Auditor independence

auditing, corporate governance and market confidence

Issues of corporate governance generate media headlines as well as more profound debate. The devastating effects of recent corporate misbehaviour have kept governance issues in the spotlight. Auditors' independence has been called into question in the light of their being complicit in some of the ...

Corruption in international business

the challenge of cultural and legal diversity

Ed. Sharon Eicher. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ It is common practice to assume that business practices are universally similar. Business and social attitudes to corruption, however, vary according to the wide variety of cultural norms across the countries of the world. International business involves complex, ethically challenging, and sometimes ...

Global perspectives on corporate governance and CSR

Eds. Güler Aras, David Crowther. Good governance is good PR, it is important in every sphere of society, whether it be the corporate environment, the political, or wider society. When resources are too limited to meet the minimum expectations of the people, it is a ...