Governing the Corporation

Governing the Corporation is a unique forum combining the insights of some of the most influential minds involved in the governance of global financial markets with internationally recognised academics and practitioners. Divided into three sections, the book first examines changes to the regulation of markets and assesses the global implications of the export of Sarbanes-Oxley for financial sector governance. The second section examines the challenges facing the professions with critical analysis from leading lawyers and accountants. The final section calculates the effectiveness of state and self-regulatory policy and posits the importance of institutionalising an ethical framework tied to incentives. Each section of the book features contributions from regulators, practitioners and academics from a range of disciplines, including finance, political science, criminology, law and philosophy.

Governing the Corporation is a unique forum combining theinsights of some of the most influential minds involved in thegovernance of global financial markets with internationallyrecognised academics and practitioners.Divided into three sections, the book first examines changes tothe regulation of markets and assesses the global implications ofthe export of Sarbanes-Oxley for financial sector governance. Thesecond section examines the challenges facing the professions withcritical analysis from leading lawyers and accountants. The finalsection calculates the effectiveness of state and self-regulatorypolicy and posits the importance of institutionalising an ethicalframework tied to incentives. Each section of the bookfeatures contributions from regulators, practitioners and academicsfrom a range of disciplines, including finance, political sciencecriminology, law and philosophy.

List of Contributors.Acknowledgements.1. Governing the Corporation: Corporate Governance andRegulation in Global Markets (Justin O'Brien).2. Restoring Trust after Recent Accountability Failures (DavidM. Walker).3. Accountability in the Age of Global Markets (William J.McDonough).4. European Responses to Corporate Governance Challenges(Alexander A. Schaub).5. Economic Globalisation and National Corporate GovernanceReform (Dermont McCann).6. From Workers to Global Politics: How The Way We Work ProvideAnswers to Corporate Governance Questions (Irene Lynch-Fannon).7. Multi-Lateral Regulatory Initiatives--ALegitimation-based Approach (George Gilligan).8. Corporate Social Responsibility as Regulation: The Argumentfrom Democracy (Lisa Whitehouse).9. The Criminological Lens: Understanding Criminal Law andCorporate Governance (Laureen Snider).10. Detecting Fraud and Managing the Risk (Nicholas M.Hodson).11. After Enron: Corporate Governance, Creative Compliance andthe Uses of Corporate Social Responsibility (Doreen McBarnet).12. The Role of Lawyers: Hired Guns or Public Servant (Jeremy P.Carver)?13. Financial Reporting, Corporate Governance and Parmalat: Wasit a Financial Reporting Failure (Giovanni Melis and AndreaMelis)?14. Corporate Regulation in Ireland (Paul Appleby).15. Corporate Governance - More Than a State of Mind(Neill Buck)?16. Redesigning Financial Regulation: Eliot SpitzerState-Federal Relations and the Battle for Corporate Control(Justin O'Brien).17. Public Trusteeship: The Responsibilities of Transparency andLegacy (J. Patrick Dobel).Bibliography.Index.