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What 15 the role of corporate governance as a sub-species of corporate law in the level of corporate risk taking?
Following the major corporate collapses of the past decade, companies around the world have been considering whether these collapses are a result of the failure of directors of corporations to curb their appe_tite for excessive risk taking. A director's duty to promote the success of the company pla...
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| author | Becker, Cleo Roxanne Zsa-zsa |
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| description | Following the major corporate collapses of the past decade, companies around the world have been considering whether these collapses are a result of the failure of directors of corporations to curb their appe_tite for excessive risk taking. A director's duty to promote the success of the company places great pressure on directors to maximise profits in the short term. In addition to shareholder pressure directors are tempted with huge bonuses and remuneration packages for producing short term profits. This paper will examine how corporate governance as a sub-species of corporate Jaw can work effectively with regulation to prevent and discourage excessive risk taking behaviour. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/42839 What 15 the role of corporate governance as a sub-species of corporate law in the level of corporate risk taking? Becker, Cleo Roxanne Zsa-zsa Mongalo, Tshepo corporate governance corporate law corporate risk taking Following the major corporate collapses of the past decade, companies around the world have been considering whether these collapses are a result of the failure of directors of corporations to curb their appe_tite for excessive risk taking. A director's duty to promote the success of the company places great pressure on directors to maximise profits in the short term. In addition to shareholder pressure directors are tempted with huge bonuses and remuneration packages for producing short term profits. This paper will examine how corporate governance as a sub-species of corporate Jaw can work effectively with regulation to prevent and discourage excessive risk taking behaviour. 2026-02-13T09:23:05Z 2026-02-13T09:23:05Z 2010 2026-02-13T09:21:32Z Thesis / Dissertation Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42839 en eng application/pdf Department of Commercial Law Faculty of Law University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | corporate governance corporate law corporate risk taking Becker, Cleo Roxanne Zsa-zsa What 15 the role of corporate governance as a sub-species of corporate law in the level of corporate risk taking? |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | What 15 the role of corporate governance as a sub-species of corporate law in the level of corporate risk taking? |
| title_full | What 15 the role of corporate governance as a sub-species of corporate law in the level of corporate risk taking? |
| title_fullStr | What 15 the role of corporate governance as a sub-species of corporate law in the level of corporate risk taking? |
| title_full_unstemmed | What 15 the role of corporate governance as a sub-species of corporate law in the level of corporate risk taking? |
| title_short | What 15 the role of corporate governance as a sub-species of corporate law in the level of corporate risk taking? |
| title_sort | what 15 the role of corporate governance as a sub species of corporate law in the level of corporate risk taking |
| topic | corporate governance corporate law corporate risk taking |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42839 |
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