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In view of its historical importance and expected impact as the primary policy in the Third Arrow of Japan's growth strategy, I have put together a Powerpoint summary about the draft corporate governance code and its implications against the backdrop of Japan's growth strategy.
The summary covers:
So far wehave collected the following public comments that have been submitted to the FSA with regard to the exposure draft of Japan's new corporate governance code:
American Chamber of Commmerce in Japan
http://bit.ly/1zu25Hz
Asian Corporate Governance Association
http://bdti.mastertree.jp/f/sw0iqcpm
In December, BDTI's Nicholas Benes spoke about the theme of what is a corporation? – and what is corporate governance? to a group of students enrolled atTachibana High School's Commerce Department.
It seems to have been an eye-opening experience for some students. We received much feedback. Here are some examples of comments written by students:
The Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School will hold a seminarevent:Japan’s Changing Corporate Governance (co-sponsored by Development Bank of Japan Inc.), on Thursday May 21st, in Tokyo. BDTI's Representative Director, Nicholas Benes, will serve as a panelist.
”The Sony cyber attack should teach companies an entirely different lesson. Target, Sony and myriad other attacks over the last two years highlight that every company is vulnerable to cyber attacks, regardless of their size, industry or the information they hold.
Useful presentation by Paul Hastings on the growing prominence of whistleblowers in US law and theunique issues they present, including:
Review of notable recent cases
Relevant whistleblower provisions by agency
Navigating whistleblower issues and investigations of
whistleblower allegations
Collective action and asymmetric information problems resulting from
dispersed ownership necessitate the use of agents. These twin problems and relatedagency problems induce control transactions as a solution. These problems, however,also cause dilemmas relating to the governance of control transactions. An ex postjudicial intervention may be employed as a solution for the dilemmas.
