Received: 25 April 2006 Revised: 30 July 2008 Accepted: 6 August 2008 Online publication date: 12 March 2009 Abstract The last decade of work in corporate governance has shown that weak legal institutions at the country level hinder firms in emerging economies from accessing finance and technology affordably. To attract outside resources, these firms must often use external commitments for repa...

" The superior man understands righteousness; the inferior man understands profit. " (Confucius)

Ethics and Information Communication Technology (ICT) Governance both have their place in today’s business organisations, but can their practical applications present an ethical ambiguity for the IT professional employed within the business organisation? The guidelines contained within various codes of ethics recommend principles regarding the ethical behaviour of individual IT professionals. I...

This paper explores the question of whether the institution of the stock market is likely to be helpful to low and middle income countries in promoting development of their real economy and ensuring fast industrial growth. The case for and against the stock market inevitably involves a discussion of the important related subjects of corporate finance, corporate governance and corporate law. Con...

This conceptual paper questions traditional measures of corporate governance. In considering only the shareholder, the relative power, urgency and legitimacy of the other stakeholders are ignored. The timing and particular context are also not attended to by governance measures. We propose corporate governance be viewed as a dynamic process, evolving in response to diverse stakeholder expectati...