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Journal articles on the topic "Company secretaries"
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May-Amy, Yeo Chu, Loke Yew Han-Rashwin, and Steve Carter. "Antecedents of company secretaries’ behaviour and their relationship and effect on intended whistleblowing." Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society 20, no. 5 (May 21, 2020): 837–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cg-10-2019-0308.
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Purpose This study aims to examine the antecedents of company secretaries’ behaviour and their relationship and effect on intended whistleblowing with the role of neutralisation as a moderating factor on an individual’s ethical decision-making in whistleblowing. Design/methodology/approach Using a modified version of the theory of planned behaviour as a framework and a quantitative research approach, a Likert-type scaled, self-administered questionnaire was conducted on a non-probability sample, totalling 208 company secretaries, currently working for various consultancy, audit and secretarial firms in Malaysia. The data obtained were analysed through structural equation modelling. Findings Findings indicated that attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioural control, ethical obligation as well as self-identity were found to be predictors in a company secretary’s intended behaviour to whistle-blow. However, neutralisation was proved not to be a contributing factor in whistleblowing between intention and behaviour. Research limitations/implications The quantitative measures of intention and behaviour are incompatible based on their levels of specificity or generality. Also, there may be an existence of social desirability bias among the respondents, indicating the need for a wider sample. Practical implications The study offers valuable knowledge by providing organisations and regulators with several insights into improving the company secretaries’ whistleblowing behaviour, including the need to strengthen whistleblowers’ support and alleged malpractice investigation and analysis systems. It also enables company directors and regulators to implement whistleblowing policies as an internal control mechanism, thus realising an individual’s intention to highly engage in whistleblowing. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study represents the first research that has empirically tested the relationship and effect of antecedents of company secretaries’ whistleblowing intention and behaviour using a modified version of the theory of planned behaviour, thus adding to the stock of literature on this topic and showing that “neutralisation” had an insignificant effect on the possibility of fraudulent reporting.
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Peij, Stefan, Pieter-Jan Bezemer, and Gregory Maassen. "Role ambiguity and conflicts: A study of company secretaries and two-tier boards in the Netherlands." Corporate Ownership and Control 12, no. 3 (2015): 114–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv12i3p10.
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Recent research suggests that company secretaries are increasingly involved in governance responsibilities in addition to traditional administrative tasks. Little is known in the literature, however, about company secretaries’ changing governance role, and their daily challenges in liaising with boards and other stakeholders. In addition, few studies have been able to gain access to learn firsthand how company secretaries operate. This exploratory study fills this void by gaining access to the opinions of about one hundred company secretaries in the Netherlands who operate in the two-tier board system. Our findings indicate that company secretaries significantly influence an organisation’s governance framework, while they face a number of practical challenges with directors, employees and management in fulfilling their diverse roles and responsibilities
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Peij, Stefan, and Pieter-Jan Bezemer. "Exploring the key challenges facing company secretaries in a two-tier board context." Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society 21, no. 5 (May 6, 2021): 815–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cg-06-2020-0226.
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Purpose This study aims to examine the core challenges facing company secretaries in a two-tier board context. This study focuses on the key factors contributing to these challenges and how company secretaries can effectively address them. Design/methodology/approach An analysis of the narratives provided by 291 Dutch company secretaries in response to a series of open-ended questionnaire questions led to insights into the key challenges company secretaries face in their day-to-day work. Findings Company secretaries perceive a myriad of factors contributing to pressures on their time, the need to work for multiple organizational bodies and the processing of information. They believe process interventions and social interventions are needed to alleviate these issues. Research limitations/implications The research highlights the need to deeply study boards from a holistic and systems point of view that recognizes the various actors, such as the company secretary, and their relationships in a boardroom context. Furthermore, the research shows how the two-tier board model may complicate these relational dynamics owing to the formal separation of decision management from decision control. Practical implications This study identifies various pragmatic ways to address the core challenges facing company secretaries so as to improve their contributions to decision-making at the apex of organizations. Originality/value This study sheds light on an important organizational actor (i.e. the company secretary) that hitherto has received scant attention in the governance literature.
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Sharma, Lata. "Impact of E-Environment on Company Secretaries." Asian Journal of Research in Business Economics and Management 5, no. 8 (2015): 69. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/2249-7307.2015.00160.7.
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Sigauke, Joseph, Patrick Collins, Emanuel Mutambara, and Rosemary Sibanda. "The company secretary’s role in CG: private and public owned south African companies." Corporate Ownership and Control 13, no. 1 (2015): 401–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv13i1c3p8.
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This study investigates the role of the company secretary in ensuring and promoting proper Corporate Governance (CG) in public and private owned South African companies, so as to educate companies on their significance in reducing corporate scandals. The study followed a mixed research paradigm in which qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection were used. Fifty questionnaires were sent to company secretaries of different business sectors giving a response rate of 78% with four of the participants telephonically interviewed to gather qualitative data. The study confirmed that the company secretary still plays a significant role in promoting CG by giving support and advising the board and its directors on CG matters. The results further show that some company secretaries are involved in director selection, performance evaluation and implement induction, training and/or professional development to strengthen the company’s governance practices. Through the use of the Companies Act and the Kings report the company secretary ensures directors are kept abreast of relevant legislative and regulatory developments. It was observed that the company secretary ensures good information flow between the board, directors and stakeholders and keeps record of all conflicts of interest. Though the company secretary is appointed by the board they can whistle blow any misconduct under the protection of the Protected Disclosure Act, thus ensuring effectiveness of their role. Despite the fact that some of the company secretaries are facing challenges due to the ever evolving and increasing complexity of their roles, there has been evolution with regards to legislation, greater transparency, better governance and improved investor expectation. This study enriches company secretaries with knowledge of their expected role in CG.
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Rosidah, Rosidah, and Tina Arantika. "Peran Teknologi untuk Pengembangan Karir Sekretaris." EFISIENSI - KAJIAN ILMU ADMINISTRASI 15, no. 1 (April 17, 2019): 43–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.21831/efisiensi.v15i1.24485.
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Pekerjaan Sekretaris dalam kantor membutuhkan media teknologi informasi. Dengan menggunakan bantuan teknologi tersebut pekerjaan kantor dapat efisien dan efektif. Hal tersebut menjadikan kerja sekretaris lebih produktif. Karir sekretaris dapat dibangun melalui peningkatakn ketrampilan teknologi informasi maupun pengembangan soft skill. Perpaduan tersebut akan lebih mengeksiskan peran sekretaris dalam memberikan kontribusinya pada kemajuan pimpinan maupun perusahaan. Dalam tulisan ini akan dikupas hal-hal penting kemampuan teknologi informasi bagi sekretaris serta kiat mengembangkan karir sekretaris Kata kunci: Teknologi Informasi, Sekretaris, Karir Sekretaris Abstract: Role of Technology for Secretary Career Development. Secretary's work in the office requires information technology media. By using technology assistance, office work can be efficient and effective. This makes the work of the secretary more productive. Secretarial careers can be built through enhancing information technology skills and developing soft skills. This combination will further exert the role of secretary in contributing to the progress of the leadership and the company. In this paper, important information technology capabilities for secretaries and tips on developing a career for the secretary will be discussed. Keyword: Information Technology, Secretary, Career Secretary
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Kakabadse, Andrew, Nadeem Khan, and Nada K. Kakabadse. "Company secretary: a role of breadth and majesty." Society and Business Review 11, no. 3 (October 10, 2016): 333–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sbr-04-2016-0023.
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Purpose This paper aims to present the outcomes from 40 one-to-one semi-structured interviews and 12 focus group sessions with company secretaries, chairmen, CEOs, chief financial officer (CFOs), senior independent director (SIDs) and NEDs, about the role of the company secretary. Design/methodology/approach Lukes’ (1974, 2005) third dimension of power is engaged in thematic analysis of this strategic leadership role and its contribution to Board effectiveness. Findings The findings identify “discretionary capacity” as being critical to effective role contribution. Research limitations/implications Whilst the inquiry included international participants, e.g. multi-national Board members and company secretaries, it was conducted within the UK. Practical implications Having a range of discretion is particularly necessary at this time, when the new governance regime is broadening its demands on the role of the company secretary to interact with wider stakeholders. Social implications Better Board effectiveness is critical to broader sustainability of business in society. Originality/value An emergent model of the company secretary role is offered as a tool for building discretionary capacity, based on key technical, commercial and social characteristics, in their contexts – understood together as “Breadth” and “Majesty”. Breadth establishes a competency, whereas majesty, the refined high-level social qualities. This study concludes that the company secretary role is highly dependent on the preferences of the chairman, in enabling them to make an effective contribution to the Board.
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Walawalkar, Rajesh. "Motivating Factors for Company Secretaries for Participation in Continuing Professional Development Programmes." Training & Development Journal 5, no. 2 (2014): 88. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/2231-069x.2014.00784.7.
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Walawalkar, Rajesh. "Impact of Deterrents on Effectiveness of Mandatory Continuing Professional Education for Company Secretaries in India." Universal Journal of Educational Research 3, no. 4 (April 2015): 277–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.13189/ujer.2015.030404.
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Peng, Qing, Xuesong Tang, and Yuxin Zheng. "The impact of board secretaries’ excess compensation on corporate disclosure quality." Nankai Business Review International 10, no. 2 (June 3, 2019): 306–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/nbri-05-2017-0027.
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Purpose Extensively public concern on “Huge Executive Compensation” makes it urgent to investigate the reasonability of high executive compensation. The purpose of this paper is to explore the effectiveness of compensation contracting based on the specific responsibility of executives. More specifically, this paper is to examine whether high compensation is helpful to mitigate agency problems. Design/methodology/approach Considering that board secretaries of listed companies are responsible for information disclosure in China, this paper examines the effect of board secretaries’ excess compensation on firms’ disclosure quality using listed company data from 2007 to 2015. The first measure of disclosure quality is based on the disclosure violation behavior of firms, and the second is KV value that represents the extent to which the investors relay on the stock trading volume. To provide additional confidence that the findings are robust, this paper further conducts two indirect tests based on rumors and cost of equity capital. Findings The results show that board secretaries’ excess compensation is negatively associated with the probability of information disclosure violation and also negatively associated with firms’ KV value, suggesting firms that pay high compensation to their information providers are more likely to provide high-quality disclosures. Besides, this paper further finds that board secretaries’ excess compensation is negatively related to the incidence of rumors, the number of rumors incurred or the cost of equity capital. Research limitations/implications Overall, the findings provide support to the efficient contracting of executive compensation, which implies that highly paid board secretaries would be better information providers than those poorly paid. Practical implications This paper provides empirical evidence that firms’ disclosure quality can be improved by modifying the compensation contract of information providers. This may indicate a new way to improve the quality of disclosures, so as to mitigate the agency problem. Social implications In spite of the public criticism on executive excess compensation, the high compensation is not always a signal of manipulation, collusion and self-interest. It also can be a signal of individual talents and great efforts. Board secretaries are worth to be highly paid if they can improve firms’ disclosures, thereby reducing the incidence of rumors and reducing the cost of equity capital. Originality/value This paper is the first research to examine the effectiveness of compensation contracting based on information providers’ disclosure responsibility in the Chinese context. It documents a positive relation between board secretaries’ excess compensation and corporate disclosure quality.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Company secretaries"
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Van, Schalkwyk Frederik Edwin. "The role of the company secretary in corporate governance : a South African specific problem conceptualisation and commentary." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/785.
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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie stel ondersoek in na die rol van die maatskappysekretaris in korporatiewe bestuur. Tien kernrolle word geidentifiseer, relevant in terme van die historiese ontwikkeling van die amp asook die Suid-Afrikaanse definisie van korporatiewe bestuur, om getoets te word teen die realiteite van die praktyk by wyse van 'n opname van maatskappysekretarisse by gelyste maatskappye. Die projek sluit af deur te vind dat sekretarisse in die algemeen in staat is om uitvoering te gee aan hul rol om by te dra tot goeie korporatiewe bestuur met spesifieke verwysing na hul rol om by te dra tot die raad van direkteure se funksie om te verseker dat mag nie gekonsentreer word onder die bestuur van die maatskappy nie. Daar word egter aanbeveel dat toekomstige maatstawwe om die rol van die maatskappysekretaris in korporatiewe bestuur te bevorder, gefokus kan word op die sekretaris se rol as 'n bron van raad aan direkteure en binne die maatskappy, asook die sekretaris se rol as 'n belangrike skakel tussen die maatskappy en sy aandeelhouers, aangesien hierdie as die probleemareas deur sekretarisse geidentifiseer was waar 'n mate van moeilikheid deur sekretarisse ervaar word.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the role of the company secretary in corporate governance. The core roles are identified, relevant in terms of the historic development of the office and the South African specific definition of corporate governance, to be tested against practice by way of survey of company secretar ies at JSE listed companies. The study concludes by finding that secretaries are, in general, able to discharge their role to contribute to good corporate governance with specific reference to the secretary’s role to contribute to the board’s function as an important check that power is not concent rated amongs management. It is however recommended that future measures to advance the office of company secretary may be focused on the role of the company secretary as a source of guidance to board members and within the company, and his/her role as an important link between the company and its shareholders, as the areas where some difficulty is perceived by company secretaries
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Wang, Shu-Chen, and 王淑貞. "Explorating Key Factors of Successful Bride 's Secretarial Company by Fuzzy DEMATEL." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/939ud2.
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Most studies of bride 's secretarial company in the past are about the relationships among the exception and cogniton of customers, the qualities of personalities, working stress, and the work satisfaction. Less topics of studies are about the key factors of running bride 's secretarial companies succesfully. The aim of this study is the key factors of running bride 's secretarial companies succesfully in the red sea and clarify the causal relationships among the factors. First of all, it uses the Fuzzy Delphi Method to sieve out the dimensions and norms of the key factors of running a bride 's secretarial company. Besides, it uses the questionnaire of this study to further investigate the opinions of specialists from the enterprise, the government, and the academia. This study uses Fuzzy Delphi Method to solve the problems when semanteme is unclear among the dimensions and norms. Afterwards, it clarifies the causal relationship of key factors by DEMATEL. The findings of this study are as follows.The highest significant difference valus of the dimensions is service quality, and the highest reason value is professional accomplishment.The top three grades of significant difference value of the norms are reputation, service item, and the running of the Internet.The norms of professional licenses of the professional accomplishment affects the norm of creativity.The service item norm of the service quality affects the reputation norm.The inner factors norm of the dimensions of the environmental factors affects the outer factors norm.The strategic alliance norm of the marketing strategy affects the norms of the flat marketing and the running of the Internet. Besides, the running of the Internet norm affects the flat marketing norm.The norm of the work in cooperation with a due division of labour of the dimension of the ability to undertake the related activities affects the norm of organizing team.The norm of capital needs of the dimension of the financial management affects the norms of the financial planning and service item price. And the financial planning norm affects service item price norm.
Books on the topic "Company secretaries"
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Venus, David. Company secretarial practice manual. 2nd ed. London: Butterworths, 1994.
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Westby-Nunn, Edward. Westby Nunn's company secretarial handbook. 9th ed. London: Longman Professional, 1985.
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Company secretarial practice manual. 2nd ed. New Delhi: LexisNexis Butterworths India, 2008.
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(Solicitor), Daly Eleanor, ed. Irish company secretary's handbook. Haywards Heath, West Sussex: Bloomsbury Professional, 2011.
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Guang-you, Liu, and Wang Xiao-hui. "Company Secretaries in Chinese Board of Directors." In The Chinese Management Book-of-Readings Series, 77–89. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2841-1_7.
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McFetridge, Donald C. "Alessandra Trading Company." In Integrated Assignments in Secretarial, Office and Business Procedures, 232–44. London: Macmillan Education UK, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10685-1_26.
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McFetridge, Donald C. "Beit Engineering plc — Engineering Company." In Integrated Assignments in Secretarial, Office and Business Procedures, 194–206. London: Macmillan Education UK, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10685-1_23.
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"Company secretaries." In Company Law Handbook 2017. Bloomsbury Professional, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781784514396.chapter-020.
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Hoffmann, George. "The Company of Secretaries." In Montaigne's Career, 39–62. Oxford University Press, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198159629.003.0003.
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French, Derek. "17. Corporate officers and promoters." In Mayson, French & Ryan on Company Law. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/he/9780198797234.003.0017.
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This chapter focuses on company officers (secretaries, auditors and managers) and promoters, with emphasis on their responsibilities and liabilities under the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) and the appropriate criminal sanctions for breach of its requirements. It first considers the term ‘officers’ of a company in the context of liability for criminal offences before turning to the appointment and qualifications of secretaries and the appointment and reappointment of auditors. The circumstances under which secretaries, auditors, managers and promoters become criminally liable are also explained. The chapter cites relevant legislation, including CA 2006 and UK Corporate Governance Code, and considers two particularly significant cases: Caparo Industries plc v Dickman [1990] 2 AC 605 and Stone and Rolls Ltd v Moore Stephens [2009] UKHL 39, [2009] AC 1391.
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French, Derek. "17. Company officers, secretary and auditor." In Mayson, French & Ryan on Company Law, 519–42. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/he/9780198841517.003.0017.
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This chapter focuses on company officers (secretaries, auditors and managers), with emphasis on their responsibilities and liabilities under the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) and the appropriate sanctions for breach of its requirements. It first considers who, in general terms, is an ‘officer’ or ‘manager’ of a company for the purposes of criminal or fiduciary liability. Then it deals with the appointment and qualifications of secretaries and the appointment and reappointment of auditors. There is discussion of auditors’ remuneration, integrity and independence, the required contents of an auditor’s report and an auditor’s investigative powers. There is analysis of an auditor’s liability in contract and tort for negligence in carrying out the audit and negligent misstatement in an auditor’s report. The chapter cites relevant legislation, including CA 2006 and UK Corporate Governance Code, and considers two particularly significant cases: Caparo Industries plc v Dickman [1990] 2 AC 605 and Stone and Rolls Ltd v Moore Stephens [2009] UKHL 39, [2009] AC 1391.
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French, Derek. "17. Company officers, secretary and auditor." In Mayson, French & Ryan on Company Law, 515–38. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/he/9780198870029.003.0017.
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This chapter focuses on company officers (secretaries, auditors and managers), with emphasis on their responsibilities and liabilities under the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) and the appropriate sanctions for breach of its requirements. It first considers who, in general terms, is an ‘officer’ or ‘manager’ of a company for the purposes of criminal or fiduciary liability. Then it deals with the appointment and qualifications of secretaries and the appointment and reappointment of auditors. There is discussion of auditors’ remuneration, integrity and independence, the required contents of an auditor’s report and an auditor’s investigative powers. There is analysis of an auditor’s liability in contract and tort for negligence in carrying out the audit and negligent misstatement in an auditor’s report. The chapter cites relevant legislation, including CA 2006 and UK Corporate Governance Code, and considers two particularly significant cases: Caparo Industries plc v Dickman [1990] 2 AC 605 and Stone and Rolls Ltd v Moore Stephens [2009] UKHL 39, [2009] AC 1391.
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Nesbitt, Robert, and Amr Kotb. "Governance in NHS Foundation Trusts." In Global Perspectives on Risk Management and Accounting in the Public Sector, 167–87. IGI Global, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9803-1.ch009.
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NHS Foundation Trusts (FTs) came into existence in 2004 as part of a suite of system reforms that reintroduced a healthcare market in England. Over the last decade over half of the 265 English NHS Trusts have made the transition to FT status and to a new form of corporate governance that is accountable to locally elected governors. Whilst research into the governance arrangements for these new entities has explored several theoretical frameworks, no model has satisfactorily explained the rationale for the adoption of a commercial governance code underpinned by a democratic accountability process. In this chapter, the authors draw on insights of FT company secretaries, through a series of semi-structured interviews and questionnaires, to explore alternative governance models and to make recommendations that might improve the functioning of elected governors within FTs.
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Morris, Glynis D., Sonia McKay, and Andrea Oates. "Company Secretarial." In Finance Director's Handbook, 223–55. Elsevier, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-7506-8701-0.00004-7.
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Hedden, Owen F. "Changes Needed to Address Current Institutional Problems." In ASME 2003 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/pvp2003-1805.
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The voluntary support of ASME boiler and pressure vessel Code-writing activity began with the boiler manufacturer leaders getting together to address the problem of catastrophic failures of boilers and pressure vessels. Even into the 1970s, many companies sent their V-P level engineering people to the “Boiler Code”. Not just the major manufacturers, but also the architect-engineers, material suppliers, and inspection/insurance companies had staffs devoted to ASME codes and standards activities. In 1969 I was assigned to a group of four engineers whose full-time responsibility was to the work of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee. And there were many others in the company who were also heavily involved in these and other ASME standards committees. The companies were also making other related contributions, such as designing, manufacturing, and donating test vessels to industry R&D groups. All of this meant that we had a great deal of technical support, as well as the usual secretarial support. And six Code meetings per year.
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Marcuz, Gabriel, and Rodolfo Reale. "Innovative Management Strategies to Address Environmental and Social Concerns on a Major Pipeline." In 2010 8th International Pipeline Conference. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2010-31049.
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Gasoducto Nor Andino is a 1,100 km long natural gas pipeline which runs through one of the most critical environmental and social areas of Argentina and Chile. The area is inhabited by aboriginal communities that face a progressive deterioration of their cultural values and traditional customs. The beginning of the construction of Gasoducto Nor Andino triggered a strong reaction in the local communities and environmental organizations such as Greenpeace. Such reaction soon extended throughout the country, generating a strong debate as to the value of Economic & Technological Progress vs Environmental Conservation. All the problems were successfully solved by actions conducted in accordance with the Company’s ethical values. The different stakeholders involved were called together and agreements were implemented with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), such as Greenpeace, representatives of the aboriginal communities, local and environmental authorities (National Park Administration, Environmental Secretariat of Salta Province, etc.). This paper describes the non-traditional and innovative actions taken to solve the problems and the remarkable results achieved.
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Field, David P., and Jim Stephens. "Japanese-Russian Arms Reduction Co-Operation Barge Mounted Low Level Liquid Waste Treatment Plant — Suzuran/Landysh." In ASME 2003 9th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2003-4867.
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Basic Technical Details: Displacement: 5000 tonnes; Width: 23.2m; Height: 6.6m; Length: 65m; Draught: 3.5m; Processing Throughput: 7000m3/year. In October 1993, the Governments of Japan and the Russian Federation signed an Intergovernmental Agreement to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons in the Former Soviet Union. Towards achieving this goal, the Japanese Government had initially allotted $100 million towards, which was increased to $200 million in 1999. The main objective of the Suzuran project is to process low-level liquid radioactive waste, which has been in storage for some years, and prevent it from being dumped into the seas shared by Japan and Russia. The construction and completion of the Suzuran, in the Russian Far East, is the brainchild of the Japanese Government, and is the first successful international project of its kind in Russia. Suzuran neatly solves the problem of making safe the liquid radioactive waste being derived from general purpose and missile nuclear submarines of the Russian Pacific Fleet as they are decommissioned and dismantled. The project was administered by the Technical Secretariat of the Japan-Russia Committee for Co-operation on Reducing Nuclear Weapons, who appointed Crown Agents as their agent and RWE NUKEM as their Technical Consultants to manage the project on a day to day basis and oversee the tender, construction and commissioning. This project is unique and complex in that it is, in reality, two projects. Firstly, the construction of a sea-going barge and, secondly, the construction of a complex radioactive liquid waste processing facility. Changes in the Russian Radiation Regulations during the course of the project, required the design to be altered significantly; for example, the facility had to be mounted within the structure of the vessel. Numerous regulators, design and testing institutes were involved throughout the project, to ensure it complied with both Russian and International regulations. Suzuran is the only floating complex that can operate independently for up to 30 days away from base. It is also exceptional in having the greatest throughput capacity of any project of its type and in being fully actively commissioned and licensed to operate, as part of the original contract. Other similar projects, which have a lower throughput and are land-based, have been handed over prior to completion of active commissioning. The international project was particularly complex since it involved not only Japan and Russia but also a Japanese-American contractor, who subcontracted the construction work to Russian shipyards. The Amurski Shipyard at Komsomolsk-na-Amur constructed the Vessel and the processing Facility was constructed in America and shipped to Russia where it was installed on the Barge. The Barge was then towed down the Amur River and down the Russian East Coast to Bolshoi Kamen where it was inactively and actively commissioned. The completed Barge was completed and is now operating, following a one-year warranty period. The project required everyone’s close co-operation and understanding. Particularly onerous was the need to comply with comprehensive Russian regulations, both for sea-going vessels as well as for nuclear facilities. This is a success story in itself. The official Handover ceremony of Suzuran was held in November 2000 and is now operating at the Far Eastern Shipyard, Zvezda. This paper will describe the history and process involved in establishing the Barge project for the treatment of Low Level Liquid Radioactive Waste.