Sentences with phrase «accountable system of governance»

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Thus, the California Public Employees» Retirement System's Global Principles of Accountable Corporate Governance recommends that a company's board should be chaired by an independent director, as does the Council of Institutional Investors.

Firstly, it was wrong to assume that you could keep the lid on a matter which involved dealings with the most accountable and transparent governance systems in the world than that of the United States of America.

And yet, this is only one side of the coin — because to really flourish regional economies need to be nurtured from the bottom, through a system of governance which is ultimately accountable to the people, and not only to Westminster.

Back in 2001, the Partnership for New York City worked closely with legislative leaders to design the laws that replaced a dysfunctional and highly politicized system of central and community school boards with a governance system that holds the Mayor accountable for running the city schools.

We hope to bring attention to the flaws of our current systems of governance and hold our leaders accountable in a different and fun way.

The Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development's (IGSD) mission is to promote just and sustainable societies and to protect the environment by advancing the understanding, development, and implementation of effective, accountable and democratic systems of governance for sustainable deGovernance & Sustainable Development's (IGSD) mission is to promote just and sustainable societies and to protect the environment by advancing the understanding, development, and implementation of effective, accountable and democratic systems of governance for sustainable degovernance for sustainable development.

At its heart, governance is about who has power and authority, and how they use it... Without genuine decision - making power, and the practical capacity to exercise legitimate and accountable authority, any system of governance will fail.