Parties Involved In Corporate Governance Flashcards
Provide oversight of the internal and external audit function and the process of preparing the annual financial statements as well as public reports on internal control
Audit committees of the board of directors
Provide effective oversight through election of board members, approval of major initiatives such as buying or selling stock, annual reports on management compensation, from board
Shareholders
Major representatives of stockholders to endure that the corporation is run according to the organization’s charter and that there is proper accountability
Board of directors
Understand the organizations, its business, its operating environment
Non-executive or independent directors
Operations and accountability. Manage the organization effectively; provide accurate and timely reports to shareholders and other stakeholders
Management
BOA
SEC
It ensures the quality of accounting and auditing
Regulators
Perform audits of company financial statements to ensure that the statements are free of material misstatement that may be due to fraud and error
External auditor
Perform audits of companies for compliance with company policies and laws, audits to evaluate the efficiency of operations and periodic evaluation and test of controls
Internal Auditor
4 opinions of Auditing
Unqualified opinion
Qualified opinion
Adverse opinion
Disclaimer
Set accounting and auditing standards dictating underlying financial reporting and auditing concepts; set the expectations of audit quality and accounting quality
Board of Accountancy
Ensure the accuracy, timeliness and fairness of public reporting of financial and other information for public companies
Security and exchange commission
Provide standards for professional and ethical behaviour as well as articulate acceptable and unacceptable conduct and practices
Code of Corporate Governance
Can be considered as high-level statements of corporate governance
good practice and are applicable to all companies
Principle
Are the objective criteria that are intended to identify the
specific features of corporate governance good practices that are recommended for
companies covered by this Code.
Recommendations
strive to provide companies with additional information on the
recommended best practice
Explainations