Does Corporate Governance Matter

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Does Corporate Governance Matter? The claimed advantages of having corporate governance in an organisation: 1) Increased transparency and accountability in executive decision making • According to some findings of empirical studies, CG can provide to benefits in provision of quality in financial reporting, a reduction in management over consumption, and improved management monitoring. 2) Improved economic performance • Some people argued that good CG contributes to improved economic performance of an organisation. By having a good corporate governance in place, there is a framework that would encourage an organisation operates more effectively and management make better decision. There is strong tendency that an independent board will provide fresh ideas, a less blinkered approach and facilitates management decision-making. • According to some results from empirical studies, it is concluded that CG was strongly correlated with above normal share returns during the 1990s; On the other hand, some other researchers might come up with different conclusion: The link between CG and economic performance is possible, but hardly certain. All in all, it is still be questioned whether CG really matter. At least, the appearance of having a CG is valued by investors. The function of CG is ensuring that a company acts in the best interests of all its stakeholders. Companies having a poor CG are likely to under-perform in the long term, and poor CG has contributed to the occurrence of the failure. Chapter 3: Major Regulatory Influences on Corporate Governance in Australia Some corporate governance policy: ASX CGC, CLERP 9, and Corporations Act 2001 have set the framework for corporate governance practice in Australia. ASX CGC CLERP 9 • Was established in 2002, ASX CGC is the main contributor towards CG policy and practice in Australia • The objective: to

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