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Change Management A Board Culture Of Corporate Governance

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1.A brief introduction According to O’Donovan (2003), corporate governance is an internal system that includes policies, processes and people, which serves the requirements of shareholders and other stakeholders, by directing and controlling management activities with good business savvy, objectivity and integrity. O Donovan, G. (2003). Change Management-A Board Culture of Corporate Governance. Corporate Governance International, 6(3), 28-37.
Over the first decade of the twenty-first century, a number of massive company scandals and collapses, such as the Healthsouth scandal in 2003, American Insurance Group scandal in 2005 and Lehman Brothers scandal in 2008 increased the attention to public, firms and governments about the importance of corporate governance and it showed that corporate governance is a critical element of the risk management. Executive compensation can motivate executive to work for the growth of business and it is expected to match the directors’ performance. However, the directors’ pay and their performance sometimes mismatch and it is unsustainable and harms the interest of shareholders. To encourage the stronger working relationships between company boards and shareholders, UK government published the ‘Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013’ on June 2013. By giving shareholders of UK quoted companies the power with binding vote on directors’ pay (hereafter referred to as say on pay). At least 50 per cent of a firm 's shareholders have to

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