Sentences with phrase «with issues of governance»

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Attached to the letter was a list of practices they called «common sense corporate governance principles» that amounted to a basic outline of a code many U.S. public companies today already either agree with or live by, or both, including issues of who sits on the board, the kinds of topics the board should discuss, and the adoption of proxy access.

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.

Ms. Devine served as President and Managing Director of a Norwegian affiliate of ExxonMobil from 1996 to 2000, and since 1988 held various corporate positions responsible for shareholder relations and governance issues, as well as international government relations with an emphasis on Vietnam, Indonesia, Nigeria and Russia.

«I think the CSA will start with a soft - glove approach and evolve to more iron - hand in a few years,» says Paul Gryglewicz, managing partner of Global Governance Advisors, a Toronto firm that advises company boards and senior managers on corporate government and executive pay issues.

Note that the National Venture Capital Association has developed a comprehensive set of annotated draft agreements for its members, and this provides entrepreneurs with a useful starting point to understand the manner in which VCs approach corporate governance and other issues.

Combining our global reach and years of experience, we furnish our clients with information on corporate governance, SEC and SRO rule changes, and emerging governance issues in real time.

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The judge said that «the issues of proper corporate governance which arise for consideration in the Supreme Court proceedings are of the kind, or are similar to, issues relating to the conduct of corporations which are regularly dealt with in proceedings in this Court.

«We will explain how shareholder proposals on environmental, social, and corporate governance matters often raise issues with a direct impact on long - term shareholder value (e.g., effective management of climate change risk or encouraging stronger board oversight and independence).

Theoretically, if a philanthropic, community - based, nonprofit worked in San Diego, it could spur interest in other cities with ever - struggling dailies, though, to be sure, there are a host of management and governance issues implicit in a nonprofit model.

Glass Lewis» season reviews provide market - specific overviews of the key developments in governance, shareholder activism and stewardship, executive compensation and ESG that defined the 2016 proxy season, along with in - depth case studies detailing how these issues played out in practice.

Barhydt went on to point out that these sorts of issues with decentralized governance have not necessarily existed on this scale in the past, using Linus Torvalds's benevolent dictatorship over Linux as an example of how things are usually operate in open - source software projects.

Shareholder resolutions have seen rising support on key issues ranging from governance practices to climate change to pay equity, and the recent expansion of proxy access provides long - term investors with an opportunity to shape the board itself.

However, even with the growing importance of family offices among ultra-high-net-worth families, issues relating to formal governance are often overlooked.

The issue of human rights, or «governance,» is also often bundled with these other elements, especially in the Chinese context.

He also holds fellowships with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and the Centre for International Governance Innovation (Waterloo), where his research interests are focussed on the nexus between innovation and trade, and quantifying the economic impact of the digital transformation, along with the C.D. Howe Institute (Toronto), where he focuses on Canadian trade policy issues.

The next phase must go beyond hard infrastructure to deal with a range of governance, labour, and efficiency issues that continue to be a drag on the competitiveness of west coast ports.

Whatever agencies oversee non-profits, or other kinds of corporations and companies, and can respond to complaints when non-profits especially are allegedly not functioning within the public interest, or there are other issues with governance, conflicts of interest, inurement (use of a tax - exempt non-profit for the private benefit or excessive benefit of someone with insider relationships), misuse of funds that were solicited to be spent on a specific designation project, etc..

The issue of «free flow» versus «balanced flow» is perplexing, particularly for Americans with our belief that the First Amendment guarantee of free speech is essential to our system of governance.

Whatever position one may take regarding future governance of cyberspace, it can not be denied that in any case (moral) choices have to be made and are being made since inevitably the proliferation of cyberspace technologies implies like all technological development a confrontation with moral issues on different levels.

This voluntary food, flavors and fragrances industries program engages with vanilla exporters, producers, sector organizations and public authorities worldwide to progress issues of governance, traceability, labor rights and technical assistance to grower groups.

I want an open politics, and of course that means working with others to resolve governance issues that have dogged the council long before my predecessor was on the scene.

PPS: Maybe much of what the government did was basically just sitting around waiting for something to happen, which is fine, but I'm still curious how an early Village would evolve into a polis city state, and what governance issues they had to deal with from a human perspective, ie daily.

For this reason, he would establish an Office of Special Prosecutor to deal with «the toxic issue of corruption» within the first six months of his administration if he wins this year's election, adding a successful Ghana, can only be built on the basis of good governance, underpinned by efficient and honest public services.

The rule of Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos seemed secure: the government had insulated itself from civil society groups working on human rights and governance issues, improved its relationships with business - hungry Western states, and deepened its strategic partnership with China.

Hon Adongo, although a first time MP had endeared himself to many Ghanaians, especially sympathisers of the opposition NDC, with his witty debates and superior arguments, on issues in the economy and governance.

Various advocacy issues — none of which explicitly have to do with the governance system of mayoral control — were on display in the cramped hearing room on Thursday.

«The President also noted that at a time his administration is preoccupied with governance issues, rumours of divisions and alleged scheming within the party are counterproductive to internal unity and cohesion in APC.

If you browse their articles, you will see that they are dealing with issues related to states - not the governance of non-state organizations.

Governance Watch (GWG) would immediately demand of the President, Mr. Akufo - Addo, to issue a statement, or cause to be issued a statement, a position of his government on the state of appointees as heads of state institutions — whether they pack out of office with immediate effect or stay their positions until formal appointment are made and files handed over appropriately.

In a statement issued Tuesday in Abuja, the Secretary General of CNPP, Chief Willy Ezugwu said revelations since the obnoxious legislation first surfaced have proven that the members of National Assembly are desperate to gag Nigerians who are increasingly taking active interest in governance with the increased access to the internet, mobile technology and social media.

Government must take steps to galvanize consensus around other issues of national importance, especially with respect to political governance nation - building matters, and should initiate a process of involving citizens whose experience, insight and expertise will enhance economic policy management and national governance.

To be honest, I didn't read through most of what he sent because it was dense with school board governance issues that I didn't understand.

He said the Bank of Ghana would also issue a number of guidelines and directives in the areas of Risk Management, Corporate Governance, Outsourcing, Mergers and Acquisitions to align with the incoming legislation and give direction to the industry as well as further strengthen the supervisory role of the Central Bank.

He also took issue with what he described as the challenge with corruption and good governance, saying: «It is politicised, denying us of the opportunity to dispassionately dissect, analyse and find solutions to it.»

The Special Prosecutor's office is expected to be independent of the Executive, which observers believe will allow it to adequately deal with corruption - related issues which have plagued governance.

One of the visiting senators, Kabiru Gaya, told reporters that they seized the opportunity of the meeting to discuss issues concerning good governance and national unity with the President.

De Blasio was peppered with questions regarding issues such as special education, charter school co-locations, mental health services, and school space, but the issue of mayoral control as a governance structure was addressed head on only in limited doses.

The message under your bottle draws attention to governance issues with senior staff at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and asks why UK voters should trust the views of its managing director, Christine Lagarde, who has voiced her support for the Remain group.

The Special Prosecutor's office is expected to be independent of the Executive, which observers believe will allow it to deal with corruption - related issues which have plagued governance adequately.

Working with Executive Officer William Carey, Ratchford was involved in governance and managerial issues involving the shape of AAAS and monitored broader policy issues that affected the association and science as a whole.

In their letter to Arthur Elkins, panel Democrats asserted that «the ability of both federal officials and private citizens to freely communicate with Congress without fear of intimidation, interference, or reprisal is a bipartisan issue that is critical to ensuring good governance and uncovering issues of potential waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement.»

And finally, to deal with the issue of weak governance and accountability — according to the paper, the single biggest impediment to a holistic approach to health governance in the country is the lack of convergence between ministries related to health, water, sanitation, and national vertical targeted programmes.

Cornell - Feist is the founder of the High Bar, which helps charter boards with management and governance issues.

All this is reported in the 4th annual survey of public opinion on educational issues by Harvard's Program on Educational Policy and Governance and Education Next, which I, with William Howell and Martin West, help to direct.

Gaston has more than fifteen years of experience in participative and transdisciplinary research on governance related to issues such as sustainable development, energy, climate change and radioactive waste management and with working in and around the assemblies of the policy processes of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), the United Nations Non-Proliferation Treaty process (UN-NPT) and of the research - related activities of the European Commission.

There are multiple issues that face higher education, from college access, degree attainment, and student success to the future of shared governance and leadership along with economic and global realities will require higher education to face serious adaptive challenges both now and in the future.

There is not, however, anywhere near adequate discussion, at least not with a focus on environmental sustainability and linked issues of equity and governance.

We have an unusually large number of new commissions, bodies and court cases created to provide solutions to these fundamental education issues, and we ask that our education leaders tasked with steering the governance of our public schools to please do it well — and together.

He added that those issues, which include a failure to balance the trust's budget, did «not provide the ESFA with assurance of good financial management and governance within the trust».