Background In the recent years, the corporate scandals are becoming widespread negative events affecting investors and public in many of the countries around the world. The corporate scandals of WorldCom and Enron are just two of the often cited corporate scandals affecting the public and stakeholders negatively. Unfortunately, not only the frequency of occurrence of […]

Critically evaluate the reasons for the collapse of Enron in 2001. Your evaluation must include both the actions and decisions taken by the senior management team, but also the failures of those charged with protecting the interests of the shareholders and other stakeholders.   Introduction Prior to the crises in 2001, Enron Corporation used to […]

Introduction One of the many controversial topics in business management is about the implementations of Corporate Social Responsibilities by corporations. Theoretically speaking, as companies are getting more powerful and resourceful, they are being burdened the responsibilities to do good for the society, as in the movie of Spiderman – “greater power comes with greater responsibilities”. […]

Introduction There are two key trends that can be observed from the recent changes in the business environment. Firstly, it is about the increasing rate of globalization, whereby companies are forced or highly motivated to go global, for bigger market shares, to reach a different market segment, to tap into resources available in the other […]

Critically explain the way the role of the non-executive director in a single tier board has developed in recent years. To what extent is too much now expected from independent non-executive directors? Introduction The roles of non-executive directors have been evolving much in the recent years. This is particularly obvious in the recent years, as […]

To what extend does a company exist only for the benefit of its shareholders? Discuss the place of agency theory and its alternatives, including the problems of putting these theories into practices. Introduction It is widely known that stock market is the place where corporations able to raise large amount of fund from the many […]