...Ahmad Saiful Azlin Puteh Salin; Siti Khadijah Ab Manan; Norlela Kamaluddin Purpose This paper aims to explore the director’s work ethics with particular attention given to the Islamic perspectives and prophetic character toward sustaining the performance of the business organizations. As at now...

...Andrew Keay Purpose The purpose of the paper is to demonstrate that notwithstanding the fact that stewardship theory embraces things like trust of directors, their professionalism, loyalty and willingness to be concerned for the interests of others, as well as rejecting the foundations of classic...

...Alexandra Dobson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on the liability of directors and senior officers within organisations (primarily companies but partnerships and sole traderships are considered where appropriate) and primarily focus on workplace settings. Design/methodology...

...Alexandra Dobson; Chris Gale; Lyndon Murphy Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between social capital and the directors' duty to promote the success of the company and to foster business relationships, which is a comparatively under‐researched issue. Design...

...Alexandra Dobson; Chris Gale; David Travers Purpose The criminal courts are a singularly inappropriate tool to regulate the behaviour of directors, other than in a very limited set of circumstances. Shareholders are an inconsistent mechanism for regulating the board of companies. The aim...

...Alexandra Dobson; Chris Gale; Alexandra Dobson Purpose The aim of this paper is to seek to examine the operation of S.37 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 in the context of the debate about director's duties for health and safety. It goes on to consider whether its increased use...

...Tahir Ashraf Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an easy‐to‐read article for academics, lawyers, directors and those advising directors, to be able to gain an appreciation of the duties that directors owe to their companies in light of the Companies Act 2006, the Corporate Manslaughter...

...S. Paulo Findings -- It is doubtful whether directors, who use an empirically invalid and unreliable valuation model such as the CAPM to calculate the cost of capital, will be able to meaningfully and purposefully make decisions consistent with the enlightened shareholder value. Managers...

... and directors require a valid, reliable, and interpretable cost of capital. The theory, models, and propositions of financial management, whether they be investment, financing, or distributions (Sections 829‐853) decisions, are dependent on the cost of capital. This paper has three main tasks. First...

...James Kirkbride; Niu Yuan Purpose China adopted an independent director system in 1997 in order to perfect company management structure in the country. The purpose of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of that system. Design/methodology/approach This paper starts from the current status...

...Mohammad Rizal Salim; Teh Tai Yong Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the recent codification of the duties of nominee directors in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach Comparative law and legal theory. Findings The paper finds that the Malaysian approach to the duties...