism to survival of the speciesAcknowledgementsIntroduction: corporate ecocide1 What is the corporation?2 From colonialism to ecocide: capital’s insatiable need to destroy3 Regulation at the end-point of the worldConclusion: kill the corporation before it kills usNotes

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Book SynopsisThis book covers everything you need to master the iSAQB(c) Certified Professional for Software Architecture - Foundation Level (CPSA-F) certification.

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Book SynopsisIn 1998, and following 17 years in the army, Wang Jianlin formed a property company in the north-eastern Chinese city of Dalian using a loan of $80,000. Today, Dalian Wanda is China's largest private property developer, generating revenues of $40 billion globally, and owning some 9-million square metres of investment property. In 2012, Wanda became the world's largest theatre owner when it acquired AMC Theatres, with a view to becoming a global entertainment colossus. Wang himself has become Asia's richest man. This book, by its founder and Chairman, provides unprecedented insight into the ethos and activities that have created the extraordinary business success that is the Wanda empire. Wang describes his managerial philosophy and the essence of his business ideas to "make Wanda a brand like Walmart or IBM or Google - a brand known by everyone in the world", and that led The Economist to call him "a man of Napoleonic ambition". As China's influence in the world economy grows led by companies such as Wanda, this book is both timely and relevant.Table of ContentsPreface 1 by Pedro Nueno 7Preface 2 by John A. Quelch 11Foreword: Wang Jianlin's Biography 21CHAPTER 1: Perseverance 35CHAPTER 2: Determination 57CHAPTER 3: Execution 83CHAPTER 4: Innovation 111CHAPTER 5: Internationalization 143CHAPTER 6: Entertainment 167CHAPTER 7: O2O Online-to-Offline 193CHAPTER 8: Responsibility 207CHAPTER 9: Culture 215CHAPTER 10: Asset-Light 247CHAPTER 11: Transformation 263CHAPTER 12: Going Global I 279CHAPTER 13: Going Global II 299

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Book SynopsisThe most authoritative, complete, and critical guide to corporate governance. Written by the ''father of corporate governance'', this book provides an authoritative analysis of the laws, reports, and regulations governing corporate organizations around the world. Key features - Expert insight: Provides an authoritative analysis by one of the world''s leading corporate governance scholars.- Global case studies: Numerous international case studies and case vignettes illustrate corporate governance in real-world organizations such as Alibaba Group (China), Volkswagen (Germany), Australian Securities Exchange (Australia), Yukos Oil Company (Russia), and AstraZeneca (United Kingdom / Sweden).- Cultural perspectives: A dedicated chapter on ''Corporate governance around the world'' provides a comparative perspective of governance practices in regions such as North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, highlighting cultural impacts.- Interactive e-book: Delivers an immersive learning experience and extra learning support through self-assessment activities and multimedia content.- Structured learning: A clear three-part framework logically introduces the theories, policies, and practical applications of the subject.New to this edition- Practitioner insights: Video interviews with practitioners embedded in the e-book provide engaging, real-world perspectives on corporate governance.- Career advice: Career advice videos offer practical tips and insights from industry practitioners to help students think ahead to their future career paths and professional aspirations.- ''Dialogue Scenarios'': Based on the author''s real-life experiences, these scenarios illustrate how directors tackle governance challenges and highlight the importance of human behaviour inside and outside the boardroom, expanding students'' grasp of the subject beyond legal practices and economic theories.- A new definition of corporate governance focuses on its essence rather than simply what is done, subsequently inviting students to undertake a deeper exploration of trust, power, and accountability.Digital formats and resourcesCorporate Governance is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats (including as part of Business Trove online), and is supported by extensive digital resources.The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access, with learning resources embedded and hyperlinked throughout to offer self-assessment activities and extra support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooksThe student resources, accessible via the e-book, include:- Practitioner videos- Career advice videos- Multiple-choice questions- Flashcard glossary- Answer guidance to self-test questions- Notes on the case studies- Additional resources- Links to corporate governance codes around the world- Introductory note from the author (students)The book''s teaching resources, accessible online for adopting lecturers, include:- PowerPoint Slides- Group exercises- Teaching notes for case studies- Teahing notes for projects and exercises- Introductory note from the author (instructors)

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Book SynopsisGenerally referring to all forms of social coordination and patterns of rule, the term 'governance' is used in many different contexts. In this Very Short Introduction, Mark Bevir explores the main theories of governance and considers their impact on ideas of governance in the corporate, public, and global arenas.Trade Review[A] a well written, strong account of the story of governance * Political Studies Review *Table of ContentsLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; FURTHER READING; INDEX

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Book SynopsisCorporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an important concept in the last few decades. Although it originated in the developed countries of the West, the concept has been embraced and adapted by corporations and policy-making agencies in many developing countries. Not surprisingly, given the importance of growth and development as policy objectives in these countries, CSR has had a significant impact on sustainable development.Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility explores the evolution of CSR across the developed and developing world, with a particular focus on China and sustainable development. Through an extensive review of the literature and relevant case studies, the book examines whether CSR can make a contribution to sustainable development, how the patterns of CSR in developed Western economies compare to that in the rapidly growing economy of China, what trade-offs take place between CSR and economic growth as well as the future oTrade Review‘If you ever wondered how the world of corporate social responsibility and sustainability was changing given the growing influence of China and other emerging economies, then this is the book for you. It examines how countries such as China are increasingly changing the shape of corporate responses to sustainability. In an interesting look into the future, the book explores the issues that will shape social responsibility over the coming decades.’ -- Richard Welford, Chairman of CSR Asia‘This book takes us back to the origin of corporate social responsibility and its role in sustainable development from a global perspective and with a special focus on China. It explores how businesses contribute to sustainable development and what the future trends are like. With China becoming increasingly influential in global economy and sustainable development agenda, this book is certainly a must-read for anyone who thinks deeply about the future of global sustainability.’ -- Hongwu Zhong, Director of CSR Research Center, Chinese Academy of Social ScienceTable of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Corporate Social Responsibility in contextChapter 2. Overview of Corporate Social ResponsibilityChapter 3. Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainable developmentChapter 4. Drivers for Corporate Social ResponsibilityChapter 5. Exploring Corporate Social ResponsibilityChapter 6. Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development in ChinaChapter 7. Concluding marks

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Book Synopsis'As a supplement to the Agile Scrum Foundation Courseware (ISBN: 978 94 018 0765 4) publication, you are advised to obtain the publication Agile Scrum Handbook (ISBN: 978 94 018 0759 3).

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Book SynopsisCorporate purpose has become a global phenomenon in recent years. Increasingly, businesses are expected to 'produce profitable solutions to the problems of people and planet, and not to profit from producing problems for people or planet' (World Economic Forum). However, the literature on how companies can build purpose into their corporate DNA is still very nascent.This book, first of its kind, focuses on how companies in Asia are building purpose into their journey. It contains case studies of companies and their current journey to become more purpose driven, why they do it, and how they did it.

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Book SynopsisThis book selects Chinese excellent enterprise management cases, integrating into the education system of business schools, sharing "China's new story" to readers, and boosting the process of national economic construction and enterprise transformation. Chinese enterprises face unprecedented opportunities and challenges under the circumstance of fast-changing technology, economy, and political environment. In the face of various uncertainties, they have risen to prominence and constantly summed up enterprise management concepts and practical experience suitable for their own development to reshape their competitive advantages and enhance their market value. Based on the investigation, this book covers the major theoretical aspects of management principles such as planning, organizing, leading, controlling, and innovation. The 17 selected cases from manufacturing, retailing, technology/big data service, agriculture, and other industries cover strategic management, entrepreneurial management, human-oriented management, information management, and organizational innovation management. We hope that readers can get some valuable practical experience and enlightenment from the practices in these fields. The book also includes two case study guides, which guide readers to form a case study's thinking. It also encourages readers to broaden their learning ideas on management.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Plan: Strategic Management.- Chapter 2. Organization: Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 3. Leadership: Humanistic Management.- Chapter 4. Control: Information System.- Chapter 5. Innovation: Organizational Innovation Management.- Chapter 6. Learning Instructions for Management Case Samples

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Book SynopsisWritten by a team of experienced innovators and researchers, Transform with Design provides unique case studies with lessons learned by organizations when building their innovation muscle.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Why Implementing Design Thinking Remains a Challenge Jochen Schweitzer, Sihem BenMahmoud-Jouini, and Sebastian Fixson 2. Reimagining Healthcare: Implementing Design Thinking in a Health Insurance Company Matt Templeton, Sebastian Fixson, and Molly Mazzaferro 3. Design Thinking Recipe in a Food Company: The Case of Danone Sabine Gourmain, Julie Deschamps, and Sihem BenMahmoud-Jouini 4. Keeping the Momentum: The First Decade of Design Thinking at Intuit Wendy Castleman 5. Design for Joy: How Kaiser Permanente Created a Human-Centered Design Movement Christi Zuber and Lisa Carlgren 6. Throwing a Hand Grenade at the Bureaucracy: MindLab and Wicked Problems in Government David Dunne 7. The Making of a Design-Led Innovation Strategy: How Mirvac Launched the Hatch Program Natalia Nikolova, Jochen Schweitzer, and Christine Gilroy 8. From Department to Consultancy: Building Human-Centered Design Capabilities at Swisscom Katja Bürki 9. From Underdog to Design-Led Innovation: Scaling Design Thinking at Thales Sihem BenMahmoud-Jouini and Didier Boulet 10. An Army of One: How One Person Set Off a Grassroots Movement at the U.S. Department of Labor Virginia Hamilton and Lisa Carlgren 11. Veteran-Centered Healthcare: Navigating Change at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Aaron Strienstra, Amber Schleuning, Veronica X. Vela, and Jaryn Miller 12. Transform with Design in Seven Lessons Jochen Schweitzer, Sihem BenMahmoud-Jouini, and Sebastian Fixson

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Book SynopsisSince the 2008 financial crisis, existing methods of executive leadership have experienced in-depth scrutiny beyond their control. In reference to Patrick Lencioni, to understand teams is to comprehend an "inattention to results, an avoidance of accountability, and a lack of commitment." Executive leaders have been operating through silent, lucrative and confidential team dynamics that are difficult to access, and subsequently difficult to challenge and understand. Dr Katsarou-Makin explores the team-to-trust and trust-to-team relations between executives and their associates - pertaining to the familial relations between these members and their unconventional codes of conduct. Under this umbrella of governance, directors, leaders and corporate gatekeepers operate in teams that are selected and trusted through unorthodox relations which must now come to light. Upon entry, Maria seeks to explore how these teams operate through a collective consensus of trust, the values this trust demands, the actions it produces and the failures it can cause.

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding governance as it applies to portfolios, programs, and projects is growing in importance to organizations, because appropriate governance is a factor in the success or failure of strategic initiatives and portfolios, as well as an organization’s programs and projects. Implementing an effective governance framework can be challenging due to factors such as increasing business complexities, regulatory requirements, globalization, and rapid changes in technology and business environments. Many organizations do not have a consistent approach to portfolio, program, and project governance. PMI’s Governance of Portfolios, Programs, and Projects: A Practice Guide, developed by leading experts in the field, provides guidance to organizations and practitioners on how to implement or enhance governance on portfolios, programs, and projects. This practice guide provides definitions for governance in an effort to distinguish the different levels of governance and to identify their common elements.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface vii Acknowledgements ix Part 1 Frameworks and Mechanisms 1 1 Defining Corporate Governance 3 Introduction 3 What is Corporate Governance? 5 Theoretical Frameworks 7 Agency Theory 8 Transaction Cost Theory 11 Transaction Cost Theory Versus Agency Theory 12 Stakeholder Theory 13 Stakeholder Versus Agency Theory 15 The Enlightened Shareholder Versus the Stakeholder-Inclusive Approach 17 Institutional Theory 17 The Evolving Framework of Corporate Governance 18 Academic Research: The Frontiers of Corporate Governance Research 19 Chapter Summary 20 Questions for Reflection and Discussion 21 2 The Impact of Corporate Governance Weaknesses and Failure 22 Introduction 22 The Collapse of Enron in 2001 23 Laying the Foundations 23 Glittering Success 23 Early Worries 24 Signs of Distress 25 The Fall . . . and Fall . . . of Enron 25 Creative Accounting at Enron and Its Impact on the Accounting Profession 26 The Aftermath 28 The Trial and the Human Dimension 29 A Reflection on the Corporate Governance Problems in Enron 30 The Collapse of the World’s Banking Sector and Governance Failure: 2008 32 Learning from the Crisis: Identifying Corporate Governance Failures 33 The Collapse of Carillion in 2018 35 An Overview of Carillion and its Activities 35 Carillion Spent Zillions 35 The Road to Ruin 36 Failure of the Board of Directors and a ‘Rotten Corporate Culture’ 36 Through a Glass Darkly: Lack of Transparency in Accounting and Auditing 37 Unethical Treatment of Shareholders: Dividends as Impression Management? 37 Unethical Treatment of Non-Shareholding Stakeholders 38 ‘Enrillion’: Similar Governance Weaknesses in the Two Corporate Collapses 39 Chapter Summary 39 Questions for Reflection and Discussion 40 3 Corporate Governance Reform 41 Introduction 41 n Illustration 3.1: The Maxwell Affair 1991 42 The Cadbury Report 1992 45 The Greenbury Report 1995 45 The Hampel Report 1998 46 The Turnbull Report 1999 48 The Higgs Report 2003 49 The Tyson Report 2003 49 The Smith Report 2003 50 Revised Guidance on Audit Committees 2008 50 Redraft of the Combined Code 2003, Revised 2006 50 Internal Control: Revised Guidance for Directors on the Combined Code 2005 50 Further Revision of the Combined Code 2008 51 Turner Review March 2009 51 Walker Review July 2009 51 The Stewardship Code 2010 52 Corporate Governance Code 2012 52 The Kay Review 53 Corporate Governance Code 2016 and 2018 53 Corporate Governance Consultations Following Recent Corporate Collapses 54 The Kingman Review and the End of the FRC: Introducing the Arga 54 A Review 54 Comply or Explain 55 Applying the Codes of Practice to Small Companies 55 Ranking Corporate Governance Initiatives 56 Why is Good Corporate Governance Important? 57 Corporate Governance and Corporate Performance 57 A Risk Perspective on Corporate Governance 59 Corporate Governance Ratings, Indexes and Links with Financial Performance 59 Chapter Summary 60 Questions for Reflection and Discussion 60 4 The Role of Boards in Corporate Governance 61 Introduction: Enhancing Board Effectiveness 61 Unitary and Two-Tier Board Structures 62 Splitting the Role of Chairman and Chief Executive 62 Research into Split Roles 63 The Role of Non-Executive Directors in Corporate Governance 64 n Illustration 4.1: The Non-Executive Director Function in the Wake of the Financial Crisis 65 Research into the Role of Non-Executive Directors 70 Getting the Balance Right 72 Who Wants the Job Anyway? 73 Executive Remuneration 73 n Illustration 4.2: Executive Remuneration in Banks in the Wake of the Financial Crisis 74 n Illustration 4.3: Bankers Called to Account and Apologize 76 The High Pay Commission: Cheques with Balances 77 Academic Research into Executive Remuneration 77 Voting on Directors’ Remuneration 79 n Illustration 4.4: Reforming Executive Pay: Establishing a Blueprint for Change 80 Directors’ Training 80 What Else Can Contribute to Board Effectiveness? 81 Boardroom Diversity 81 Brave New Boardrooms? How Can Governance and Boards Be Reformed? 83 Addressing the Ethical Health of Boards: Focusing on Boardroom Culture 84 n Illustration 4.5: Broadening Stakeholder Representation on Boards: A New Framework 85 Chapter Summary 86 Questions for Reflection and Discussion 87 5 The Role of Institutional Investors in Corporate Governance 88 Introduction 88 The Ongoing Transformation of UK Institutional Ownership 89 A Complex Web of Ownership 91 What Do We Mean by Stewardship? 94 The Kay Review (2012) Principles and Recommendations 96 Conflict and Pension Fund Trustees 96 The Growth of Institutional Investor Activism 97 n Illustration 5.1: Trust Institutional Investment and the Kay Review 99 Institutional Investor Voting 100 Reviewing the Impediments to Voting Shares 101 Voting on Remuneration Policy 102 n Illustration 5.2: Fat Cat Slim 102 Research into Voting by Institutional Investors 104 Institutional Investors: Engagement and Dialogue 106 n Illustration 5.3: Failure of Engagement in the Financial Crisis 108 Research into Engagement with Institutional Investors 110 Institutional Investor Engagement and Power 112 Factors Affecting Shareholder Activism 112 Shareholder Activism and Financial Performance 113 Emerging Trends in Research on Shareholder Activism 114 Chapter Summary 115 Questions for Reflection and Discussion 115 6 The Role of Transparency, Audit, Internal Control and Risk Management in Corporate Governance 116 Introduction 116 Transparency and Disclosure 117 Research into Disclosure and Corporate Governance 118 Improving Transparency: Cutting Clutter? 119 Corporate Disclosure and Executive Remuneration 119 Corporate Disclosure and Non-Executive Directors 120 Developments in Governance Reporting 120 The Role of Internal Control, Internal Audit, External Audit and Audit Committees in Effective Corporate Governance 123 Corporate Governance and Risk in the Wake of the Financial Crisis 124 Turnbull, Internal Control: A UK Perspective 125 Risk and Risk Prioritization 125 An Existing Implicit Framework for Internal Control 126 The Turnbull Framework for Internal Control 126 The Revised Guidance on Internal Control 128 Risk Disclosure and Corporate Governance 129 An ‘Ideal’ Framework for Corporate Risk Disclosure 129 The Revised Guidelines and Corporate Risk Disclosure 132 Recent Research into Risk Disclosure 132 The Operating and Financial Review Fiasco 133 Sarbanes–Oxley and Internal Control: A US Perspective 134 Dodd–Frank Act 136 Sarbanes–Oxley 17 Years Later 136 The Role of Audit in Corporate Governance 136 The External Audit 136 The Audit Committee 139 Research into the Effectiveness of Audit Committees 140 The Internal Audit 141 Research into the Effectiveness of the Internal Audit Function 141 Chapter Summary 142 Questions for Reflection and Discussion 142 Part 2 Global Corporate Governance 143 7 An Introduction to Corporate Governance Systems Worldwide: Global Corporate Governance 145 Introduction 145 Categorizing Corporate Governance 145 Insider-Dominated Systems 146 Outsider-Dominated Systems 147 Factors Influencing Corporate Governance in an International Context 148 Global Convergence in Corporate Governance 151 The OECD Principles 152 The Revised OECD Principles 2004 153 OECD Principles 2015 154 The European Union 154 The Commonwealth Guidelines 157 Corporate Governance in the Middle East and North Africa 157 Andean Corporate Governance Code 2004 157 Ethical Issues in International Corporate Governance: Controlling Bribery and Corruption 157 The Outcome of Corporate Governance Convergence 158 Country Studies 160 Chapter Summary 161 Questions for Reflection and Discussion 161 8 A Reference Dictionary of Corporate Governance Systems: Global Corporate Governance 162 Albania 162 Argentina 162 Australia 163 Bahrain 163 Bangladesh 163 Belgium 164 Botswana 164 Brazil 164 Canada 164 Chile 165 China 166 Colombia 166 Cyprus 167 Czech Republic 167 Denmark 168 Egypt 169 Estonia 169 Finland 169 France 169 Germany 170 Ghana 171 Greece 171 Hong Kong 172 Hungary 172 Iceland 172 India 173 Indonesia 173 Iraq 174 Ireland 174 Italy 174 Case Study on Italian Governance: The ‘European Enron’: Parmalat 175 Corporate Governance Failure in Parmalat 175 Jamaica 176 Japan 176 Jordan 178 Kenya 178 Latvia 178 Lebanon 178 Libya 178 Lithuania 178 Luxembourg 178 Macedonia 178 Malaysia 179 The Netherlands 179 New Zealand 180 Nigeria 180 Norway 180 Oman 181 Pakistan 181 Peru 181 The Philippines 181 Poland 181 Portugal 182 Qatar 182 Romania 182 Russia 182 Saudi Arabia 183 Singapore 184 Slovakia 184 Slovenia 184 South Africa 184 South Korea 185 n Illustration 8.1: The Influence of Culture on Corporate Governance 186 Spain 186 Sri Lanka 187 Sweden 187 xx Contents Switzerland 187 Taiwan 187 Thailand 188 Trinidad & Tobago 188 Tunisia 188 Turkey 188 Uganda 189 Ukraine 189 United States 189 Venezuela 190 Vietnam 190 Chapter Summary 191 Questions for Reflection and Discussion 191 Part 3 Holistic Governance 193 9 Corporate Governance and Stakeholder Accountability 195 Introduction 195 n Illustration 9.1: The Risks Associated with Climate Change and Global Warming 196 n Illustration 9.2: Assessing the Impact of the UK Company Law Review 198 Early Roots of Corporate Social Responsibility in the UK 199 Friedman and Corporate Social Responsibility 200 Does Corporate Social Responsibility Improve Financial Performance? 201 n Illustration 9.3: Enron and Ethics 201 n Illustration 9.4: The Mexican Gulf Oil Spill 2010 203 n Illustration 9.5: Sports Direct 204 n Illustration 9.6 204 Corporate Environmental Reporting 205 Incentives for Corporate Environmental Reporting 206 Disincentives for Corporate Environmental Reporting 208 A Risk Society Theory of Social and Environmental Reporting 209 Users of Corporate Environmental Reporting 210 Qualitative Characteristics of Corporate Environmental Reporting 210 Elements of Corporate Environmental Reporting 211 Bearing the Cost of Corporate Environmental Reporting 211 Time Period and Communication of Corporate Environmental Reporting 211 The Suggested Content of Corporate Environmental Reports 212 Sustainability and a Stakeholder Perspective 212 Sustainability Reporting 212 Accounting for Biodiversity, Accounting for Bees, and Extinction Accounting 214 Bee-Ing Bee-Friendly at Every Level: What Can Local Councils and Gardeners Do? 215 Integrated Reporting: The Dawning of a New Reality? 216 Assurance of Social, Environmental, Sustainability and Integrated Reporting 218 Stakeholder Engagement 221 Scepticism about Stakeholder Engagement 222 A Theoretical Framework for Stakeholder Engagement 222 Stakeholder Engagement in Challenging International Environments 223 n Illustration 9.7: W(h)ither Accountability? Striking Miners in South Africa 224 Governance in Public and Third-Sector Organizations 225 Governance in the Public Sector 227 The Nolan Committee Principles, 1995 228 The Good Governance Standard for Public Services, 2004 228 Corporate Governance in Central Government Departments 229 Code of Good Practice, July 2005 229 Governance in the Third Sector 230 Chapter Summary 232 Workshop Activity 232 10 Responsible Investment 233 Introduction 233 Terminology and Definitions 235 From SEE to ESG 237 From ESG to EAI and Extra Financials 237 United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment (UNPRI, Now PRI) 238 The UK Social Investment Forum, UKSIF 239 The European Social Investment Forum, EUROSIF 239 Some Statistics on Responsible Investment 239 Responsible Investment Strategies 241 Screening 241 Best in Sector 241 The Financial Performance of Responsible Investment 241 The Drivers of Responsible Investment 244 A Growing Demand for Social Ethical and Environmental Disclosure 247 Private Social and Environmental Reporting 250 n Illustration 10.1: Shareholder Activism on Animal Rights: The Case of Huntingdon Life Sciences 251 n Illustration 10.2: Backlash Against Animal Rights Extremists 252 n Illustration 10.3: The Role of Lobby Groups in Corporate Environmental Issues: The Case of BP Amoco in Alaska 253 Private Social and Environmental Reporting: Mythicizing or Demythologizing Reality? 254 Impression Management in Private Social and Environmental Reporting 255 Private Climate Change Reporting 255 Responsible Investment, Pollinators and Species Extinction 255 Responsible Investment and an Integrated Approach to Institutional Investment 255 Pension Fund Trustees and Responsible Investment 255 UKSIF Report on Pensions and Responsible Investment 261 The Role of Pension Fund Trustees in Climate Change 261 Socially Responsible Investment in an International Context 262 Socially Responsible Investment in the USA 262 Socially Responsible Investment in Canada 263 Socially Responsible Investment in Australia 263 Socially Responsible Investment in Continental Europe 264 Socially Responsible Investment in Japan 264 Socially Responsible Investment in South Africa 265 Chapter Summary 265 Questions for Reflection and Discussion 266 11 Future Directions for Corporate Governance and Accountability 267 The Future of Institutional Investor Activism 268 A Global Convergence in Corporate Governance 269 A Continuing Broadening of the Corporate Governance Agenda: Holistic Governance and Stakeholder Accountability 270 Has Corporate Governance Reform Gone Too Far? Or has it Gone Far Enough? 271 Endnotes N-1 References R-1 Index I-1

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Book Synopsis Is your firm’s board creating value—or destroying it?Change is coming. Leadership at the top is being redefined as boards take a more active role in decisions that once belonged solely to the CEO. But for all the advantages of increased board engagement, it can create debilitating questions of authority and dangerous meddling in day-to-day operations. Directors need a new road map—for when to lead, when to partner, and when to stay out of the way.Boardroom veterans Ram Charan, Dennis Carey, and Michael Useem advocate this new governance model—a sharp departure from what has been demanded by governance activists, raters, and regulators—and reveal the emerging practices that are defining shared leadership of directors and executives. Based on personal interviews and the authors’ broad and deep experience working with executives and directors from dozens of the world’s largest firms, including Apple, Boeing, Ford, Infosys,Trade ReviewDirectors & Boards magazine's "Governance Book of the Year." "... a must for anyone who sits on a major corporate board--or who wants to understand them... Their very helpful book provides lessons from their experiences, as well as practical advice to others going through the transformation." -- Wall Street Journal "The writers know their stuff...the authors know their audience." -- Financial Times "... a compelling account of a new leadership model for the modern corporation..." -- Directors & Boards magazine "The authors - Ram Charan, Dennis Carey, and Michael Useem--each an expert and practitioner in the field, throw a lot of insights on how companies can benefit from having boards that work rather than just exist." -- Financial Express (India) " a wise and comprehensive book." -- The Globe and Mail "The summarised action points at the end of each chapter allows busy readers to takeaway key thoughts to chew on at their own time of reflection." -- BusinessLeadershipManagement (BLM), The Executives Magazine "Leadership at the top is being redefined as boards take a more active role in decisions that once belonged solely to the CEO. Ram Charan, Dennis Carey and Michael Useem advocate a new governance model and reveal the emerging practices that are defining shared leadership of directors and executives. With a total of eighteen checklists that will transform board directors from monitors to leaders, Charan, Carey and Useem provide a smart and practical guide for business people everywhere - whether they occupy the boardroom or the C-suite." -- Strategic Management Bureau (UK) ADVANCE PRAISE for Boards That Lead: Alan Mulally, CEO and President, Ford Motor Company-- "Boards That Lead provides the essential road map for corporate leadership. With gripping accounts and compelling illustrations, Charan, Carey, and Useem show how directors can lead in strategic partnership with company executives. This is a game changer, required reading for all who seek to bring out the best in their boards." Fred Hassan, Managing Director (Healthcare), Warburg Pincus; Chairman and director, Bausch + Lomb; former Chairman and CEO, Schering-Plough; former lead director, Avon Products; director, Time Warner-- "This book shows how, through leading, partnering, and delegating, boards are now starting to shape the architecture of the company in unprecedented ways. This book is rich with stories--there is nothing like learning from three world-leading practitioners on advancing board capabilities to get the company to raise its game." Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., President and CEO, TIAA-CREF-- "Boards That Lead offers an illuminating road map for how a board of directors can effectively engage and motivate its corporate management team to successfully navigate even the most complex of situations. This book should be on the 'must-read' list of every corporate board member and senior executive." Ivan G. Seidenberg, former Chairman and CEO, Verizon Communications; former Chairman, Business Roundtable-- "This research, complete with compelling anecdotes and practical information, brilliantly explores how creative, flexible, and innovative processes provide the foundation for long-term, sustainable partnerships between the board and the companies they serve. This work captures the true innovation intended to guide the leadership mandate for any board." Maggie Wilderotter, Chairman and CEO, Frontier Communications; director, Procter & Gamble and Xerox Corporation-- "Boards That Lead is chock full of real-world examples that directors can use to improve their leadership and decision making--an impressive one-stop shop outlining board member roles, responsibilities, and actions, including the boundaries that boards and companies often fail to recognize. The checklists for putting this advice into action are comprehensive and practical-- the best I have seen."

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Book SynopsisThere remains a huge gulf in understanding by many leaders of what some are calling the Social Age huge changes going on in society, enabling anyone with a smartphone to sign up to a social network and comment on anything and everything. Despite this revolution, which has been embraced by the masses, it is the people at the top of organizations who have been slowest to understand and adapt to it.While business leaders may feel that it''s enough to hire social media managers and amend their marketing strategies, Damian Corbet shows why organizations need to do more to succeed in the Social Age why CEOs need to ''get social'' to survive.The Social CEO sets out to educate and inspire senior leaders to embrace the Social Age, teaching them the hows and whys of utilising social media in order to make them stronger leaders. Social CEOs can effectively encourage engagement from their employees as well as other stakeholders and customers; they''re better able to comTrade ReviewWhat does social media bring to CEOs? The Social CEO provides ample reasons grounded in business and leadership imperatives. The book also offers a diversity of real life experiences — including mistakes that were made and learnt from — which effectively demystify social media. Get on board, CEOs! -- Celine Schillinger, CEO of We Need SocialDamian Corbet has assembled the must read book on how to be an authentic social CEO that I wish I had read before I dipped my toes into the sometimes turbulent, but always interesting waters of social media. Contributors share their tips, tricks and lessons that will help even the most experienced senior leader to get comfortable in this brave new world of leadership -- Janice Kaffer, President & CEO of Hôtel-Dieu Grace HealthcareThe Social CEO has captured the traits that are required not just for the current CEO but the future CEO too. An excellent an insightful read. -- Michelle Carson-Williams, CEO of Holmes NobleThe right blend of theory and case studies with practical pointers on why modern leaders should engage in social leadership. The book brings together a range of authors, but all share a belief in the huge opportunity of social media, while also recognising its risks. -- Dionne Lew, CEO of The Social ExecutiveThis is a must-read, with many invaluable insights on how social media can be a great way for CEOs to communicate the value and vision of their company in real time. -- Tiffani Bova, Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce, and WSJ bestselling author of 'Growth IQ'As a 'social CEO' myself, I can't imagine how other CEOs do the job these days if they're not active on social media. This book provides a brilliant overview of how leaders are using this technology, not just to communicate, not just to share information or opinions, but - critically - to deliver change and improve efficiency. -- Craig Bennett, CEO of Friends of the EarthPacked with insight, perspective and easy to apply tips, this is a great read for aspiring and established leaders looking to lead in a more social and connected way. -- Kate Collins, CEO of Teenage Cancer TrustSocial media has become an everyday part of life – which means that leaders need to take it more seriously than ever. The Social CEO is an excellent place to start rethinking what social media means to you and your organization. -- Antony Mayfield, CEO, Brilliant NoiseThe Social CEO is a great read – with practical stories rather than theory, you learn from the valuable experiences of CEOs across multiple sectors. Through their personal use of social media, they are engaging with customers, attracting the best talent, and managing the reputation of their brands by joining the conversation. -- Rob Wilmot, Founder and CEO, CrowdicityThis is a perfectly timed, extraordinarily relevant, action provoking book, that I consider a must-read for anybody hoping to understand how to lead both today and tomorrow. -- Steven Bartlett, CEO, SocialChain

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Book SynopsisAn indispensable guide to help companies navigate the new era of ethical challenges and risks in a volatile global landscape.Today's headlines teem with employee unrest over racial injustice, communities infuriated by corporate environmental impacts, staff anxiety over surveillance, public outrage over corruption in business, and discoveries of child labor in supply chains. We've traveled far and fast from the old world of business ethics, where black-and-white concerns about bribery and fraud could be addressed via rules and processes. Simply maximizing shareholder value while not breaking the law is no longer a tenable approach, but we've never been so confused about what it means to do the right thing—and why it's so important.In this eye-opening, essential book, NYU Stern ethics professor Alison Taylor argues that amid stakeholder demands and transparency pressures, we can no longer treat ethics as merely a legal and reputational defense mechanism. Leaders at Davos and the Business Roundtable have called for a new corporate responsibility paradigm, but organizations struggle to implement these ideas in an atmosphere of heightened expectations and intense suspicion. Offering vivid stories and examples from years working in anti-corruption and advising companies on ethics, Taylor brings this complex, risky environment alive to provide a blueprint for how leaders can rethink and reshape their practices. How can CEOs cut through the noise to set robust environmental and social priorities? When should they speak out on contentious social and political issues—and how? What does it really take to build a healthy organizational culture? How are we to approach corporate values when society itself is so divided?Higher Ground shows leaders how business can navigate this messy paradigm shift, build trust, and achieve long-term strategic advantage in a turbulent world.Trade ReviewAdvance Praise for Higher Ground:"A fresh, realistic guide to navigating the complex social and political pressures businesses face today." — Suzanne DiBianca, Chief Impact Officer, Salesforce"Alison Taylor charts a sensible path for businesses that want to deliver profits for their stockholders while respecting those whose lives their conduct affects. Her practical recommendations for companies to do the right thing build on common ground, transcending partisan labels at a time when restoring the ties that bind us is an urgent priority." — Leo E. Strine Jr., former Chancellor and Chief Justice, Delaware; Michael L. Wachter Distinguished Fellow in Law and Public Policy, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School"Join Alison Taylor for a globe-spanning trek to higher ground through some of the most pressing issues of our time. Filled with insights from her remarkable career and told in her sharp and engaging style, Higher Ground is a timely and compelling read." — Forrest Deegan, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Victoria's Secret"Finally, a book about business and ethics that's fit for the twenty-first century. Every executive should pay attention to this book." — R. Edward Freeman, University Professor and Elis and Signe Olsson Professor of Business Administration, UVA Darden School of Business"In Higher Ground, Alison Taylor masterfully connects the dots between governance, compliance, ethics, sustainability, and the purpose of a company. She untangles the complexity with surgical precision while remaining empathetic with those who honestly try to do the right thing without being perfect. Definitely a must-read!" — Klaus Moosmayer, Chief Ethics, Risk, and Compliance Officer and member of the Executive Committee, Novartis"A blunt, surprising, inspiring, no-bullsh*t guide to what it really means to be a solid business today and into the future. If you're looking for a way out of the rhetoric and confusion, start with this book and follow Alison Taylor's insightful critique of the evolving business and society landscape." — Jessica Hyman, Chief Sustainability Officer, Atlassian"A practical guide to holding on to your values in a polarized world of work. Alison Taylor has extensive experience working with leaders on responsibility and ethics, and her recommendations are principled and pragmatic." — Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author, Think Again and Hidden Potential; host, ReThinking podcast

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Book SynopsisThe theory and practice of corporate citizenship and CSR have many alternative perspectives to the business-as-usual gaze. The essays in this volume encapsulate the essence of these alternative ideas and embrace the idea that progressive ways and means of this century do not lie in mainstream capitalist thinking. These pieces ask critical questions about the way we see the relationship between capitalism, business models and society – a subject not often discussed in non-academic literature. Globalization and Corporate Citizenship: The Alternative Gaze features contributions and new analysis from Klaus M. Leisinger, Chris Laszlo, David Coopperrider, Simon Zadek, Sandra Waddock and others.This title is one of a two-volume set – a collection of seminal and thought-provoking essays, drawn from the Journal of Corporate Citizenship’s archive, accompanied by new analysis and reflection from the original authors. Written by some of the most widely recognized academic and business pioneers and leaders of the corporate responsibility and global sustainability movement, the volumes make essential reference texts for anyone interested in the radically awakening new global political economy.Table of ContentsIntroduction Malcolm McIntosh1. Positive deviance: A new paradigm for addressing today’s problems today Jerry Sternin2. Core competences: A key force in business–government–civil society collaborations Steve Waddell3. Global action networks: A global invention helping business make globalization work for all Steve Waddell4. Managing-as-designing in an era of massive innovation: A call for design-inspired corporate citizenship David Cooperrider5. From corporate responsibility to corporate design: Rethinking the purpose of the corporation Marjorie Kelly and Allen L. White6. Post-traditional corporate governance Michael Mason and Joan O’Mahony7. The Social Construction of Corporate Citizenship Mark GlazebrookSystems, feminisation and the new political economy8. Flourishing: A vision for business and the world Chris Laszlo, Judy Sorum Brown, Dave Sherman, Ilma Barros, Brodie Boland, John Ehrenfeld, Mary Gorham, Linda Robson, Roger Saillant and Paul Werder9. Integrity and mindfulness: Foundations of corporate citizenship Sandra Waddock10. Creating a culture of global citizenship Timothy Galpin11. Post-enlightenment capitalism David J. Vidal12. Corporate psychopaths: uncaring citizens, irresponsible leadersClive R. Boddy13. Capitalism with a human face: The UN Global Compact Klaus M. Leisinger14. How do we enable systems change for a one planet future?Anna Birney, Charlotte Salazar and Jen Morgan15. Large systems change: Producing the change we want Steve Waddell with Joe Hsueh, Anna Birney, Amir Khorsani and Wen Feng16. Gender, power and post-structuralism in corporate citizenship: A personal perspective on theory and change Gill Coleman17. Reshaping the political (green) economy Simon ZadekAbout the editor

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Book SynopsisAn accessible guide to the business of being a board director, through the lens of 18 crucial conversations. How do you understand what is really going on in an organisation, so you can exercise the oversight that is required from you? How do you overcome the information asymmetry problem, where the executive directors know more about the operation than you do? How will you collaborate as a board to set the right strategic direction in a context that changes constantly? How will you see the organisation through the eyes of your advisors, your employees and your key stakeholders? How can you manage the risks you know about as well as the ones you don’t? Your best tool for all of this is conversation – about the right topics, with the right people, at the right time. This book shows you what these conversations need to cover and how to make them count. Whether you are a new director of a PLC, a long-standing Trustee of a charity, or a governor of an educational institution, this book will help you and your colleagues become the board your organisation needs.Trade Review'...dense with information, the book breaks down complex board governance into actionable conversations across stakeholders that any director, trustee, or governor should have in their toolkit to ensure their board achieves oversight goals. For board members seeking to uplevel their governance conversations, this is a must-read playbook.'- NetGalley...an invaluable guide that offers a refreshing perspective on the complex world of board directorship. As a new member of a Board of Managers, I am eager to learn more about my role and responsibilities, and this book provides a comprehensive and accessible roadmap for directors facing a variety of challenges...They stress the importance of having the right conversations with the right people at the right time, making this book an essential resource for anyone seeking to navigate the complexities of board governance. - NetGalleyThis book is really valuable for anyone who holds any form of non executive board role or is considering taking on a non executive role. It really helped me think through the questions I need to ask. - AmazonTable of ContentsPreface: Why you need this book and how to use itIntroduction: The conversation ‘kitbag’Conversations… As a board member1 …About joining: Understanding the role of a board member2 …About the board :Exploring the role of this board3 …About chairing: Conversations that matter to all board members4 …With board members: Sense-checking conversationsTo support and challenge5 …About the organization: Talking about purpose, mission, vision and values6 …About strategy: Turning central ideas into action7 …About the future: Talking about what’s over the horizon8 …About holding to account: Creating a culture of accountability9 …About people and reward: Development, succession and remuneration10 …About effectiveness: Talking about board performance In working relationships11 …With the CEO: Coaching, confiding, challenging12 …With staff: Talking and listening to those who work here13 …With stakeholders: Developing a stakeholder mindset14 …With regulators: Understanding the relationship15 …With advisors: Finding the support the board needsAbout key exposures16 …About ethics: A new boardroom focus17 …About risk: Preventing board blindness18 …About a crisis: When things go wrongFinal wordsConversations with yourself: Reflecting as a professional practiceList of figuresList of tablesAppendix: Sources of useful informationNotesBibliographyAcknowledgementsIndexAbout the authors

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Book Synopsis** This beautifully produced, limited hardback edition features an exclusive gold foiled jacket. ** Why is it that when a crisis occurs some people immediately, instinctively step up and lead, as though hearing a calling? Are they just wired that way, born to lead? Or do certain moments in their lives put them on a path to extraordinary leadership? The Call to Leadership: Unlocking the Leader Within in Times of Crisis reveals the true essence of leadership in times of extreme challenge. Beyond the technical aspects of leadership, this book goes deep into the hearts and minds of global decision makers at the highest level. Through exclusive interviews, twenty C-suite leaders from the travel, tourism and aviation industries share their unique perspectives and never-before-heard personal stories on how they led through one of the most challenging times in modern history when the world was literally grounded – the COVID-19 pandemic. Rigorous as a study of exceptional leadership, their very real revelations and raw reflections offer invaluable insight into how you can control and navigate your own personal or professional crises, emerging stronger on the other side.

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Book SynopsisMark Schwartz, author of leadership classics A Seat at the Table and The Art of Business Value, reveals a new (empowering) model for the often soul-shattering, frustrating, Kafkaesque nightmare we call bureaucracy. Through humor, a healthy dose of history and philosophy, and real-life examples from his days as a government bureaucrat, Schwartz shows IT leaders (and the whole of business) how to master the ways of the Monkey, the Razor, and the Sumo Wrestler to create a lean, learning, and enabling bureaucracy. For anyone frustrated by roadblocks, irritated the business can't move fast enough, or suffering under the weight of crushing procedures, this book is for you. No matter your role, you need a playbook for bureaucracy. This is it. With this playbook, you can wield bureaucracy as a superpower and bust through it at the same timeTrade Review“Mark Schwartz turns the tables on bureaucracy, offering a practical guide to stripping out a labyrinth of rules and replacing them with simplicity, ease, and automation. His version of a benevolent bureaucracy paves the path for digital transformation and facilitates creativity and innovation.” -- Kimberly Jonson, COO, Fannie Mae“Bureaucracy has never been discussed in such an entertaining and educational way before. Learn how to clean out the organizational ‘scar tissue' that is slowing you down.” -- Adrian Cockcroft, former VP of Amazon Sustainability Architecture“What do ancient Egypt, Louis XIV, Napoleon, Thomas Hobbes, Moby Dick and the very-often-referred-to Max Weber have to do with digital transformation? A great deal, because bureaucracy is a permanent guest in history and a necessary evil. So whether you have fallen in love with bureaucracy or hate it, you should read this book. Bad bureaucracy can dehumanize, promote blind spots and stifle innovation. But good bureaucracy can introduce fairness and provide efficiency through scalability and predictability, e.g., in regulatory compliance. Once again, Mark manages to combine exciting storytelling with tangible analogies from history and daily life.” -- Chris Russ, Program Director and Senior Lecturer, ZHAW School of Management and Law“My brain continues to turn around quantum bureaucracy. How to get the right amount of it at the right time and in the right place, but no more and not there unless you look. Maybe Schrodinger's Bureaucracy is something I need to work on and think about…Great read, and I'm so thankful to Mark for writing this book to reform bureaucracy. With his insight into razor-bearing sumo monkeys, we can progress toward a more modern way of managing. Like Jonah, I felt trapped with no way to determine my own direction. Mark provides great tools for guiding the whale.” -- Josh Seckel, Specialist Leader, Deloitte Digital“Mark has done it again: with his usual wit and verve, he has cut past normal lazy blather about ‘bloated bureaucracies' to get to the truth about their place in the world. In doing so, he outlines not only why bureaucracies are necessary, but how they are best fought through a deep understanding of their internal logic and weak points. [The (Delicate) Art of Bureaucracy] serves as a handbook on how to fight the good fight not just for IT, but for the world too.” -- Ian Miell, Cloud Native Consultant, Container Solutions“A must read for leaders trying to break the vicious circle of ‘it can't be done' in complex organizations. Based on history, sociology, and his own experiences, Mark Schwartz explains the different perspectives on bureaucracy and how to bust it with practical steps. The perfect handbook for transformation under constrained circumstances.” -- Renato Garcia Pedigoni, CDO, Grupo Boticário“My organization launched an internal program called ‘Kill Bureaucracy' (Kill B). Reading this book made me realize the obvious: One does not simply kill bureaucracy. Following the guidelines and practical examples in this great book, one will understand that he has to simply transform from ‘Homo bureaucraticus' to a monkey, a sumo wrestler, or a razor!” -- George Chr. Georgiou, Enterprise Architect, Bank of Cyprus“The (Delicate) Art of Bureaucracy is so creative, clever, and enlightening, it will help me remove digital transformation headwinds for years to come. It's a must read for government and business leaders as they embark on digital transformation. It will make you a better digital leader by giving you the knowledge to use bureaucracy as a digital accelerator, and it belongs on your office desk today.” -- Chris Radich, VP Digital Strategy, Salesforce“A shrewd and entertaining account of how bureaucracy becomes entrenched in social organizations and of its encumbering effects on the process of change. But its greatest value is in the sharing of strategies and tactics for knowledge workers trammeled by bureaucracy to—like Sumo wrestlers—turn the weight of the red tape to their advantage and become innovator-makers.” -- Renata Brogan, Solutions Architect, Women in Tech, Women in IT“It takes great curiosity to deeply understand organizational bureaucracy, great courage to challenge it, and pure genius to know how to bend it to your will. In this book, Mark delivers a razor-sharp analysis on all of the above and then shares with us a comprehensive roadmap to a better future, where bureaucracy finally becomes the organizational enabler it was always intended to be.” -- John Walsh, Business Relationship Manager, PepsiCo“Mark Schwartz has written a classic on bureaucracy that will always be relevant. A very readable, insightful, playful, useful, and enjoyable book that will help readers who are bureaucrats of any flavor—and any of us who think we don't need bureaucracy but do—as long as it is a lean and learning bureaucracy. Mark provides the techniques of the Monkey, the Razor, and the Sumo Wrestler to effect the required change. As always, a bonus in Mark's books are enjoyable mini-lessons in literature, philosophy, mythology, and pasta!” -- Tom Michelli, Former Acting Department of Defense Principal Deputy CIO, CIO US Coast Guard, and CIO US Immigration and Customs Enforcement“Need ideas to accelerate change and disrupt bureaucracy? This book brings analogies that will relate to your world. Mark uses three levers as themes, each with usable playbooks, that will give you the confidence and early wins to maintain momentum as you break through the barriers most organizations face.” -- Chris Richardson, Deputy CIO, IT Development, Mobility, Smart Cities, Arizona State University“Mark Schwartz turns the tables on bureaucracy, offering a practical guide to stripping out a labyrinth of rules and replacing them with simplicity, ease, and automation. His version of a benevolent bureaucracy paves the path for digital transformation and facilitates creativity and innovation.” -- Kimberly Jonson * COO, Fannie Mae *“This fascinating book will make you rethink bureaucracy and give you actionable tools to manage in increasingly complex environments. Mark's ability to weave philosophy, history, and humor throughout his reflections on real-life experiences puts important concepts in a completely new and important context. His playbook for addressing bureaucracy is compelling and clear—I look forward to adopting many of his recommendations. Hooray for the intersection of Liberal Arts and Computer Science!” -- Rich Seltz, CIO, CDO, Cabot Microelectronics“I identified with every chapter. Although we tend to think that bureaucracy is a disease and there are no magic recipes to change our way of thinking, we can always think of leaving it on the light side of the force.” -- Laura Caceres, Operations Director, DevOps LATAM“Informative, interesting, and thought provoking piece that raises the veil on bureaucracy. It elucidates bureaucracy's history, evolution, practices, approaches, perceptions, and learnings. This book comes with a great deal of objectivity that propels the mind to seek innovative ways to create an enabling bureaucracy!” -- Ikoabasi Akpan, Sales Manager, Air France-KLM“A remarkable and eye-opening journey on bureaucracy written with spark and wit. It will give you a completely different perspective on bureaucracy—particularly entering the next normal. A must-read for all who want to realign and shift bureaucracy towards learning instead of using it as a Schimpfwort (a great word)!” -- Eveline Oehrlich, Chief Research Director, DevOps Institute“Bureaucracy has long been a major impediment to transformation. With his usual style of complementing his progressive thinking with a variety of literary references and wit, Mark provides an engaging, insightful, and balanced view on a topic that could easily make one's eyes bleed! In this book you will find a practical guide to busting bureaucracy and turning it into a force for good, all while staying true to the modern techniques of Agile and DevOps—with the help of a Monkey, a Razor, and a Sumo Wrestler.” -- Keith Madsen, SVP, Cloud and Advanced Technology, Bank of America“As someone that has been a cog in large, faceless corporations, I found bureaucracy stifling enough to abandon the heavy-handed rules and processes of large enterprise for the startup world. But even startups can become victims of senseless and unbending rituals. I discovered that bureaucracy has no preferred host. You may not come to love bureaucracy, but you will appreciate the wisdom in Mark's sage advice. In his battles with the Leviathan that is the USCIS, he brings levity and plenty of Moby Dick references as he deftly avoids the traps set by the devilish MD-102 by channeling the ways of the Monkey, the Razor, and the Sumo Wrestler and become a force for positive change.” -- Mark Birch, Founder, Enterprise Sales Forum; Founder DEV.BIZ.OPS“Mark is to bureaucracy as Sun-Tzu is to the art of war. Read this book to capitalize on the good intended from bureaucracy and have the scissors you always hoped for to reshape it to be enabling, learning, and lean. Leverage the weight of bureaucracy to your advantage like a champion organizational Sumo wrestler.” -- Jamie Scott Berniker, Executive Director, Corporate Development, global bank“Mark has done it again, giving us IT professionals insights into how we, with our software and our creative software development processes, can change heavy, unproductive bureaucratic corporations into adaptable, human-friendly, value-driven bureaucratic corporations that we all love to work for. Red tape is here to stay; it's a matter of being smart about it. This book for sure will be one I am going to refer to when meeting my colleagues and peers.” -- Allan Nyland Christensen, Senior Transformation Manager, LEGOTable of ContentsContents Editor's PrefaceAuthor's PrefaceIntroduction: We're Bureaucrats All Part One: Digital Transformation and BureaucracyOverture: Try It Yourself1: What Are We Talking About?2: A Chaos Monkey in the Bureaucracy3: IT: The Biggest Baddest Bureaucrats4: Bureaucracy is Bad5: Bureaucracy is Good Part Two: Building a Better Bureaucracy6: We've Been Doing Bureaucracy Wrong7: Towards an Enabling Bureaucracy8: Towards a Learning Bureaucracy9: Towards a Lean Bureaucracy10: Bureaucracies of Metrics Part Three: The Playbook11: The Playbook: How to Bust Bureaucracy12: The Way of the Monkey13: The Way of the Razor14: The Way of the Sumo Wrestler15: The Black Belt Bureaucrat AfterwordEndnotesBibliography

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Book Synopsis More than 80% of the financial assets in the United States fall under the purview of a trustee. That's a big responsibility for an estimated 1% (around 1.5 million people) of the U.S. working population charged with overseeing investments for millions and millions of beneficiaries, public sector, and non-profit organizations. In a world proliferated by investment products, increasingly dominated by indexes, faced—particularly in the pension world—with increasing liabilities, more regulation, and a growing number of social and sustainability objectives, what's a trustee to do?The Trustee Governance Guide is here to help guide today’s board trustee through the brave new world of 21st century investing. The book focuses on the critical aspects of the Five Imperatives: Governance, Knowledge, Diversification, Discipline, and Impact. Based on more than a decade of research, practice, and discussions with many key decision makers and influencers across the industry, this book addresses the many topics related to better governance, greater mission-driven financial performance, and impact. The questions the book addresses include: · What is good governance, how do we know it when we see it, and why does it matter?· How much knowledge is necessary to be a competent board member?· How big should my endowment be?· What are the key elements of a diversified portfolio?· How much does cost matter?· What's the difference between socially responsible and ESG investing?· Can I focus on sustainability and still be a good fiduciary? This book provides a way for boards to improve and benchmark their own governance performance alongside their peers, and uniquely covers related investment topics in each chapter. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction The First Imperative: Be Well-Governed Chapter 2: Crisis Chapter 3: Fiduciary Duty Chapter 4: Good Governance Practitioner Focus: Board Self-Assessment The Second Imperative: Be Knowledgeable and Beware of Common Errors Chapter 5 – Human Error and Behavioral Finance Practitioner Focus – How Much Endowment is Enough? Chapter 6 – Knowledge Not Just for Knowledge’s Sake Chapter 7 – Origins of Financial Illiteracy Practitioner Focus: Investment 101 and Foundation Board Basics The Third Imperative: Be Diversified Chapter 8 – 30,000 Products Practitioner Focus – Cryptocurrencies Chapter 9 – Theory Time Practitioner Focus – Return Targeting Chapter 10 – Over-diversification Practitioner Focus – Why Over-complicate Things? The Fourth Imperative: Be Disciplined and Control Costs Chapter 11 – The Active vs. Passive Debate Chapter 12 – Active vs. Passive-The Evidence Chapter 13 – Cost Savings and What Really Matters Practitioner Focus – Fee and Expense Reports: What to ask your Consultant for on an Annual Basis The Fifth Imperative: Be Impactful Chapter 14 – Farewell to Uncle Milt Practitioner Focus – Doesn’t ESG Investing Pose a Conflict with Fiduciary Duty? Chapter 15 – ESG Challenges Practitioner Focus – What Exactly is the Difference between SRI and ESG? Chapter 16 – Ok, I’ve Bought In…Now What? Practitioner Focus – Writing ESG into your Investment Policy

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Book SynopsisWhy when companies come crashing down, do we hear of boards who have failed in their fiduciary duties? Or that they have been ignorant, complacent or downright complicit in these scandals and downfalls? Of course, corporate scandals are nothing new, nor are they limited to any one geography. They are a damning indictment of our systems of corporate governance around the world. And yet, despite this frequency, little or nothing changes. We shrug and move on, accepting they are an unavoidable part of the system that produces incredible wealth for economies and societies. But it should not be that way. Disaster in the Boardroom shows how boards can be better. Looking at why these scandals happen, authors Peterson and Brown present in-depth case studies of major global corporations – including recent contemporary scandals associated with companies such as BP, Facebook and Uber – using the optic of their unique, original and compelling ‘six dysfunctions of the board’ analysis to reveal their particularities but also how they can be overcome. In this book, Brown and Peterson explore common attributes of scandals such as lack of independence from management, missing key voices, cultural amplification, diffusion of responsibility, rule-bound cultures and groupthink. They also identify ways to strengthen boards, improve their culture and competence, and give directors and others the power to take action and ultimately prevent disasters from happening. Disaster in the Boardroom is essential reading for every executive in every boardroom, those aspiring to board positions as well as anyone interested in why boards fail. It has never been more important to pre-identify and eradicate these boardroom dysfunctions – not least so that their impacts upon society can better seen, understood, mitigated, and avoided.Trade Review“I judge a book by the number of notes I make as I read and also by how often I find myself reading excerpts to anyone who’ll listen. Disasters in the Boardroom scores highly on both counts.” (Sue Magee, The Book Bag, thebookbag.co.uk, June 07, 2022)Table of ContentsPart 1.- Chapter 1: Where was the board?.- Chapter 2: The Faces of Disaster.- Chapter 3: Dealing with the consequences.- Chapter 4: Causes of dysfunctional culture.- {art 4.- Chapter 5: The subordinated board: Facebook.- Chapter 6: The imbalanced board: Google.- Chapter 7.- The distended board: Uber.- Chapter 8: The bystander board: BP and Deepwater Horizon.- Chapter 9: The bureaucratic board: The Big Four.- Chapter 10: The conforming board: Royal Bank of Scotland.- Part 3.- Chapter 11: Changing board culture.- Chapter 12: Stakeholder engagement.- Chapter 13: Improving board effectiveness: practical steps.

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses and analyses fraud and corruption cases from many industries including construction, finance, pharmaceutical, transport, retail, medical, health, communication, education and military.The book is divided into two sections. The first part presents case studies that cover several industry sectors, including not only well-known frauds like Bernie Madoff, Wells Fargo and the Enron case, but also recent events such as the Theranos/Elisabeth Holmes case. The second section of the book includes materials on fraud and corruption such as the full text of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business, and the EIB’s Anti-Fraud Policy and Whistleblowing Policy. It also includes examples about current corporate anti-corruption policies from companies like Apple, Tesla and Coca Cola. For interested readers, the book offers additionally a list of films that realistically cover the topics fraud, corruption and whistleblowing.Table of ContentsIntroduction PART I: Fraud & Corruption Cases (a) International Construction/manufacturing (b) Financial Services (c) Transport (d) Communications (e) Education (f) Health (g) Energy (h) Retail (i) Military PART II: Materials (a) International Treaties/Conventions/Documents (b) Integrity Materials of International Organisations (c) National Legislation (d) Other Integrity Materials 1. Corporate Anti-Corruption Policies 2. Lists of Movies

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Book SynopsisMost books about corporate governance are written for a Western audience. The Boardroom, however, takes a different approach to leadership development by emphasizing the unique socio-cultural and judicial features as well as idiosyncratic board structures in Asia, particularly in an Indonesian context. The principles of good corporate governance are accepted across borders, but the implementation and translation of transparency, fairness, accountability, and responsibility can differ quite distinctly from one country to another. Amidst global competitive turbulence, socio-economic volatility, and geopolitical uncertainty, The Boardroom analyses how Asian boardroom leaders steer organizations and how boards can be more effective. Boardmembers - appointed and entrusted by their owners - are guardians with a fiduciary duty to safeguard an organization and prepare it for a viable and sustainable future.Business managers, investors, academics, students and those interested in doing business in Asia will benefit from The Boardroom’s practical insights and recommendations to improve corporate governance and strengthen competitive advantage. "The Boardroom" - a book written by my predecessor Dr Tanri Abeng and his co-author Prof. Dr. Peter Verhezen who both combine practical experience and academic in-depth research - gives a good overview of what can and should be expected from a board. The authors describe the generic accepted governance principles, but rightfully claim the need to translate them into specific rules and regulations that make sense for Indonesian and other Asian companies.Erick Thohir, The Minister of State-Owned Enterprises of the Republic of Indonesia Understanding the dynamics of successful organizations is like being on a quest. It probably never ends. Organizations are open and social systems that cannot be managed or governed using simple theories and recipes. Hence, this book invites you to start your own leadership journey and become more mindful of your role in the functioning of a company.Prof. Dr. Koen Vandenbempt, Dean of the Faculty of Business & Economics at the University of Antwerp, Belgium

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Book Synopsis'ITIL(R) 4 is on its way! We are pleased that we can deliver you courseware which could help you to give excellent classes and deepen your own understanding of ITIL(R) 4.The new version of ITIL launches on February the 28th, 2019 and we are going to be ready soon to deliver accredited courseware and exams. Our material is currently pending accreditation and will be available for training once the release date for training is made available. Translations to Dutch, German and Spanish will follow very soon !If you are interested in this please do let us know also via the link aboveAre you interested in this material ? Please mail to: Sales@vanharen.net What will be included in the official accredited courseware*High-quality courseware supplemented with additional reference materials*Presentations in PPT (always free for partners)*Sample questions*Sample exam and rationale *Syllabus and Glossary*Pre-course reading material *Free branding functionalities

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Book Synopsis'This module covers the 'core' service management activities and expands the current scope of ITIL to include the 'creation' of services.

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Book SynopsisWouldn’t charity governance be so much easier if it wasn’t for all of your fellow trustees? Being knowledgeable and experienced as a trustee is important, but having the ability to interact effectively with your fellow board members, that is where good governance really starts. Get it wrong and, very quickly, you’ve got a battle on the board. Working in sustained harmony towards a common goal can be a tall order for many trustees. Debra Allcock Tyler’s approach to this challenging subject is characteristically engaging as she adopts a different ABBA tune as the theme for each chapter. Frank and with real-life examples firmly to the fore, she mixes leadership theory with practical advice delivered straight from the shoulder. It includes: • Understanding the trustee role • Working with fellow trustees and the CEO • Compliance and regulation • Dealing with information and understanding the money • The psychology of decision-making • Managing risk and handling crisis So, if you are a trustee or about to become one, you will benefit from the insights and hard-won wisdom distilled in this book. If you want to be the dancing queen (or king) of good governance and avoid a waterloo for your charity, then this book is for you.Trade Review‘Debra Allcock Tyler's new book on charity governance is like none other on the topic. The style is frank and down to earth. It has very useful good practice materials and concentrates on the all-important people issues that so easily lead to dysfunctional governance. A must for all charity trustees, especially more experienced ones.’ Lindsay Driscoll, Charity law and governance consultantTable of ContentsAbout the Directory of Social Change About the author Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction Chapter 1 One of us is crying: the challenges of trusteeship Chapter 2 What’s the name of the game? Knowing what you’re there for Chapter 3 Take a chance on me: working with your CEO Chapter 4 Gimme, gimme, gimme: managing the information Chapter 5 Super trouper: chairing the board Chapter 6 Knowing me, knowing you (ah-ha): working with fellow trustees Chapter 7 I do, I do, I do, I do, I do: compliance and regulation Chapter 8 Money, money, money: the essentials of finance Chapter 9 The winner takes it all: the psychology of decision-making Chapter 10 SOS: managing risk and dealing with crisis Chapter 11 Thank you for the music: tips from other trustees References and notes

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Book SynopsisPeter Fisk is an experienced strategist and marketer, having spent many years working with blue-chip organizations such as American Express and British Airways, Coca Cola, Marks & Spencer, Discovery, Virgin, Microsoft and Vodafone. He is also the best-selling author of Marketing Genius, and founder of The Genius Works, combining writing and speaking with coaching and advising business leaders in the areas of strategy, marketing, customers, brands and innovation.Trade Review"This timely book forces you to reject many of the business conventions that created pass success. It encourages you to take new perspectives, find new solutions and consider new measures of performance." * Quality World *"People, Planet, Profit is topical and clever, striking the balance between information and readability and the practical resource it sets out to be. Thank you to Peter Fisk for this timely handbook" -- Clare Wright * Edge *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction: People and Planet and Profit; Section - ONE: Rethinking business; Chapter - 01: Purpose beyond profits; Chapter - 02: Strategies for growth; Chapter - 03: Inspiring leadership; Section - TWO: Reconnecting business; Chapter - 04: Conscience consumers; Chapter - 05: Sustainable innovation; Chapter - 06: Engaging consumers; Section - THREE: Releasing business; Chapter - 07: Sustainable operations; Chapter - 08: Delivering performance; Chapter - 09: Transforming business; Chapter - 10: Emerging futures; Section - FOUR: Resources

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