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The role of the independent director in maintaining good corporate governance
The role of the independent director is not clearly defined in most legislation around the globe. Hence, a company, through its Articles of Association or Memorandum of Incorporation, may attach any role it wishes the director to carry out. Most companies seem to entrust the independent director wit...
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| author | Gona, Shingirirayi |
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| description | The role of the independent director is not clearly defined in most legislation around the globe. Hence, a company, through its Articles of Association or Memorandum of Incorporation, may attach any role it wishes the director to carry out. Most companies seem to entrust the independent director with three roles, which are the monitoring of managerial activities, strategy development, and ensuring that the company complies with the various companies' legislation. However, Dixion et al assert that, the independent director has largely emerged, amongst other factors, due to the need to monitor managerial activities. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/4623 The role of the independent director in maintaining good corporate governance Gona, Shingirirayi Jooste, Richard Commercial Law The role of the independent director is not clearly defined in most legislation around the globe. Hence, a company, through its Articles of Association or Memorandum of Incorporation, may attach any role it wishes the director to carry out. Most companies seem to entrust the independent director with three roles, which are the monitoring of managerial activities, strategy development, and ensuring that the company complies with the various companies' legislation. However, Dixion et al assert that, the independent director has largely emerged, amongst other factors, due to the need to monitor managerial activities. 2014-07-30T18:13:16Z 2014-07-30T18:13:16Z 2009 Master Thesis Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4623 eng application/pdf Department of Commercial Law Faculty of Law University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Commercial Law Gona, Shingirirayi The role of the independent director in maintaining good corporate governance |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | The role of the independent director in maintaining good corporate governance |
| title_full | The role of the independent director in maintaining good corporate governance |
| title_fullStr | The role of the independent director in maintaining good corporate governance |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of the independent director in maintaining good corporate governance |
| title_short | The role of the independent director in maintaining good corporate governance |
| title_sort | role of the independent director in maintaining good corporate governance |
| topic | Commercial Law |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4623 |
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