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Ibovespa shows uncertainty with Vale decline and company news on the radar By Reuters
© Reuters. Iron ore in a Vale mine in Carajás, Parauapebas 07/29/2012 REUTERS / Lunae Parracho By Paula Arend Laier SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The São Paulo stock exchange did not show a sustained trend on Tuesday, with the pressure from the decline of the Vale share, in the wake of the decline in Chinese …
Dogbegah chairs the African Corporate Governance Network
Mr. Rockson Dogbegah, President of the Institute of Directors (IOD) of Ghana, was unanimously elected President of the African Corporate Governance Network (ACGN). Dr Mike Eric Juru, President of the Institute of Directors of Zimbabwe (IoDZ) was also elected Vice-President, Victoria Silutongwe, former President of the Institute of Directors of Zambia, as secretary. It was …
5 winning employee engagement ideas to improve your corporate culture
Employee engagement is a difficult task to master. Try too hard and your efforts may seem a bit old-fashioned. However, if you don’t focus enough on employee engagement, your workplace will lack a corporate culture and the toxic work environment will discourage your employees. Employee engagement is detrimental to the health of every business. This …
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Leaders need to know that character can be vital to company culture
Disney’s unique culture encourages young employees to come to work with a smile on their face. … [+] (Photo by Mark Ashman / Disney via Getty Images) Getty Images We hear a lot about culture in business. Right now, many leaders are using the need to maintain it as a reason to encourage people to …
A Ted Lasso Producer, Corporate Culture, Compliance & Ethics | Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE)
Ted Lasso has been a pandemic streaming success story. The show stars Jason Sudeikis as an American college football coach hired to run a struggling English football club. Unlike the typically portrayed coach, barking orders and anything to win, Ted is an empathetic person, who wears his heart on his sleeve, seeks out the best …
Insurtech Carrot enters strategic collaboration with Korea Expressway Corporation
Seoul, South Korea, 25 August 2021 / PRNewswire / – A Fast Growing Insurtech Carrot General Insurance Corp. (“Carrot” or the “Company”) announced a memorandum of understanding with Korea Expressway Corporation (KEC) to “co-develop a safe driving coaching platform for drivers” with the aim of fostering a culture of driving safely and reducing accident rates …
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Liberals propose higher corporate taxes on banks and insurance companies with profits exceeding $ 1 billion
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau delivers a speech during a campaign stop in Surrey, British Columbia, August 25. JENNIFER GAUTHIER / Reuters Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is targeting Bay Street as a source of new revenue, pledging to raise the corporate tax rate on all bank and insurance company income in excess of $ 1 billion. …
A step towards improving corporate governance
Shareholder activism involves the efforts of shareholders to bring about a desired change in the way the business operates. While most mature markets have powerful militant shareholders fighting for the rights of minority shareholders, Indian minority shareholders struggle to make their voices heard. The oldest (and grossest) form of shareholder activism first appeared in the …
The G7 Global Corporate Tax Rate: A Good Thing For Jersey? – Tax
To print this article, simply register or connect to Mondaq.com. Much has been said about the recent G7 decision to pursue a base global tax rate of at least 15% (the Global tax rate). Some call it the twilight of offshore jurisdictions. Should Jersey be worried? The initiative appears to be aimed at well-known multinationals …
Marina Maher Communications appoints Olga Fleming President of Healthcare and Business – News – MM + M
Marina Maher Communications has named Olga Fleming its first President of Healthcare and Business. Starting in September, Fleming is tasked with overseeing healthcare through Marina Maher Communications and her specialist agency RXMosaic, while also leading the agency’s corporate practice. She will also assume the agency’s strategy for the future in the areas of healthcare and …
ESG Push for Corporate Tax Disclosures Gaining Momentum in U.S.
Corporate tax departments are facing an under-the-radar element of ESG-focused activist investing that’s gaining traction and would more directly affect bottom lines than the addition of women and minorities to corporate boards or publishing environmental impact reports. Environmental, social, and governance-oriented investors, and members of Congress, want large public companies to disclose where they shift …
Episode 204 – The Way Forward for Corporate Culture | Michael volkov
The culture train is gaining momentum. Everyone cites their organization’s “culture” as the foundation of their business in hopes of meeting a rapidly changing standard for organizations. In its latest corporate compliance guidelines, the Department of Justice, along with many regulators, continues to cite the importance of a company’s “compliance culture”. But when it comes …
Corporate governance, an investment to ensure sustainability: Srinivas
Indian organizations must view corporate governance as an investment to ensure long-term sustainability, Chairman of the Authority of International Financial Services Centers Injeti Srinivas said on Friday during a keynote address at ET -Amrop India’s Best Boards Awards. “When we talk about corporate governance, unfortunately, we often think of it as a compliance burden or …
Corporate Culture Audits | kroll
Sexual harassment. Workplace bullying. Fraudulent Sales Practices. It seems barely a week goes by without another outrageous revelation of executive misconduct or dysfunctional corporate culture making headlines and leaving ignorant shareholders shocked at the reputational damage. and the finances that follow. Drawing on our unparalleled experience in investigative due diligence, our corporate culture audits aim …
Corporate governance: putting the role of the chairman in perspective – Company law / commercial law
Nigeria: Corporate governance: putting the role of the chairman in perspective August 20, 2021 Olajide Oyewole To print this article, simply register or connect to Mondaq.com. As the role of the president has grown in importance due to the increasing pace, size and complexity of business operations globally, most directors have only a vague understanding …
GC Cheat Sheet: Hottest Business News Of The Week
Law360 (August 20, 2021, 2:51 p.m. EDT) – A Texas nonprofit has said that a rule by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission that aims to encourage board diversity among companies listed on the Nasdaq is unconstitutional, and British lawyers are bracing for more investigations into acquisitions after Britain adopts more favorable rules governing …
Government ready to counter global corporate tax diktats
by Marlon Madden All is not lost as Barbados prepares for the implementation of a single minimum overall corporate tax rate of 15%. This assurance from Avinash Persaud, eminent economist and special envoy to Prime Minister Mia Mottley, who indicated that Barbados had several options to ensure that international business companies do not migrate due …
Are independent directors really independent?
In accordance with the Companies Act 2013, all listed companies are required to have independent directors (IDs) who represent one third of the total number of directors. Independent directors are expected to represent an impartial and impartial voice on the board. Due to this function, IDs are considered to be the guardians of minority shareholders. …
Real estate developer awarded the corporate governance prize
MALAYSIAN Resources Corporation Bhd (MRCB) won the Industry Excellence Award for the real estate sector at the Asean Corporate Governance Awards 2020 of the Minority Shareholders Watch Group (MSWG). The awards recognize the best corporate governance practices of listed companies in Malaysia using the assessment of the Asean Corporate Governance Scorecard. “Corporate governance is one …
How Mondelez Kinh Do boosts corporate culture
Proud of a shared mission With more than 20 years of experience in finance within multinational corporations, Tran Thu Hien has been part of the company since the early days of its presence in the Vietnamese market. For so long, what has kept her here are the development opportunities, the diverse company culture and the …
Azets debauchery corporate tax official for Aberdeen office
Accounting firm Azets hired Frazer Nicol to lead a new corporate tax team in the firm’s Aberdeen office. He joins as Tax Director of the Aberdeen office of Anderson Anderson & Brown. Nicol has experience in both practice and industry advising a range of clients on corporate tax matters in the UK and overseas. He …
Nigeria generates 864.7 billion naira corporate tax in first half of 2021 and achieves 58% of projected revenue – Nairametrics
The Nigerian government, through the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), generated the sum of N864.72 billion in corporate taxes in the first half (H1 2021), which represents an achievement rate of 57.8% compared to CIT’s projected annual revenue of 1.49 trillion naira. This is contained in the recently published corporate income tax report, by the …
The CSB Group contributes to the GLI corporate income tax 2021 – Taxation
Malta: The CSB Group contributes to GLI 2021 corporate tax To print this article, simply register or connect to Mondaq.com. CSB Group is proud to be the exclusive contributor to the Malta Corporate Tax Chapter 2021 – the 9th edition published by Global Legal Insights in association with Gibson Dunn. The Malta Chapter was written …
Riddle of the world’s minimum corporate tax rate: The Tribune India
Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr Senior journalist THE silence of Indian economic experts on the global minimum corporate tax of 15%, which was approved by the G-7, the club of rich and industrialized countries, during the first week of June, followed by the endorsement from the G-20, which includes India, and additional support to the extent …
Signature Resources Improves Independence and Corporate Governance with Changes to its Board of Directors and Advisory Board
TORONTO, August 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Signature Resources Ltd. (TSXV: SGU, OTCQB: SGGTF, FSE 3S3) (“Signature” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the addition of three new Directors (the “Board”) and a new member of the Advisory Board. Lisa Davis, John Hayes and Dan Denbow have been appointed to the Board of Directors. …
Shareholders concerned about corporate governance of Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
By John jannarone Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. (NASDAQ: RMCF) may finally have to change its corporate governance recipe. The confectionery maker and retailer, known for fudge and fro-yo, has seen its shares drop 20% in the past five years as the S&P 500 has doubled. This poor performance contributed to a standoff with 7.5% …
Corporate Culture Guru’s New Book Presents Compelling Vision for the Future of Post-COVID-19 Work: Workquake
In his first book, nationally renowned expert Steve Cadigan articulates a compelling vision for the future of work. Tweet this As we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is facing an earthquake. Employers and employees face the same deeply troubling dilemma: neither of them knows how to build a sustainable work model, as evidenced …
Kool-Aid Company, Misconduct and Failed Corporate Culture | Michael volkov
We all know (and repeat every day) that corporate cultures reflect social trends and pressures. Businesses face extraordinary political and social pressures, which translates into their workforce. Without being too dramatic, we are witnessing a fundamental social degradation of belief in our institutions. This is not a recent phenomenon – it has accelerated over the …