Corporate governance
The corporate governance within Ben & Jerry’s can be identified to use the two-tier management system as their board of directors is independent from the management (Benjerry.com, 2015). However, it can be argued that the board of directors from Unilever also act as board of directors for Ben & Jerry’s when it comes to financial and economic decisions, as well as the right to fire or hire the CEO at any given time. Ben & Jerry`s board of directors has the power to protect the brand, changes in product standards, introduction of new products and marketing decisions (Edmondson, 2014:
The Wendy’s corporation and Bob Evans Farms are both restaurant companies based out of Ohio. Wendy’s was founded in 1969 and now has over 6,000 restaurants worldwide. On the other hand, Bob Evans has over 600 stores located solely within the United States. Both of these companies will be evaluated in terms of their financial ratios. In order to compare the financial success between the two companies we looked at their 2014 year-end 10-k reports.
Ralph Nader, Mark Green and Joel Seligman, in an excerpt from Taming the Giant Corporation (1976, found in Honest Work by Ciulla, Martin and Solomon), take the current role of the company board of directors and suggest changes that should be made to make the board to be efficient. They claim the current makeup of the board does not necessarily do justice to the company because “in nearly every large American business…there exists a management autocracy” (Nader, Green and Seligman, 1976, p.570). The main resolution they present is to make the board more democratic with the betterment of the company as its first priority. Currently the board no longer oversees operations, or elects top company executives and they are no longer involved in the business operations to the extent they should be. Nadar, Green and Seligman argue that that all of these things need to be changed. For a corporation so large to be successful there must be separation of powers just as there is in any current government system ( p.571). They claim this is the only and best way to success (Nader, Green and Seligman, 1976, p.570-571).
The Australian Stock Exchange’s (ASX) Corporate Governance Council (2014) defines corporate governance as “A framework of rules, relationships, systems and processes within and by which authority is exercised and controlled within corporations”. One goal of corporate governance is for the board members to increase shareholder value (Tricker 2015). In order to achieve this, it is important that the board act appropriately and justly so that the best interest of investors are protected. This report will explore the effectiveness of JB Hi-Fi’s corporate governance. JB Hi-Fi is Australia’s largest home entertainment retailer, selling a variety of products at discounted prices. Over the years, they have maintained a substantial
The corporation’s business is carried out by its management, under the direction of the Board of Directors. The Board, and each committee of the Board, has complete access to management. Also, the Board and committee member’s has access to independent advisors as each considers necessary or appropriate. Mallor, Barnes, Bowers, & Langvardt (2010) state that the Board of Directors also, issues shares, Adopts articles of merger or sha...
Loblaw Companies Limited manages several subsidiaries and many stores in Canada and The United States, as a result, the Board of Directors play a crucial role in overseeing the effective management of the company. The Board regularly reviews management’s strategic plans and monitor performance of management against approved objectives. The Board also manages Loblaw’s approach to corporate governance, and makes sure the Corporation accurately provides information to shareholders and the public. The Board makes sure the senior management engages in ethical and legal conduct and maintain a culture of integrity. The responsibilities of the Board include: Define shareholders expectations and monitor corporate performance, establish strategic goals, performance objective and operational policies, delegate management authority to the executive chairman, monitor financial disclosure, monitor enterprise risk management, oversee effective external communications, monitor corporate governance, and monitor corporate social responsibility, integrity, and ethics.
Corporate gorverance as a system are directed and controlld by companies. Initially, their board of directors should take responsible for the gorverance of companies, which include setting strategic aims of companies , guarantee an effective leadership, supervising the proformance of business management and reporting on it to shareholders. The board's action should comply with the law, regulations and shareholders. In addition, the shareholders also play an important role in gorverance and they have right to decide who can be employed as the companies' directors and auditors to provide good governance structure for them. Therefore, corporate goverance can be regarded as what the board of a company does and how it sets the values of the company.
The Board of Directors is consisted of 11 members: James M. Elliot, the Chairman of the Board, 3 inside members and 7 outside members. The economy is stable and profitable, but that also means a lot of competition in the market. This poses a great opportunity for the company to grow and gain more of the market share. The only foreseeable real threat that the company will face is new competitors in the market.
The case requires a discussion of fundamental firm objectives and the implications of a non-traditional corporate orientation; one needs to review the development of Ben & Jerry's strong social consciousness and the takeover defence mechanisms that maintain management's control on company assets.
The Board of Directors is the highest governing authority in a professional management structure. It is made up of two tiers of individual members who are elected by the shareholders of the corporation to establish corporate management related policies. These two tiers include individuals chosen from within the company such as manager, CEO or other daily worker of the company. The next tier involves chosen individuals that are outside of the company and considered to be independent. These individuals are also elected to make decisions on behalf of the corporations, more importantly public companies must have a Board of Directors in place. The Board of Directors mission is to set a fair representation of management and interests of shareholders for the corporation. The responsibility of the Corporate Director is to act on behalf of the corporation and make sure he/she is presenting its best interests at all times, participating in regular meetings of the Board of Directors, amending the Corporation’s bylaws or articles of incorporation, acting with the loyalty to the corporation and its members, approving some corporate activities which include contracts and agreements, asset purchases, and the election of new corporate officers. When electing personnel into these positions there is an invisible line that needs to be addressed regarding who will serve as a member on the Board. If you have too many internal representatives for the company serving as Directors, the Board will tend to make decisions more beneficial to management. On the other side, having too many external Directors may mean management can be left out of the decision-making process that in turn, will cause managers to feel alienated and leave, instead of a fai...
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Organizations that only have top management as the board members are more susceptible to accounting malpractices. Members of the board should preferably own shares in the company to ensure diligence when it comes to the interests of the company. Apart from the Board of Governors, there should also be an audit committee in place to oversee the financial dealings of the bank. Members of the board and the audit committee should have basic financial knowledge. Some of the members should also be experts in finances so that they can detect any anomaly that may take place in terms of financial reporting. An overhaul of the regulatory framework is required to empower authorities to intervene immediately, and make improvements. New technology is required. Manual antiquated processes should be eliminated because this causes greater human error and poor
Nottingham Trent University. (2013). Lecture 1 - An Introduction to Corporate Governance. Available: https://now.ntu.ac.uk/d2l/le/content/248250/viewContent/1053845/View. Last accessed 16th Dec 2013.
The primary goal of The Walt Disney Company is to become one of the world’s leading producers and providers of not only entertainment, but also information (The Walt Disney Company, 2014). The company aims to achieve this by utilizing its immense brand portfolio so as to differentiate services, content, and consumer products. While this is the overall goal, there exist other innate milestones that essentially touch on socially responsible business in enhancing sustainability. They include, but are not limited to; zero net greenhouse gas emissions, whereby the company aims to have reduced net greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2020; zero waste, whereby Walt Disney hopes to achieve a 60% reduction in waste from
According to Carol Padgett (2012, 1), “companies are important part of our daily lives…in today’s economy, we are bound together through a myriad of relationships with companies”. The board of directors remain the highest echelon of management in any company. It is the “group of executive and non-executive directors which forms corporate strategy and is responsible for monitoring performance on the behalf of shareholders” (Padgett, 2012:1). Boards are clearly critical to the operation of companies and they are endowed with substantial power in the statute (Companies Act, 2014). The board is responsible for directing and steering the company. The board accomplishes this by business planning and risk management through proper corporate governance.
Corporate governance is the set of guidelines that determines the control and organization of a particular company. The company’s board of directors is in charge of approving and reviewing changes to this set of formally established guidelines. Companies have to keep in mind the interests of multiple stakeholders, parties who have an interest in the company. Some of these stakeholders include customers, shareholders, management, and suppliers. Corporate governance’s focus is concentrated on the rights and obligations of three stakeholder groups in particular: the board of directors, management, and shareholders. Corporate governance determines how power is split between these three stakeholders. A company’s board of directors is the main stakeholder that influences the corporate governance of a company (Corporate Governance).