corporate goverance
Coursework:
I need 20-30 Harvard References which should be relevant.
The word count for the coursework is to be answered in not less than 1600 words and not more than 2000. This does not include reference lists and bibliographies. Marks may be deducted if you overshoot the word limit by more than 10%. Marks will be automatically deducted if the lower word limit of 1600 words is not reached.
The coursework question is as follows:
Coursework question:
“We rely on shareholders to impose morality in the global marketplace, but are mistaken, for many corporations have no qualms about operating cartels, rigging interest rates, avoiding tax, selling horsemeat as beef, or ripping off the customer through fuel and energy pricing. Institutionalised abuses enable companies to meet stock market profit expectations, and their own. Profit-related executive pay has grown from 60 times that of the average worker to almost 180 times since the 1990s.”
Prem Sikka, The Guardian [newspaper] 11th December, 2014
1. Discuss the claim that “We rely on shareholders to impose morality in the global marketplace” in the context of alternative theories of corporate governance. (40%)
2. Identify one or more solutions to this problem of relying on shareholders to impose morality in the marketplace. (30%)
3. Assess the advantages and disadvantages of each of the solutions that you identify. (30%)