The right to education is entrenched in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996. The Constitution, together with various policy documents, provides guiding principles for the transformation of higher education ...

The auditing profession is facing criticism for audit firms being associated with clients with a poor ‘tone at the top’ despite auditors being required to assess a company’s ‘tone at the top’, both prior to and during ...

The political and economic pressures for transformation in South Africa have been documented in an array of policies, pieces of legislation, regulatory and statutory frameworks, and also in governance codes for both public ...

Governance has become a leading theme in policy development discourse and social science scholarship. Although the phenomenon is well established in South Africa, and despite the popularity of the phenomenon among ...

This thesis discusses Corporate Governance. The Enron collapse and scandal with Arthur Andersen galvanized the corporate world into hysterical over reaction into corporate governance issues. Since Enron there have been ...

Corporate governance has received considerable attention over the past few decades especially after several corporate scandals and global financial crises surfaced. It is a tool that ensures the wealth maximization interest ...

The degree to which a country’s public entities observe basic principles of good corporate governance is an increasingly important factor for attracting investment capital, maintaining economic stability and encouraging ...

Understanding and appreciating the nature and power of effective governance structures is vital for a country‟s stability as well as economic and social growth. Good governance results in transparency and accountability ...

Purpose: The global interest in the ability of corporate governance to increase a firm’s wealth based on its reaction to corporate scandals/collapses has led to contestation of the agency theory favoured by extant ...