A Critical Analysis of the Amendments Proposed to the Social and Ethics Committee by the Companies Amendment Bill, 2018

Cassim, Rehana

dc.contributor.author	Cassim, Rehana
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-04T06:52:01Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-04T06:52:01Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.identifier.citation	(2021) 33(2) South African Mercantile Law Journal 153-175	en
dc.identifier.issn	1015-0099
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10500/28671
dc.description.abstract	The Companies Amendment Bill, 2018 proposes certain changes to the social and ethics committee established in terms of section section 72(4) of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 and regulation regulation 43 of the Companies Regulations, 2011. These new provisions are critically discussed in this article. Although some of these provisions are commendable, others give rise to certain concerns examined here: the lack of clarity in the functions of the social and ethics committee, the proposed amendments regarding its appointment and composition, and the ambiguity in the exemptions from the requirement to appoint this committee. This article also suggests further amendments to the current legislative provisions regarding this committee.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	South African Mercantile Law Journal	en
dc.subject	social and ethics committee	en
dc.subject	Companies Act 71 of 2008	en
dc.subject	Companies Amendment Bill, 2018	en
dc.subject	ethics mandate of the social and ethics committee	en
dc.subject	composition of the social and ethics committee	en
dc.subject	exemptions from appointing a social and ethics committee	en
dc.title	A Critical Analysis of the Amendments Proposed to the Social and Ethics Committee by the Companies Amendment Bill, 2018	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.description.department	Mercantile Law	en