Global Corporate Governance Codes. Investor Responsibility Research Center, Washington, D.C.

A large body of empirical evidence indicates that corporate governance and investor protection are better in countries that are more advanced in their economic and political development. This pattern is usually interpreted as support for the argument that improved corporate governance and investor protection leads to such development.

Gregory, HJ and Weil, Gotshal Manges LLP (2000). International Comparison of Corporate Governance Guidelines and Codes of Best Practices Investor Viewpoints

But causality might also run in the opposite direction. Countries that are more developed, and have political systems that are more accountable to voters and less vulnerable to corporate lobbying, may lead to better corporate governance and investor protection rules.

Corporate earnings in Brazil have gone up roughly as fast as stock prices. With the price earnings ratio remaining stable and moderate, the stock market boom does not appear to reflect merely investor psychology.

China An emerging FDI outward investor.

Singapore is an established outward investor among the developing economies. It is the second largest outward direct investor after Hong Kong (China).

TBP Well you say a big investor.

I am a serial entrepreneur turned serial investor.

The investor stole the capital of his client.

Brazil is a leading investor in developing countries.

So they can be a cash, or a cause, investor.

Grundsatzkommission Corporate Governance (German Panel for Corporate Governance) (2000). Corporate Governance Rules for German Quoted Companies.

Article 12 The financial management duties of an investor mainly involve

Statement on Global Corporate Governance Principles. International Corporate Governance Network.

With respect to the financial decision making items under which the interests of any individual investor or operator run afoul of those of the enterprise, the related investor or operator shall withdraw.

Revised Statement on Global Corporate Governance Principles. International Corporate Governance Network.

Finance Committee on Corporate Governance (2000). Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance.

Corporate Governance Committee (2004). The Belgian Code on Corporate Governance ('Lippens Code')

Committee on Corporate Governance (1999). Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance.

Corporate strategy

Corporate responsibility

Smart interactive robot developer Rokid received new investment Temasek is the lead investor

Investor State disputes arising from international investment agreements (IIAs) are on the rise.

Corporate leaders realized that economic incentives accrued from being a good corporate citizen.

Committee on Corporate Governance (1997). Corporate Governance in the Netherlands Forty Recommendations (Peters Code).

European Corporate Governance Institute. (In particular, see index of corporate governance codes by country.

CA And now you're a big investor in that and bringing that to market?

Corporate specific reasons.

Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code (2005). The German Corporate Governance Code ('Cromme Code')

JPK Working Group I on Corporate Governance in Malaysia (2000). Report on Corporate Governance in Malaysia.

The Secret Corporate Takeover

The Corporate Tax Conundrum

Whose Corporate Social Responsibility?

Operationalizing the corporate strategy

Corporate and income tax

In the ensuing discussion, questions were raised regarding the precise definitions of general terms such as corporate responsibility , corporate social responsibility and positive corporate contribution , and regarding the notion of a corporate responsibility for development, as well as UNCTAD's mandate in this regard.

But, because publicly traded companies usually have a large amount of capital in place, lax rules would enable insiders to use this capital to their advantage. As a result, insiders benefit from, and prefer to have, rules concerning corporate governance and investor protection that are more lax than those that are in the interest of shareholders and society.

Cambridge In the wake of last year s global financial meltdown, there is now widespread recognition that inadequate investor protection can significantly affect how stock markets and economies develop, as well as how individual firms perform. The increased focus on improving corporate governance has produced a demand for reliable standards for evaluating governance in publicly traded companies worldwide.

To improve corporate governance and investor protection, public officials and investors in countries whose capital markets are dominated by controlled companies should be wary of global governance standards developed for US companies. They should focus on the special problems of controlled companies and on the rules that would work best for protecting smaller investors in such companies.

It would also need to help poor countries cope with the quasi generalization of social and environmental responsibility standards that are increasingly shaping corporate practices and consumer demand. It should incorporate an investor code of ethics, as well as a formula for sharing the costs of implementing such standards among the state, foreign operators, and local sub contractors.

Disclosure I am an investor in Contagion Health, and am considering investments in MedRewards and HealthRally.

Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa (Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance) (2001). Code of Best Practice of Corporate Governance.

General Motors Board of Directors (2000). GM Board of Directors Corporate Governance Guidelines on Significant Corporate Governance Issues.

Corporate strategy Vision 2006 2007