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Promoting
Growth Through Corporate Governance
An Electronic Journal
of the U.S. Department of State
February 2005
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About This Issue
The Editors
Laying the Groundwork For Economic Growth
Ira M. Millstein, Senior Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP
- Corporate governance
is becoming increasingly important for companies and developing
countries seeking to attract investment.
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Fostering an International Regulatory Consensus
Ethiopis Tafara and Robert D. Strahota, Office of International Affairs,
Securities and Exchange Commission
- U.S. regulators are
working with their counterparts worldwide to facilitate compliance with
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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Prosecuting Corporate Crimes
Christopher Wray, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division,
Department of Justice
- The U.S. Department
of Justice is moving decisively to crack down on corporate officials who
abuse their positions at the expense of shareholders.
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Corporate Governance: The Development Challenge
Charles Oman and Daniel Blume, Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development
- Developing countries
face the challenge of transforming political and economic governance
arrangements from relationship-based systems into rules-based systems.
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Creating a Sustainable Corporate Environment
John Sullivan, President, Center for International Private Enterprise,
and Georgia Sambunaris, Capital Markets Specialist, U.S. Agency for
International Development
- The United States is
devoting growing resources to help transition and developing economies
create environments that nurture competitive, profitable, and ethically
managed businesses.
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Training Managers for the Future
Mary C. Gentile, International Business Consultant
- Ethics and
governance are among the most important lessons that future managers
need to learn.
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The
Case for Powerful Shareholders
Robert A.G. Monks, Founder, Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc.
- Effective
shareholders are good for business and the economy.
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A
Business Perspective on Corporate Governance
Interview With Rosemary Kenney and Nancy Nielsen, Pfizer Inc.
- Businesses that hope
to succeed in today's global marketplace must incorporate newer,
stricter legal requirements and also take into account growing social
expectations.
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Governing Family Businesses
John L. Ward, Center for Family Enterprises, Kellogg School of
Management, Northwestern University
- Successful family
firms are those that properly define the roles and responsibilities of
ownership, management, and the board of directors.
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Key
OECD Principles of Corporate Governance
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