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Corporate Governance
and
Social Responsibility
PowerPoint Slides
Anthony F. Chelte
Western New England College
– Monitor
• Developments inside and outside the corporation
Outside directors
– “Non-management directors”
– May be executives of other firms but not
employed by board’s corporation
Examples:
• Affiliated Directors
• Retired Directors
• Family Directors
Codetermination
– The inclusion of a corporation’s workers
on its board of directors.
Traditional Approach:
– CEO invites members to serve
– Shareholders approve in annual proxy
statement
– All nominees are usually elected
• Size
– Determined by charter and bylaws
– Average for publicly-held, large firm is 11
directors
– Average for small/medium private firms is 7 to
8 directors
High
Degree of Involvement
Entrepreneurship Partnership
By Top Management
management management
Chaos Marionette
management management
Low
Low Degree of Involvement High
By Board of Directors
Prentice Hall, 2002 Chapter 2 18
Wheelen/Hunger
Board of Directors
Trends in Corporate Governance
Executive Leadership –
– The directing of activities toward the
accomplishment of corporate objectives. Sets
the tone for the entire corporation.
Strategic Vision –
– A description of what the company is capable
of becoming. Often communicated in the
mission statement.
Common Characteristics:
• CEO articulates a strategic vision
• CEO presents a role for others
• CEO communicates high performance
standards and shows confidence in
followers
Prentice Hall, 2002 Chapter 2 23
Wheelen/Hunger
Strategic Management Process
Responsibilities:
• Identify and analyze company-wide
strategic issues, suggest corporate
strategic alternatives
• Work as facilitators with business
units to guide them through the
strategic planning process
• Economic
• Legal
• Ethical
• Discretionary
– Preconventional Level
– Concern for self
– Conventional Level
– Consideration of laws and norms
– Principled Level
– Adherence to internal moral code
Prentice Hall, 2002 Chapter 2 32
Wheelen/Hunger
Social Responsibility
Code of Ethics:
– Specifies how an organization
expects its employees to behave
while on the job.
Ethics
The consensually accepted standards of behavior
for an occupation, trade, or profession
Morality
The precepts of personal behavior based on
religious or philosophical grounds
Law
Formal codes that permit or forbid certain
behaviors
Prentice Hall, 2002 Chapter 2 34
Wheelen/Hunger
Social Responsibility
• Utilitarian
Actions and plans judged by consequences
• Individual Rights
People have fundamental rights to be
respected in all decisions
• Justice
Distribution of costs and benefits to be
equitable, fair, and impartial
Issues –
• Cybersquatting
• Taxation
• Public Interest