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Governance is the processes and practices which define the strategic, operating and decision-making boundaries of an organization (or organizational unit) and how decisions are made and implemented.
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Adrian Cadbury, Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance, 1992, see http://www.ecgi.org/codes/documents/cadbury.pdf
Nigel Turnbull, Internal Control: Guidance for Directors on the Combined Code, London Stock Exchange for listed companies, 1999 (revised guide published in 2005)
The Failure of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Financial Services Authority, UK, December 2011
The UK Corporate Governance Code, 2010, Financial Reporting Council, UK, 2010
OECD Principles of Corporate Governance, Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, 2004
Dr Roger Barker, Responding to the Crisis, The Corporate Governance Perspective, Institute of Directors, UK, September 2009
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Smart, A., Creelman, J. (2013). Governance. In: Risk-Based Performance Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137367303_9
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