What Is Corporate Governance?

by John L. Colley Jr., George W. Logan, Jacqueline L. Doyle

A comprehensive overview of one of today's most important and controversial topics The need for sound corporate governance is the #1 item on many people's agendas today, from corporate directors and decision makers to investors looking to shield themselves from the next Enron-type disaster. But what exactly constitutes sound governance? And what should directors and managers do to ensure they can meet their governance responsibilities--whether legal, moral, or both? What Is Corporate Governance? provides readers with concise yet comprehensive coverage of this hot-button subject. Following the reader-friendly format of McGraw- Hill's highly successful What Is . . . series, this one-stop overview of corporate governance

96 pages, Paperback

First published December 6, 2004

Reviews

[Shehab-eldin]

Good insight in brief regarding the whole subject , still I think I will need to read another one that has more details and examples specially .

[Andrew Barkett]

This was a good overview, but it was very, very slow and boring reading. It's hard to get interested in best practices in corporate governance, which is essentially what this book covers.