Pranjana: The Journal of Management Awareness
  • Year: 2007
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 1

Knowledge of Corporate Governance and its Possibility for Business Practices

  • Author:
  • Vijay Pithadia
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 79 to 84

R.K. College of Business Management, Kasturbadham, Bhavnagar Road, Rajkot-360020, GJ.

Abstract

Corporate Governance (CG) has emerged as one of the key elements of public policy reforms individuals. It is however not a foolproof concept as it relies heavily on data available from insiders. There are certain indispensable principles envisaged in the concept. These mainly include (a) Discipline in operations (b) Transparency in dealings and disclosures (c) Accountability to shareholders (d) Responsibility of company's action as well as (e) Social Responsibility. It is expected that Corporate Governance aim to ensure that investors should get an appropriate return on their money. There are different perspectives applied in rating Corporate Governance. Leading global agencies, standard and poor, and moody has adopted “Financial Perspective” to rate Corporate Governance. They mainly stick to the interests of “Financial stakeholders”. This particular term includes both shareholders and creditors. In this paper it has been discussed the entire task of Corporate Governance, how is having a mechanism where in some inbuilt problems are found. Thus Corporate Governance (CG) is the way the firm ought to be run, managed and controlled. Basic standards of Corporate Governance structure and processes have also been slowly evolving over last two decades.