Category: Corporate governance
Ireland and EU Corporate Tax Reform
Jim Stewart 03/05/2018
Corporate tax reform is a key objective of EU policy. Examples include proposals for a harmonized corporate tax system (Common Corporate Tax Base …
Corporates out of control
Paul Sweeney 18/04/2018
The revelation that the chairman of the Independent News Group suggested in 2016 that Ireland’s largest media group should be run in the interests …
The Spectre Haunting Europe
Michael Taft 01/12/2017
There is a spectre haunting Europe – the spectre of de-privatisation, re-municipalisation, and re-nationalisation. Local, regional and national …
Company law as another beggar-my-neighbour policy?
Jan Cremers 12/03/2017
Since the introduction of the European internal market, company law has been increasingly judged in terms of its impact on ‘competitiveness’. …
The modern company: too important to be left to the shareholders alone?
James Wickham 15/02/2017
Is there only one way to run a company? If any group of people get together for a common economic activity, must they organise themselves as if they …
Ethics law needs to set the tone for standards in public life
Nuala Haughey 12/01/2017
Issues of ethics in public office are enjoying a rare moment in the spotlight with the ongoing discussion over US President-elect Donald Trump’s …
Corporate Social Responsibility -the first casualty in Apple ‘truth fight’
Colm O'Doherty 17/09/2016
Colm O'Doherty: Viewed through a Corporate Social Responsibility lens the behaviour of the Irish State and Apple does not stand up to scrutiny. …
The “Sharing” Economy is based on a Fissured Workplace
Paul Sweeney 10/08/2016
Paul Sweeney: Uber and Airbnb are not the Sharing Economy. Instead, they represent a rapid increase in the “Fissured Workplace”. This …
Ethics and regulation: complements, not alternatives
15/05/2013
Last week former Taoiseach and President of IFSC Ireland, John Bruton, said that the banking industry needed "to focus on ethics rather than …
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