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Why BAE cried Woolf

Lord Woolf’s review urges the board to take greater responsibility for ensuring a company’s ethical conduct

The games companies play

Research by specialist cash flow consultancy REL reveals the scale of corporate game-playing in the US to enhance year-end figures ­- and it seems that they are at it over here as well

World-class finance teams are cheap, says Hacket Group

Compliance burden raises cost of ‘average’ firms’ finance teams

Web seminar: The concept of corporate risk

Experts, including Sir Paul Judge, Richard Raeburn and Ken Lever discuss the 'concept' of risk

Companies in denial on fraud

Risk of potential reputational damage and time-consuming procedures for recovering money mean FDs are still reluctant to report fraud

Backdating comes to the fore

Strict governance rules mean UK finance directors are not reaping the riches like their US peers. On the positive side, they are being shielded from the latest remuneration controversy

Friends Provident reviews its OFR

As the government ponders plans to introduce a business review, many companies believe that the operating and financial review is still an invaluable report for stakeholders

FTSE wastes little energy on emissions reports

Energy issues and climate change are still low on the boardroom agenda, especially in smaller FTSE-350 companies, according to research by The CarbonNeutral Company.

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