Core Values for 21st Century Business Success

The “fathers of corporate governance,” Cadbury and King, both broadly defined corporate governance in terms of systems and processes by which companies are directed and controlled, and indeed these are the recognised fundamentals of governance and are prerequisites for internal control, quality assurance, and managing risk, resources and productivity. Their work has seen massive improvements in the accountability, stability, and reliability of formal business practices in their countries and beyond where the principles of their respective Codes are either adopted or incorporated into other nations’ governance codes.