Pressure from anti-corruption campaigners and some investors about transparency and corporate governance started about three years ago when the company took control of copper and cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
When trying to pull together disparate organisations the public sector instinct is to set up programme boards, fret about governance, start drafting memoranda of understanding and establish labyrinthine sign-off procedures.
As the Netmundial conference on the future of Internet governance starts, rather than asking "What can we expect from it?", perhaps we might ask instead whether this future might be more promisingly reformed by political, technical and architectural innovations than by a preach to a so-called multistakeholder choir convened in Sao Paulo.
Good HRH governance starts with the recognition that the health workforce is diverse and acknowledges the fact that diversity often entails gendered disadvantage in accessing opportunities for education and occupation.
"But once the problems of real governance start cropping up -- people start asking where are the jobs?
Our ratings on governance start with scores from Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) of Rockville, Md. We took those companies that scored in the top 15% for stock performance versus chief executive compensation and had below-average board scores compared with both the overall market and their industry.
Until then, the task of governance is starting to fall almost exclusively to the Republican Party.
Japanese companies could still benefit if their overseas acquisitions accelerate the adoption of internationally recognized best governance practices, starting with a greater focus on capital returns.
Where we are providing the requisite degree of security, real governance is starting to emerge; evidence that the strategy, when properly resourced, is working.
Even though Iraq's national government remains weak, with endless bickering over patronage and too many officials seemingly intent on lining their pockets, effective governance is starting to reappear at the local level.
