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Exclusive 501 questions and answers for company directors and company secretaries
  • 2005
  • Roger Mason
  • Thorogood
The book is written in a question and answer format. It endeavours to cover the major issues of interest to company directors and secretaries, with a particular emphasis on the Companies Act. Its chapters cover company fundamentals, rights and duties of directors, shares, debentures and dividends, listed companies and corporate governance, managing meetings, accounts and audit, and managing financial difficulties.
Exclusive Accounting ethics
  • 2018
  • Brenda Shay Duska, Ronald F. Duska, Kenneth Wm. Kury
  • John Wiley
This book is a thorough and engaging exploration of the ethical issues that accountants encounter in their professional lives. To achieve the best results, individual accountants and accounting firms need a clear understanding of the ethical duties and decision-making involved in the four major functions of modern accounting--auditing, management accounting, tax accounting, and consulting--as well as a strong sense of ethical conduct to guide the certification and validation of reliable financial records.
Exclusive Accounting principles for non-executive directors
  • 2009
  • Peter A. Holgate
  • Cambridge University Press
Aims to explain the key elements of a listed company's annual report and accounts for non-executive directors who are not accountants.
Exclusive Audit committee handbook, The (5th edition)
  • 2010
  • Louis Braiotta, R. Trent Gazzaway, Robert Colson, Sridhar Ramamoorti
  • Wiley
Comprehensive guide to audit committee responsibilities. Updated to include new regulatory guidance impacting audit committees, including new chapters on audit oversight and updated discussions on fraud risk. Written from an American perspective.
Exclusive Auditing the risk management process
  • 2005
  • K.H. Spencer Pickett
  • Wiley
Guide to auditing the risk management process, including developments in risk management which are relevant to auditors. Contains the following chapters: why risk management?; determining risk management maturity; enterprise-wide risk management; risk appetite; control risk self-assessment; developing an audit approach; the illusion of perfection; and a holistic ERM concept.
Exclusive Auto-enrolment
  • 2013
  • Camilla Barry
  • ICSA Publishing
A guide to the new auto-enrolment pensions legislation. Written for company secretaries and employers, although employees, trustees and others involved in pensions’ administration will also find it useful.
Exclusive Boardroom disputes
  • 2013
  • Rowena Herdman-Smith, Kevin McCarthy, Saul Sender
  • ICSA Publishing
Unless a board of directors is very small and/or cohesive, it is likely that disagreements will occur at some point between the various members. This book is a guide to effective board decision making through various potential stages of a dispute and highlights the various legal considerations to bear in mind when considering what action to take.
Exclusive Boardroom realities: building leaders across your board
  • 2009
  • Jay A. Conger
  • Wiley
A guide to the key issues facing boards. Includes the latest trends in board leadership and performance as well as talent management for the board and the C-suite. Also includes a chapter on CEO succession and the challenges and opportunities this can present. Improving a board's performance and impact is also covered.
Exclusive Boards that deliver
  • 2005
  • Ram Charan
  • Jossey-Bass
Guide for CEOs and directors on advancing corporate governance from compliance to competitive advantage. Contains useful tools and techniques to help take boards and their companies to a higher level of performance.
Exclusive Building better boards: a blueprint for effective governance
  • 2006
  • David A. Nadler, Beverly A. Behan, Mark B. Nadler
  • Jossey-Bass
Presents practical advice on how to build better boards and effective corporate governance. It includes who should be on the board and how to judge the performance of these individuals, the leadership of the board and critical activities that boards should perform.
Exclusive Business ethics and values
  • 2006
  • Alan Lovell, Colin Fisher
  • Pearson Education
Introduces students to the complexities and principles of ethical issues by focusing on developing ethical awareness and the ability to argue business ethics matters. It blends business issues and academic theory, and is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students with or without practical experience of the world of business.
Exclusive Business ethics: a case study approach
  • 2009
  • Stephen K. Henn
  • Wiley
Explores issues relating to ethics and ethical behavior in organisations using insightful case studies that look at every angle of ethical lapses.
Exclusive Business ethics: the ethical revolution of minority shareholders
  • 2005
  • Jacques Cory
  • Springer
Book based on qualitative and inductive research which looks at why and how companies do not act ethically towards their minority shareholders. The cases presented are based on current events and try to find the common aspects and basic rules that govern wrongdoing to minority shareholders.
Exclusive Changing auditors
  • 2013
  • Mike Metcalf
  • ICSA Publishing
Selecting the right audit firm is an important choice. Running the tendering process and making the recommendation to the board in relation to the appointment of the external auditor is a fundamental part of the role of the audit committee, where one exists. However, auditor appointment is an important matter for shareholders as the auditor reports to them, and so the recommendation for appointment or re-appointment is ultimately for them to approve in general meeting.
Exclusive Charity law and governance: a practical guide
  • 2017
  • Cecile Gillard, Kirsty Semple
  • ICSA Publishing
Guidance on the legal and regulatory framework within which both registered and unregistered charities in England and Wales operate. This title looks at the meaning of governance in the charity sector and the link between law, good governance and the role of trustees in the stewardship of charitable funds and assets. Title has been revised to cover the latest developments in charity law and governance, including the 2015 Charities SORP and The Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016.
Exclusive Company director's desktop guide
  • 2007
  • David Martin
  • Thorogood
A practical guide for company directors, fully updated to reflect the Companies Act 2006. Covers changes to the law made by the new Act, with guidance on the implications for directors and action to be taken.
Exclusive Company filings
  • 2013
  • Jennifer Adams
  • ICSA Publishing
A practical guide to company filing in the UK which covers when companies are required to file, the procedure for doing so, the information needed to complete the relevant form and penalties for non-compliance. Answers to problems readers may encounter whilst undertaking the filing process are also included.
Exclusive Company secretary's desktop guide (6th edition)
  • 2009
  • Roger Mason
  • Thorogood
A comprehensive guide to the complex legislation and procedures governing all aspects of the Company Secretary’s role, including the provisions of the Companies Act 2006.
Exclusive Company secretary's handbook (11th edition)
  • 2016
  • Douglas Armour
  • ICSA Publishing
An authoritative guide to company secretarial practice. Coverage is comprehensive, from incorporation to winding up, detailing the procedures associated with boards of directors, company meetings, reporting, shares, and share registration. The Handbook also contains chapters on listed company compliance, corporate governance, company investigations, takeovers and mergers, and insolvency. Detailed commentary is accompanied by over 80 precedents, appendices, a glossary of key terms, and a directory of key company secretarial resources. The 5th edition of this title is available through our Ebo...
Exclusive Corpocracy: how CEOs and the business roundtable hijacked the world's greatest wealth machine - and how to get it back
  • 2008
  • Robert A. G. Monks
  • John Wiley and Sons
The book argues that profit-driven corporate governance has had a negative effect on society. It makes a case for shareholder activism as a means of creating a culture of corporate social responsibility.
Exclusive Corporate governance handbook
  • 2017
  • Bernadette Barber, Barbara Allen
  • ICSA Publishing
The ICSA Corporate Governance Handbook provides full explanations of the statutory and regulatory regime applicable to listed companies but also addresses how governance best practice might be applied by private companies, including subsidiaries.
Exclusive Corporate governance: a practical guide for accountants
  • 2009
  • Catherine Turner
  • Elsevier
The book's chapters cover the concept of corporate governance, codes and rules pertaining to corporate governance, shareholders and the Companies Act 2006, internal controls and risk management, disclosure and reporting responsibilities, and directors' remuneration.
Exclusive Corporate governance: a practical guide to the legal frameworks and international codes of practice
  • 2008
  • Alan Calder
  • Kogan Page
The book covers corporate governance in the English-speaking world, its application to different business sectors, duties of directors and the company secretary, the Combined Code and financial reporting, business risk management, internal control, audit, IT governance, and corporate social responsibility.
Exclusive Corporate insolvency
  • 2013
  • Sophie Taylor, Claire Mowbray
  • ICSA Publishing
A guide to the main legislative provisions relating to corporate insolvency in England and Wales. Directors duties and the the issues faced by boards in financial difficulty are also considered.
Exclusive Corporate reputation, the brand and the bottom line
  • 2005
  • Roger Haywood
  • Kogan Page
The book introduces the basic principles of reputation management and shows how a strong reputation can be achieved. It coves policies for board effectiveness, long-term reputation management, public relations planning, marketing and public relations, talent management, public affairs, crisis management, and personal development tips for building strong communication skills.
Exclusive Creating and implementing an ethics policy
  • 2014
  • Mark Wearden
  • ICSA Publishing
When creating and implementing a corporate ethics policy, it is important to spend quality time thinking about ethics and considering the issues from a number of different perspectives. This eBook provides a framework and guides readers through the process of formulating, writing and implementing the optimal ethics policy for their organisation.
Exclusive Developing leadership talent
  • 2008
  • Andreas Koschan, Mongi A. Abidi
  • Pfeiffer
The book offers guidance on talent management with particular attention to succession planning. It includes chapters on business strategy and organisational needs, leadership skills and competencies, identifying talent gaps, and implementing a strong talent management strategy.
Exclusive Director's guide (5th edition)
  • 2013
  • Martha Bruce
  • ICSA Publishing
The ICSA Director's Guide explains all the core duties and liabilities of being a director from appointment to resignation, including disclosures, shareholder relations and corporate governance. This book provides practical help for common issues faced by both executive and non-executive directors,
Exclusive Directors' dilemmas: tales from the frontline
  • 2005
  • Patrick Dunne
  • Kogan Page
The book is split into three sections. It begins with a tour through the kinds of problems encompassed by directors' duties, followed by look at basic principles for resolving them. The third part of the book is a series of over 20 dilemmas, each of which is described and discussed.
Exclusive Directors' disclosures
  • 2013
  • Carol Shutkever, Sarah Hawes
  • ICSA Publishing
This guide provides an overview of disclosure requirements for the directors of a UK-incorporated company. It gives a summary of the relevant law and regulation affecting directors duties for listed companies (both Main Market and AIM), but is also of relevance for UK private companies.
Exclusive Directors' remuneration
  • 2013
  • Caroline Newsholme, Sylvia Atallah
  • ICSA Publishing
This guide provides an overview of the existing legislation and regulatory regime relating to directors' remuneration for both private and quoted companies in the UK. It also examines the development of corporate governance influences on executive remuneration and considers some of the proposed legislative and regulatory reforms following the banking crisis and heightened shareholder reaction to excessive remuneration policies.
Exclusive Dividend payments
  • 2013
  • William Buckley, Lucy Fergusson, Vonetta Dale, Philippa Gavey
  • ICSA Publishing
It is important for directors and company secretaries to be aware of the complex procedural rules and legal restrictions on paying dividends. This eBook looks at the steps involved in paying dividends and the rules that restrict the amounts companies can pay out. It also includes additional considerations for publicly traded companies, special kinds of dividends and alternative ways of returning cash to shareholders.
Exclusive Doing business with China: avoiding the pitfalls
  • 2012
  • Stuart Hamilton, Jinxuan (Ann) Zhang
  • Palgrave Macmillan
The book's chapters cover the political and cultural issues associated with China, the business ethics involved in Chinese joint ventures, risk management, corporate governance, the regulatory environment, crisis management and debt restructuring. The information on the Chinese business environment will be useful to anyone working abroad. The book also includes case studies analysing unsuccessful joint ventures with businesses in China.
Exclusive Driven to the brink: why corporate governance, board leadership and culture matter
  • 2017
  • Alicia Micklethwait, Patricia Dimond
  • Palgrave
A collection of stories about how inadequate governance and flawed culture caused a massive destruction of shareholder value. The book draws lessons from in-depth case studies of the Libor scandal, Olympus, Co-op, Kids Company and others. It also examines the large, emerging and less widely understood world of Corporate China with detailed discussion of the Lixel and Glaxo frauds.
Exclusive Enron and world finance: a case study in ethics
  • 2006
  • Paul H. Dembinski, Carole Lager, Andrew Cornford, Jean-Michel Bonvin
  • Palgrave Macmillan
The book takes an in-depth look at the issues of corporate governance, law and ethics involved in the Enron case, and of the policy responses to the recent corporate scandals in the USA and internationally. It contains chapters on international norms in business ethics, corporate governance failure, audit and assurance ethics, and corporate culture.
Exclusive Environmental reporting
  • 2013
  • Tony Hoskins
  • ICSA Publishing
Environmental reporting has become far more prominent in recent years due to increasing legislation and greater customer interest. This eBook focuses on environmental reporting requirements for UK organisations including the measurement of environmental impacts. It also covers voluntary reporting and likely future developments.
Exclusive Essentials of business ethics: creating an organisation of high integrity and superior performance
  • 2009
  • Denis Collins
  • John Wiley and Sons
The book contains chapters on the background of corporate ethics, hiring ethical people, codes of ethics and codes of conduct, ethical decision-making framework; business ethics training, and respecting employee diversity. It also covers best practice guidelines for sustaining strong business ethics, including reporting systems, performance appraisals, and social responsibility.
Exclusive Finance director's handbook
  • 2007
  • Glynis Morris | Sonia McKay | Andrea Oates
  • CIMA Publishing
Guidance on finance function effectiveness for managers. It includes chapters on all aspects of finance management, including accounting, business management, and corporate governance.
Exclusive Financial accounting for decision makers
  • 2019
  • Peter Atrill, Eddie McLaney
  • Pearson Education Limited
This book focuses on the ways in which financial statements and information can be used to improve the quality of decision making. Coverage of developments to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) including an update to the discussion of the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting. Recent changes to corporate governance provisions are explained. Chapter 12 now includes more detail about the role of the auditor.
Exclusive Handbook of board governance, The: a comprehensive guide for public, private, and not-for-profit board members
  • 2016
  • Richard Leblanc, John Fraser (eds.)
  • John Wiley & Son
This title provides comprehensive, expert-led coverage of all aspects of corporate governance for public, nonprofit, and private boards. Provides practical guidance and expert insight relevant to board members across the spectrum to aid the building of a more effective board. Written from the United States perspective.
Exclusive How the City really works: the definitive guide to money and investing in London's Square Mile
  • 2008
  • Alexander Davidson
  • Kogan Page
Describes the key roles and institutions within the City of London, from stockbrokers and foreign exchange dealers to accountants and Lloyd's underwriters, and explains how they relate to each other. Includes sections on investment banking, commercial banking, derivative financial instruments, share trading, insurance and the insurance market. The book also contains new sections on fraud and money laundering, credit derivatives, corporate governance, and the pensions market.
Exclusive ICCA handbook of corporate social responsibility, The
  • 2006
  • Judith Hennigfeld, Manfred Pohl, Nick Tolhurst
  • John Wiley and Sons
Introduction to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its rationale. Includes detailed sections on incorporating good business ethics into a company's values, with real life case studies of CSR implementation.
Exclusive IFRS, fair value and corporate governance: the impact on budgets, balance sheets and management accounts
  • 2006
  • Dimitris N. Chorafas
  • Elsevier
Aims to explain international financial reporting standards and their implications for business management. It includes chapters on IFRS and competition, implementing IFRS, management accounting, and corporate governance.
Exclusive Intellectual property, finance and corporate governance
  • 2018
  • Janice Denoncourt
  • Routledge
This book advances Intellectual Property reporting in alignment with the key corporate governance principles of transparency and disclosure. It analyses the juncture between the IP ecosystem; corporate finance and accounting for intangibles; and corporate governance. Patents, mini-case studies and an original business triage style model for assessing IP disclosures are used to illustrate the gaps corporate governance theory needs to address. Focussing on the common law tradition of corporate governance in England and Wales, intangibles and IP reporting developments in other jurisdictions are ...
Exclusive Internal control policies and procedures
  • 2009
  • Rose Hightower
  • Wiley
A how-to manual to quickly and effectively put a successful program of internal controls in place. Complete with flowcharts and checklists, this essential desktop reference is a best practices model for establishing and enhancing your organization's control framework. Divided into three main sections: Governance journey; Internal control program: Control activity program testing guides. the appendix contains an internal control planning, testing and remediation worksheet.
Exclusive Managing business risk: a practical guide to protecting your business
  • 2008
  • Jonathan Reuvid (ed)
  • Kogan Page
Contains chapters on modern risk management strategies, crisis management, reputation management, intellectual property, and the role of IT in risk management processes.
Exclusive Modern internal auditing (7th edition)
  • 2009
  • Robert Moeller
  • John Wiley and Sons
Looks at the foundations of internal audits, the importance of internal control, planning and performing internal audits, information technology, audit and corporate governance, and professional guidance for internal auditors.
Exclusive No small change: why financial services needs a new kind of marketing
  • 2018
  • Lucian Camp, Anthony Thomson
  • Wiley
This book takes the form of a 13-point practical manifesto arguing that the fast-changing financial services world urgently needs to rethink the whole of its approach to marketing. The thirteen chapters look at the key components of the new approach. Most of all, they propose that an increasingly digital, fintech-driven industry needs not just more marketing, but also better marketing to make sure it's successfully identifying consumers' real needs, and finding powerful and successful ways to engage with them. After detailing the forces of change that demand a new approach, the book then exam...
Exclusive Non-executive director's handbook (4th edition)
  • 2016
  • Brian Coyle
  • ICSA Publishing
An essential source of reference and route map for the position of Non-executive director. Deals with how to become a NED and looks at the board role and responsibilities of the NED on both the board and its committees with particular focus on corporate governance and board effectiveness, risk management and internal control. Contains case studies and checklists throughout. The 2nd edition of this title is available through our Ebook Central subscription.
Exclusive Not-for-profit audit committee best practices
  • 2006
  • Warren Ruppel
  • John Wiley and Sons
Advice for the operation of audit committees in charities and other non-profit organisations. Chapters cover financial reporting, fraud, internal audit, and the audit committee's relationship with the independent auditor.
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