The purpose of these important rules is to protect outside investors from the opportunism of insiders. When such rules are too lax, insiders face insufficient constraints on their ability to run the firm in ways that serve their private interests at the expense of outside, general investors.

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Since the 1980 s, shareholder value has increasingly become the focus of corporate governance. Managers and board members often receive stock based compensation, which gives them equity ownership rights and, in turn, creates a powerful incentive to maximize the market value of their companies shares.

The ways in ways in which a country s rules can be expected to be too lax depend on how publicly traded firms are structured and run. In some countries, such as the US, ownership and control are separated, and companies are

Monitoring of activities takes place at the unit and management level, but is not formalized in guidelines.

At Credit Suisse and Barclays, for example, more than a quarter of shareholders rejected the pay package proposed by management. At Citigroup, a majority of shareholders rejected managers pay at Citigroup the first S amp P 500 company at which that happened.

At Credit Suisse and Barclays, for example, more than a quarter of shareholders rejected the pay package proposed by management. At Citigroup, a majority of shareholders rejected managers pay at Citigroup the first S P 500 company at which that happened.

In line with OIOS recommendations, the Office proposes to establish in 2006 2007 one D 1 post to oversee the areas of financial management, general administration, recruitment and staff administration, logistical and administrative support for field offices, operations and information technology

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But actions taken in the name of shareholder value often benefit only those whose wealth is closely tied to the company s profits, and may actually be harmful to many shareholders. Despite their claims that they are pursuing shareholder value, the actions of top managers, in particular, often reflect only their own interests, rather than those of shareholders who often hold the great majority of the shares.

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The problem is, most employees do not fully understand options or stocks and do not know how to evaluate them. A recent paper by MIT Professors Nittai Bergman and Derk Jenter suggests that management tends to award employee options when employees are excessively optimistic about the outlook for company stock thereby in effect opportunistically substituting overpriced options for full pay.

At the same time the Ministry has recognized that management has committed abuses and demanded that they be rectified.

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(b) Mail Operations Subunit, Facilities Management Division

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Equally, risk managers should have the authority to override senior management if necessary in order to cut excessive exposures.

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New management was installed.

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OIOS advised ECA management to implement the Coordination Unit's recommendations and it decided to do so by January 2004.

The Chief of Unit supervises all of the work done in the Unit and performs other managerial functions as required, in addition to dealing with appeals and disciplinary cases.

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The Chief of the Unit is a member of the Senior Management Board and the Project Review Committee.

These issues would seem to be more the responsibility of Executive Direction and Management (EDM) than COPSUBLA.

In return, management must be made more accountable and the capacity of intergovernmental bodies to oversee it must be strengthened.

33. Although, with the elimination of the Overseas Property Management and Construction Unit of the Buildings Management Service in 1998, the responsibility for the management of buildings will be decentralized, liaison between building managers worldwide will be maintained as necessary.

(a) Creation of a management cluster under the direct supervision of the Deputy High Commissioner including the Administration and Management Service, a Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, a Resource Mobilization Unit and a Public Information Unit.

The lack of a senior management layer at the D 2 level is acutely felt and strains the efficient management of the Office.

A large body of empirical evidence indicates that corporate governance and investor protection are better in countries that are more advanced in their economic and political development. This pattern is usually interpreted as support for the argument that improved corporate governance and investor protection leads to such development.

(1) Where a securities firm entrusts others or accepts others entrustments to hold or manage the stock right of the securities firm, or subscribe for, assign or actually hold the stock right of the securities firm

The group discussed the issue of shareholders needing to be aware of the number, type and duties of outside board and management positions that any individual director holds.

In fact, while Clark s paltry fine presumably at least comes out of his own pocket, the penalty levied on JPM is to be paid largely by its shareholders. And, because there is no market for corporate control over megabanks (because protections provided by regulators prevent hostile takeovers or effective shareholder activism), frustration on the part of JPM s investors cannot result in a change of management.

These delegations of authority reflect the Secretary General s decision to empower managers and to reduce the layers of centralized administration, that is, to move from less central control to a more flexible and decentralized system in which individual managers are both more involved and more accountable.

1.12 This subprogramme is under the responsibility of the six Translation and the Text Processing Sections, the Editorial Control Unit and the Linguistic Support Unit.

Widely held and controlled companies differ considerably in the governance problems their investors face. In widely held firms, the concern is about opportunism by managers, who exercise de facto control in controlled firms, the concern is about opportunism by the controlling shareholder at the expense of minority shareholders.

They create the rules and provide the certifications that allow firms to assure their customers, workers, and neighbors that what they do is safe. They protect creditors and minority shareholders from miscreant managers (and managers from impulsive creditors).

The under representation of women in management positions in the education system was being addressed by the Women into Educational Management Initiative.

146. The Unit administers a total of approximately 10,000 vehicles worldwide.

As minority shareholders in firms whose managers are appointed by the Central Personnel Ministry, private actors cannot influence decision making. Until the central government is willing to yield its control over SOE management, ownership reforms are likely to spark only tepid interest from the private sector.

But Haldane s main concern is with the stability of markets, particularly the threats posed by high frequency trading (HFT). He points out that HFT already accounts for half of total turnover in some debt and foreign exchange markets, and that it is dominant in US equity markets, accounting for more than one third of daily trading, up from less than one fifth in 2005.

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25. Attitude is established by top management and is reflected in all aspects of management s actions.