I. INTRODUCTION
Ocado Group Plc is a UK online supermarket that delivers food and household goods. This report will focus on the analysis of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees in relation to the role of the Non-Executive Director (NED).
The NED does not take part in the management of the company but is there to provide outside information that executive directors lack. NEDs are also there to evaluate appointment of directors and the appropriate levels of executive pay. The reason why independent NEDs are required is because they bring impartial assessment in the board’s decision-making. (Coyle, 2015, p.75-78). Their independence is determined by their business and personal relationship to the company, whether direct or indirect.
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It is a flexible reporting scheme; with eight core recommendations companies must follow to move away from corporate governance’s legal requirements. It gives guidance on each one of them and is made of 21 group of stakeholders, which seems much more supple than the authority structure of the Financial Reporting Council. (FRC, 2012b)
Perhaps what Ocado fails to clarify is where the Code states “deviation from a particular provision is intended to be limited in time, the explanation should indicate when the company expects to conform with the provision”. (FRC, 2014) This is because Ocado repeats the same explanation in its reports, which might not work in the long run as it will be a poor explanation. Shareholders will be more caution in their votes, worth noting is the 8% of shareholders voting against the re-appointment of Jörn Rasing in the 2015 Annual General Meeting. (Investegate, 2015) II.2.2. Experience over Independence
This ‘board independence’ the Code emphasises made academics wanting to assess the connection between ‘independence’ and its benefits to the company’s corporate
The overall idea that Nadar, Green and Seligman present is that we need to allow the board to play its original role and to remove the excessive amounts of power that are current held by the highest company executives. Their goal is to make companies democratic just like the American system government and to make all who participate accountable for the actions they take.
There are those in the profession that believe this rule is archaic and does not hold any value in today’s financial world. Barry Melancon, President and CEO of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants stated, “The SEC has a right to expect the profession to adhere to the rules; however, the profession has a right to expect the regulatory environment to remain modern.”
Finally, I will discuss which type of corporation I prefer. A Review of Corporate Roles and Duties The Role of the Board of Directors. 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 have access to independent advisors as each considers necessary or appropriate.
This is actually an example of mixed corporate governance. There are independent board members in order to make sure that the operational and financial health of the company can gauged accurately from time to time. Peter Langerman did an in depth enquiry into the financial matters just because Dunlap had offered to resign in response to a trivial question. The board should have kept a watch on the firm’s financial health from the beginning. But after realising the gravity of situation, board was prompt and unanimous in firing Albert Dunlap which shows good corporate governance.
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Secondly, companies have a duty to “seek balanced representation of each sex on their boards” . While the legal committee of the ANSA considers this to be a general principle without any legal force, for others, the provision is imperative. Every time a company appoints a new director, it has the obligation to show that it fulfilled its obligation (“Obligation de moyen”) to seek a balanced representation of its board.
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As a consequence of the separate legal entity and limited liability doctrines within the UK’s unitary based system, company law had to develop responses to the ‘agency costs’ that arose. The central response is directors’ duties; these are owed by the directors to the company and operate as a counterbalance to the vast scope of powers given to the board. The benefit of the unitary board system is reflected in the efficiency gains it brings, however the disadvantage is clear, the directors may act to further their own interests to the detriment of the company. It is evident within executive remuneration that directors are placed in a stark conflict of interest position in that they may disproportionately reward themselves. The counterbalance to this concern is S175 Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) this acts to prevent certain conflicts arising and punishes directors who find themselves in this position. Furthermore, there are specific provisions within the CA 2006 that empower third parties such as shareholders to influence directors’ remuneration.
Evolving societal, political, as well as cultural perceptions of corporate boardroom membership are somewhat eliciting interest in the diversity of corporate directors. Additionally, the increasing worldwide desire for enhanced corporate governance is also a reason (Carter et al. 2010, p.396) and (Grosvold, Brammer and Rayton, 2007, p.347). For instance, in the UK, novel corporate governance laws after the Cadbury Report as well as the Higgs Review have highlighted the value of boardroom diversity, including gender diversity, and the necessity for choosing directors from a broader ta...
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For setting directors’ remuneration, the board must form a Remuneration Committee. A prior approval from the shareholders of the members on the committee is recommended. However, when it is not possible for solid reasons, the members must be presented in the AGM to the shareholders for approval if they are already appointed. The following guidelines must be followed:
The Role of the Directors in a Company is of a paramount importance in the discourse of the proper running of the company. Directors are the spirit of the company .The company is merely a legal entity, governed by its directors. These directors have certain duties and responsibilities. These are mainly governed by the Corporation Act, 2001. Section 198A (1) of The Corporations Act, 2001(The Corporations Act 2001 s 198A (1)), clearly states that, ‘The business of a company is to be managed by or under the direction of the directors’.
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).
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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.