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Manifest-i - November 06

Governance

Companies

Former director pleads guilty over stock options backdating

David Kreinberg, former chief financial officer of Comverse Technology, became the first US executive to plead guilty over charges of stock options backdating.

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Standards & Guidance

Companies bill nears the end of parliamentary passage

The companies bill returned to the House of Lords early in November after completing its report and third reading stages in the Commons last month.

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Activism

Investors urge more action on US compensation

The improved executive compensation disclosure rules in the US have prompted institutional investors to write to chief executives of companies to urge them to go beyond them. More >>

Research

Directors' salaries increase more this year

The salary of FTSE 350 executive directors has risen slightly to a median increase of 6.8% after a gradual decline in rises over the past five years, according to research by Deloitte. More >>

People

Carroll to take charge of Anglo American

Cynthia Carroll is to succeed Tony Trahar as chief executive of Anglo American, the miner, on 1 March. More >>

Conferences

Topical governance and CSR-related conferences.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Environment

Institutional investors act on climate change

Two separate international institutional-investor led initiatives were launched last month to persuade companies and governments to take more action on climate change.

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Best Practice & Ethics

Indian companies lead bribery ranking

Indian companies are the most likely to pay bribes when operating aboard, closely followed by China, Russia, Turkey and Taiwan, a Transparency International (TI) survey of 30 leading exporting countries has found.
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Health & Safety

BP ignored safety concerns at Texas refinery

The 2005 fire at BP’s Texas City refinery that killed 15 people would not have occurred if the oil company had adequate safety measures in place, the US Chemical Safety Board's (CSB) inquiry has found. More >>

Academic Round up

Manifest-I presents a summary of recently released academic papers on international corporate governance issues.

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