Page 6 - Corporate Governance

Best of BS Opinion: In every systemic crisis there is a human factor

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Not a solution

A test will not ensure accountability of independent directors

A hedge fund plans to profit off badly governed firms in Japan. Here's how

The yet-to-be-named long-short fund will seek out about 30 undervalued companies with good governance, while shorting roughly 60 richly valued businesses with weak oversight

McLeod Russel director resignations raise eyebrows; SES red-flags trend

Several independent directors quit citing health reasons but continue to serve on other boards

Sebi seeks IndiGo's response to Gangwal's letter over corporate governance

Co-promoter questioned chairman's independence again

Directors must act on signals

Every recent case of corporate governance failure had developed through a trail of early signals

Coming out of the dark

Third-party governance is not about eliminating risks but managing it appropriately

Insistence on rules led to 'soul searching' in companies: Injeti Srinivas

The corporate affairs ministry, which is implementing the Companies Act, has been taking steps to further improve the ease of doing business as well as ensure compliance with various legal requirement

IndiGo's Gangwal says won't sell stake amid feud with partner Rahul Bhatia

Gangwal, teamed up with Bhatia -- a former airline sales agent -- to create IndiGo in 2005, which quickly outpaced rivals to control almost half of the local market

IndiGo promoters' spat: Board to question Rakesh Gangwal on July 19

The board will also take a decision on whether to call for an external audit of Gangwal's personal expenses

IndiGo promoter dispute: Gangwal limited financial risks, says Bhatia camp

Rahul Bhatia claims he has played more significant role and undertaken financial risks

Battered & bruised: How mistrust led to feud between two IndiGo co-founders

While the relationship between the two partners had deteriorated since August 2018, one last attempt at reconciliation was made at a meeting held in the offices of Bhatia's lawyer on May 28 this year

Competitor obsession promotes hubris

Cycles of human folly have played out for centuries, so why would people not continue withe their foolish acts?

Letter to BS: CEO, boards must follow the standards of corporate governance

Clawback provisions should apply not only to private banks but also to other RBI regulated entities like NBFCs

Corporate governance: More rules won't help

Strict enforcement of independent director's accountability for omission and commission of company drives away 'good' independent directors

Mahabharata of corporate governance

How a mythological story connects well with today's stories of governance failure

Fix it before it breaks

Where Murugappa and GMR score over Fortis and Raymond

Two decades of corporate governance law

Indian corporate governance reforms have kept pace with those in advanced nations, but the quality of corporate governance, in terms of compliance, has not improved

How to improve board dynamics

The 1990s Hubble Space Telescope episode can be adapted into a corporate governance tool if practitioners teamed up with academics/behavioural specialists to do so

Our boards, their boards

The power of corporate boards, no matter how luminous the personal credentials of each member, is invariably inversely proportionate to the charisma of the person at the top