Corporate governance is the set of processes, customs, policies, laws and institutions affecting the way in which a corporation is directed, administered or controlled.
Corporate governance also includes the relationships among the stakeholders and the goals for which the corporation is governed.
A Labour MP is to launch a private members Bill with the support of trade unions that would impose stringent safety duties on company directors, making them more personally accountable for workplace accidents or deaths
US supermarket giant Wal-Mart has forced a director and three employees to resign after an investigation into the use of gift cards.
The Civil Service has added seven new names to its list of commissioners.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has extended the deadline for non US companies to comply with a vital clause of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to July 2006.
An NHS scheme to recover the cost of treating victims of workplace accidents from insurers has been delayed.
Personnel Today's reader petition adds weight to CIPD calls for proper accounting of employee value on the last day of consultation on Operating and Financial Review proposals
An international accounting standard (IAS24) could force companies to disclose the full value of individual directors' remuneration packages, according to consultancy Watson Wyatt.
Metropolitan Police prioritises communications by giving management role to information chief.
Model agency improves communications strategy to win Investors in People recognition
Mail regulator Postcomm has rapped the Royal Mail's knuckles for anti-competitive sales promotions. The mail service is to train staff and check promotional material
Prospect, the union for the UK’s scientists, has welcomed the Home Office announcement that the Forensic Science Service (FSS) is...
Beverley Whittaker, commercial lawyer at law firm Stevens & Bolton, explains what the Freedom of Information Act will mean for employers
Google, the internet search engine, has been named the ‘World’s Coolest Company’ by the Unshrink network of international business leaders....
This week's news in brief
Some companies have failed to embrace the spirit of the revised code on corporate governance and simply “wish it will...
