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1、CorporategovernanceintheUK&USBy AdamDowdney,CorporatePartner,ClarkslegalLLP,London,UK BackgroundWhatismeantbytheterm“corporategovernance”?Itisbasicallythesystemsandprocessesestablishedbycorporateentitiesforensuringproperaccountability,probityandopennessintheconductofanorganisation’sbusiness.Thebas
2、icprinciplesofcorporategovernanceincludetransparency,accountability,fairnessandresponsibilityfoundedupontheconceptofdisclosuretoencouragethenecessarytrustandconfidenceofshareholders. Recently,corporategovernancehasbeenverymuchinthespotlightintheUKfollowingthepublicationofanumberofimportantreports,a
3、llofwhichhavehadaninfluenceonthecorporategovernanceenvironmentinwhichweoperatetoday.However,thecurrentUKcorporategovernanceenvironmentdoesnotexistinisolation,astherehavebeensignificantinfluencesfromEuropeandtheUS.Inparticular,thecollapseofCorporategovernanceintheUK&USBy AdamDowdney,CorporatePartner
4、,ClarkslegalLLP,London,UK BackgroundWhatismeantbytheterm“corporategovernance”?Itisbasicallythesystemsandprocessesestablishedbycorporateentitiesforensuringproperaccountability,probityandopennessintheconductofanorganisation’sbusiness.Thebasicprinciplesofcorporategovernanceincludetransparency,account
5、ability,fairnessandresponsibilityfoundedupontheconceptofdisclosuretoencouragethenecessarytrustandconfidenceofshareholders. Recently,corporategovernancehasbeenverymuchinthespotlightintheUKfollowingthepublicationofanumberofimportantreports,allofwhichhavehadaninfluenceonthecorporategovernanceenvironme
6、ntinwhichweoperatetoday.However,thecurrentUKcorporategovernanceenvironmentdoesnotexistinisolation,astherehavebeensignificantinfluencesfromEuropeandtheUS.Inparticular,thecollapseofEnronandWorldComin2002hasmeantissuesofcorporategovernanceremainhighlytopical. Thereis,asyet,nogenerallyapplicableglobalc
7、orporategovernancemodel.Corporationstendtoworkwithintheparameterssetoutbynationallawsandregulationsandtheeconomicgoalsandexpectationsofshareholders.Therehas,however,beensomemeasureofconvergenceincorporatego
