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Content Type:
Policy Submission
04 Nov 2010
On 4 November 2010 the Australian Institute of Company Directors wrote to the Australian Public Service Commission in response to its discussion paper Proposing a new set of Australian Public Service Values.
Having reviewed the revised set of APS Values they appear appropriate to us, particu...
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Content Type:
Position Paper
19 Jul 2010
The upcoming election (Federal Election 2010) is an important one for our nation. Regardless of which party forms the next government, it is an opportunity to rethink not only the way government approaches some key issues but how it conducts its relationship with business.
The Australian Institu...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2010
Tony Featherstone
reports on how problematic executive remuneration is becoming for directors.
The growing REM headache
The executive pay debate has focused mostly on the link between CEO pay and performance and board effectiveness in setting appropriate remu...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
22 Dec 2009
AICD argues in this submission that the proposed guide has a useful educative purpose but that its limitations should be clearly acknowledged including that it does not represent the law or judicial interpretation. The guide fails to acknowledge at a number of levels the difference between the roles...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
12 Jun 2009
AICD welcomes the opportunity to participate in the National Human Rights Consultation. The protection and promotion of human rights is a question of national importance for all Australians. We have focussed our comments on those matters relating to directors including the personal liability of dire...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
02 Jun 2009
PPFs are a form of ancillary trust fund designed to encourage private philanthropy by providing private groups, such as businesses, families and individuals with greater flexibility to start their own trust funds for philanthropic purposes. AICD is concerned that provisions in the Exposure Draft wil...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Sep 2008
John M Green
praises the dumb question.
Asleep at the wheel
“The idiots were simply asleep at the wheel!” When a company lurches into crisis, as too many have lately, many critics pelt the drivers with similar invective. Caustic criticism is often warranted.Yet, it’s rare for those a...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2008
There’s no escaping climate change. As
Giles Parkinson
reports, it’s now clearly part of a director’s fiduciary obligation and can carry penalties and fines if not handled properly.
No choking in a carbon constrained world
It is becoming increasingly apparent that Australian busi...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2007
A record number of ASIC prosecutions
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s (ASIC) has revealed that it was involved in a record number of prosecutions in the financial year to June 2007.
During the 12 months, it successfully prosecuted 561 company officers for 1,133 contraventions o...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2006
The not-for-profit sector in Australia is both more diverse and much bigger in its economic significance than most people realise. It also involves numerous complex issues for directors. Domini Stuart reports.
No profits but big returns
The economic contribution of the not-for-profit (NFP)...
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Content Type:
Position Paper
23 Feb 2006
This position paper sets out what the AICD believes to represent the expectations of the corporate community in Australia as to the responsibilities and liabilities of a company chairman. It places the Greaves case in context, outlines the role of the chairman, comments on the question of liability ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Sep 2005
The director duties debate
There is ongoing discussion on director duties and how far they should extend. Bill Beerworth* puts a new twist on an old debate
Generations of lawyers have been taught that directors must discharge their duties in the interests of the corporation. This in t...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2005
An outline of some of the issues addressed by AICD’s policy department, committees and taskforces over the past month:
The members' voice
An outline of some of the issues addressed by AICD's policy department, committees and taskforces over the past month:
Road Transport Laws...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Feb 2005
Are directors under threat from lawsuits - and is this inhibiting qualified people from joining boards? In a recent paper, Bernard S. Black, Brian R. Cheffins, and Michael Klausner* suggest that the situation is not as dire as some people fear Risky business directors and lawsuits
Are directors un...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2004
Are you a company director concerned about your governance and compliance obligations, and unsure how much you have to do to fulfil them? Managing the obligations
Following the paper trail – How safe is it to rely on those management sign-offs? asks Jon Tyers*
Are you a company director co...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2004
In directorland it can take years to make it to the board of a public company – if you’re lucky. Lucky? Yes lucky, and well-connected, and well-prepared.
On the reckoning of the eminent panelists at the AICD’s April Director’s Briefing, “it’s a long way to the top” as AC/DC belted out in its gu...