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Learning Unit 1.4 Corporate Governance - International Developments
Learning Unit 1.4 Corporate Governance - International Developments
INTRODUCTION
The King IV Report and Code on governance as well as the Companies Act,
No 71 of 2008 are providing rules, laws, principles and recommendations to
companies in South Africa to ensure that they adhere to good corporate
governance.
There are similar laws and codes governing the rest of the world. One of
these is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act which we will be looking at in a bit more
detail.
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SUMMARY
CONCLUSION
In the next topic we will explain and apply the theory of internal control as an
important aspect of corporate governance.
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