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Current Topics Vocabulary III Corporate Governance Flashcards

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1
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Corporate Governance

A

Unternehmensführung, Unternehmensverfassung

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code of conduct

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Verhaltenskodex, Verhaltensregeln

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stock corporation

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Aktiengesellschaft

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shareholders‘ meeting
stockholders‘ meeting
annual meeting
general meeting

A

Hauptversammlung

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5
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two-tier board system

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zweistufiges Leitungssystem (Trennungsmodell)

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Executive Board, Management Board

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Vorstand

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Chairman of the Executive Board, ~CEO, ~President

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Vorstandsvorsitzender

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member of the Executive Board

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Mitglied des Vorstandes

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Supervisory Board

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Aufsichtsrat

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member of the Supervisory Board (non-executive director)

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Mitglied des Aufsichtsrats

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chief executive officer, CEO

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CEO, ~Konzern-/Firmenchef

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chief financial officer, CFO

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CFO, Finanzvorstand

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board of directors

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“board of directors”, das Board, der Board, Verwaltungsrat

Leitungs und zugleich Kontrollorgan im einstufigen System der US-amerikanischen Unternehmensführung

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chairman of the board

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„Chairman“, ~Vorsitzender des Verwaltungsrates

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non-executive director

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Mitglied des Board, das keine Leitungsfunktion ausübt

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inside directors/ outside directors

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interne/ (unternehmens-)externe Mitglieder des Board

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one-tier board system

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einstufiges Leitungssystem

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co-determination,

the German „Mitbestimmung“

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Mitbestimmung

19
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works council

A

Betriebsrat

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(trade) union

A

Gewerkschaft

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workers representative

A

Arbeitnehmervertreter

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shop floor

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Fertigungsbereich, Produktionsstätte

aber auch: Belegschaft, Arbeiter

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to convene a meeting

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eine Sitzung einberufen

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to take the floor

A

das Wort ergreifen

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to appoint somebody

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jemanden ernennen

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to dismiss somebody

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jemanden entlassen

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to oust somebody from office

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jemanden seines Amtes entheben

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remuneration, executive pay

A

Managervergütung, Managergehalt

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senior/top executives

senior/top management

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Führungskräfte

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to exercise share options

A

Aktienoptionen einlösen

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compensation

golden handshake, golden parachute

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Abfindung

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annual financial statement

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Jahresabschluss

33
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appropriation of profits

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Gewinnverwendung

34
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auditor

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Wirtschaftsprüfer

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auditing company

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Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

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(financial) watchdog

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(Finanz-) Aufsichtsbehörde

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to be implicated in a scandal

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in einen Skandal verwickelt sein

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an allegation

A

eine Anschuldigung, Behauptung

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