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Launch of the Report: The Governance of Sustainability of Australian Large Companies
10 December 2011
The UTS Centre for Corporate Governance, in collaboration with Catalyst Australia, is pleased to launch its report "The Governance of Sustainability" which examines how a sample of twelve, large Australian companies manage their corporate responsbilities.
The Curse of Corporate Conflicts
24 April 2011
Conflict of interests occur often in corporate life, where multiple interests intersect and where objectivity and professional detachment have been replaced by self-interest and concealment.
Letter to the AFR: Rejecting the SGX takeover bid for the ASX
10 April 2011
ASX will find other opportunities.
Australian companies in the FTSE4Good Index Series
6 April 2011
"Investors, customers and employees want to be associated with companies scoring well on this index." said Professor Clarke.
Corporate Governance Note 5: Deutsche Bank and Board Diversity
24 February 2011
Deutsche Bank's Josef Ackermann on female representation on its management board and a nightmare month for the bank.
Big salaries can lead to psychological damage
3 December 2010
The financial service industry practice of paying young traders huge salaries could be psychologically damaging.
Research Report into Board Effectiveness, Performance and Evaluation
28 October 2010
The State of Play on Board Evaluation in Corporate Australian and Abroad; a research project funded by the Australian Council for Super Investors.
Agenda 2020: The Edge of Sanity
9 July 2010
We need very different business models to avoid environmental calamity.
Institutional Investors of BP: Ownership without responsibility?
29 June 2010
The continuing travails of British Petroleum (BP) and the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico highlight the onus upon owners of the beleaguered company to relay their concerns as part of their wider social responsibility or societal obligation.
Goldman Suit Boosts Case for Change
23 April 2010
On American investment bank, Goldman Sachs, and its problems.
CCG ARC Boards Project - Findings published in Australian Journal of Corporate Law
Findings from the three-year boards project that looked at the changing role of Australian company boards have been published in a leading peer-reviewed Australian legal academic journal, the Australian Journal of Corporate Law.
BHP Billiton and the SEC investigation
On the SEC investigation of Australian mining giant, BHP Billiton.
ABC Learning and its insolvency
On ABC Learning, insolvency procedures and its creditors
Corporate Governance Note No.2: June 2010
On the Financial Times Global 500, the proposed mining super profits tax, the resignation of David Jones' CEO, Sundance Resources and the Congo plane crash.
Reflections on the role of management in achieving a sustainable future: An interview with Tim Flannery and Dexter Dunphy
This article reports an interview with Professors Tim Flannery and Dexter Dunphy conducted during the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference in December 2009.
Corporate Governance Note No.3: A World Environmental Organisation
We need a global institution to defend the planet because the planet cannot defend itself. We are the stewards and guardians of this precious and fragile earth on which we dwell. Let the institution-building begin: a global environmental body to look after the health of the earth.
Corporate Governance Note 4: Leighton Holdings, Hochtief and ACS
On Leighton Holdings' CEO Wal King AO, German Hochtief AG and Spanish ACS.
