The arrival of CSR has affected a whole array of issues in the debate about Corporate Governance, incl. the remit of boards and the role of ethics in the management of companies. More recently, the debate has started to move into new territory: the declaration and implementation of what can be...

Numerous high profile cases across industries and jurisdictions, including Wells Fargo, Siemens, Volkswagen, BP or Google, indicate that legal compliance remains a significant corporate governance challenge around the world. Ever increasing fines have become the standard response to all types of...

Corporate governance discussions focus mostly on widely held firms. Controlled companies, e.g. family companies or listed subsidiaries, pose different challenges, however. Where a company is under the control of a large active shareholder, the quot;agencyquot;-conflict between shareholders and...

As long as milk and honey are flowing in the form of huge corporate cartel fines, the EU enforcement cadres, it seems, remain happy with the status quo.