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ACCJ Releases Viewpoint on Amendment of the Company Law

2011-05-18 posted by BDTI Administration

The ACCJ has released a Viewpoint with recommendations regardingamendment of the Japanese Company Law, focusing on the need for independent directors on boards and proposing concrete ways to introduce legally valid board committees comprised by them to Japanese corporate governance.The full Viewpoint is on BDTI's Data Library, in the ACCJ Folder.Itsmost importantrecommendations are:

Conflict Minerals

2011-05-16 posted by BDTI Administration 1 Comment

One of the oddest elements of the Dodd-Frank financial reforms is a provision requiring disclosure of a company's exposure to conflict minerals. The SEC will be policing this policy. Are there any similar sorts of disclosure requirements in Japan? Do you think that Japan should be using its corporate governance and disclosure rules to try and pursue an agenda relating to international human rights?

The SEC describes its rules as follows:

Audit Committee Practices: the US Example

2011-05-15 posted by BDTI Administration

As Japan considers the creation of audit committee-style companies as part of its amendment of its Company Law, we have uploaded the following useful documents by Deloitte & Touche LLC concerning on current practices in the U.S to the data library (Foreign Folder, United States sub-folder, Deloitte folder).

SEC Announces “Roundtable” to Discuss Potential Use of IFRS in Financial Reporting

2011-05-15 posted by BDTI Administration

On April 20, 2011, the SEC announced its plans for a roundtable to discuss benefits or challenges in potentially incorporating International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) into the financial reporting system for U.S. issuers.

http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2011/2011-95.htm

Event Announcement : トムソン・ロイターイベントクロスボーダーM&Aにおける課題の克服, 5月26日（木）

2011-05-13 posted by BDTI Administration

円高や国内景気の停滞により、日本企業によるオフショアM&Aが増加しています。トムソン・ロイターは5月26日（木）、イントラリンクス社、ダフ・アンド・フェルプス社と共同で、海外投資に伴う多くの課題を日本企業がどのように克服するべきかについて、専門家によるパネルディスカッションを開催致します。特にアジアへの投資に関する問題に重点を置きながら議論を行う予定です。

今回のパネルディスカッションでは、下記のテーマを中心に議論致します。
1. 日本企業が海外への投資を成功させるための一般的な課題
2. 日本企業がアジアへの投資を成功させるための課題

以下の皆様が、パネリストとして参加致します。

言語: 日本語のみとなります。

ダフ・アンド・フェルプス株式会社
マネージング・ディレクター
渡辺　敦郎氏

Call for Opinions about TEPCO etc.: How to Prevent Future Disasters? Did Governance and Corporate Culture Play a Role?

2011-05-11 posted by BDTI Administration 2 Comments

Users have asked us to put this question up for comments and entries. Entries can be anonymous and will be subject to the same filter as other comments: we will approve them as long as they are reasonable in tone and well-thought-out.　(Note: governance hererefers not only to corporate governance, but also to governance and oversightof the regulatory process.)

Organizing for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability

2011-05-09 posted by BDTI Administration

What started in the back offices of public relations departments has made its way to the boardroom. Corporate responsibility and sustainability (CR&S) is now widely regarded as a competitive advantage, and many would say it has indeed become a business imperative. Yet many companies are still looking for answers about what kind of internal organization should support their CR&S efforts.

Results of 30-Second Survey – Asians and Westerners DO Think Differently !!

2011-05-08 posted by BDTI Administration

As we consider the design ofBDTI's group learning courses for training directors and executives in Japan, I have been reading various books on the influence of language and culture on fundamental thought processes. I am particularly interested in the studies described in The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently… And Why(Free Press, 2003), a book by Professor Richard Nisbett of the University of Michigan.

Mapping Organizational Integrity, and “Leading with Integrity”

2011-05-01 posted by BDTI Administration

In 2004 the UN had an outside consultant conduct an anonymous survey of its organizational integrity. The report is eye-opening in the sense that it confirms clearly that transparency, process, values, reporting etc. are important, but by far the most important thing is the tone at the top: ethical leadership that is setby goodexample, andfrom leadersbeing heldaccountable.

Corporate Governance Training in Asia and Japan: Presentation to the CFA Institute of Japan