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4th
International Conference on Corporate Governance, 15-16 May
2003
call
for papers
Theme: Corporate
Governance Challenges in the Emerging Economies
Sub-themes of the Conference are:
(i)
Status of Corporate Governance in emerging economies
(ii)
Is Good Corporate
Governance (i) a competitive
differentiator? (ii) a tool for tapping domestic and foreign
capital? (iii) an instrument for both economic and social
transformation?
(iii)
Managing Risk in the Boardroom
(iv)
Ethics and Transparency the Centrality of Corporate
Governance
(v)
Corporate Social
Responsibility Corporate Governance in Action
(vi)
Legal and Statutory Framework, Global Standards and
Self-regulation
(vii)
Corporate Governance Managing the Cultural Issues
(viii)
Impact of the Sarbanes Oxley Act on Emerging Economies
(ix)
Building Institutional Capacity and Enhancing Capability
(x)
Managing Conflict Ensuring Independence of Directors and
Auditors
(xi)
Setting Compensation for CEOs.
(xii)
Maximising Effectiveness of Company Boards Going Beyond
Disclosures and Compliance
Suggested Topics :
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Good Corporate Governance a
source of competitive advantage for emerging economies
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Status & Practices of
Corporate Governance in Emerging Economies
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Corporate Governance
Problems of Emerging Economies
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Establishing competitive
markets Removing barriers to entry.
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Challenges of enforcing
financial discipline and curbing corruption in emerging
economies.
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Fostering growth of
Securities Markets.
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Improving Efficiency of
Capital Markets.
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Mobilizing Potential of
Private Sector Involvement.
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Building a coalition for
corporate reforms.
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Developing human capacity
and building institutional capacity to sustain good
practices in corporate governance.
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Corporate governance for
sustained and shared growth
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Broadening and deepening
local capital markets through good corporate governance
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Managing conflict of
interest
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Independence of the
Directors
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Maximising effectiveness
of company boards
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Improving quality of
corporate information
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Auditor-Company
relationship
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Rotation of Auditors
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Institution of
Independent Directors: Why is it not working
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Sarbanes Oxley Act - Is
it a case of overkill?
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Questions
and issues raised by Derek Higgs review.
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Transparency the heart of good corporate governance
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Morality and ethics in corporate governance
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Role of Corporates in sustainability
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Improving legal and statutory framework for good
corporate governance
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Risk Management and reputation management
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Corporate Social
and Environmental
Responsibility
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Self
assessment and training : the ultimate solution for good
corporate governance.
Sustainability the end game of
business.
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Corporate Environmental and Social
responsibility: Makes good Business sense.
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Survival and Longevity of Corporates.
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Corporate Governance
Collaborative problem solving between Corporates, Govt.
Administration, Regulatory Authorities and Judiciary
Vital for mobilising vast resources of Corporates for
national resurgence.
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Preservation of
Regional/Native/Ethnic cultures and values in the
Geo-Corporate operating Environment in the context of
globalization.
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Governance of R& D, risk
management and intellectual and reputational capital.
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Financial, Economic and full
Ecological Costing for Sustainable Strategies.
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Board structures for good governance
for various sizes, types and organisational Forms of
Corporates Multi/Trans National , Family owned,
Cooperative, small to mammoth organisations, Industry
specific needs, historical background etc.
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Corporate Social Responsibility
towards Employees and Community Safety, health,
education, drinking water, hygiene, pollution, infant
mortality etc.
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Legislature, Government &
Corporates - Value systems (corruption, integrity)
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Financing clean Technologies for
green development.
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Green reporting Disclosures on
Environmental and Social responsibility.
General Review Criteria for your draft paper
- Must show examples, practical applications, cause &
effect, case studies
- Must be original material
- Must have a well-defined focus
- Technical content is appropriate and used correctly
- Proposal should completely discuss subject matter
Presentation Formats
- Lecture sessions—the traditional session
- Participation sessions—provides a shared learning
experience through participation or a hands-on learning
experience
- Case study—provides an example showing the application
or method, barriers encountered and solutions, lessons
learned, demonstrated statistical results of implementation
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