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  • Executive directors

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Aug 2006

    There is continuing debate over the wisdom of appointing executives to the board – Helen McCombie outlines some advantages and disadvantages of having members of a company’s management team as part of the board. Be prepared if management comes on board Most corporate regulation in recent ye...

  • Conflicts of interest

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jul 2006

    Potential conflicts of interest are bound to occur in the professional lives of many directors. As Helen McCombie points out, there are both legal and ethical issues to consider when managing these situations. Interesting legal and ethical conflicts for directors “If everybody with a perceived...

  • Law Reporter

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 May 2006

    Professor Bob Baxt provides an overview of recent court decisions affecting the role and responsibility of directors. Many of the matters examined in the Law Reporter are discussed in greater detail in The Baxt Report published by Thomson Publishing. Directors in conflic...

  • Your say

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 May 2006

    Letters to the editor Your March magazine noted the paper released by the Business Coalition for Tax Reform (BCTR) titled Personal Income Tax Reform. I reviewed both the paper and the BCTR’s web site and was disappointed at the narrowness of vision presented, particularly as the BCTR claims to so b...

  • the audit chairs auxiliary internal auditors

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Nov 2005

    The audit chair’s auxiliary – internal auditors   By Ali Cromie*   Board audit committees are turning to internal auditors for assurance that internal control systems meet the higher standard of accountability demanded of organisations operating in today’s rigorous governance environment.D...

  • Auditor independence your obligations Asic Report

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Mar 2005

    Did you think auditor independence is strictly for the auditing profession to deal with? Not any more. Auditor independence: your obligations By Greg Pound, chief accountant, Office of Chief Accountant, Australian Securities and Investments Commission Did you think auditor independence is stric...

  • Demystifying the risks and rewards Management Buyouts

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Feb 2005

    Directors are increasingly faced with the opportunity and risks of participating within, or approving, MBOs. Jeremy A. Samuel and Nicholas Humphrey provide a general overview of management buyouts particularly from a director’s perspective Demystifying the risks and rewards Directors are increasing...