Sentences with phrase «public governance in»

Under the No Child Left Behind Act, if these schools had been non-charter public schools, they would have been targeted for punishments such as firing the entire staff, notifying parents that they could choose to go to another school, closing the school, state takeover, conversion to charter schools, or taking away public governance in favor of private management.

There was always corruption in government, but before the advent of the IMF conditions, corruption in the public system was at its very minimal; what was known then as corruption would today pale in the face of the systemic subversion that has since buckled public governance in Nigeria.

Not exact matches

The University of Toronto Master's of Public Policy (MPP) program allows second - year students to spend a semester at leading partner schools, like the Paris School of International Affairs, the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore.

According to the statement, Viacom (VIAB) had previously expected to complete what it called a «significant» agreement with an SVOD (subscription video on - demand) provider in the most recent quarter, but said that the «recent and highly public governance controversy negatively impacted the timing and its ability to achieve an optimal outcome with partners.»

At the core of this problem is the fact that shareholders have too limited a role in public company governance.

«Right now, it's really hard to get a firm handle on a total figure [for] what kind of economic activity the sharing economy encompasses in Canada,» notes Sunil Johal, policy director at the Mowat Centre, an Ontario - focused public policy think - tank at the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy and Goverpublic policy think - tank at the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy and GoverPublic Policy and Governance.

It's «naïve» to put too much faith in the intentions of acquisitors, says Michel Nadeau, executive director of the Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organizations in Montreal.

Add to that the fact that proper functioning of corporate governance (and hence of capital markets) is clearly a matter of public concern, and you have at least the beginnings of a public - interest argument for interference in what would otherwise be a private matter.

«[A] most every kind of public policy decision [today is] made as a matter of a cost - benefit ratio,» governance advocate Robert A. G. Monks, explained in a 2008 interview published on the website Social Funds.

In the short - term, the easiest measure is a public relations offensive to paint Hong Kong's pro-democracy forces as unpatriotic ingrates who have thrown away a valuable opportunity to improve its governance system.

«While not every case will be appropriate for admissions of wrongdoing, the SEC required JPMorgan to admit the facts in the SEC's order — and acknowledge that it broke the law — because JPMorgan's egregious breakdowns in controls and governance put its millions of shareholders at risk and resulted in inaccurate public filings.»

Dr Ric Simes has extensive knowledge in public policy, governance, finance, econometrics, economic analysis and strategy.

He is a partner of ValueAct Capital, a governance - oriented investment fund that invests in a concentrated portfolio of public companies and works actively with executives and boards of directors on issues of strategy, capital structure, mergers and acquisitions, and talent management.

Mr. Shea is well qualified to serve as a director due to his experience in public and private company governance and private equity, including his service on numerous corporate boards and on audit and compensation committees, including his experience with Hennessy I and Hennessy II.

In addition, his current service on other public company boards of directors provides us with important perspectives on corporate governance matters.

Mr. Bell is well qualified to serve as director due to his experience in public and private company governance and accounting, including his service on audit, nominating and corporate governance and compensation committees, including his experience with Hennessy I and Hennessy II.

And so possibly — in the wake of a particularly unseemly hour — it is time to adjourn the House for the sake of not further degrading the public's feelings toward democratic governance.

Patrick Leblond is Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation and holds the CN — Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa.

The European Crowdfunding Network is a professional network promoting adequate transparency, (self) regulation and governance while offering a combined voice in policy discussion and public opinion building.

He advises clients in a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, including debt and equity financings, private equity and venture capital transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, shareholder arrangements, corporate reorganizations and public markets matters.

In her prior role as the Director of Shareholder Activities at the Foundation, Laura successfully engaged public corporations on topics ranging from climate change to corporate governance.

June 13, 2016 - CCGG Executive Director Stephen Erlichman was quoted in the National Post with regard to various REITs providing more rights to unitholders, as recommended in CCGG's policy on the Governance of Canadian REITs and Other Public Income Trusts.

Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals is comprised principally of corporate secretaries and business executives in governance, ethics, and compliance functions at public, private, and not - for - profit orgaGovernance Professionals is comprised principally of corporate secretaries and business executives in governance, ethics, and compliance functions at public, private, and not - for - profit orgagovernance, ethics, and compliance functions at public, private, and not - for - profit organizations.

Anne Sheehan is the Director of Corporate Governance for the California State Teachers» Retirement System (CalSTRS), the largest teacher's public pension fund in the USA, where she is responsible for overseeing all corporate governance activities for the fund including proxy voting, company engagements and managing $ 4 billion placed with activists managers and sustainabilityGovernance for the California State Teachers» Retirement System (CalSTRS), the largest teacher's public pension fund in the USA, where she is responsible for overseeing all corporate governance activities for the fund including proxy voting, company engagements and managing $ 4 billion placed with activists managers and sustainabilitygovernance activities for the fund including proxy voting, company engagements and managing $ 4 billion placed with activists managers and sustainability managers.

In this, Google is like Facebook and lots of other recently public companies that have chosen to avoid good - governance pressure (return capital!

He also possesses significant operational and corporate governance experience as a former chief executive officer and director of a public company in the mobile and Internet industries.

IGOPP will thus continue its mission in playing a significant role in the improvement of the governance of public and private organizations in Quebec and Canada.

And as usual, advisory firms like Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) are joining with the public pension funds to demand governance reforms that perform better in theory than in practice.

Employee stock ownership under ESOPs gives workers confidential voting rights on major corporate issues, so that they have some formal corporate governance rights in closely held corporations, and in stock market companies, employee owners have the same rights as other public shareholders.

Large public companies will pursue long - term anchor investors and adopt the governance practices of leading private investors, while larger private companies will trade in secondary markets that require enhanced investor protections.

The Indian public sector banking system is also in urgent need of reforms to governance, management appointment processes, and decision making.

The report, released Wednesday by executive compensation and governance research firm Equilar, examines pay of the 100 largest public companies by revenue, and comes in advance of broader CEO pay rankings that typically arrive later in the spring and analyze the companies of the entire Standard & Poor's 500 - stock index.

SDR LSE — April 28, 2016 FTSE 100 investment manager Schroders plc has been the subject of public criticism from shareholder groups since its announcement that chief executive Michael Dobson would transition to non-executive chairman from April 4, in contravention of the recommendations of the UK Corporate Governance Code.

She frequently engages with Asian public company issuers to discuss Glass Lewis» policies and approaches to analyzing corporate governance issues, and has participated in numerous seminars and panel discussions for Japanese investors and issuers.

Bill taught public finance and public policy at the University of Toronto from 2000 to 2003, and currently teaches a Master's level course in public finance at the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy and Goverpublic finance and public policy at the University of Toronto from 2000 to 2003, and currently teaches a Master's level course in public finance at the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy and Goverpublic policy at the University of Toronto from 2000 to 2003, and currently teaches a Master's level course in public finance at the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy and Goverpublic finance at the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy and GoverPublic Policy and Governance.

Mentors provide guidance in diverse areas including management, private and public funding, technology and product development, corporate governance, go - to - market strategy, and marketing and branding.

On August 29, the UK Business Secretary Greg Clark has set out the British government's plans for corporate governance reform, which are intended to «enhance the public's trust in business».

Transparency to shareholders is an important component of good governance, and one that The Long View can help to influence and improve in ways that are valuable to the public, but not overly onerous to issuers.

As one of the first public companies in the cryptoasset and blockchain sectors (OTC: CRCW), we are proud to comply with even higher standards of accountability and governance.

In a report entitled The Independence of Board Members: A Quest for Legitimacy, the Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organizations (IGPPO) proposes that any organization governed by a board of directors should strive to constitute a board that is both legitimate and credible.

Taiwan's long - awaited update to the 2013 Corporate Governance Roadmap is now available for review and public comment, the Financial Supervisory Commission Republic of China (FSC Taiwan) confirmed in a briefing.

A study published last year by the European Corporate Governance Institute examined the compensation of the top five highest paid executives for each company in the S&P 1,500 plus 500 other public companies.

Mr. Henry brings to the Board his experience and knowledge of the law, which enable him to provide valuable insights in the areas of governance and public policy.

Ongoing developments in corporate governance and financial reporting have resulted in an increased demand for such highly qualified and productive public company directors.

In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

And while Christmas is already a public holiday in India, the increasingly pro-Hindu government announced on December 4 that it would begin celebrating «Good Governance Day» on December 25 as well, reported World Watch Monitor (WWM).

Public outrage is being shown in many areas of the nation but the fanfares for or against the T vs. G trial is being socially weighed - in and national governances are taking notice in order to see just how fractured socialism is...

Although almost all of them affirmed the role of religion in moral formation and saw Providence at work in America's founding, their belief in the moral governance of the universe was more a reflection of their assumptions as Enlightenment thinkers who did not separate religion from public life than a sign of heartfelt Christian belief.

Second, we need to become conscious of the themes, language and gestures of governance that have emerged in the past 200 years in the savagery of extinguished publics and broken covenants, whether in Nazi Germany, Chile, Czechoslovakia or the Trail of Tears.

Mr. Valette has more than twenty - five years of experience in management, public company corporate governance, strategic planning, and finance, with extensive experience in the alcohol beverage industry.