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Management Accountability and Corporate Governance

Selected Readings

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  • © 1982

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Editors:
  1. Kenneth Midgley

    1. Brighton Polytechnic, UK

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Boards and Accountability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Aims and Objectives of Corporate Bodies

      • Arthur Knight
      Pages 3-14

    3. Board Structures

      • John B. H. Jackson
      Pages 15-26

    4. The Independent Director

      • Bob Tricker
      Pages 27-40

    5. The Role of the Corporate Secretary in Promoting Corporate Accountability — a United States view

      • Harold M. Williams
      Pages 41-60

    6. To Whom should the Board be Accountable … and for What?

      • Kenneth Midgley
      Pages 61-77

    7. One Board or Two?

      • Peter McGregor
      Pages 78-82

  3. Shareholders and Accountability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. The Relationship between Public Companies and their Shareholders

      • Barry Barker
      Pages 85-90

    3. The Function of Ownership and the Role of Institutional Shareholders

      • Lord Carr Hadley
      Pages 91-101

    4. Social Responsibility and the Institutional Investor

      • T. J. Palmer
      Pages 102-113

    5. Too Much Power at the Top?

      • Kevin Page
      Pages 114-125

  4. Company Reporting and Accountability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. Financial Accounts — What They Do and Don’t Reveal

      • Susan Dev
      Pages 129-140

    3. Corporate Objectives: the Key to Financial Reporting

      • C. R. J. Foley
      Pages 141-151

  5. The Social Responsibility Concept

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. What is Accountability?

      • Charles E. Medawar
      Pages 155-162

    3. Analysing Corporate Social Performance: Methods and Results

      • Lee E. Preston
      Pages 163-182

  6. Accountability to the Employee

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Brighton Polytechnic, UK

    Kenneth Midgley

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Management Accountability and Corporate Governance

  • Book Subtitle: Selected Readings

  • Editors: Kenneth Midgley

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05944-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-05946-1Published: 01 January 1982

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-05944-7Published: 18 June 1982

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 229

  • Topics: Management, Corporate Governance

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