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What 15 the role of corporate governance as a subspecies 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 appetites for excessive risk taking. A director's duty to promote the success of the company pla...
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| author | Zsa-zsa Becker, Cleo Roxanne |
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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 appetites 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:11427/42994 What 15 the role of corporate governance as a subspecies of corporate law in the level of corporate risk taking? Zsa-zsa Becker, Cleo Roxanne Mongalo, Tshepo corporate governance law risk 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 appetites 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. 2026-03-17T11:02:07Z 2026-03-17T11:02:07Z 2010 2026-03-16T11:59:01Z Thesis / Dissertation Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42994 en eng application/pdf Centre for Law and Society Faculty of Law University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | corporate governance law risk Zsa-zsa Becker, Cleo Roxanne What 15 the role of corporate governance as a subspecies 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 subspecies of corporate law in the level of corporate risk taking? |
| title_full | What 15 the role of corporate governance as a subspecies of corporate law in the level of corporate risk taking? |
| title_fullStr | What 15 the role of corporate governance as a subspecies of corporate law in the level of corporate risk taking? |
| title_full_unstemmed | What 15 the role of corporate governance as a subspecies of corporate law in the level of corporate risk taking? |
| title_short | What 15 the role of corporate governance as a subspecies of corporate law in the level of corporate risk taking? |
| title_sort | what 15 the role of corporate governance as a subspecies of corporate law in the level of corporate risk taking |
| topic | corporate governance law risk |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42994 |
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