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Corporate Governance
A regulation refers to a law or rule designed to govern or control the conduct of a person, group, or corporation. Regulation limits, constraints and creates a right, allocates responsibility and limits or creates a duty. Regulation may take the form of legal restrictions that are promulgated by a federal authority. It also has contractual obligations that are meant to bind the parties involved. This report endeavors to explain how legislative reactions to regulate different business activities can be prevented. It also endeavors to explain about the challenging arguments presented by Professor Manne and the proposal he made for unregulated corporate system.
Corporate scandals that lead to business regulation
Numerous corporate scandals have prompted reforms on the business practices resulting increasing regulation. Some of these corporate scandals include cover-ups, greed, and dishonesty. The business corporations should answer back to the public: for this reason, they should uphold responsibility and accountability in the corporate behavior.
How government policy affects businesses
Governments are responsible for the creation of frameworks and rules in which different business organizations are able to compete against each other. Sometimes the rules change and in turn force the organizations to change the way they operate. The ways in which the regulation procedures by the government affect businesses are many. First, the government interferes with the economic policy. For example, between the years 1945 and 1979, the federal government interfered with the economy through the creation of state-run industries that took the form of public corporations.
Another way through which the government interferes with the economy is through the increase of tax. Corporations are forced to pass the costs to consumers. The government can also interfere with the economy policy through the increment of interest rates. Increase in interest rates raises the costs to the business corporations borrowing money. This forces the consumers to cut down their expenditures and in turn leading...
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The principles of corporate governance
The first principle regards to the equitable treatment and rights of shareholders. Corporations are expected to respect the stakeholders and assist them to exercise those rights. This can be done through communicating information effectively and openly. These companies should encourage and motivate the shareholders to take part in the general meetings. The second principle is that organizations should be transparent and disclose the relevant information to the public. The financial information should be accurate and timely for investors to have factual data (Ray, 2011, p. 3).
The organizations should develop a code of conduct that will safeguard the ethical behavior and integrity of every individual in the corporation. This should be the ultimate requirement in hiring of new personnel. This code of conduct promotes responsible and ethical decision-making. Another principle is to look for sufficient relevant skills and understand how to challenge and review the management performance of corporations. The corporations have legal, social, and contractual obligations to non-stake holders like suppliers, creditors, employers, investors, policy makers, and customers (Manne, 2003, p. 1383).
Regulation
Government regulations vary from state to state where a statute confers the legal status of a corporation. Countries such as America have made it illegal to bribe either private citizens or government. It also forbids the facilitation of payments to government bureaucrats so that they can execute their duties more quickly (Ray, 2011, p. 6).
Can Manne's arguments and unregulated corporate system accommodate the ethical principles?
Yes, his arguments accommodate the ethical principles. Manne argues that regulation by the government on businesses does not prevent abuse of office. He claims that legislation and regulation by the federal government cannot prevent financial scandals. He claims that they have a long lead-time and that the law cannot prevent fraud and crime. I…
References
Manne, G.H. 2003. A free Market Model of a Large Corporation System. Emory L.J. vol. 52: 1381- 1400
Ray, G, 2011. An Analysis of Manne's Argument against Legislated Governance. Pp 1- 19: Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2375714
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